Mr Wilson's Second Liners

Name: Mr Wilson's Second Liners
Start: 2025-11-07T19:30:00+00:00
Location: The Beacon, Wantage

Schedule

Fri, 07 Nov, 2025 at 07:30 pm

UTC+00:00

Location

The Beacon, Wantage | Wantage, EN

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 purpose of a funeral parade and main section lead the way, 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.
The vision is an anarchic, street extravaganza, bursting with colour and sound, rallying impromptu raves on street corners and rousing audiences young and old into a joyful frenzy.
About Mr Wilson’s:
Mr. Wilson’s work with programmers and communities to dream up joyous, place-making celebrations that make the heart sing. Our projects always include elements of music, live performance, colourful design and digital content. We rally massive crowds, ignite audiences and have previously performed at 100’s public parades, street theatre events both in the UK and Internationally. We’re always on the hunt for a good story; people, landscapes, historic and social events which all inspire how we work with communities and redefine our relationship with public and outdoor spaces. We identify and engage world class collaborators, integrating them into our team and ultimately we deliver beautiful, ambitious projects, engaging communities and audiences.