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Takin' It to the Streets^® is WWOZ's multi-platform program celebrating New Orleans' social aid & pleasure clubs, second lines, Black Masking Indians, Baby Dolls, and brass band traditions.

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2025-26 second line parade schedule

Happening This Week

Uptown Swingers Second Line Parade

Sunday, June 28, 2026 - 3:30pm

Uptown Swingers 2022. Photo by MJ Mastrogiovanni.

START 2023 Cadiz St. Down Cadiz St. to Danneel St. RIGHT on Danneel St. to Valence St. RIGHT on Valence St. to Loyola St.

PAUSE TO REMEMBER EZELL

Down Valence St. to Magnolia St. RIGHT on Magnolia St.

STOP Silky's (3816 Magnolia St.). Pick up Queen Ja'cobi and Her Court. RIGHT on Louisiana Ave. to LaSalle St. LEFT on LaSalle St. to Washington St. RIGHT on Washington Ave. to Dryades St. LEFT on Dryades to Second St.

STOP Sportsman's Corner. Down Dryades St. to Phillip St. RIGHT on Phillip St. to Brainard St. LEFT on Brainard St. to Jackson Ave. LEFT on Jackson Ave. to Galvez St. RIGHT on Galvez St. to Martin Luther King Blvd.

STOP. LEFT on Galvez to Louisiana Pkwy. LEFT on Louisiana Pkwy to

DISBAND Chicken & Watermelon (3400 S. Claiborne Ave.)

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Weekly Brass Band events:

Mondays - Sporty's Brass Band at Da Jump Off Lounge (1901 N. Claiborne Ave.) - 9:30pm

Tuesdays - Rebirth Brass Band at Rabbit Hole (1228 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd.) - 10pm

Wednesdays - New Breed Brass Band at Blue Nile (532 Frenchmen St) - 9pm (every other Wednesday starting 6/17)

Thursdays - Brass-A-Holics at Jazz Playhouse (300 Bourbon St.) - 7:30pm

Thursdays - Stooges Brass Band at Livin Swell 4211 Recording Studios (4211 South Claiborne Ave) - 8pm

Fridays - Royal St. Brass Band at Carousel Bar & Lounge at Hotel Monteleone (214 Royal St.) - 12:30pm

Fridays - Big Six Brass Band at Candlelight Lounge (925 N. Robertson St.) - 6pm

Fridays - Bettis + 3rd Degree Brass Band at Bamboula's (514 Frenchmen St.) - 10pm

Sundays - Treme Brass Band at the Spotted Cat (623 Frenchmen St.) - 6pm

Sundays - Big 6 Brass Band at Celebration Hall (1701 St. Bernard Ave.) - 9pm

Sundays - Street Legends Brass Band at Blue Nile (532 Frenchmen St) - 9:30pm

Sundays - Hot 8 Brass Band at the Howlin' Wolf (907 S. Peters St) - 10:30pm

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