A look back at NIGHT OF 1000 STEVIES 26, our first Asbury Park show THE PYRATE BALL kicks off ASBURY GAY PRIDE this Friday 6/3 and THE BROWN PARTY 2016 is announced.
We're just coming off a magical, sold-out NIGHT OF 1000 STEVIES two weeks ago - if you were there, you know. If you weren't, or would like to relive favorite show moments, do visit the JACKIE FACTORY YOUTUBE channel: We've just finished uploading video of all 20 show segments. This Friday, the hijinks shift to the High Seas for THE PYRATE BALL. This "four hour pansexual romp" will be our first ASBURY PARK show ever, and kicks off Asbury's 25th Pride Weekend at the impressive HOUSE OF INDEPENDENTS. At month's end, it's the 2016 edition of another beloved JACKIE 60 annual - THE BROWN PARTY. Read down for details and we thank you for every bit of glitter, stardust and brown couch memories as High Season continues.
Photo above: BRIDGET BARKAN onstage at the recent NIGHT OF 1000 STEVIES 26: DARK DAUGHTERS. Video still by NEW YORK LIVES.
Photos below: HOUSE OF DOMINATION (left) and DJ JOHNNY DYNELL at the JACKIE FACTORY's "AMERICAN PIRATE" show, late oughts.
FRIDAY, JUNE 3
(OPENING NIGHT ASBURY PARK GAY PRIDE 25)
THE JACKIE FACTORY PRESENTS
THE PYRATE BALL
(BLOW THE MAN DOWN)
A four hour pansexual romp on the High Seas with NYC creative club collective THE JACKIE FACTORY in their first Asbury Park production. “The Factory” is best known for the 450 themed editions of their legendary club weekly JACKIE 60, experimental venue MOTHER, annual Stevie Nicks extravaganza NIGHT OF 1000 STEVIES and recent LOW LIFE at the East Village HOWL! FESTIVAL. Their 1990’s DIY aesthetic helped to shape generations of performers, producers and audience and they continue to create and collaborate on cutting-edge spectacles worldwide.
THE PYRATE BALL will feature JOHNNY DYNELL’s insistent House soundtrack, signature stream-of-consciousness rapping from JACKIE MC’s PAUL ALEXANDER (“Walk For Me”) and CHI CHI VALENTI , performances by SEVERELY MAME (BATH SALTS), HEATHER LITTEER (HOUSE OF DOMINATION), SIR HONEY DAVENPORT (MONSTER, MISS STONEWALL) and Method Go-Go, Burlesque and Boylesque sets through the night. Guests are urged to wear Pirate Looks, Pirate Queen drag, Nautical Nastiness or Gay Pirate interpretations.
HOUSE OF INDEPENDENTS
572 COOKMAN ASBURY PARK NJ
Doors Open 7 PM, Showtime TBA
Tickets: $20.00 (in advance)
$25.00 (at the door)
NIGHT OF 1000 STEVIES - the largest and most beloved STEVIE NICKS fan event in the world - returned to New York City's IRVING PLAZA on May 13, 2016 for its twenty-sixth annual edition. This marathon evening - produced by THE JACKIE FACTORY - is one of those great New York City spectacles that spark travel from all around the globe. This years edition - DARK DAUGHTERS - paid special homage to new performers and interpretations and included six new performers and ensembles from all over the Unites States. Over twelve hundred fans and first-timers attended in an Enchanted cloud of twirling and tambourines.
KIMBERLY CLARK (above) with SEVERELY MAME and the other twenty show segments of NOTS 26 are intercut with the BATTLE OF 1000 STEVIES in this three-minute video by NEW YORK LIVES.
SAVE THE DATE!
THE JACKIE FACTORY PRESENTS
BROWN PARTY 2016: WOODEN SHIPS
WEDNESDAY JUNE 29
THE BLACK ROSE NYC
