The 44th Annual Southern Decadence celebration of LGBT+ Life, Music and Culture broke all records bringing in over 180,000 participants Labor Day weekend 2015 in New Orleans.
With an economic impact of a whopping $216 million, this will be one for the history books. The economic impact may be much more since the spending average per person is based on a very conservative $1,200. The end of summer circuit weekend is the 5th largest in the city following Mardi Gras, Jazz Fest, Essence Fest, and French Quarter Fest.
Totals from this 44th Annual Southern Decadence celebration have been added to the records kept by the official website. Since 1996 the celebration has had a 1 billion, 705 million dollar economic impact on the New Orleans economy, with estimated crowds now totaling over 1,757,000.
This year saw another first with five grand marshals leading the festivities including Southern Decadence Grand Marshals XLI Steven Mora, Rip Naquin, Marsha Delain, Misti Ates and Frankie "Fierce" Wingerter.
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