Moisture Festival | A Visit To Art Zone

I had a fun visit with our friends over at the Seattle Channel, specifically "Art Zone with Nancy Guppy", shooting a segment about our 10th year of Moisture.  Nancy and her producer, Sheila Mullen, are so much fun.  The set they had put together for the interview consisted of a tower of donuts topped with birthday candles (to signify Moisture Fest's 10th birthday), 2 champagne glasses (so what if it was 9am) which all sat atop a mini, toy size, grand piano (see photo below - I so want one of those).  These gals have flare!  Here's the video! 

Reserve the Nimbus Lounge for your Continuous Moisture Party

A once-in-a-festival experience! Reserve the Nimbus Lounge during Continuous Moisture - A Variete Downpour, Saturday April 13, 2013.

Bring your Moisture Festival-ing to its ultimate culmination! We have a very unique opportunity for one lucky Moisture Festival group to reserve the best seats in the house.  On April 13th, for the entirety of our " Continuous Moisture - A Variete Downpour" extravaganza, we are converting our VIP booth, which sits above the bar area at Hale's Palladium, into the Nimbus Lounge.

This exclusive area will be outfitted with comfy chairs and cocktail tables, complimentary snacks throughout the day & evening and will include one of our fabulous Door Babes as your server.  The area will be reserved only for your group starting at noon until the 10:30pm show comes to its end. Up to six guests (total) can be accommodated.

Price to reserve these lux accommodations for 12+ hours is $600.  This includes all of the above, plus six "Continuous Moisture" passes. These passes are non-transferable and must be assigned to specific guests at time of reservation.

This offer is for one group only, so don't delay!  For more information contact jennifer@moisturefestival.org.

Late Night Cabaret at Teatro ZinZanni: “St. Patti's Night Out”

Teatro ZinZanni invites Moisture Festival fans to St. Patti's Night Out with a $5 savings on General Admission seating.  

If you've never been to the Teatro ZinZanni spiegeltent do it now! It's a staple in the Seattle cirque scene and a must for any lover of variety entertainment. We have a fantastic opportunity for you! Our friends at ZinZanni proudly present St. Patti's Night Out, an all-lady show featuring some Moisture Festival favorites: Lily Verlaine, Inga Ingenue, Della Moustachella and aerialists Vivian Tam and Sara Sparrow (Aerialistas) with Dos Fallopia - Lisa Koch and Peggy Platt, the outrageous comedy duo who produce an evening of wickedly funny commentary from a woman's point of view.  The Seattle Irish Dance Company, Irish drink specials, festive food, comedy, circus, burlesque, clowning, all in the beautiful ZinZanni mirror-topped tent!

To purchase dicount tickets go to St. Patti's Night Out and click "Buy Tickets".  Scroll down the price list until you find "Enter a Password or Discount Code".  Click that link, enter the password "variete" (no quotation marks), and click "Show Available Tickets".  The screen will refresh and you will see the "MF Fan Rate".  These tickets are limited and the discount is only available until March 1st, so don't wait!

These are will call tickets, so once you purchase your tickets you will not receive a physical ticket.  Just check in with the maitre d' when you arrive at Teatro ZinZanni.  Know that the ticket price includes a $20 food and beverage credit for which you will receive a voucher for when you check in.  Use your voucher toward your payment to your server at the end of the night. 

One Night Only - March 16, 2013 - doors at 11:15pm - must be 21+

World Class Contortionist and Aerialist Maria Margiyeva to Perform at Moisture Festival

Moisture Festival is honored and excited to be able to bring Maria Margiyeva to the Moisture Festival.

Maria began her career in Ukraine as as athlete performing rhythmic gymnastics, eventually becoming a member of the prestigious gymnastics team Club Dynamo of Kiev, coached by the legendary Vera Kremer.  She was a member of both the Soviet Union and Ukrainian National Junior gymnastic teams.  In 1996, at 16 years old, Maria joined the Club Rhythmic in Barcelona, Spain, and helped the organization with third place in the Spanish Championship competition for rhythmic gymnastics.  In 1997 Maria was recognized as a Master of sports by the Ukraine government.

Maria's training and extraordinary talent as a gymnast led her to a remarkable career as a performer, acrobat, aerialist, contortionist and dancer in the circus and variety arts.  Maria has performed with the National Academy of Dance, and Theatre Circus Bingo in Ukraine as well as around the world including venues in Spain, Portugal, Greece, Norway, Germany, Brazil, Hong Kong, and the United States.

Maria will perform in a number of Moisture Festival variety shows at Hale's Palladium as well as burlesque shows at Broadway Performance Hall.  Dates to be posted on our website very soon!

Moisture Festival performers pull a little high jinx at The Neptune

Last Friday, our dear friends from Leftover Salmon played their first concert in Seattle in a very long time.  Many of the Moisture Festival performers and producers have a long history of trading pranks and shenanigans with this group of extraordinary musicians.  We simply couldn't pass up the opportunity to once again make a splash.  Members of one of our Moisture Festival bands, The Sancapators,  gathered to create a small marching band.  Thanks go to Heather Weihl for pulling that part together.   Moisture Festival producers, Katherine Bragdon and Rhonda Sable, led the band - Mardi Gras style - complete with costumes and parasols, up on to the stage in the middle of the first set.  The Cheshire Cat grin on the band members faces was our payoff.  The "boys" joined in, playing along with the marching band and we welcomed our friends back to Seattle - vaudeville style!  Then we spent the rest of the evening joyfully dancing and grooving to this incredible band.  Sooo much fun!!!

Burlesque Local Legends - March 25

Monday, March 25th, Moisture Festival will host a very special event brought to you in collaboration with Miss Indigo Blue's Academy of Burlesque and BurlyCon .  Burlesque Undressed: the Stories Behind the Glitter will offer an intimate evening with local burlesque luminaries sharing their personal stories.

Immerse yourself in this rich history told by the performers who danced in the Northwest in days gone by, as well as those who currently grace our Seattle stages.  Along with Paula the Swedish Housewife, Tamara the Trapeze Lady, Inga Ingenue, and Miss Indigo Blue, this special evening will feature Local Legends Velvet Ice and Eartha Quake.

Eartha Quake "9.9 on the Richter Scale, it wasn't San Andreas' Fault!" was born and raised in tremor capital San Francisco. Her first brush with striptease was as a cashier at the Follies on 16th & Mission.  An unsuccessful trip across the Canadian border landed her in Seattle, where friends talked her in to dancing. The next thing she knew, she was hooked!  She developed a classic style evocative of Gypsy Rose Lee, but her favorite act was a Reverse Strip and she often worked to Blues, Rock, and Big Band sounds.  She worked all over the West Coast from Los Angeles to Alaska, and danced with contemporaries Camile 2000, Sonia Lane, Velvet Ice, Viva La Fever, Baby Lulu, Baby Marie, Diamond Sapphire, Anita Mann, Phonda Peters, and Harlan Fairbanks.  She now lives north of Seattle with her wonderful extended family and her long haired Dachshund.

"The Sleaze with Ease, The Tower of Power, the Torrid Velvet Ice"

Velvet Ice was born at the old Follies in San Francisco, 1973 in to Rock & Roll Hippie Burlesque. She fell in love with the art form, learning from the greats who came through SF. Her biggest influences were Tori Lynn, Ellion Ness, Joi Jessard and Blaze Starr, to name a few. Her career has taken her to LA, Vegas, Micronesia, Canada, and Seattle. Her acts were heavily influenced by the music she loved, such as Jazz/Blues, 70s Funk, and Led Zeppelin! Velvet knew she was fulfilling her calling when told by a fan, “You make me want to go home and make love to my wife!”.

Tickets available HERE

Dr. Patch Adams to Bring Humor & Health to Moisture Festival

"Humor & Health", Monday April 1st, 7:30pm

Dr. Patch Adams, one of today's most inspirational medical authorities and powerful medical social activists, will present "Humor & Health"at Moisture Festival April 1st at 7:30pm.  In this funny and inspirational lecture Patch discusses his 30+ years of clowning experience and looks at the relationship between humor and the health of the individual, community or society.

Patch is both a medical doctor and a clown, but he is also a social activist who has devoted 30 years to changing America's health care system, a system which he describes as expensive and elitist.  He believes that laughter, joy and creativity are an integral part of the healing process and therefore true health care must incorporate such life.

 "Extraordinary! One man I can look up to and respect," "Incredibly mind blowing and memorable," and "Incredibly inspiring, amazing human being, invaluable to hear him first hand" are among the words heard from participants after experiencing Patch Adams, the real person behind the hit movie Patch Adams, starring Robin Williams.

While it may be  April Fools Day, we'll have the real Patch on the Palladium stage - no joke!


Click HERE for tickets.  Choose 4/1 from the list for Patch.