No need to fork out for the plane ticket to New Orleans next spring, you can get your fill of the funk and soul festival delights at the Southbank Centre this summer, with record producer Nile Rodgers' Meltdown Mardi Gras.
Youth organisations Kinetika Bloco and ZooNation Youth Company are putting on a carnival-style party, complete with an outdoor procession, breakdancing and all the dancefloor classics.