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Community
Southern Decadence
Date
Expected September 2027
Location
French Quarter (Grand Marshal parade starts at the Golden Lantern)
1239 Royal Street, New Orleans, LA 70116
1239 Royal Street, New Orleans, LA 70116
Where to stay
The Grand Marshal parade steps off from the Golden Lantern on Royal Street, two minutes on foot from the nearest Marigny hotels.
Organized by
Ambush Publishing LLC (Official Southern Decadence Guide)
About this happenin
Southern Decadence is the Labor Day weekend celebration of the New Orleans gay and lesbian community, held in the French Quarter. It began in 1972, when a group of friends calling themselves the Decadents held a costume party at a Treme house called Belle Reve and invited guests to dress as their favorite Southern Decadent. Ambush Publishing puts out the official guide and holds the trademark. The Grand Marshal parade is the main event. It steps off from the Golden Lantern bar on Royal Street on the Sunday of the weekend, as it has since 1981. The parade, the bead toss, the Friday drag show at the Golden Lantern and the Leather Decadence block party at the Phoenix are all free. No one pass covers every event. Passes are sold venue by venue, at places such as Oz and the Corner Pocket. Parking is banned on some Quarter streets and cabs are hard to get, so plan to walk. Drinks go in plastic cups. Frederick Wright became the first Grand Marshal in 1974, and the sitting one still chooses the next.
More in September: 2 other New Orleans events.
Where
French Quarter (Grand Marshal parade starts at the Golden Lantern) · 1239 Royal Street, New Orleans, LA 70116
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