Festival of the Dead – Ilford Parade
[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1761315936501{margin-bottom: 40px !important;}”][vc_column_text css_animation=”none” bottom_margin=”30px”]Grab your lanterns, masks and glowsticks to help bring Ilford alive in a grand spectacle of puppets led by The Lantern Company, the music of UDM Samba and more![vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]Take a moment to honour your loved ones and join the celebration of life![vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1761315901773{margin-bottom: 40px !important;}”][vcex_heading text=”Pre-parade Serenade – from 16:45″ tag=”h2″ bottom_margin=”40px” source=”custom”][vcex_grid_container columns_lg=”” gap=”20px”][vcex_icon_box heading=”Las Adelitas Mariachi Band” align_center=”true” image=”27093″ heading_bottom_margin=”10px” heading_color=”palette-872″ heading_size=”26px” heading_weight=”800″ stack_bk=”md” icon_spacing=”30px” background_color=”#f7e4d4″ el_class=”fotd_lineup_icon_box” img_width=”300px” img_css_width=”300px” onclick=”custom_link” onclick_url=”https://visionrcl.org.uk/events/mariachi-las-adelitas-ilford/”]Before the parade starts, watch the all-female mariachi band, Las Adelitas warm up the crowd![/vcex_icon_box][/vcex_grid_container][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1761315901773{margin-bottom: 40px !important;}”][vcex_heading text=”Parade Lineup” tag=”h2″ bottom_margin=”40px” source=”custom”][vcex_grid_container columns_lg=”” gap=”20px”][vcex_icon_box heading=”Lantern Company” align_center=”true” image=”11771″ heading_bottom_margin=”10px” heading_color=”palette-872″ heading_size=”26px” heading_weight=”800″ stack_bk=”md” icon_spacing=”30px” background_color=”#f7e4d4″ el_class=”fotd_lineup_icon_box” img_width=”300px” img_css_width=”300px”]Meet the Skellies and friends as they tower over you, dance, play and guide you along the procession route![/vcex_icon_box][vcex_icon_box heading=”UDM Samba” align_center=”true” image=”27001″ heading_bottom_margin=”10px” heading_color=”palette-872″ heading_size=”26px” heading_weight=”800″ stack_bk=”md” icon_spacing=”30px” background_color=”#f7e4d4″ el_class=”fotd_lineup_icon_box” img_width=”300px” img_css_width=”300px” onclick=”custom_link” onclick_url=”https://visionrcl.org.uk/events/udm-samba/”]Redbridge Festival of the Dead 2026 is excited to welcome UDM Samba, London’s only dedicated Youth Samba band, to our Festival Parade, playing authentic music from the heart of Rio-carnival.[/vcex_icon_box][vcex_icon_box heading=”Day of the Dead Stilt Walker Couple” align_center=”true” image=”26681″ heading_bottom_margin=”10px” heading_color=”palette-872″ heading_size=”26px” heading_weight=”800″ stack_bk=”md” icon_spacing=”30px” background_color=”#f7e4d4″ el_class=”fotd_lineup_icon_box” img_width=”300px” img_css_width=”300px” onclick=”custom_link” onclick_url=”https://visionrcl.org.uk/events/stilt-walker-couple/”]Meet these colourful characters.
Catch them roaming inside and outside the library before joining the main procession![/vcex_icon_box][vcex_icon_box heading=”This is Mexico! Folk Dance Group” align_center=”true” image=”11804″ heading_bottom_margin=”10px” heading_color=”palette-872″ heading_size=”26px” heading_weight=”800″ stack_bk=”md” icon_spacing=”30px” background_color=”#f7e4d4″ el_class=”fotd_lineup_icon_box” img_width=”300px” img_css_width=”300px” onclick=”custom_link” onclick_url=”https://visionrcl.org.uk/events/this-is-mexico-ilford/”]Watch them as they celebrate the joy of Mexican culture through traditional dance.
Catch them roaming inside and outside the library before the main procession![/vcex_icon_box][vcex_icon_box heading=”ITZATNA Arts Monarch Butterflies” align_center=”true” image=”27087″ heading_bottom_margin=”10px” heading_color=”palette-872″ heading_size=”26px” heading_weight=”800″ stack_bk=”md” icon_spacing=”30px” background_color=”#f7e4d4″ el_class=”fotd_lineup_icon_box” img_width=”300px” img_css_width=”300px”]ITZATNA Arts will be joining us as ethereal monarch butterflies, symbolising the returning souls of ancestors, life, death and spiritual renewal in Mexican tradition.[/vcex_icon_box][/vcex_grid_container][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1761315916869{margin-bottom: 40px !important;}”][vc_column_text bottom_margin=”40px”]
The Ilford Procession will gather inside the library 30 minutes before the start of the event.
This project is supported with public funding from the National Lottery through Arts Council England.
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