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And let us not forget the crew and co-creators who bring this weekend to life...
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Rosin Coven, Edwardian Ball Founders & House BandRosin Coven, your Edwardian Ball Hosts, dreamt up this spectacle long ago in a dust-covered martini bar in the middle of a bleak desert. They proudly continue the tradition of bringing a Gorey story to life each year in partnership with Vau de Vire Society. Eight musicians blend violin, two cellos, bass, guitar, harp, vibraphone, trombone, drums & lush vocal harmonies in a strangely beautiful mix of classical, jazz, chamber, tango, klezmer, sultry lounge, theatrical cabaret, and cinematic dreams. |
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Vau de Vire SocietySpawned from the depths of San Francisco’s thriving Dance and Circus sub-cultures, the Vau de Vire Society has ravaged and titillated the live entertainment scene causing jaws to drop in awe and admiration around the Bay Area and beyond. This Avant-Cabaret community consists of classically-trained dancers, some of the nations most acclaimed acrobats, aerial artists, contortionists and circus side-show acts, an array of unique fire-performers, a handful of thespians and a barrage of the most enticing go-go’s. The group has been cross-pollinating genres by collaborating with an eclectic variety of world-renowned musicians and Dj’s in creating original stage shows and festival productions for the non- pretentious. Most notable collaborators include Cirque du Soleil, San Francisco Symphony, Peaches, the Alkaline Trio, The Dresden Dolls, Fishbone, Rosin Coven, Crystal Method and many other widely respected artists. |
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Eric McFadden & His Edwardian OrchestraOn a career that spans the better put of the last two decades, Eric McFadden has successfully navigated the ongoing clash between the sounds and voices inside his head to create a unique musical persona... (Aaron Kayce, Jam Base) If I we're asked who's the artist of the year around there parts...I would have to say Eric McFadden. His sextet's shadowy carny-rock and gloomy americana, beautifully showcase's McFadden's flamenco fueled guitar work, husky baritone and gleefully twisted lyrics. (Sam Hurwitt, Pacific sun) Since becoming George Clinton's guitar player, Eric McFadden has turned into one of San Francicso's phantom treasures, a rarely glimpsed dark angel... (Silke Tudor, San Francisco Weekly) www.ericmcfadden.com |
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Rube WaddellRube Waddell is a San Francisco-based quartet performing their own breed of modern Americana music. They mix together cast-off parts, twisted scraps, and rusty hinges of Blues, Gospel, Country, American and Irish Folk, Punk,Rock, comic Vaudeville, German theater, Mexican Banda, Mid-Eastern and Asian ditties into a raw junkyard stew stirred by their varied array of traditional and homemade instruments. Reviewers have compared Rube Waddell at times to Captain Beefheart, the Fugs, Ween, Doo-Rag, Tom Waits, Jon Spencer and other lo-fi giants. |
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Vermillion LiesVermillion Lies was born in the bygone era of 2004 after sisters Kim and Zoe Boekbinder were reunited after many years. Zoe traveled north from the wild jungle of central america to teach her sister Kim guitar. After putting themselves on stage with an amplified typewriter and an assortment of other musical objects the sisters were off and running into the brick wall of life as musicians. Their eclectic music ranges from lyrical folk melodies to raucous circus ballads with toy piano and accordion. The sisters have earned a reputation for an amazing live performance and beautiful arrangements. They craft their songs with guitars, pianos, typewriters, toy pianos, washboards, pots and pans, broken pipes, old steamer trunks and lobsters. |
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Vima Dance Studio & BurlesqueSince opening its doors in May of 2005, Vima Dance Studio has become San Francisco's new ballroom laboratory for an exotic community of beginning dancers, professional competitors and performers alike. Specializing in ballroom, latin, swing and argentine tango, Vima is home to a talented array of teachers and offers a friendly and artistic learning environment. In addition, the studio hosts world-champion dancers, and competes in local and international dance competitions. On stage, Vima performs a unique blend of ballroom burlesque in venues throughout the Bay Area. Vima aims to bring the art of ballroom dance to the City's vibrant nightlife, one box step at a time! |
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Fou Fou Ha!Combining buffoonery, intricate dance choreography, drag queens, slapstick, and cheap bourbon, the Fou Fou HA! Dancing girls are a band of mayhem-makers like no other. Their performances always cause laughter and excitement (and at times a bit of brain damage), and you'll never know what brilliant spectacle they will think of next! Described as a cross between the Cockettes, Venetian Carnival clowns and Dr. Seuss, Fou Fou HA! performs to music ranging from Mambo to German Pop, from the Muppets to Balkan beats. |
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Jill TracyJill Tracy, Belle of The Edwardian Ball, returns for another dark, seductive performance that brings the waltzing dance floor to life. With her signature concoction of dark parlour and classical piano, haunting lyrics and seductive style, she creates a sound that conjures up shades of Grand Guignol, dark cabaret, early cinema and film noir, but with a distinctively modern flair. |
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Unextraordinary GentlemenVictorian Synth-Punk since 1837 now finds itself in Edwardian Times with extraordinary results. From Los Angeles comes the Unextraordinary Gentlemen (UXG), created to explore their love for post-punk, synth-pop, industrial & experimental music combined with the literary genre of Victorian fantasy. |
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Kinetic Steam WorksKinetic Steam Works is a Bay Area collective dedicated to steam powered kinetic art, repurposing the artifacts of clockwork modernity while creatively blending Art & Industry. |
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The NekyiaThe Nekyia is Showgrrrl Sublime, an intoxicating stage show featuring the finest in dance, acrobatics, aerial and fire performance. It is Cairo Casbah, Vegas Revue, Cuban Cabaret, and San Francisco Cirque—shaken not stirred to a cocktail of body-rocking dance music and live percussion. |
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Miz MargoDJing in SF for 10+ years, spins everything from goth/deathrock to cabaret, to indiepop to electro, to ???, one of the founders/promoter/DJs of Dark Sparkle/After Dark, can be regularly heard around the city at clubs like Death Guild, Pop Roxx, Black Tuesdays and sundry other events.... |
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DJ Delachaux'San Francisco's own Cocktail Break Shaker' DJ Delachaux originally waxed his unique style of electronic music from the early days of San Francisco's seminal neo-burlesque movement. As a harbinger of vintage sounds Delachaux began warming up audiences for local cabarets like SF's Famous Burlesque Revue with eclectic cocktail sets that swirled everything from Weimar Berlin and brassy beatnik to torch-lit tiki and retro-atomic go-go. Mixing festive cine-sexy melodies with infectiously slick rhythms Delachaux became the after-party starter for San Francisco's neo-burlesque community and can currently be found dropping his saucy retro-sonic barrage at such monthly parties as 'Splashadelic' and 'Kinky Salon'. |
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Paxton GatePaxton Gate was founded in December of 1992 by two landscape designers whose inspiration came from a fascination with the natural world. Soon after its inception, a predilection for the more bizarre side of nature became apparent, and oddities such as the insects and taxidermy began to creep onto the scene. These days the amazing collection within the store adheres to a common aesthetic and style which Paxton Gate describes as "treasures and oddities inspired by the garden and the natural sciences". |
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ValentineA shape-shifting gender chameleon, chanteuse and
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Leila BazzaniLeila Bazzani dances and travels with the Yard Dogs |
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City CircusCity Circus is a multi-ethnic 3rd generation urban circus arts troupe whose profesional performers stretch from 12-32 years in age. Combining elements of hip-hop and old world contortion, aerial, object manipulation, beatboxing, acrobatics and juggling, this battle seasoned troop is pleased to present a strict historical recreation of traditional Edwardian gaslight hyphy, and the classic british steam powered sideshows. and also, a brief and informative lecture about florida real estate. for more info www.Everdaytheatre.org and www.AcroSports.org.
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DJ FACT.50DJ FACT.50 has been spinning in the bay area for over 6 years, and while he primarily works in Post-Punk, and New Wave music. He has a distinct taste for Neo-Victorian, Dark Cabaret, Symphonic, and Atmospheric Old World music. When he isn't DJing, he is the driving force behind the Steampunk inspired musical project "Vernian Process". As well as the founder of www.post-punk.com . |
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KingfishWho is Kingfish? People who know better refer to Kingfish as Jim Sweeney, a long-time San Francisco show-producer and entertainer who has been co-creator and M.C. to such Bay Area extravaganzas as "Spectacular! Spectacular!" and "Creepshow Peepshow." |
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Will ChaseWill Chase Arts has been responsible for the most eye-popping, mind-blowing, and visually-stimulating curated art shows known to humankind ... at least in the Bay Area, anyway. Whether it's in a formal gallery, an art event, or a knock-down-drag-out party, the galleries we create draw on any of the 1,500 artists in our database. And we're not talking about the crap you find in 49 Geary, either ... these are the best in local emerging artists that by all rights you should be hanging on the walls of your home, office, or prison cell. |
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kSea fluxNo one's sure where this being came from, not even him. Appearing out of nowhere and out of his own need, he first cut his true performance teeth with The Dresden Dolls, and shortly after was the Ringmaster of the Dresden Dolls Brigade. He has performed on the streets of many cities across this twisted country, been called a Dragon, an Angel, a Duke, a delinquent by one particular cop on Fisherman's Wharf - and made a man in New Orleans cry shortly after Katrina, simply by standing still. All in all, he is nothing less than the purest of Dreamers. He continues to dream, to chase them down with a vengeance, and in his own strange way, he brings his dreams to you. Expect something different and delightful every time you see him perform, and though his dreams are dark, there is a deliciously twisted humor, a strange light - that always shines through. This person is kSea flux, and he is here to remind you of magick. |
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ThrillpeddlersThrillpeddlers have been performing their unique brand of horror and fetish theatre in San Francisco since 1991. Under the direction of Russell Blackwood, Thrillpeddlers produces classic plays from the infamous repertoire of Le Théâtre du Grand Guignol as well as new works inspired by the genre. Their SOMA home The Hypnodrome is a purpose-built horror theatre. Thrillpeddlers’ annual Shocktoberfest!!, now in its eighth year, has become a San Francisco Halloween favorite. Thrillpeddlers won the Guardian’s “Best of the Bay 2005” and SF Weekly’s “Best of San Francisco” Readers’ Choice for “Best Theatre Company” in 2007. Thrillpeddlers are the purveyors of www.grandguignol.com, the most complete source of Grand Guignol information on the Net. |
