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In one of our most notorious shows of the year, the biggest renegade variety show in the Bay Area goes all out with a rip roaring ride into Hallows Eve! Join us for our Spooktacular with vampiric pole dancers, killer clowns, occultic aerialists, gothic stand up comedians, Jack Skellington breakdancing burlesque acts, zombie stripshows, haunted hip hop, “Hangman with Consequences”, and many more wild tricks and treats! Come see what the Huffington Post calls "one of the best underground performance art shows in America!"
The Ruckus Revival is packed with uncensored acts, from circus jaw-dropping acrobatic feats, to hilarious dirty haiku bouts, beat-boxers and audience-interactive mayhem in a fast paced night of unfiltered entertainment! Every show features an all new lineup, and both the freestyle rap battle and slam are open for anyone to sign up and compete for $400 in cash prizes, judged by the audience!
Ruckus is the winner of multiple "Best of the Bay" awards, and is called "consistently the most spectacular event that Oakland's ever seen" by the East Bay Express. The SF Chronicle calls Ruckus "a dazzling, inspiring and celebratory display of talent" and "a tent revival for misfits and freaks, those whose artistry or spectatorship has a homespun bent and a bandit streak."
Hosted by Jamie DeWolf (HBO’s Def Poetry Jam and NPR's Snap Judgment) and Wonder Dave (Mental Health Comedy Hour), with DizzyfromEarlier, Little Glitter Bomb and the beat-boxer Syzygy.
