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It has been called “the most famous drag-queen contest in America” and it has been going on for more than four decades. What started out as a one-time novelty to help promote a French Quarter hamburger joint evolved into one of the major events of each Mardi Gras. In the mid-1960s, Arthur Jacobs, former owner of the Clover Grill at the corner of Bourbon and Dumaine streets, conceived of Friday, February 28th 2025 – Celebrate the start of Mardi Gras WEEKEND in New Orleans at the iconic Greasing of the Poles, a unique NOLA tradition. Annual Bourbon Street Awards Show. On Mardi Gras day (March 4th, 2025) the Annual Bourbon Street Awards Show presents the ultimate costume contest. This you have to see to believe. He would host a costume contest on Mardi Gras, late in the afternoon after the Rex parade. Because the Clover Grill was located in the “gay” section of Bourbon Street, directly across from Café Lafitte in Exile (the city’s oldest gay bar), the contest drew a mostly gay crowd and featured mostly gay contestants, many of whom wore costumes Mystik Krewe da la Rue Royale Revelers Twelfth Night Party. January 6, 2023. In Carnival tradition, Twelfth Night marks the commencement of the season’s parades and festivities, and the Mystik Krewe de la Rue Royale Revelers kicks it off in style with a night of grand, gay jubilation at the Mardi Gras Museum of Costumes and Culture. In 1963, when a business owner in the gay section of Bourbon Street decided to host a Mardi Gras costume contest, some contestants competed in their drag ball outfits. The 47th annual Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade is set to attract huge crowds on 1 March. Credit: AAP Over 11,000 participants are expected to descend on Sydney's streets on Saturday Mardi Gras weekend kicked off Friday morning with Greasing of the Poles, an annual event at the Royal Sonesta where local celebrities and influencers where their best Carnival costumes and lube up History of the event, Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras. Robert Swieca, Judith O’Callaghan and Glynis Jones, Absolutely Mardi Gras: Costume and Design of the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, Powerhouse Publishing, Sydney, 1996. Graham Willett, Living out Loud: A History of Gay and Lesbian Activism in Australia, Allen & Unwin, 2000 Follow our live coverage as 10,000 marchers make their way down a crowd-lined Oxford Street for the 47th annual Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade. Scenes from the Bourbon Street Awards costume contest on Tuesday, March 1, 2022 in the French Quarter of New Orleans on Mardi Gras. (Photo by Chris Granger | The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans The 54th Annual Bourbon Street Awards is set for Mardi Gras day, February 13, 2018 at 12noon, Wood Enterprises brings us this fantastic contest again this year! The ultimate costume contest is sponsored by Good Friends Bar, Cafe Lafitte in Exile, Rawhide 2010, Clover Grill, Mary's Ace French Quarter Hardware, and Ambush Magazine . The epic Mardi Gras Day costuming contest got its start as a promotion to drum up business for a Bourbon Street diner. – by Frank Perez. LGBTQ Mardi Gras The New Orleans LGBTQ community embraces Mardi Gras traditions with costumes, krewes, and more. While the first official gay Carnival krewe, the Krewe of Yuga, was formed in the late 1950s, “Gay Mardi Gras” had been going on underground way before then. Scenes from the Bourbon Street Awards costume contest on Tuesday, March 1, 2022 in the French Quarter of New Orleans on Mardi Gras. (Photo by Chris Granger | The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Attend an LGBT Mardi Gras Ball. Attending a Mardi Gras ball is a great way to experience the season like a true LGBT (or ally) local. Balls are fantastic for seeing some of the best costuming in the world and making new friends. Some krewes that sell tickets to the public are Armeinius, Stars, Mwindo, and Lords of Leather. See winners of Bourbon Street's fabulous Mardi Gras costume contest, hosted by drag queens “When it don’t make sense, that’s when you know it’s good,” Fatsy Cline said. A costume contest participant shows off a costume that makes fun of the Hilary Clinton pizza conspiracy during the Annual Bourbon Street Awards on Mardi Gras Day in New Orleans, Tuesday, Feb. 21 He would host a costume contest on Mardi Gras, late in the afternoon after the Rex parade. Because the Clover Grill was located in the “gay” section of Bourbon Street, directly across from Café Lafitte in Exile (the city’s oldest gay bar), the contest drew a mostly gay crowd and featured mostly gay contestants, many of whom wore costumes 🎺 MARDI GRAS KICK-OFF: Ready to get the Mardi party started? City Walk BHAM is hosting a Mardi Gras celebration on Jan. 24—put on your beads, join the golf cart parade + get dressed to impress👇 NowPartner #citywalk #festive #parade #foodtrucks #fun GH
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