Maria White, Communications Coordinator at the New Orleans Conventions and Visitors Bureau, offered scope for the sheer size of the Labor Day weekend event. Tourism to the city spikes considerably over Labor Day weekend, with attendees booking hotel rooms in the French Quarter up to a year before the event. The popularity of this event is evident both in its participation and the impressive economic impact it yields, having brought $215 million last year. What started as a jubilant going-away costume party for Treme resident Michael Evers in the summer of 1972 has exploded to be one of the world’s premiere gay pride events, with over 180,000 participants attending in 2015.Ĭolloquially dubbed “Gay Mardi Gras” by its fervent attendees, Southern Decadence elevates the already rowdy French Quarter into an epicenter of dancing, indulgence and exuberant sensuality in a six-day party that culminates with a bustling parade through the French Quarter on the Sunday before Labor Day.
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