New Orleans meets 90s club classics…a rave funeral without the body! 

In New Orleans, funerals are celebrated in style, with noisy brass bands processing through the streets. The main section of the parade is known as First Line, but the real fun starts with the Second Line, those who follow the band to enjoy the music, marching with the musicians and twirling parasols or waving handkerchiefs.  

Welcome to Second Lining. 

A rabble of mischievous northerners, Mr Wilson’s Second Liners form a traditional New Orleans Second Line. However, this is no sombre occasion: Mr Wilson’s expend their collective musical talent paying homage to the diehard days of the Hacienda, 90s club culture and its greatest hero, Mr Tony Wilson.  

These revolutionary genre bashers knock the First Line sideways, opting for upbeat dance tracks over traditional slow hymns. Proudly stepping out in uniformed style, they channel the spirit of the 24 hour party people and get audiences dancing wherever they play. 

Join us in the library and in the High Street where the band will lead our flamboyant grand procession of Catarinas and cheeky skeletons. Dance with the performers in this street extravaganza which will be bursting with colour and sound and let this be a final act of remembrance of lost loved ones and a reminder to live life to the full. 

www.mrwilsons.org.uk 

Supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England