Get Involved 2022
You’ve got tunes, we’ve got stages and audiences with ears. Do you tickle those keys like a rock star? Do you sing like a siren, driving sailors to crush themselves upon rocky shores? Sound makes you ground, music is your main jam. Apply here. DEADLINE JULY 30
Are you “in the circus”? Do you bring flavor to the sh’soup by roving with giant mushroom costumes? Do you want to create a miniature puppet performance that surprises passersby in the Enchanted Forest zone? This is your application.
You made a 42 foot tall puppet of a dust mite that breaths fire and glows only when approached with open eyes. You made a stop motion FILM about the life of a stone: Apply here!
Jump on board the ship, all you builder/maker/helper types, as we set sail on the seas of creation! APPLY NOW to join our team, and animate this cacophonous dream! (You’re the best! Also you can earn a FREE festival pass!) UPDATE: Volunteer teams are FULL, we are only accepting applications for on-call “floaters” now.
You make earrings our of found pinecones, and the richest brownies this side of Barranquilla. Apply here!
Calling all speed demon greasmonkey maker folks! REGISTER NOW for the latest and greatest Daredevil Downhill Soapbox Derby of DOOM! (Just kidding about the “doom” part, insurance person…)
Sh’bang: A New Festival of Ideas
The region’s most wildly all-inclusive eclectic arts festival, Sh’Bang! is 3 days of good times, September 2-4, 2022. Music, Downhill Soapbox Derby, Pirates, Circus, Burlesque, Puppets, Water, Cowboys, Goblins, Witches, Piñata, Fire, Love, Life, Death, Etcetera.
Historical Highlights from 13+ years
DOWNHILL SOAPBOX DERBY + All Enveloping Art Installations + HOT DAMN SCANDAL + Flotsam River Circus + HIGH STEP SOCIETY + Daikaiju + BABY GRAMPS + Aerial Piñata Pandemonium + Butt Kapinski + JASON WEBLEY + Calvin Arsenia + Snatch Adams + MIDNIGHT BURLESQUE + James and Jamesy + Ragmop Theatre + Briana Marela + Arrington de Dionyso + Melancholia + Larry Peace-Love Yes + Earth Practice + Queen Shmooquan + Samara Jade + A Little Bit Off + Zepto Space + AQUATIC CIRCUS + The Rhetorician + NEOGLYPHIC MEDIA + St. Cinder + Shirley Gnome + YOGOMAN + ings + Wren & Della + Figmentally + SUNRISE FLOATING DOCK DANCE PARTY + Mind of a Snail + String & Shadow Puppet Theater + Snaps for Sinners + MIDNIGHT DRAG SHOW + Unkle Kunkle & Kin + CHRVNS + Bemya Nymh + Ditrani Brothers + CHAOTIC NOISE MARCHING CORPS + Strong Sun Moon + Dryland + Sawtooth + WEEED +
