These pics will make you hop the next flight to New Orleans

Labor Day Weekend is fast approaching, and that brings one of the biggest parties of the year: Southern Decadence (photo above), in New Orleans. Parades and street parties are a way of life in New Orleans, and there seems to be a new reason every week to have a parade, but Southern Decadence one of the big ones in town. It is like the rowdy cousin of Mardi Gras, where hordes of gay guys (and everybody else who loves them) march through the streets of the French Quarter, in various stages of undress and inebriation, and then gather at the gay bars to whoop it up and just have fun.

New Orleans‘ architecture is gorgeous, and so are the friendly people, so we’ve collected some of our favorite photos of the city, revelers at Southern Decadence celebrations, and people living the New Orleans life:

 

 

 

 

 

 

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A post shared by Chateau LeMoyne-French Quarter (@chateaulemoyne) on Jul 24, 2017 at 2:05pm PDT

 

 

 

 

 

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A post shared by Gay New Orleans (@gayneworleans) on May 30, 2019 at 9:52am PDT

House from “American Horror Story: Coven”

 

 

 

 

 

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A post shared by Edgar Lucero (@edglucero) on Jun 25, 2017 at 12:20pm PDT

 

 

 

 

 

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A post shared by Mark P (@chemicalpiehl) on Oct 11, 2018 at 3:41pm PDT

 

 

 

 

 

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A post shared by tashanna nichole (@tashannanichole) on Sep 10, 2018 at 8:15pm PDT

Related: 5 great new hotels in New Orleans

 

 

 

 

 

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A post shared by Michael S (@mikepimpollo) on Sep 5, 2018 at 12:04pm PDT

 

 

 

 

 

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A post shared by Corie Lackland (@czar12) on Sep 9, 2018 at 11:15am PDT

 

 

 

 

 

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A post shared by Luke (@lbottke) on Sep 3, 2018 at 4:11pm PDT

 

 

 

 

 

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A post shared by Steven (@madguy81) on Sep 2, 2018 at 4:28pm PDT

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A post shared by LEUR (@leurmag) on May 22, 2019 at 11:54am PDT

 

 

 

 

 

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A post shared by VJBrendan (@vjbrendan) on Mar 3, 2019 at 12:33am PST

 

 

 

 

 

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A post shared by Gay New Orleans (@gayneworleans) on Sep 2, 2018 at 3:10pm PDT

 

 

 

 

 

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A post shared by Matt Templet (@matttemplet) on Aug 5, 2019 at 5:08pm PDT

Related: Meet Beau & Matt, New Orleans gurus with their tips for visiting the city