Update 10:15am | Photographer Dale Brown braved the pageantry and awesome costumes and amazing music and other such perils on Saturday and Sunday at the annual Long Beach Bayou & Mardi Gras Festival to bring us these amazing shots. Below are photos from Sunday, and scroll down farther to see Saturday’s shots.




Sunday 10:30am | As you know, the Long Beach Bayou & Mardi Gras Festival kicked off yesterday and is going on again today. Did you have fun yesterday? Photographer Dale Brown sure did, and sent in these lively photos from the N’Awlins celebration. You can still head down to Shorline Village to join in the fun and hear some great live jazz and blues tonight. Visit LongBeachFestival.com for more information.