[New Orleans] Free outdoor concert during Southern Decadence called off because of monkeypox fears

Nola.com ^ | August 17, 2022 | Keith Spera

[Ebenezer]

The producer of the Bourbon Street Extravaganza, one of Southern Decadence’s signature events, has canceled the free outdoor concert over concerns about the monkeypox virus.

Thousands of revelers were expected to gather Sept. 3 at the corner of Bourbon and St. Ann streets outside the gay bar Napoleon’s Itch to hear dance music diva Jeanie Tracy and other singers.

This was to have been the Bourbon Street Extravaganza’s celebratory return after two years of cancellations prompted by the COVID pandemic.

[Ebenezer]

It was okay to cancel Southern Decadence on account of COVID-19 but not because of monkeypox. With thousands expected to attend, it would not surprise me if the number of cases in the New Orleans area skyrockets.

[Ebenezer]

Pelican State ping.

[butlerweave]

but Gay Pride crap can go ahead

[gundog]

? Cancelled, per the story.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

Rump rangers are greatly saddened.

[Ebenezer]

Draconian measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 were imposed on us, but at no time are public-health agencies, at a minimum, advising the LGBTQXYZ+/- folks to simply abstain from sexual activity.

[Ebenezer]

The concert was cancelled, but not the festival itself. That is like trying to put out a building fire with a bucket of water.

[mass55th]

New Orleans Mayor recently said there may not be a Mardi Gras next year due to shortage of police officers. Dwindling police force. Gee, I wonder why.

[Ebenezer]

Because New Orleans has become a sh*thole of a mismanaged, crime-infested, Democrat-controlled city, starting with the mayor, police superintendent, parish/county sheriff, and city council.

[aquila48]

It was canceled because of monkeypox. Don’t you read your own postings?

[EEGator]

Do people have anal sex at outdoor concerts?

[moovova]

Must've expected a significant amount of oral and anal penetration while lounging on those spread blankets. Of course, those two in the lounge chairs would have to rely on a "reach across".

[Apparatchik]

[FreedomPoster]

[gundog]

Probably in the porta-johns.

[mass55th]

New Orleans has been that way for decades, but the morons keep electing Democrats to run the city. There hasn’t been a Republican Mayor of New Orleans since 1870...Benjamin Flanders.

[EEGator]

Uggg…that’s so disgusting.

[EEGator]

That’s great.

[Hardshell]

“Napoleon’s Itch”......now that’s an appropriate name for a family friendly establishment.....

[MrBambaLaMamba]

Disgusting mark of the beast