A Bourbon Street bar crawl wouldn't be complete without making a twirl through Bourbon Pub/Parade, the behemoth of NOLA's gay nightlife scene. In fact, it's likely you'll make several passes through its airy lower floor, which opens onto the

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A Bourbon Street bar crawl wouldn't be complete without making a twirl through Bourbon Pub/Parade, the behemoth of NOLA's gay nightlife scene. In fact, it's likely you'll make several passes through its airy lower floor, which opens onto the intersection of Bourbon and St. Ann Streets (aka gay ground zero of the French Quarter), since it's open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Locals and tourists of all stripes can be found ogling the numerous downstairs video screens before heading upstairs to the dance floor. Its post across the street from late-night gay danceteria Oz encourages cross-pollination, and thanks to liberal open container laws, you can carry a to-go cup back and forth between bars. Karaoke, cabaret, and lesbian parties pop up frequently. When the city is gripped with Southern Decadence, Halloween, or Mardi Gras madness, the pub is wall-to-wall with bodies.

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