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The 999 EYES Authentic Freakshow explicitly celebrates real genetic diversity by showcasing amazing feats performed by LIVING HUMAN ODDITIES! The freaks share real stories of what it is like to be born truly different from the average 10 fingered and 10 toed genetic blueprint for humanity – giving folks from all corners a chance to realize that what is different in beautiful. The show presents as guests Human Marvels and Sideshow artists, such as the Leopard Man and the Human Blockhead for their fantastically adorned bodies and wondrous sideshow skills. In this show, one must be born physically and obviously different from the vast majority of humanity to be considered a true freak. The 999 EYES freaks are performers who choose by their own free will to celebrate their medical anomaly on stage. The 999 EYES supports rights for differently-abled people, and we play only in wheelchair accessable venues.
By acknowledging carnival sideshow history the 999 EYES empowers communities with alluring, inventive, and fearless displays of imagination and dream! The 999 EYES show not only provides a place for roving gypsy carnival performers and “human curiosities” to express their art but also provides an environment which revives and highlights the great performers and “freaks” of the past – and their true life stories! Using olde-tyme music, puppets, story telling as well as classic carnival sideshow acts and performance a world is created that taps into profound emotion, reminding the AUDIENCE of the actualization of the living dream. At the same time, this gives the “human curiosities” of the modern age a venue to be truly appreciated once again - celebrating real genetic diversity.
Lost in time, hidden in the dark corners and in the dusty shelves of old book stores, in the basements of libraries and museums, lies the fabulous, fantastical history of the carnival sideshow - a time when the differently formed were glamorized as part of a traveling caravan and not locked up in institutions. A time when there was a place and venue for amazing performers to come together in a gypsy caravan style and change the atmosphere of the town around them - reminding people there is another way of life and relieving people of their daily routines - reminding them of the power of magic and imagination. The roots of radical artistic movements of today are deeply intertwined with the carnival sideshows of the past…
Thee 999 EYES Carnival of the Damned is the last genuine traveling freakshows in the United States - or the first in over 40 years to feature more than three LIVING HUMAN ODDITIES such as Jackie the Human 3pod, Madame Miniature, Lobster Girl, the Elephant Man, and the Black Scorpion (our very own lobster boy). The 999 EYES Carnival of the Damned tours an authentic oddities museum, Lowrent the clown, and a dark carnival jug band -That Damned Band.
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May 31st at ANTONE'S in Austin, TX Apr 30
Thursday May 31st at Antone's in Austin, Texas
Featuring Jackie the Human 3pod, Peg-O the Leg-O, Lobstergirl, the Black Scorpion, the Dame Demure : Madame Miniature, Erik the Gentle Giant, Lowrent the Clown, with music from THAT Damned Band.
Behold! The unveiling of our brand new MEDICAL ANOMALY...
the DEMON SPAWN!
Special musical guests the White Ghost Shivers will be rounding out the night. Hope to see y'all there!!!
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