“Coney Island Horror Story” (featuring Mat Fraser of American Horror Story)
Join Coney Island USA as we celebrate our annual Spring Gala, for the first time ever at our home base in Coney Island! The Spring Gala is the premiere fundraising event for Coney Island USA. This benefit draws a host of celebrities, trendsetters, and performances by superstars of the Burlesque and Sideshow movement, as well as live music and more!
All proceeds of the Spring Gala go directly towards funding Coney Island USA’s innovative arts programming such as The Coney Island Circus Sideshow, The Mermaid Parade, Burlesque at the Beach, The Coney Island Museum and the Coney Island Film Festival, to name just a few. Please join us for a a sword swallowing, snake charming, tassle twirling, non profit arts loving good time! Coney Island USA’s spring gala is just about the most fun you can legally have, while still supporting the arts!
Live Entertainment!
- Go Go Extravaganza in the Freak Bar: Clara Coquette, Ginger Twist, La Maia, Puss n Boots, Sincerely Yours, Sizzle Dizzle, Tiny D, Wae Messed, Betsy Propane, Divina GranSparkle, Sabrena Sunshine, Agent Topchik with Day Glow go go pole dancing
- Sideshows by the Seashore Stage Show (Burlesque & Sideshow) Hosted by: Adam Realman and featuring: Mat Fraser (American Horror Story), Julie Atlas Muz, Deity Von Cuchi, Velvet Crayon and Jennifer Miller
- Ambient Entertainment by the Coney Island Circus Sideshow upstairs in our Coney Island Museum with: Betty Bloomerz, Ray Valenz, Princess Pat and Alejandro DuBois
- Live Music in our Shooting Gallery/Arts Annex (next door at 1214 Surf Avenue) by Sean Coleman and the Quasars, Lara Hope and the Ark-Tones
- DJ Parnell Morrison in the Shooting Gallery/Arts Annex
- Visuals, Lasers & Lighting by Dennis Catalfumo fromconeyislandlasershows.com
- The Great Fredini’s Scan-A-Rama 3D Portrait Studio
- Peruse a Silent Auction!
- Day Glow Face Painting by Juliet Jeske
- Denny Daniel’s The Museum of Interesting Things
- Purchase a Mystery in a Box from Little Brooklyn and Noah D’Klein
- Plus, more fantastic entertainment to be announced!
At this year’s gala, we will be naming:
- Our King and Queen for the 2015 Mermaid Parade
- Our Man and Women of the Year, honoring Dennis Thomas, Coney Island Polar Bear Club President, Robin Jaffee Frank, Ph.D. Chief Curator and Krieble Curator of American Paintings and Sculpture at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, and Lisa Kereszi, Director of Undergraduate Studies in Art at Yale School of Art, for their outstanding support of Coney Island, throughout the year.
Check out photos from prior galas here.
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