Social Aid & Pleasure Club · Est. 1973
2026 Second Line · Sunday, June 7 · 1 PM
Scene Boosters
The 2026 Route
START — Washington Ave. & LaSalle St. Down Washington Ave. to S. Claiborne Ave., right on S. Claiborne to Martin Luther King Blvd., right on MLK to S. Robertson St.
Proceed on MLK Blvd. to Simon Bolivar Ave., left on Simon Bolivar to Clio St., right on Clio to S. Saratoga St.
Gladys’ Low Ceiling Bar. Down S. Saratoga St. to Terpsichore St., right on Terpsichore to Simon Bolivar Ave., left on Simon Bolivar to Jackson Ave.
Up Jackson Ave. to Washington Ave. — DISBAND. 2 miles through Central City.
Established 1973 · Central City, Uptown
Since 1973.
The Scene Boosters have been rolling since 1973, founded by Baptiste Giles and Percy Lewis — the latter a big chief of the Black Eagles Mardi Gras Indians. The club grew out of an earlier uptown group, the Scene Highlight, and quickly became a Central City institution.
Their reputation traveled fast: in 1976 the Scene Boosters were invited to Washington, D.C. to perform at the Smithsonian’s Festival of American Folklife. More than fifty years on, they still bring the footwork to the Central City streets each June.
Central City, since ’73.
Uptown · Central City
