Usually my posts fall under one of the tagline topics – music, monsters or mayhem. Theatre Bizarre qualifies under all three. In spades.
The elusive master of ceremonies, Zombo the Clown.
Theatre Bizarre was one of the things that made me first take notice of Detroit as a possible relocation city. It’s the perfect example of the thriving arts and counterculture scene here, and this is one hell of a party that everyone should experience once in their lifetime. Actually, you should experience it every year.
I don’t know what this year’s budget was, but the budget for 2008’s party was $70,000. That is not a typo kids. 70,000 dollah. That buys you one hell of a lot of entertainment, as well as your refillable beer mug for the night. Three stages of music, burlesque and sideshow acts, haunted house, fire artists, hook suspension sideshows, bonfires, AND free beer (well, free after you pay admission.) A chance to see this dark carnival in it’s full glory is worth the price of admission alone.
And if you are even thinking of checking it out next year — and you are crazy if you aren’t — get your tickets early. This event sells out every year, and every year it is selling out quicker. It is hands down the hottest ticket in Detroit around Halloween, and I daresay, perhaps the hottest ticket all year round.
I heard many people say the same thing — after Theatre Bizarre, the
actual Halloween holiday was an anti-climax. Judge for yourself, say I.
Come out next year and thrill to the obscene, from dusk till dawn…