Wahaca presents Day of the Dead

Wahaca is bringing Mexico’s vibrant Day of the Dead celebrations to London, for a four-day festival of music, food, art and film hosted at The Old Vic Tunnels.

Performing each night, on the first leg of their European tour will be this year’s Wilderness Festival headliners, Rodrigo y Gabriela with their unique instrumental blend of metal, jazz and world music.
The tunnels will be transformed, with Wahaca’s very own temporary street kitchen, tequila and Mezcalaria bar, along with an exhibition of work by highly acclaimed Mexican photographer Graciela Iturbide, and newly commissioned installations of visual arts by the London based Le Gun collective and contemporary artists Hew Locke and Nancy Fouts.

The tunnels will be transformed with a temporary street kitchen by Wahaca and newly commissioned installations by visual arts including an exhibition of photography by highly acclaimed Mexican artist Graciela Iturbide, a site specific installation created by the Le Gun collective and work from British artists Hew Locke and Nancy Fouts. Wahaca will be serving their award winning Mexican Street Food over the course of the four night festival.

Daytime entrance at £5 (2pm – 6pm) offers an opportunity to view the exciting visual artists on show and enjoy screenings of the Alejandro Jodorowsky classic film Santa Sangre with a newly commissioned live score by The Cabinet of Living Cinema to accompany each film screening. The Cabinet of Living Cinema will be performing a matinee of Santa Sangre on Saturday 3 November.

Evening tickets available at £31 for early bookers, £41 thereafter includes, in addition to the visual arts show, access to the headline music concert Rodrigo y Gabriela, screening of Santa Sangre with performance of a new live score by the Cabinet of Living Cinema, a Mezcalería experience and more music, performance and late night revelry with Communion DJs.