Social Aid & Pleasure Club · Est. 2004
Season Finale · Sunday, June 28, 2026 · 3:30 PM
Uptown Swingers
The 2026 Route
START — 2023 Cadiz St. Head down Cadiz to Daneel St., right on Daneel to Valence St., then right on Valence toward Loyola St.
The club pauses at Valence & Loyola to remember Zell, then continues down Valence St. to Magnolia St.
3816 Magnolia St. — “Silky’s”. The Swingers pick up Queen Jacobi and her royal court here, then roll down Magnolia to Louisiana Ave., right to LaSalle St., down to Washington Ave., right to Dryades St., left to Second St.
Sportsman’s Corner (Second & Dryades). From there, down Dryades to Phillip St., right to Brainard St., left to Jackson Ave., left to Galvez St., right toward Martin Luther King Blvd.
A final stop near Galvez St. & MLK Blvd. Then left on Galvez to Louisiana Pkwy., and left on Louisiana Pkwy.
DISBAND — 3400 S. Claiborne Ave. (Chicken & Watermelon). Roughly 4.2 miles and 4 stops of pure Uptown second line.
Established 2004 · Uptown New Orleans
It Ends Uptown.
The Original Uptown Swingers rolled for the first time in 2004, but the roots run generations deeper. The founder came up in the culture as a kid, marching with the Young Men Olympian Junior Benevolent Association — one of the oldest Black benevolent societies in New Orleans — before branching off to start a division of his own. What began as a single parade past a family member’s front porch grew into one of Uptown’s most anticipated Sundays.
Tight-knit and family-first, the Swingers close out the New Orleans second line season every June. When the brass band steps off, Uptown turns out — good music, good food, and thousands of dancers filling the streets from Cadiz to Claiborne.
“Leave all the BS and drama at your house — we come to have a good time.”
Uptown · New Orleans
