{"id":43659,"date":"2016-09-01T10:26:09","date_gmt":"2016-09-01T14:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/southern-decadence-is-not-the-only-great-gay-new-orleans-festival-it-is-just-the-start\/"},"modified":"2016-09-01T10:26:09","modified_gmt":"2016-09-01T14:26:09","slug":"southern-decadence-is-not-the-only-great-gay-new-orleans-festival-it-is-just-the-start","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/southern-decadence-is-not-the-only-great-gay-new-orleans-festival-it-is-just-the-start\/","title":{"rendered":"Southern Decadence Is Not The Only Great Gay New Orleans Festival. It Is Just The Start"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Southern Decadence Is Not The Only Great Gay New Orleans Festival. It Is Just The Start<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/content\/docs\/\/2016\/07\/toulouse-bourbon-670x397.jpg\" alt=\"toulouse-bourbon\" width=\"650\" height=\"385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/content\/docs\/\/2016\/07\/toulouse-bourbon-670x397.jpg 670w, https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/content\/docs\/\/2016\/07\/toulouse-bourbon-360x213.jpg 360w, https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/content\/docs\/\/2016\/07\/toulouse-bourbon.jpg 1151w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\"><\/p>\n<p>If there&rsquo;s one thing the people of&nbsp;New Orleans love, it&rsquo;s a good festival.&nbsp;Mardi Gras. Jazz Fest. Essence. Labor Day weekend is, of course, the <a href=\"http:\/\/neworleans.gaycities.com\/events\/331612-southern-decadence\">iconic Southern Decadence<\/a>. These are probably the&nbsp;best-known annual events, but just the beginning of what the&nbsp;city has to offer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.queerty.com\/12-new-orleans-experiences-need-go-bucket-list-20160702\" target=\"_blank\">Why These 12 Only-In-New Orleans Experiences Need To Go On Your Bucket List<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There&rsquo;s always something going on. So no matter the season, you will find no shortage of special experiences you can&rsquo;t find anywhere else.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Check out all&nbsp;unique festivals and events happening year-round in New Orleans&hellip;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>New Orleans Pride<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.queerty.com\/?attachment_id=422456\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-422456\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/content\/docs\/\/2016\/07\/southern-decadence-670x447-670x447.jpg\" alt=\"southern-decadence-670x447\" width=\"650\" height=\"434\" srcset=\"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/content\/docs\/\/2016\/07\/southern-decadence-670x447.jpg 670w, https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/content\/docs\/\/2016\/07\/southern-decadence-670x447-360x240.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The city&rsquo;s annual&nbsp;Pride celebration has nearly tripled&ndash;yes, <em>tripled!<\/em>&ndash;in size over the&nbsp;past four years, making it one of the fastest growing Prides in the country. The weekend in June is composed of your usual Pride festivities&ndash;a kick-off party, family day, parade, after-party and brunch&ndash;and tends to be less rambunctious and more family friendly&nbsp;(but no less fun!)&nbsp;than Southern Decadence, which happens later in the year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mardi Gras Bourbon Street&nbsp;Awards<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/content\/docs\/\/2016\/07\/bourbon-street-awards.png\" alt=\"bourbon-street-awards\" width=\"650\" height=\"459\" srcset=\"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/content\/docs\/\/2016\/07\/bourbon-street-awards.png 593w, https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/content\/docs\/\/2016\/07\/bourbon-street-awards-360x254.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\"><\/p>\n<p>A tradition for more than four&nbsp;decades, the Mardi Gras Bourbon Street Awards held in February has&nbsp;been heralded as&nbsp;&ldquo;the most famous drag-queen contest in America,&rdquo; many from <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> Mardi Gras balls. Dozens of competitors&nbsp;dressed in their flashiest, most outrageous getups vie&nbsp;for such titles as Best Drag, Best Leather, Best Group and Best of Show. Always a hoot,&nbsp;the spectacle is staged at the corner of Bourbon and St. Ann streets, in the heart of the city&rsquo;s LGBTQ&nbsp;district.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Festigals<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/content\/docs\/\/2016\/07\/festigals-670x447.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"434\" srcset=\"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/content\/docs\/\/2016\/07\/festigals-670x447.jpg 670w, https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/content\/docs\/\/2016\/07\/festigals-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/content\/docs\/\/2016\/07\/festigals.jpg 834w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\"><\/p>\n<p>This one&rsquo;s for the <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/?mp_code=akftr\">ladies<\/a>&ndash;and their fans. Each July, the famed Festigals&nbsp;don&nbsp;their most colorful outfits, hats and feather boas for the&nbsp;annual summer shindig, which has been deemed &ldquo;The Ultimate Girlfriend Getaway.&rdquo; The weekend-long Downtown event includes everything from&nbsp;professional development conferences to&nbsp;cooking demonstrations,&nbsp;plus&nbsp;sip-and-shop parties,&nbsp;Bloody Mary mixers and&nbsp;private home tours.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Halloween New Orleans<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/content\/docs\/\/2016\/07\/large_cwvDm9asA_Lw9YsGTQNy8vWzhk4-5-670x446.jpg\" alt=\"large_cwvDm9asA_Lw9YsGTQNy8vWzhk4-5\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/content\/docs\/\/2016\/07\/large_cwvDm9asA_Lw9YsGTQNy8vWzhk4-5-670x446.jpg 670w, https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/content\/docs\/\/2016\/07\/large_cwvDm9asA_Lw9YsGTQNy8vWzhk4-5-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/content\/docs\/\/2016\/07\/large_cwvDm9asA_Lw9YsGTQNy8vWzhk4-5.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\"><\/p>\n<p>What started as a grassroots fundraising event&nbsp;during the darkest&nbsp;days of the HIV\/AIDS crisis more than 30 years ago has turned into&nbsp;one of the most popular&nbsp;and&nbsp;most jubilant events in the entire South. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gaycities.com\/photos\/208-halloween-new-orleans\/\" target=\"_blank\">Halloween New Orleans<\/a> is a volunteer-run weekend&nbsp;that includes a silent auction, parties and&nbsp;a grand costume ball, with proceeds benefiting&nbsp;Project Lazarus, a&nbsp;local non-profit&nbsp;organization that offers a home to people with&nbsp;AIDS.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Whitney White Linen Night<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/content\/docs\/\/2016\/07\/white-linen-night.jpg\" alt=\"white-linen-night\" width=\"601\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/content\/docs\/\/2016\/07\/white-linen-night.jpg 601w, https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/content\/docs\/\/2016\/07\/white-linen-night-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/content\/docs\/\/2016\/07\/white-linen-night-190x125.jpg 190w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px\"><\/p>\n<p>As one of the oldest cities in the country, New Orleans is rich in history and tradition. The Whitney White Linen Night was originally&nbsp;inspired by city residents&nbsp;of yesteryear, who wore white linen to stay cool in the summer heat before the invention of air conditioning.&nbsp;On the first Saturday of every August, art aficionados put on their&nbsp;fanciest threads&nbsp;and hit the Warehouse District to&nbsp;peruse&nbsp;the local art galleries and&nbsp;sample&nbsp;food and drink provided by local vendors.&nbsp;The block party is followed by an after-party&nbsp;at the Contemporary Arts Center with even more food, <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=grq0&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">live<\/a> music and artwork on display.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Faux\/Real Festival<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/content\/docs\/\/2016\/07\/fauxreal-670x446.jpg\" alt=\"faux:real\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/content\/docs\/\/2016\/07\/fauxreal-670x446.jpg 670w, https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/content\/docs\/\/2016\/07\/fauxreal-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/content\/docs\/\/2016\/07\/fauxreal.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\"><\/p>\n<p>Art lovers&nbsp;will appreciate this annual festival that&nbsp;showcases over 100 different performances&nbsp;over the course of&nbsp;three weeks in November. Whether you&rsquo;re in the mood for theater, opera, dance, music or literature, it&rsquo;s all happening at the Faux\/Real Festival. There&rsquo;s also food and drink tastings, parties, after-parties and after-after-parties, making for one&nbsp;heavy dose of authentic NOLA culture.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gay Easter Parade<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/content\/docs\/\/2016\/07\/gay-easter-parade.png\" alt=\"gay-easter-parade\" width=\"650\" height=\"458\" srcset=\"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/content\/docs\/\/2016\/07\/gay-easter-parade.png 638w, https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/content\/docs\/\/2016\/07\/gay-easter-parade-360x254.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\"><\/p>\n<p>Only could a&nbsp;city as creative as&nbsp;New Orleans find a&nbsp;way to turn a holiday like Easter&nbsp;<a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a>. And&nbsp;for 17 years now, that&rsquo;s exactly what folks have&nbsp;done. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gaycities.com\/photos\/115-gay-easter-parade-in-new-orleans\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Gay Easter Parade<\/a>&nbsp;takes a leisurely hop through the French Quarter, passing by every <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> bar and many <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a>-owned restaurants and retail shops. The parade typically includes hunky bunnies, drag queens in horse-drawn carriages, colorful floats and brass marching bands, with onlookers dressed in their Easter Sunday finest, bonnets and, of course, rainbow beads.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Saints &amp;&nbsp;Sinners Literary Festival<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/content\/docs\/\/2016\/07\/books-670x388.jpg\" alt=\"books\" width=\"650\" height=\"376\" srcset=\"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/content\/docs\/\/2016\/07\/books-670x388.jpg 670w, https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/content\/docs\/\/2016\/07\/books-360x209.jpg 360w, https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/content\/docs\/\/2016\/07\/books.jpg 690w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\"><\/p>\n<p>Writers and book nerds won&rsquo;t want to miss the Saints &amp; Sinners Literary Festival. Each March,&nbsp;the leading voices in literature gather for three days of readings, book signings, panel discussions, master classes and workshops&ndash;with more than a&nbsp;few cocktail parties, <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=grq0&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">live<\/a> performances and networking events thrown in for good measure.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Southern Decadence<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.queerty.com\/?attachment_id=422457\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-422457\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/content\/docs\/\/2016\/07\/nola-pride-670x446-1-670x446.jpg\" alt=\"nola-pride-670x446\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/content\/docs\/\/2016\/07\/nola-pride-670x446-1.jpg 670w, https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/content\/docs\/\/2016\/07\/nola-pride-670x446-1-360x240.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Of course,&nbsp;no list of New Orleans&nbsp;events would be complete without Southern Decadence, one of the most wonderful&nbsp;times of the year to visit New Orleans. Held annually over Labor Day weekend, the celebration attracts nearly 100k&nbsp;people&nbsp;from all over the world. It features&nbsp;block parties, pool parties, parades, drag shows and dancing.<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s&nbsp;a wild weekend of celebration of&nbsp;community and the rainbow spirit of&nbsp;the Deep South.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.queerty.com\/watch-two-muscular-guys-show-off-new-orleans-dance-moves-20160708\" target=\"_blank\">Watch These Guys Show Off Their New Orleans Dance Moves<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/queerty2?a=idihMTbjvOc:CeFIRa57kX0:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/queerty2?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/queerty2?a=idihMTbjvOc:CeFIRa57kX0:dnMXMwOfBR0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/queerty2?d=dnMXMwOfBR0\" border=\"0\"><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/queerty2\/~3\/idihMTbjvOc\/southern-decadence-not-great-gay-new-orleans-festival-just-start-20160901\" class=\"autohyperlink\">feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/queerty2\/~3\/idihMTbjvOc\/southern-decadence-not-great-gay-new-orleans-festival-just-start-20160901<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Southern Decadence Is Not The Only Great Gay New Orleans Festival. 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