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Pride guide: Mark LGBTQ+ New Orleanians with events around the city
Crowds will fill the streets of Modern Orleans next week to celebrate the city’s LGBTQ+ collective with parades, festivals and other massive events.
The NOLA Event Parade is put to roll through the French Quarter on Saturday, June PrideFest will go back for its 10th year, and be held in the evening to support people beat the heat. RuPaul’s Flamboyant Race star Kerri Colby will headline the event.
The weekend-long Black Pride celebration will showcase Ebony LGBTQ+ culture through various events held across the city.
Below is a reference to help you keep track of all the happenings. Expect rainbows, glitter, and plenty of food and drinks, music and kingly shows.
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Thursday, June 12
PrideFest Opening Night Reception
Location: Unused Orleans Healing Center, Saint Claude Avenue
Time: 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Enjoy ️an evening of cocktails, hors d'oeuvres, and entertainment and melody. Tickets are $ and can be purchased online.
New Orleans Black 24th Annual Gay Easter Parade
This event has passed.
24th Annual Gay Easter Parade
April 20 @ pm - pm
|Free Parade Route
The Gay Easter Parade started in in New Orleans as a fun way to showcase the fashion and creativity of the entire LGBT community “with ladies in gowns or summer suits with Easter Hats and gentlemen in summer suits or tuxedos.” It’s meant to be a enjoyable cultural event the whole family can attend regardless of whether or not you identify as LGBT.
OffBeat Magazine
The city is put to light up with color and community energy this weekend as Celebration celebrations take over Recent Orleans, bringing parades, performances, parties, and cultural events to neighborhoods across the city.
On Saturday, June 8, the heart of the action begins with PrideFest at Phoenix Prevent, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., located at the corner of Rampart Street and Elysian Fields Avenue. Louisiana’s largest Diverse celebration will feature fun, vendors, food, and swig. It serves as the lead-in to the NOLA Pride Parade, which lines up at 5 p.m. and rolls at 6 p.m., winding through the French Quarter and conclusion on Bourbon Street between St. Ann and Dumaine streets.
Also on Saturday, Black Queer Community Fest will take place from 1 to 8 p.m. in Armstrong Park. Organized by New Orleans Black Celebration, the free event includes music, art, food, and live performances.
Saturday also includes cultural offerings like the Walking With the Queer Ghosts of New Orleans tour, a blend of queer history and folklore, with walks departing from Café Lafitte in Exil
New Orleans Gay Easter Parade
PRESENTING SPONSOR $
PLATINUM SPONSOR $
GOLD SPONSOR $
Cory Seaton & Jen Soums (V)
Chef Ron & The Gumbo Cease &#; $ (CK)
SILVER SPONSOR $
Ryan Sanders (V)
The Corner Pocket (CK)
Ronald Issler & Stuart Nettles (CK)
Mothers Restaurant (In Kind)
BRONZE SPONSOR $
Lindsey Campbell (V)
John Marc Sharpe / RP Smith (V)
Derek Larson (V)
Drew Davenport (V)
Edward Moreno (V)
Farrow Stephenson (V)
Gino Loiacono (V)
Jimmy Gale (V)
Brian Jenkins ($)
Persana Shoulders (CK)
Michael Burnside ($)
Jim Meadows & Randy Sparks (CK)
Frank Abbruscato (CC)
Jeff Palmquist (CC)
Todd Blauvelt (V)
INDIVIDUAL SPONSOR $
Austin Wendt (V)
Nazha Abdul-Hadi (V)
Amy Gaiennie (V)
Colleen O’Brien (V)
Tavarius Walker (V)
Lawrence Edward ($)
Regine Adams ($)
Marva Colorless ($)
Dwain Hertz & Gene Theriot (CK)
Tony Leggio (CK)
Steve Sciortino ($)
IN KIND SPONSOR
David Roberts &#; $50 (V)
Paribe Meyer &#; $ 50 (V)
Sponsor Money – Non Event Collected
Frank Abbruscato &#; $
Jeff Pamquist &#; $
Cary Oswald &#; $
Todd Blauvet &#; $
24th Annual Gay Easter Parade
This event has passed.
24th Annual Gay Easter Parade
April 20 @ pm - pm
|FreeParade Route
The Gay Easter Parade started in in New Orleans as a fun way to showcase the fashion and creativity of the entire LGBT community “with ladies in gowns or summer suits with Easter Hats and gentlemen in summer suits or tuxedos.” It’s meant to be a enjoyable cultural event the whole family can attend regardless of whether or not you identify as LGBT.
OffBeat Magazine
The city is put to light up with color and community energy this weekend as Celebration celebrations take over Recent Orleans, bringing parades, performances, parties, and cultural events to neighborhoods across the city.
On Saturday, June 8, the heart of the action begins with PrideFest at Phoenix Prevent, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., located at the corner of Rampart Street and Elysian Fields Avenue. Louisiana’s largest Diverse celebration will feature fun, vendors, food, and swig. It serves as the lead-in to the NOLA Pride Parade, which lines up at 5 p.m. and rolls at 6 p.m., winding through the French Quarter and conclusion on Bourbon Street between St. Ann and Dumaine streets.
Also on Saturday, Black Queer Community Fest will take place from 1 to 8 p.m. in Armstrong Park. Organized by New Orleans Black Celebration, the free event includes music, art, food, and live performances.
Saturday also includes cultural offerings like the Walking With the Queer Ghosts of New Orleans tour, a blend of queer history and folklore, with walks departing from Café Lafitte in Exil
New Orleans Gay Easter Parade
PRESENTING SPONSOR $
PLATINUM SPONSOR $
GOLD SPONSOR $
Cory Seaton & Jen Soums (V)
Chef Ron & The Gumbo Cease &#; $ (CK)
SILVER SPONSOR $
Ryan Sanders (V)
The Corner Pocket (CK)
Ronald Issler & Stuart Nettles (CK)
Mothers Restaurant (In Kind)
BRONZE SPONSOR $
Lindsey Campbell (V)
John Marc Sharpe / RP Smith (V)
Derek Larson (V)
Drew Davenport (V)
Edward Moreno (V)
Farrow Stephenson (V)
Gino Loiacono (V)
Jimmy Gale (V)
Brian Jenkins ($)
Persana Shoulders (CK)
Michael Burnside ($)
Jim Meadows & Randy Sparks (CK)
Frank Abbruscato (CC)
Jeff Palmquist (CC)
Todd Blauvelt (V)
INDIVIDUAL SPONSOR $
Austin Wendt (V)
Nazha Abdul-Hadi (V)
Amy Gaiennie (V)
Colleen O’Brien (V)
Tavarius Walker (V)
Lawrence Edward ($)
Regine Adams ($)
Marva Colorless ($)
Dwain Hertz & Gene Theriot (CK)
Tony Leggio (CK)
Steve Sciortino ($)
IN KIND SPONSOR
David Roberts &#; $50 (V)
Paribe Meyer &#; $ 50 (V)
Sponsor Money – Non Event Collected
Frank Abbruscato &#; $
Jeff Pamquist &#; $
Cary Oswald &#; $
Todd Blauvet &#; $