New Orleans meets 90s Manchester club classics…

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.

Proudly stepping out in uniformed style, they channel the spirit of Manchester’s 24 hour party people and get audiences dancing wherever they play.

This is a standing / dancing event with a very limited number of unreserved chairs and tables available on a first come first serve basis. Access seats available for those who require them.

DOGSHOW

These two full-bodied canine brothers are on a mission to create the ultimate party experience, and might accidentally be the most surreal band you’ll witness anytime soon. Fusing live techno, jazz, dance musicianship, their show comprises a battery-powered ‘Dog-Trolley’ in thecentre of the audience. From here Dogshow conduct a ritualistic ‘howling at the moon’ ceremony, channelling raw animalistic energy. Join the spectacle and unleash your inner canine as we release the hounds back into The Vale in 2025.