New orleans gay pride 2024

SDGMs XLVII Vanessa Carr Kennedy, Jeffrey Mayeaux and Paribe Meyer would like to thank the following businesses and individuals for entity Official Sponsors of the 2022 Southern Decadence Parade:

Presenting: Skyy Vodka, NOLA Hotel Group, Blush

Platinum: Hookers Ball, Golden Lantern, Crown Royal, Ambush, Hard Rock Cafe New Orleans

Gold: NOLA Living Reality, X-Crossing, Chef Ron’s Gumbo Stop, Bourbon Pub & Parade, Jennifer Solms & Cory Seaton, Allways Lounge & Cabaret, The Obituary, Bourbon Pride, SIPPs, Gulf Coast LGBTQ+ Chamber of Commerce, Swiss Navy, Courtyard Marriot, Up & Adam, Oz New Orleans, Phoenix, GrandPre’s, Rawhide, Fine Friends Bar, Gennifer Flowers Kelsto Club, PowerMark Properties

Silver: Corner Pocket, Judy Peck

Bronze: Coldwell Banker Smith Homes

Pearl: Phantasmagorically-Hip, Jorge Yero, Nina Quinn, Miss Gay Lagniappe America

The annual Southern Decadence party began in the 1970s as a little, end-of-summer party between friends. But it’s since grown into one of the country’s largest LGBTQ celebrations with a showstopping parade the Sunday before Labor Day.

This year marks the event’s 52nd iteration. Organizers anticipate tens of thousands of tourists to flock to the many gay bars in the French Quarter and nearby neighborhoods beginning Thursday.

More than 250 events are advertised throughout the weekend on gaynola.com, the city’s central calendar for queer-friendly activities. Highlights include a act by actor Billy Porter at Bourbon Pub, pop-up gyrate parties at the Joy Theater and The Fillmore and female-focused events Grrlspot and Her Haus.

Three volunteer grand marshals will oversee a large parade through the French Quarter on Sunday starting at 2 p.m. They include local performers Vanessa Carr Kennedy, Jeffrey Mayeaux and Paribe Meyer.

More than 1,800 people are expected to march in this year’s procession. This year’s theme is “Birds of a Feather.” But attendees will see a wide range of scantily-clad ma