Oz has DJ’d shows every night Friday through Monday at 7:30 p.m. Oz dance club and Cafe Lafitte in Exile, both on Bourbon St., will be hopping as they do every year. Several French Quarter bars and clubs will also host the festival crowds that weekend. The annual Southern Decadence Grand Marshal Parade on Sunday will also end up there, stretching loosely one block over to its ending point at Bourbon and Dumaine Streets. The show begins at 6:30 p.m., but get there early for the pre-show street party which starts at 5:30 p.m.
It will again serve as an epicenter of the annual Bourbon Street Extravaganza, a free show/block party happening on Saturday at the corner of Bourbon and St. The Pub will be hosting numerous events throughout the festival, including a kick-off party on Thursday at midnight and a closing party on Monday at 8 p.m. Just like last year, there’s no Friday float parade due to street construction in the French Quarter. She will be joined by the Tony and Grammy Award winner Jennifer Holliday, and Jeanie Tracy (the Queen of Southern Decadence, returning for her 14th consecutive year). Performer Deborah Cox is returning this year for her fourth time to headline the Bourbon Street Extravaganza. It will again serve as an epicenter of the 14th annual Bourbon Street Extravaganza, a free show/block party happening on Saturday at the corner of Bourbon and St. The Pub will be hosting numerous events throughout the festival, including a kick-off party on Thursday at midnight and a closing party on Monday at 8 p.m. The Pub will be open 24/7 Friday through Monday the balcony will open at noon Thursday through Monday. The hub of the festival is again Bourbon Pub/Parade, with two rocking floors and an expansive balcony.
Just like every year, most activities will be centered in and around the French Quarter, with lots of block parties and dance parties at bars and clubs on Bourbon Street starting on Thursday. The theme is “ Fruit Salad: Come Toss a Good Time,” with the featured “colors” announced as polka dots and pinstripes. This year’s Southern Decadence falls on Thursday, August 29, through Monday, September 2. It’s traditionally celebrated over the Labor Day weekend and is considered the fifth largest event in New Orleans after Mardi Gras, Jazz Fest, Essence Festival, and the French Quarter Festival. Smh.Born in the early 70s as a going-away party, Southern Decadence has evolved into a massive and immensely popular four-day festival that celebrates LGBTQA culture and attracts participants from all over the world. By the way, the RUDE AF staff bad reviews should have been a sign to stay away. I can't even believe physical assault is OK in this establishment. She screamed at me to SHUT UP or get out.after yes, should I repeat, YANKING MY ENTIRE HEAD and thereby physically assaulting me. ANYWAY, as soon as I walked in with my girlfriends (literally within about 15-20 seconds), I turned to them to make sure they had CASH so we could TIP, but, instead, my ENTIRE HAIR AND HEAD WAS YANKED DOWN by the Drag Queen performing on Sunday, Jan 19th 5:30 PM. That is why I was very excited to go to a NOLA drag show, as I am aware NOLA is the show biz birthplace of many drag legends. I have been to MANY, MANY shows to support MANY, MANY drag artists all over the southern US. I am a bonafide, experienced, tried & true DRAG FAN. I will try to keep this as short and simple as possible. :) I wish I could give a negative star review.unfortunately. ***Physical Assault Review*** Read if you want to be potentially protected from physical assault.