HNO Circuit Party New Orleans 2024

HNO Circuit Party New Orleans 2024

HNO New Orleans is one of the most celebrated gay party weekends of the year while also being one of the longest-running and most respected fundraising circuit events in the country. Join everyone in NOLA for an incredible weekend of love, fun, friends and giving back!

• Visiting for NnO? – Halloween is one of the busiest weekends in New Orleans with beautiful weather and an amazing atmosphere, so book our hotel early. Stay in the French Quarter close to all of the action.

The Event

• The weekend of events include the famous Lazarus Ball on Friday evening, the main costume party on Saturday night and a Sunday Tea Dance and French Quarter second line parade.
• This weekend of fun was originally started as a dinner party given by a few people to honor their friends and loved ones who had died from AIDS and has become the single largest cumulative donor to Project Lazarus since the agency’s inception.
• This year the theme is XL, celebrating the 40th anniversary of the event,

HNO Circuit Party New Orleans Schedule

• Awaiting schedule and venues for the 2024 edition.

Second Line at the Halloween Parade

• Sunday: HNO stands out from the rest of America’s LGBTQ Halloween festivals thanks to its post-tea dance tradition: a second line through the French Quarter.
• This classic New Orleans happening is a joyous procession that usually takes place after funerals. Rather than mourn death, a second line chooses to celebrate life, an appropriate homage to the origins of Queer Christmas.

The Venues

• Joy Theatre New Orleans – Named after its founder Joy Houck, the former Canal Street landmark movie palace now serves as a staple of New Orleans’ burgeoning music and arts scene.  Featuring a state-of-the-art audio/visual system, a fixed stage, three permanent bars, and multi-tiered balcony seating spread out over 10,000 square feet.
• The Filmore – Stunning event venue,  spread across  22,000 square feet, at the foot of Canal Street in the heart of the French Quarter. The venue comes complete with a high-quality sound and lighting system, large bars, and grand chandeliers.
• Woldenberg Riverfront Park – 16 acres of sprawling green space stretching between the Mississippi River and the historic French Quarter. Created in the late 1980s on land that had been occupied by old wharves and warehouses along the Mississippi Riverfront,

Hotels in New Orleans

The best place to stay is in the French quarter, close to most of the gay bars and clubs. The following hotels are all close by and have high ratings from our readers:

The Roosevelt Hotel,    Omni Royal,    Royal Sonesta Hotel,    French Market Inn.