Mardi Gras 2022 is not just a special moment for the Krewe of Rex as it celebrates 150 years, but also a milestone for WYES-TV as it celebrates 25 years of providing live coverage of the Rex Ball. We ...

“This royal throne of Kings, this sceptred isle ...” themed float No. 26 of the Rex parade, which was titled “School of Design Sesquicentennial” in homage to the krewe’s 150 years. Much ado has been ...

Since 1997, Mardi Gras has ended in the same way — with Peggy Scott Laborde and Errol Laborde guiding WYES-TV viewers through the glittering pageantry of the Rex ball, which culminates with the ...

NEW ORLEANS — In the latest coronavirus-related change to Carnival 2021, the Rex Organization will not hold its traditional Carnival ball on Mardi Gras night, the krewe announced Friday. Krewe members ...

A gorgeous group of Boston socials hit the Big Easy for the uber-exclusive Rex Ball on Fat Tuesday. The crowd’s host, Ashley Bernon, is an eighth-generation NOLA native, and after months of plotting, ...

NEW ORLEANS – A time honored tradition is now halted like so many others amid the pandemic. The Rex organization has announced that it will not name any royalty and there will be no royal ball. This ...

The palindromic number 303 is the combined ages of Comus and Rex, which were started respectively in 1857 and 1872. All the while, they have both tended to the cultivation of Carnival and its festive ...