Freaks, Geeks and Things You Can’t Unsee; See Year Three of The Circus.

Each year TUBE. gathers our strange, creative and talented friends together for our version The Circus.  The show is a whirlwind of variety, complete with visual arts, costumes, music and stage performances ranging from vaudeville to traditional sideshow acts. Performances from new Sacramento residents The Displayed Labors Sideshow and a visit from MOM, made this years Circus freakier than it has ever been before.  We fell in love with contortionist Rikki Morehouse, of SacCirque and welcomed back The Handstand Nation for their second time performing at The Circus.

Courtney Crimson of The Displayed Labors Sideshow hammering a screwdriver into her nose. Blue Lamp, TUBE Circus 2016. Photo Melissa Uroff

Courtney Crimson of The Displayed Labors Sideshow hammering a screwdriver into her nose. Blue Lamp, TUBE Circus 2016. Photo Melissa Uroff

Courtney Crimson of The Displayed Labors Sideshow hammering a screwdriver into her nose. Blue Lamp, TUBE Circus 2016. Photo Melissa Uroff

Tarot card readings were offered by Rachel Gomez.  Visual Artists included Denae Davis, Molly Devlin, Meg Myers, Billy Ewing, Flanders Feenstra, Mark Fox, Izze Greene (socialimg), Rachel Harcourt, Andrew Hooper, Filthy Forry, Lauren Margaux, Luke Sanders, Arthur Slagter, and Micah Young.

Artwork Lauren Margaux (top left), Flanders Feenstra (top right) Filthy Forry (middle left), Mark Fox (middle right) and Billy Ewing (bottom). TUBE. Circus, 2016. Photo Melissa Uroff.

Artwork by Izze Greene. TUBE. Circus, 2016. Photo Melissa Uroff.

Artwork by Izze Greene (left) and Colleen Craig (right). TUBE. Circus, 2016. Photo Melissa Uroff.

Artwork by Meg Myers which included live Black Widows enclosed in glass. She fed the spiders leading up to the show and released them to the wild the day following. TUBE. Circus, 2016. Photo Melissa Uroff.

Artwork by Meg Myers which included live Black Widows enclosed in glass. She fed the spiders leading up to the show and released them to the wild the day following. TUBE. Circus, 2016. Photo Melissa Uroff.

Artwork by Micha Young. TUBE. Circus, 2016. Photo Melissa Uroff.

Artwork by Mark Fox. TUBE. Circus, 2016. Photo Melissa Uroff.

Artwork by Filthy Forry. TUBE. Circus, 2016. Photo Melissa Uroff.

Artwork by Arthur Slagter (top) and Billy Ewing (bottom). TUBE. Circus, 2016. Photo Melissa Uroff.

Artwork by Denae Davis. TUBE. Circus, 2016. Photo Melissa Uroff.

Artwork by Flanders Feenstra. TUBE. Circus, 2016. Photo Melissa Uroff.

Video artist Andrew Hooper made a video special for The Circus. 

Performances by  The Displayed Labors Sideshow, Draco Diabolo, The Handstand Nation, Patty La Melt, MOM, Kat McMahon, Klaiber the Klown, Lighthouse Mermaid Productions, Rikki Morehouse of SacCirque, Ruben Pena III, Val “Mystery”, and SpaceWalker.

Spacewalker. TUBE. Circus, Blue Lamp, Sacramento, May 2016. Photo Melissa Uroff

Courtney Crimson of The Displayed Labors Sideshow. TUBE. Circus, Blue Lamp, Sacramento, May 2016. Photo Melissa Uroff

Rachel Young, winner of the costume contest. TUBE. Circus, Blue Lamp, Sacramento, May 2016. Photo Melissa Uroff

Rikki Morehouse of Sac Cirque. TUBE. Circus, Blue Lamp, Sacramento, May 2016. Photo Melissa Uroff

Sariah Papaya of The Handstand Nation before the show. TUBE. Circus, Blue Lamp, Sacramento, May 2016. Photo Melissa Uroff

Kat McMahon TUBE. Circus, Blue Lamp, Sacramento, May 2016. Photo Melissa Uroff

Draco Diabolo. TUBE. Circus, Blue Lamp, Sacramento, May 2016. Photo Melissa Uroff

Naomi Lucchesi stapling money to The Displayed Labors Sideshow. TUBE. Circus, Blue Lamp, Sacramento, May 2016. Photo Melissa Uroff

Spacewalker. TUBE. Circus, Blue Lamp, Sacramento, May 2016. Photo Melissa Uroff

Draco Diabolo. TUBE. Circus, Blue Lamp, Sacramento, May 2016. Photo Melissa Uroff

The Handstand Nation. TUBE. Circus, Blue Lamp, Sacramento, May 2016. Photo Melissa Uroff

Mom. TUBE. Circus, Blue Lamp, Sacramento, May 2016. Photo Melissa Uroff

Courtney Crimson of The Displayed Labors Sideshow. TUBE. Circus, Blue Lamp, Sacramento, May 2016. Photo Melissa Uroff

Courtney Crimson of The Displayed Labors Sideshow. TUBE. Circus, Blue Lamp, Sacramento, May 2016. Photo Melissa Uroff

The Handstand Nation. TUBE. Circus, Blue Lamp, Sacramento, May 2016. Photo Melissa Uroff

Courtney Crimson of The Displayed Labors Sideshow. TUBE. Circus, Blue Lamp, Sacramento, May 2016. Photo Melissa Uroff

Patty La Melt. TUBE. Circus, Blue Lamp, Sacramento, May 2016. Photo Melissa Uroff

Rikki Morehouse of Sac Cirque. TUBE. Circus, Blue Lamp, Sacramento, May 2016. Photo Melissa Uroff

Artist Lauren Margaux. TUBE. Circus, Blue Lamp, Sacramento, May 2016. Photo Melissa Uroff

Kat McMahon and Andy Simpson. TUBE. Circus, Blue Lamp, Sacramento, May 2016. Photo Melissa Uroff

The Handstand Nation. TUBE. Circus, Blue Lamp, Sacramento, May 2016. Photo Melissa Uroff

Joe Lowery stapling money to The Displayed Labors Sideshow. TUBE. Circus, Blue Lamp, Sacramento, May 2016. Photo Melissa Uroff

Mom. TUBE. Circus, Blue Lamp, Sacramento, May 2016. Photo Melissa Uroff

Lighthouse Mermaid Produstions. TUBE. Circus, Blue Lamp, Sacramento, May 2016. Photo Melissa Uroff

Mario keeping everyone happy. TUBE. Circus, Blue Lamp, Sacramento, May 2016. Photo Melissa Uroff

The Displayed Labors Sideshow. TUBE. Circus, Blue Lamp, Sacramento, May 2016. Photo Melissa Uroff

The music behind MOM. TUBE. Circus, Blue Lamp, Sacramento, May 2016. Photo Cheryl Uroff

Portland based band The Lower 48 brought the night to a close.

The Lower 48. TUBE. Circus, Blue Lamp, Sacramento, May 2016. Photo Melissa Uroff

The Lower 48. TUBE. Circus, Blue Lamp, Sacramento, May 2016. Photo Melissa Uroff

The Lower 48. TUBE. Circus, Blue Lamp, Sacramento, May 2016. Photo Melissa Uroff

Words Melissa Uroff

Photos Cheryl Uroff and Melissa Uroff