Club
Bourbon Pub & Parade
New Orleans · Greater New Orleans
Video bar below, dance floor above — a Bourbon Street institution since 1974.
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Destinations
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Places worth a visit, open on your own schedule — museums and the archive today, trails and campgrounds soon. Browse, then rally your krewe for a day out.
The rooms that keep late hours — bars, clubs, and live music across Louisiana. Open most nights; check with the venue before you drive.
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Thrift store
Buffalo Exchange
New Orleans · Greater New Orleans
Thrift & resale · consignment · clothing
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Bar
Good Friends Bar
New Orleans · Greater New Orleans
Two floors of easy conversation in the Quarter — the name says it right.
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Campground
Gryphon's Nest Campground
Springfield · Northshore
Louisiana's only Pagan and alternative lifestyle campground; explicitly welcoming to LGBTQ+, alternative, and pagan communities; judgment-free zone; private wooded setting
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ArchivePay what you can
LGBT+ Archives Project of Louisiana
New Orleans · Greater New Orleans
Louisiana's queer memory, preserved — letters, photographs, periodicals, and ephemera documenting LGBTQ+ life across the state.
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Campground
Little River Bluffs
Folsom · Northshore
Listed on Purple Roofs (LGBTQ travel directory) as gay-friendly; artesian-fed river; 30 wooded acres; bed and breakfast and camping accommodations
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Club
Oz New Orleans
New Orleans · Greater New Orleans
Bourbon Street's big gay dance club — drag, DJs, and a balcony over the parade.
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Campground
Snow White Sanctuary
Vinton · Southwest Louisiana
Hipcamp top-rated; described as safe, inclusive, and welcoming; 60+ private acres of forest; nature trails; frequently highlighted as LGBTQ+ friendly
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Live music
The AllWays Lounge & Cabaret
New Orleans · Greater New Orleans
The Marigny's velvet room for cabaret, burlesque, and the beautifully odd.
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Bar
The Corner Pocket
New Orleans · Greater New Orleans
Small, loud, and unbothered — a Quarter dive with dancers on the bar.
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Bar
The Country Club
New Orleans · Greater New Orleans
A Bywater mansion with a bar, a restaurant, and a pool out back.
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Bar
The Phoenix Bar
New Orleans · Greater New Orleans
The Marigny's leather and Levi's bar — gruff outside, welcoming in.
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