Uncle Lionel's Second Line
5:00pm until 7:00pm.
The second line to remember and honor our beloved Lionel Batiste will start at Tuba Fats Square on the corner of St. Philip and N. Robertson in the Treme 1931 St. Claude.
from Tuba Fats Square will go down St. Philip to N. Rampart, then onto Elysian Fields, turning onto Royal and stopping at the Christopher Inn Apartments where Batiste lived. The parade will then finish by turning up Frenchmen St. until St. Claude, where it will disband at Sweet Lorraine's Jazz Club
(We are also Asking All Secondline Clubs to Dress out)
Following the Second Line, there is a benefit at Sweet Lorraine's. Taking the stage to honor the legend will be trumpeters Kermit Ruffins and Kid Merv, singer Michael Baptiste, NOLA R&B mainstay Deacon John, singer Danon Smith and jazz violinist Michael Ward. The show starts at 7 p.m.
New Orleans Multicultural Tourism Network to Donate Portion of Tremé 200 Bicentennial Poster Sales to "Uncle" Lionel Batiste's Fund
This year marks the Bicentennial of Faubourg Tremé, the neighborhood that gave rise to jazz, brass bands, incredible architecture Mardi Gras Indians, and several pioneers of the civil rights movement.
To purchase posters and learn more about the Tremé 200 Bicentennial Celebration please visit www.Treme2012.com.
A memorial fund has been set up for Uncle Lionel Batiste at Liberty Bank and Trust.
Donations can be made to the fund by going to any branch. If you have any questions please contact Glenda McKinley at 504-915-1552.
On Thursday, July 19, Uncle Lionel will lay in state at the Charbonnet-Labat Funeral Home on St. Philip Street and North Claiborne Avenue. Services will be held on Friday, July 20 at the Mahalia Jackson Theater for the Performing Arts located in Armstrong Park.