Coney Island USA Spring Gala
Come out and SHOW YOUR support for the Future of Good Old Coney Island!!!
Wednesday, May 21

May 21, 2008
7 PM to 11 PM
Angel Orensanz Foundation
172 Norfolk Street

It's Time for the Coney Island USA Spring Gala!
Come out and celebrate the 2008 season with us, as we kick off the summer with a big blowout at the Angel Orensanz Foundation. There's an Open Bar, and The Brooklyn Bombshells will teach you some swing dance moves so you can dance to to the stylings of our band: Lady Luck and the Suicide Kings.

There's going to be a Photo Booth, Carnival Games of Chance, a Silent Auction, and performers including: the cast of the 2008 Coney Island Circus Sideshow; Miss Coney Island Serpentina, Donny Vomit, Heather Holiday, Angelica, Scott Baker, Nick Knack, Burlesque at the Beach's Bambi the Mermaid and The Great Fredini, Julie Atlas Muz, Tigger, Saturn, The Pontani Sisters, The Peach Tartes, Dirty Martini, Hula Harvest, World Famous *BOB*, Brian Fisherman, Chris McDaniels, as well as Swing Dancing Sirens- The Brooklyn Bombshells, Shelly Watson, the inimitable Reverend Billy, Little Jimmy, Jo Boobs and the graduating class of the New York School of Burlesque, DJ Jeff Jackson, The MINI MERMAID PARADE, and MORE!!

Did we mention there's an OPEN BAR and FOOD????

Tickets:

• $100 for regular Gala tickets ($80 tax deductible)
• $250 for VIP tickets that include access to the VIP seating area, swing dancing lesson priority, a gift bag, table service for food and drink, and meet and greets with performers! ($200 tax deductible)

BUY TICKETS HERE

Mermaid Parade Date Announced!
Save the date for the 2008 Mermaid Parade

This year's parade will be held on Saturday, June 21. Be there!! Register Now!!

The Coney Island USA Freak Bar and Gift Shop
Coming soon to an amusement area near you!

Architectural Design by Philip Tusa, rendering by William Ranwell and Fred Kahl

* It's a shining beacon on West 12th Street and Surf Avenue!
* It's the first step towards the new, year-round Coney Island!
* It's the new and improved Freak Bar and Coney Island USA Gift Shop!

Don't look now, but it won't be long before you can listen to music on our vintage jukebox and quaff Coney Island Lager on tap - in the space formerly occupied by the US Army! You'll browse through the new and improved gift shop in the former Dreamland Artists Club! And do it Wednesday through Sunday all year round!

Lovingly designed by Architect Philip Tusa, our expansion onto Surf Ave will be sure to please and amaze. This May, all the fun begins as we usher in the New Coney Island! Join us!

NEW!! Check out our Construction Blog!

sideshows by the seashore
Welcome, friends, to the all new and improved last summer of Coney Island!! The Sequel, for your entertainment!

Come on down this summer and witness the theatrical experience that started it all. It's a tradition that can't be stopped! Thrill to the secrets of the last 10-in-1 circus sideshow in the nation! Witness Donny Vomit performing death defying acts of bravery! See Angelica do the stunning fire dance with your own eyes! Sigh as Heather Holliday, the world's cutest female sword swallower performs her miraculous act. You'll be mesmerized by Serpentina the Snake Charmer and awed by our Twisted Shockmeister, Scott Baker.

They're all real and they are all alive. Only in Coney Island!

Saturday and Sunday, weather permitting!
Runs from 1pm until 8pm.
$7.50 for adults, $5 for children under 12
Sideshows by the Seashore
Corner of Surf and West 12th Street

burlesque at the beach
Friday, May 16th, 10pm, $15

Serpentina, 2007 Miss Coney Island Presents: Night of the Living Dead Girls

Featuring zombie-riffic performances by:

World Famous *BOB*, Angelica, Heather Holliday, Pookie Patootie, High-Jinx and Kit Kat.

Come out and see Night of the Living Dead Girls...before it's too late!

Sideshows By The Seashore

Corner of Surf and West 12th Street

VIEW 2008 Burlesque Summer Schedule-Click Here!

CONEY ISLAND MUSEUM
The Museum will be closed from May 5-24 for renovation. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Since 1980, Coney Island USA has told the story of why Coney Island is important enough to one day retake its place at the cultural center of New York. The Coney Island Museum is at the heart of that mission. Its the only public repository documenting the history and culture of this important neighborhood. We fight to keep the history of this critical piece of American popular culture from being lost to the inevitable changes facing Coney Island today.

Come join us on weekends, year-round. Admission is $.99 cheap!