Wahaca will be bringing Mexico’s vibrant Day of the Dead celebrations to London, for a four-day festival of music, food, art and film

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 and Mezcalaria bar, where bartenders will be serving cocktails made from award-winning Tequila, Olmeca Altos, along with an exhibition of work by highly acclaimed Mexican photographer Graciela Iturbide, work by the eminent Mexican artist Dr. Lakra and newly commissioned installations of visual arts by the London based Le Gun collective, British artist Hew Locke, and Nancy Fouts.

Saturday daytime entrance also offers an opportunity to view the exciting visual art on show while afternoon ticket holders can enjoy a performance of a new live score by the Cabinet of Living Cinema to accompany a screening of the Alejandro Jodorowsky classic film Santa Sangre.

Wahaca’s Temporary Street Kitchen will be serving food throughout. Evening entrance from 7pm offers access to the visual arts show and 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.

Evening tickets priced at £50 include food from Wahaca’s Street Kitchen and two Olmeca Altos cocktails.

31st October- 3rd November

In Mexico, Day of the Dead is a time when families gather to remember the lives of their ancestors as it is believed that the souls of the dead come back to visit their loved ones on these days. It is a colourful celebration, festive rather than sombre as death isn’t seen as the end of one’s life, but as a natural part of the life cycle.