Arthur Hardy
Born in 1946 in New Orleans, Arthur Hardy has been a resident of Mandeville since 2007. He is a product of the public school system in New Orleans and serves as president of the Friends of Warren Easton, his high school alma mater’s fundraising foundation.
Hardy holds a B.M.E. degree from Loyola University (1970) and taught music at Brother Martin High School for 16 years. In 2022 the school established the Arthur Hardy Fine Arts Scholarship. From 1978-1980, Hardy was State President of the Louisiana Music Educators' Association. In 2002, he was inducted into the group’s Hall of Fame.
Arthur Hardy is a nationally recognized authority on Mardi Gras and has appeared on the Today Show six times. His annual Mardi Gras Guide magazine has sold more than three million copies (1977-2023). Hardy sold the magazine to the Times-Picayune in 2023 but will continue to handle the editorial content through 2026.
Arthur Hardy has provided parade reports for WWL radio since 1986. He worked at television stations WWL (1986-1999) and WDSU (2000-2015), before moving to WVUE in 2016. In 2014 he became a contributing writer for the daily New Orleans Advocate newspaper, now the Times-Picayune/New Orleans Advocate.
Arthur Hardy Publishing company has produced more than two dozen books dealing with regional subjects such as the NFL New Orleans Saints, lost neighborhood movie theaters, prep football, the Fair Grounds Race Track, as well as histories of Carnival organizations such as Rex, Endymion, Momus, Hermes, d’Etat, Iris and Bacchus.The company also published the works of New Orleans writers Angus Lind, Ronnie Virgets, Ron Brocato, Wayne Mack, Henri Schindler, Bob Roesler and Bob Carr.