Photos: 56th annual Bourbon Street Awards bring out the best costumes on Fat Tuesday

Elaborate and fabulous costumes compete for prizes in the categories of Drag, Leather, Group, Individual, and Best Overall during the 56th annual Bourbon Street Awards.

by Michael DeMocker | February 26, 2020

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Elaborate and fabulous costumes compete for prizes in the categories of Drag, Leather, Group, Individual, and Best Overall during the 56th annual Bourbon Street Awards at Dauphine and St. Ann Streets hosted by the Good Friends Bar and the Queens Head Pub on Mardi Gras Day, 2020.

An inflatable doll is “shot” from a cannon during the 56th annual Bourbon Street Awards at Dauphine and St. Ann Streets hosted by the Good Friends Bar and the Queens Head Pub on Mardi Gras Day, 2020. (Photo by Michael DeMocker)

Hundreds of people crowd the stage and fill the balconies as costumed competitors compete for prizes in the categories of Drag, Leather, Group, Individual, and Best Overall during the 56th annual Bourbon Street Awards at Dauphine and St. Ann Streets hosted by the Good Friends Bar and the Queens Head Pub on Mardi Gras Day, 2020. (Photo by Michael DeMocker)

Master of Ceremonies Varla Jean Merman hosts the competition during the 56th annual Bourbon Street Awards at Dauphine and St. Ann Streets hosted by the Good Friends Bar and the Queens Head Pub on Mardi Gras Day, 2020. (Photo by Michael DeMocker)

Michael DeMocker

Michael DeMocker has been a photojournalist in New Orleans for over twenty years. He’s been the National Press Photographer Association’s Regional Photographer of the Year three times and loves photographing all things New Orleans. He lives Uptown with his wife, son, and two dogs of varying intelligence.