A New Orleans Funeral for Summer 2026
A New Orleans Funeral for Summer 2026 at The Cluny, Newcastle upon Tyne
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A New Orleans Funeral for Summer 2026 with live music from Alligator Gumbo
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About the show
We are having a New Orleans funeral for Summer 2026!
An early start and finish because those dark nights are drawing in but let's have one last party before before it's big coat time again.
There'll be Gumbo available at the kitchen, Bourbon at the bar, live New Orleans jazz and DJs playing all your favourite NOLA hits from the 1920's-1960's.
Dress to the nines in your finest frocks and sharpest suits. Swing dancing actively encouraged!
Alligator Gumbo have been playing together since the summer of 2011. Based in Leeds, West Yorkshire, they have played extensively around the country to rave reviews - from rowdy bars to some of the UK's most prestigious jazz festivals.
Playing jazz from the hey-day of the New Orleans swing/jazz era, in particular the "roaring 20s", when music was raw and largely improvised with melodies and solos happening simultaneously which has now become defined as the 'New Orleans' sound. Alligator Gumbo strive to keep this style alive in their renditions of popular songs from this unique time and place.
Featuring - Alligator Gumbo
Alligator Gumbo are a 7-piece swing band from Leeds. Playing jazz from the hey-day of the New Orleans swing era, in particular the "roaring 20s", where Jazz music featured instruments such as the violin, clarinet and accordion particularly amongst the Creole musicians based in the city who helped to define this style.
Before the time of the jazz big bands, swing music was raw and largely improvised with melodies and solos happening simultaneously which has now become defined as the 'New Orleans' sound. Alligator Gumbo strive to keep this style alive in their renditions of popular songs from this unique time and place.