Second Line Culture In New Orleans

2019-2020 Social Aid And Pleasure Club Second Line Parade Schedule In New Orleans

2019-2020 Social Aid And Pleasure Club Second Line Parade Schedule In New Orleans

July 2019

All White Essence Fest second line. Sunday July 7th. 6:30 pm. Corner of N. Peters and Iberville

Rally for New Orleans Musicians. Sunday July 21st. 2pm. 700 Decatur (rally for Eugene Grant)

August 2019

Satchmo Summerfest second line. Sunday August 4th. More info to come

Valley of Silent Men Social Aid and Pleasure Club second line parade. Sunday August 25th. 3pm. (historically this roll starts at Tapps on Rocheblave, check back closer to the parade and we’ll have more info)

We hit 36 second lines during the season that recently ended. Here are our field reports from each one.

We’ll flesh out this schedule as the S&P clubs drop their flyers.

2019-2020 Social Aid And Pleasure Club Second Line Parade Schedule In New Orleans

Second Line Culture In New Orleans

2019 Black Masking Cultural Festival in New Orleans

2019 Black Masking Cultural Festival in New Orleans

The 2019 Black Masking Cultural Festival is set to go down this Friday July 5th 2019. It starts at noon and runs to 5pm.

There will be Mardi Gras Indian gangs, brass bands, food trucks, roving cocktail and beer vendors, and one imagines, big crowds due to all the hard partying Essence Fest folks being in town.

2019 Black Masking Cultural Festival in New Orleans

Noon

Stallings Park
2700 Lapeyrouse St
New Orleans, Louisiana
70119

Free admission

Update: We went and did not lay eyes on a single Indian. It was roughly 100 degrees and donning a 100lb Indian suit would’ve been a dicey move for even the most fit of people.

Field Reports, Second Line Culture In New Orleans

Field Report: 2019 Perfect Gentlemen Social Aid and Pleasure Club Second Line in New Orleans

Perfect Gentlemen Social Aid and Pleasure Club Second Line in New Orleans

The Perfect Gentlemen Social Aid and Pleasure Club second line went down in New Orleans yesterday. It was the penultimate second line of the 2018-2019 season. Next week we’ll finish things up like we always do with Uptown Swingers. An eight week break will follow. Continue Reading