Performances and Entertainment
The music never stops at the Brass Screw. Tickets for the 2018 Saturday night Hootenanny are purchased separately. A limited number of tickets might be available at the door, pending availability.
Friday Night's Den of Iniquities
The Den of Iniquities is our signature variety show bringing you our own twisted take on vaudeville, burlesque, and two of our favorite bands to let you dance the night away. The Friday night Den of Iniquities is free to members (Brass Screw ticket holders). Tickets for non-members might be available at the door, pending availability. 21+ with ID only.
- Ranger and the Re-Arrangers - gypsy swing
- The Shaky Barbers
- Simmering Burlesque featuring Vermicious Knid
- Magic Lantern Shows (Cotton Building)
- Absinthe bar
Saturday's Steampunk Hootenanny
Our signature event featuring sensational bands, absinthe bar, magic lantern show (all ages), and more. Saturday Night's Steampunk Hootenanny is by separate ticket purchase, 21 and over, ID required. (American Legion Hall)
Musical lineup & Entertainments:
Please note: Due to the space constraints in this venue, seating is limited. Accommodations will be made for guests with needs and coat check will be available.
Professor Elemental
An award winning hip hop artist and accomplished host, the Professor has performed all over the world at everything from festivals to wedding parties, hip hop shows to bizarre burlesque. A regular on the worldwide convention and festival scene he has played everywhere from Canada to Cambodia.
With a career spanning a decade, Professor Elemental first got noticed with ‘Cup Of Brown Joy’ which notched up over two million views and headlines in the national press. This was soon followed by a scuffle with another rapper named Mr B, resulting in the follow up ‘Fighting Trousers’; which has been viewed over three million times and gained worldwide acclaim.
A word about Professor Elemental appearances
Yes, Professor Elemental is coming all the way from Brighton circa 1897. We're stupid-excited, too. Here are some things you might want to know…
- Advance purchase tickets for the hootenanny are available here. Tickets be available at the door, pending availability. 21+ with ID only.
- Kids Show. (Saturday 4pm) The Professor's show at the Hootenanny is 21+. But we wanted to ensure under-age folk can see him. We've scheduled an UNDER-AGE ONLY show at the Key City Theatre. This show is free to:
- Anyone under 13 accompanied by a Membership-carrying adult
- Anyone 13-20 with a Student Pass
Any adult MUST be accompanied by child under 13
Hot Damn Scandal
Hot Damn Scandal finds its songs under park benches and in forgotten alleyways. The resulting outlaw ballads, dirty jazz, circus freakouts, shanty-rags, string band funk, lonesome heart-breakers, and whiskey bottle love songs blend together in a sweet song syrup somewhere between a ramble and a roar. Sometimes called ‘Northwest Devil Swing’, Hot Damn Scandal pulls no punches and and puts thunder in your molasses.
Shaky Barbers
Douglas Francisco and the Shaky Barbers bring original music for the lap steel guitar inspired by Hawaiian ragtime, klezmer, and pre-WWII blues, backed with upright bass, drums and a rotating cast of soloists.
Absinthe Bar
The Green Fairy wishes you welcome. Step into a slightly altered reality to savor the scourge of Paris's intelligencia. Experience an exemplary selection of absinthes from around the world crafted and pains-takingly sampled by our panel of deranged, eccentric and irredeemably disordered experts. Every last one of them now willing to promise you've never tried better. From here on out, all states are altered.
Ranger and the Re-Arrangers
Seattle Gypsy jazz band Ranger and the “Re-Arrangers” evoke the spirit of a Paris cafe and the raucous energy of a Gypsy campsite with their version of Gypsy jazz. “At the heart of their sound is Ranger Sciacca's sweet violin playing… his sense of melody and daring improvisations” (World Rhythm). The band’s repertoire includes swing standards, traditional Gypsy melodies, the music of Django Reinhardt, and Ranger's unique originals.
B.O.O.M. Brotherhood of Oceanic Mercenaries
Sail the Seven Skies with the notorious Pirates of the airship, Emerald Rose!
No matter the peril, these freedom loving outcasts bring adventure to life with Swords, Shanties, and Swivel Guns!
We'll be bucklin' yer swashes until we release the ties.
Vermicious Knid's Delectable Burlesque.
What's a Den of Iniquities without dancing girls? Boring, that's what! Our mistress of mesmerizing mayhem tantalizes your senses throughout the evening show. Snicker-snacks for one and all!