The Victorian Séance
Shanghai Mermaid
on Saturday, October 25th, 1929,
you are most cordially
invited to a darkly elegant soirée.
join us, as we step into a world that hovers
between this one and the next. the soirée will take
place in a beautiful victorian mansion known to mystics
and mediums as a home to spirits who travel between times.
both the living and the dead converge at this spot on the same
night every year to celebrate with a festive, supernatural soirée.
come dance to 1920's hot jazz, drink classic cocktails and watch
performances from souls who have come to play. don your
most glamorous attire for this jazz age romp with the dead.
please note that as you pass through the doors of the
manor, you are leaving the current world behind.
you many not be able to tell if your fellow
guests are of this world, or
of the next . . . .
WHEN
on sat., oct. 25, 1929
{4 nights before the stock
market crash}.
WHAT
a soirée to dance, to
drink, to remember, and to
forget . . . an evening to herald
the end of the roaring
twenties.
WHO
guests living in the
present {1929}, and spirits
who have passed over in
any era prior.
{please note that we will not be having
actual séances this year.}
~ Attire ~
OPTIONS:
dress in the era
of the soirée {1929}, as any
spirit that has passed over prior
to 1929, or in victorian mourning
attire to make the dead
feel at home.
DRESS CODE / IDEAS:
vintage, vintage-inspired attire
or costume: high glamour: gowns, top hats,
tuxes, suits, feathers, sequins . . . historical attire,
elegant masquerade attire. no contemporary halloween
costumes admitted. no casual attire or contemporary day wear,
no exceptions. dress code will be respectfully enforced. your fellow
guests might be a 1920's wall street broker, a deposed queen, a pirate
from a sunken galleon, a star from the moulin rouge, a high priestess
of the occult, a silent film star, a wandering horseman, a missing
pilot, an elizabethan poet, a victorian courtesan . . . {you
may or may not be able to discern whether your
fellow guests are from this
world, or from
another}.
BANDS:
DREW NUGENT & THE MIDNIGHT SOCIETY
MISS MAYBELL & HER RAGTIME ROMEOS
CHANSON & ACCORDION:
NICOLE RENAUD
BURLESQUE:
TANSY
ASTROLOGICAL READINGS:
IDA BENEDETTO
{on the ground floor}
7-8 séance soirée {cocktail hour}
8-12:30 main party
live music will begin on the
ground floor during cocktail hour.
SEATING:
reserved seating
will be on the 2nd floor
in the main / performance
room. there will be minimal
lounge seating in the bar
and in the lobby.
FOOD / BARS:
the main bar will be
on the ground floor, where we'll
also have delish chinese veggie noodles
{from wo hop}: $15 {cash /venmo}. there
will be a satellite bar in the main
room on the 2nd floor.
~ Hours ~
~ Tickets ~
TICKET PRICES:
early bird {limited} / regular price
general admission to main party: $48 / $58
séance {cocktail} salon + party: $63 / $73
RESERVED SEATING:
there will be reserved seating
options for purchase on the ticketing
page. reserved seating purchase does not
include the cost of entry. please note
that entry and seating are
separate purchase.
no refunds.
DANCING:
there will be a
hot jazz band and room
to dance on the 2nd floor as well as
other performances. when performances
are going on, and if you don't have reserved
seating, please be mindful not to stand in front
of the tables, so everyone can see). there will
also be a hot jazz band in the bar on the
ground floor throughout the
evening, with room
to dance.
LOCATION:
~ Estonian House ~
243 e. 34th st., ny, ny 10016 *
the beautiful beaux arts building
was built in 1898, and is currently
a private membership club
for the estonian
community.
*the building is not
wheelchair accessible.
