EDWARDIAN BALL 2012  EVENTS

This year offers more than ever in the form of an elegant, six-event festival of art, music, dance, theatre, technology, fashion, libations, vending, oddities, and, of course, the art & stories of Edward Gorey.

NEXT UP! LOS ANGELES!

Sunday 2/19/12 (Presidents’ Day Weekend) – The Edwardian Ball Los Angeles, 7pm-2am, The Belasco Theater

Back by popular demand, we happily travel south for the winter once again for our third installation of The Edwardian Ball Los Angeles! We have found a new home, against many an odd, at the beautiful, historic Belasco Theater in Downtown LA.  This jaw-droppingly beautiful venue has a myriad of rooms and environments, including a plush cabaret ballroom, two outdoor patios, and plenty of room to install artifacts from our Museum of Wonders and of course, our famous Vendor Bazaar and Gaming Parlour.

Featuring
Co-Hosts Rosin Coven & Vau de Vire Society
presenting an original staging of “The Iron Tonic” by Edward Gorey
DJs Xian (LADEAD)
Delachaux
Creature Feature
Dark Garden Corestry
John Brothers Piano Company
SuperTall Paul’s Listening Lounge
Oddities & Wonders by Ben Burke
Shovelman
Edwardian Portrait Booth
and special guests TBA

The Belasco Theater, 1050 South Hill Street, Downtown Los Angeles. Doors & Show 7:00PM. Full dinner menu available. Tickets $42 GA, $75-$80 VIP ($45/$90 at door).  21+ with ID.

PAST EVENTS…

Thur 1/19/12 – Hubba Hubba Revue Wild West Burlesque, DNA Lounge
Fri 1/20/12 – The Edwardian World’s Faire, 8pm-2am, Regency Ballroom
Sat 1/21/12 – Vendor Bazaar Shopping, 12-5pm FREE, Sutter Room
Sat 1/21/12 – Afternoon Tea with Professor Elemental, 3-5pm, Regency Lodge
Sat 1/21/12 – The 12th Annual Edwardian Ball, 8pm-2am, Regency Ballroom

Fri 1/20 – The Edwardian World’s Faire, 8pm

The first night of back-to-back Regency Ballroom events, The Edwardian World’s Faire presents a Gorey-inspired night of music, theatrics, circus, fashion, gaming, and Edwardian-tinged rock n’ roll. A little more rambunctious than the Saturday night Ball, The Faire presents an interactive night of Barbary-themed Midway Games, bicycle-powered carnival rides by Cyclecide, Steam-powered machinery by KSW, circus sideshows, burlesque, and this year, a foray into “Chap Hop” with headliner Professor Elemental direct from the UK!  Also featuring longtime Edwardian disc jockey Delachaux, Sour Mash Hug Band, Flynn Creek Circus, Vau de Vire Society, DJ Fact.50, and our now-famous Vendor Bazaar & Piano Saloon featuring the John Brothers Piano Company. This will also be the debut of our “Museum of Wonders” in the opulent Regency Lodge, an entire additional floor of the Regency dedicated to fine art, living statues, fortune telling, sideshows, and haunted mysteries to be discovered through self-guided tours from 8-11pm. (Photo: Nightshade)

The Regency Ballroom, 1300 Van Ness, San Francisco.  Doors & Show 8:00 PM.  Tickets $29 GA, $75 VIP Balcony ($32/$80 at door).  All ages welcome.

Sat 1/21 – The 12th Annual Edwardian Ball, 8pm

Vau de Vire gets Gorey, San Francisco 2011 (photo by Nightshade)
Welcome to the world-renowned Edwardian Ball, a whimsical, elegant festival of art, music, dance, theatre, fashion, circus, and the art and stories of beloved author Edward Gorey. Step into a uniquely immersive world, where the turn of the century meets the world-to-be in a fantastic blend of performance and audience, of sights, sounds, and magic.  Each year, in the depths of the night, Edwardian Ball founders Rosin Coven & co-hosts Vau de Vire Society bring a featured Gorey story to life onstage with original music, choreography, narration, circus acts, this year presenting one of his darker masterpieces, “The Iron Tonic”.
Friday’s rides and games are cleared away, making way for the Ballroom Dancing that begins promptly at 8pm, followed by performances by Dark Garden Corsetry, “Belle of the Ball” Jill Tracy, The Fossettes, Jef Valentine, DJs Miz Margo and Delachaux, and more. Visit our famous Vendor Bazaar & Piano Saloon with the John Brothers Piano Company, create actual flipbooks in our Flipbook Portrait Studio, enjoy a parlour game, sip an absinthe cocktail, and dance the night away. And don’t forget to visit our newest creation, the Museum of Wonders located in the opulent Regency Lodge, our “Edwardian Odditorium” full of curiosities, natural wonders, sideshow performances, fortune telling, tarot reading, and who knows what surprises…

The Regency Ballroom, 1300 Van Ness, San Francisco.  Doors & Show 8:00 PM. Tickets $39 GA, $85 VIP Balcony ($42/$90 at door).  All ages welcome.

 

Sat 1/21 – Afternoon Tea with Professor Elemental in the Regency Lodge, 3-5pm (Teatime!)

Our Esteemed Professor

We are so pleased to have Professor Elemental as our esteemed guest for Friday night’s World’s Faire (see a video clip here!) And seeing as he has traveled by airship all the way from the UK, why not have a tea party in his honor?

We are pleased to announce a special Saturday daytime event, “Afternoon Tea with Professor Elemental,” wherein a very limited number of guests may purchase tickets for proper afternoon tea with the King of Chap Hop, inside  our new Museum of Wonders in the opulent Regency Lodge. While guests enjoy fine tea and pastries, The Professor will entertain each table and offer a ‘menu’ of rap subjects. The selection will then be accommodated by a unique, a capella performance, followed by a bit of whimsical chat and capricious banter.

Afternoon Tea at The Regency Lodge, entrance 1290 Sutter Street (around the corner from the main Ballroom entrance). Advance tickets $30, and going fast! Ticket includes tea and delicious treats, all ages welcome. 3-5pm

 

Sat 1/21 – FREE Vendor Bazaar Daytime Shopping, 12-5pm in the Sutter Room

Our now-legendary Vendor Bazaar featuring dozens of unique, hand-selected vendors, is a vibrant part of both San Francisco and Los Angeles events, and is open from 8pm-2am all nights.

But IN ADDITION, we are again offering free daytime shopping in SF on Saturday the 21st, from noon-5pm, a perfect time to peruse the bewitching marketplace of artistan creations, and perhaps scoop up that last treasure for the Saturday night Ball. See our Vending Page for an ever-growing list of participating vendors. We have just a very few spots left in both SF and LA, if you’re interested please contact Anna Q, Vending Queen, anna(at)edwardianball.com.

Vendor Bazaar Entrance is 1270 Sutter Street, around the corner from the main Ballroom Entrance. Full bar available for 21+ with ID.

 

Thurs 1/19 – Hubba Hubba Revue presents the Wild West Burlesque @ DNA Lounge

For the past few years we have had the honor of The Esteemed Colonel Kingfish hosting The Edwardian World’s Faire on Friday night. This year is no exception, but he’s taking it one step further and throwing us an Opening Night Party at The DNA Lounge, on Thursday before the Regency events begin!

Building on this year’s thematic inclination towards the Barbary and tinge of the good ol’ saloon days, we proudly announce The Wild West Burlesque!

Featuring performances by:

Le Cancan Bijou
Karolina Bellybrass
Kiss Me Kate
Ariyana La Fey
Bunny Pistol
Dare-Devil Molotov
Sommer Strangelove
Casey Castille
Mynx d’Meanor
Comrade Tang
Phoebe Montez
Rubenesque Burlesque
Miss Balla Fire
Jellyfish Kiss
J.D. Limelight
Gorilla X
…and The Steam-Powered Hubba Hubba Go-Go Automatons!
With special guest DJs Cyril Noir & Fact.50

DNA Lounge, 375 11th Street, San Francisco – 8pm-after hours. 21+ with ID. Buy tickets only $12 advance, $12 < 9pm, $15 after.