The Sandman Ball 2016 presented by Dancing Ghosts!

Join Dancing Ghosts, SF’s Darkwave Dance Party, for the 6th annual SANDMAN BALL! Pay tribute to dark arts mastermind - Neil Gaiman, and his epic fantasy tale - The Sandman. Music will reflect characters of DEATH and DREAM.

BACK ROOM : DEATH’S REALM
► Post-Punk • Deathrock • Old School Industrial • Synthpop

FRONT ROOM : THE DREAMING
► Darkwave • Ethereal • Dreampop • TripHop • Tribal

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Costumes are encouraged! Dress as one of the Seven Endless or other Sandman characters and enter the audience voted Sandman Costume Contest - midnight in the front room. Prizes include:

◆ Swans tickets (9/3 at the Regency Ballroom)
◆ Echo and the Bummymen tickets (9/27 at the Regency Ballroom)

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◆ Vertigo Tarot Readings (www.elsewhere.org/tarot/vertigo) by Sean

◆ Death face paintings by Erin and Amber

◆ Vending by dollfacedeadwear

◆ The Nocturnal Eye: Photography by Angyl Nihthasu

◆ Neil Gaiman inspired artwork and visuals!

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DJs:
Xander (Dancing Ghosts/Boy Division)
Tomas Diablo (Strangelove/Bondage A Go Go)
Daniel Skellington (Dark Shadows)
Unseelie (PHILTRE)

Friday August 19th, 2016
9:30 PM to 2:30 AM
Cat Club SF
1190 Folsom @ 8th St.
San Francisco
$5 before 10 pm, $8 after