HOODOO EMPORIUM in association with RED BENNIES proudly presents:

          BURLESQUE / SWORD-SWALLOWING / MAGIC / CONTORTION

                       Allez up! Roll up! It’s a brand new Vaudeville show like you haven’t seen since 1919!

The Hoodoo Emporium (creators of the Jitterbug Club) have teamed up with Red Bennies, to bring you an authentic experience in the tradition of old world variety shows.
 

STARRING:

Anthony Demasi – MARVEL at this Master of magic. 

Aerial Manx –Contortionist & the World’s FIRST sword swallowing handstand artist! SEE IT WITH YOUR OWN EYES!  

FALL IN LOVE with Frankie Valentine – Burlesque performer & Femme Fatale, who sets old world glamour on fire and leaves all things smouldering in her wake…

OOH AND AHH to Papillion – A bumping, grinding, shimmy-shaking sensation. The pint sized pocket rocket, Papillion!

Justin Sane  – The INSANE juggling, slapstick antics of this HILARIOUS! world-class comedian.

A WONDER TO BEHOLD! The original stories and songs of REAL LIVE COUNTRY-BLUES ‘bush-man’, Archer.

And…

WITNESS THE SCANDALOUS Lady van Kan’s Ladies of Cancan -
These ladies kick, scream & lift their skirts all in the name of good old-fashioned ‘Heck Yeah!’

Hosted by the yarn spinning kook - Hadley Fibby.

WITH YOUR RESIDENT SWING SELECTORS AND ALL-THAT-JAZZ:

DJ KNAVE KNIXX

Congawa!

The Knave is a one of a kind selector that brings you a freaky collection of boogie woogie, hip shakin', room-a-quakein' tunes!

This quirky, high octane DJ is King Pin selector of his style in homeland NZ and is making the dancefloors of Melbourne jump to his special fix of Swing Jazz, Nostalgia, Surf, Rock N Roll, Exotica, Funk and Cumbia Beat.

It's an infectious blend of nostalgic flavour that will have you swinging tree to tree though the musical jungle of groovy...



DJ MIKE GURRIERI

Mike Gurrieri brings his swingin' genre-bending DJ antics to Red Bennies every Saturday night from midnight. Expect to go everywhere from swing, jazz, funk, soul, hip hop & everything else in-between. A true party set like no other!


AND A SPECIAL LATE NIGHT SHOW FOR THE TRULY TWISTED...

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