Growing up in Houston, future Arcade Fire frontman Win Butler wasn’t impressed by his admittedly erroneous concept of Carnival. “It never occurred to me to go to Mardi Gras,” Butler recalled recently.

Arcade Fire's Win Bulter takes part in the 2018 Krewe du Kanaval festivities in New Orleans on Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2018. 'Kanaval' is the Haitian word for 'carnival.' Butler, his wife and bandmate Regine ...

Krewe du Kanaval, founded in 2018 by Win Bulter and Régine Chassagne of Arcade Fire and Ben Jaffe of Preservation Hall Jazz Band, announced that Arcade Fire will headline the third annual Kanaval Ball ...

Arcade Fire’s Win Butler and Regine Chassagne have released a new song ahead of their Krewe du Kanaval event in New Orleans tomorrow. Teaming up with the Preservation Hall Horns and the rock-and-roots ...

A week before Mardi Gras, members of Arcade Fire and Preservation Hall will lead a new walking parade from the French Quarter to Congo Square. Pres Hall and Arcade Fire's Win Butler and Regine ...

The band hosted a one-day party named for the Haitian Creole term for pre-Lent celebration. By Sophie Israelsohn Following the release of their festival theme song “Ann Ale! (Let’s Go!),” Arcade Fire ...

Arcade Fire are performing at the 2020 edition of Krewe du Kanaval, the New Orleans festival that the band’s Win Butler and Régine Chassagne co-founded with Ben Jaffe of Preservation Hall Jazz Band.