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Mermaid Parade Ball in New York

As an official sponsor of the 2005 Coney Island Mermaid Parade Ball, it is not only our pleasure but our duty to inform you of the good times to be had on Saturday, June 25. Join us on that night, from 6 pm to midnight, following that much-loved annual freakfest, the Mermaid Parade.

Live music at the Ball will come courtesy of Park Slope haunt Barbes, featuring Las Rubias Del Norte, the Cuban Cowboys, & the Beat Circus.

Plus fantastic performers from the Coney Island Circus Sideshow and burlesque dancers, including Miss Dirty Martini.

All happening at Velocity, in the historic Henderson's Music Hall building, 3015 Stillwell Avenue, between Surf and the Bowery.

VIP package includes food, bottomless Rheingold, exclusive access to a loft lounge over the dance floor, and gift bags full of treats from Brooklyn Industries, Beautiful Twists, Soft Skull Press, Akashic Books's Brooklyn Noir series, Stay Free!, and Random House, among others. Plus a membership to Coney Island USA, with all attendant rights and privileges.

Tickets are available in advance for $10, or $50 for VIP tickets. (Info here.)

And a candy apple.

For questions, answers, or to volunteer before or during the event, contact mermaidparadeball@yahoo.com.