GOOSE BALL
An Art Ball for Us All!
Goose Ball: An Art Ball for Us All!
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5:30 p.m. – Doors Open. Sign in. Matt Marcuz roaming troubador
6:30 p.m. – DJ Set
Pirate Ship Photo Experience
Live Sketch Photo Booth
7:00 p.m. – Emcee Welcoming Remarks, Introduction of Runway Judges & Special Guest Performers
7:10 p.m. – Special Performance by Port Hope Artistic Swimming Club + Matt Marcuz
7:30 p.m. – Community Runway Show
(with tunes by DJ Jasper)
8:00 p.m. – Costume Contest & Deliberations; 2nd Special Performance; Contest announcements & Prizes
8:30 p.m. – Matt Marcuz Pirate Songs
9:00 p.m. – Dance Party with DJ Jasper!
6-9:30 p.m. – Lion’s Food Truck Open
6 -10:30 p.m. – Castaways Cantina Open
6-11:00 p.m. – Pirate Ship Experience
Entertainment includes:
- Emcee: York Bell-Smith
- Community Runway Show & Costume Contest!
- Live Sea Shanties & Pirate Music by Matt Marcuz
- Special Performance by Port Hope Artistic Swimmers
- Fortune Telling Merman
- and Dance Party with DJ Jasper!
Art Activations:
- Submerged Cinema! Interactive Art Installation by Two Blue Shirts Productions
- 20,000 Leagues under the Sea – VFF presentation
- Message in a Bottle installation
- Black light Doodle Wall
Food & Drink: (not included in ticket price)
- Bewdley Lion’s Club Food Truck
- Castaway Cantina and Cash Bar, featuring Boba Loka
Please bring cash for purchases at the Lion’s Food Truck and Boba Loka’s Castaway Cantina.
The Goose Ball is a licensed, all-ages event. Please drink responsibly.
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New York has the Met Gala. Port Hope has the Goose Ball!
On the last Saturday of May (Saturday, May 30th), hundreds are invited to gather in the Fall Fair Centre at Port Hope’s Town Park Recreation Centre to celebrate art, culture and community at the Annual Goose Ball.
Unlike the exclusivity of the Met Gala (or most gala events), the Goose Ball is the quirkier, more affordable, ‘Ball for us All’.
The Goose Ball democratizes the gala experience, inviting people of all ages and backgrounds to come together to share in the festivities and showcase the creativity that makes up Northumberland’s runway.
This year’s theme is Under the Sea.
Guests are invited to dress as their favourite artist or artwork, take inspiration from the annual theme (Under the Sea), or simply ‘be the art’.
While dressing up is encouraged, it is not mandatory. Come as you feel your best.
What to expect:
A fun-filled evening celebrating creativity and inclusivity – an evening the whole family can enjoy!
Featuring: Live sea shanties and pirate music by Matt Marcuz, a Community Runway Show to give everyone a chance to shine, with costume contest and prizes, DJ Jasper will provide the runway tunes and dance party vibes, special guest performance by the Port Hope Artistic Swimming Club, a ‘Submerged Cinema’ live art puppet installation, interactive art activities, live photo booth sketches, a relaxed cardboard sea cove with viewings of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea presented by Vintage Film Festival, and a Castaways Canteen area featuring a special menu from Boba Loka and the Bewdley Lion’s Food Truck. Did we mention that there will be a fortune telling Merman? and a Pirate Ship experience hosted by the Shriners?! The evening will also feature Northumberland’s favourite Emcee, York Bell-Smith.
Date: Saturday, May 30th, (the last Saturday of May)
Time: 6:00 p.m – 11:00 p.m. (Doors open at 5:30 p.m.)
Tickets:
$25 Individual
$15 Youth (Under 25)
$45 Household (Up to *5 ppl in a household) *Additional members pay $5 each
$150 Business (Bring up to 10 colleagues)
Plus, this year we have added a Pay What You Can option, so that everyone has an opportunity to attend the Goose Ball (whether PWYC looks like $0, $5, or you wish to pay more).
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Funds raised from the event will support our efforts to bring free arts programming and experiences to our community.
Interested in Volunteering at the Goose Ball? We’d love to hear from you!
Check back here closer to the event date for volunteer opportunities!
About the Entertainment!
Matt Marcuz
Matt Marcuz is a seafaring, sailmaking, sword fighting, guitar picking, shanty singing hero! We are delighted to have him join us at this year’s Goose Ball!
DJ Jasper
Party with Jasper is an Ontario Professional DJ service with 15 years of experience. DJ Jasper brings the vibes to every occasion!
DJ Jasper will set the vibes, and get you strutting your stuff with confidence on the Runway, and will keep you hyped for the Dance Party!
Pirate Ship Experience
The Shriners will be joining us to create a memorable Pirate Ship experience.
You will be given a chance to climb aboard for a photo opp and maybe even set off the canon!
ART ACTIVATIONS + FOOD & DRINK
Food & Drink are not included in your ticket price. However we do have some great options for you at this year’s CASTAWAYS CANTINA, so don’t forget to bring some Cash. There is an ATM machine in the Town Park Recreation Centre and Critical Mass will be able to take Debit or Credit Card through our Square machine. This is a licensed event, but it is also all-ages, so please drink responsibly.
SUBMERGED CINEMA!
by Two Blue Shirts Productions
Submerged Cinema is a live, interactive, projected installation, that places costumed guests ‘under the sea’, fighting sea monsters and surrounded by real sea life.
See yourself on the big screen, alongside live puppetry, utilizing image making techniques from the dawn of movies.
20,000 Leagues Under The Sea
Curl up in a relaxed cardboard seacove to experience a sequence from the classic film 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea, scanned from an authentic 8mm print and presented by the Marie Dressler Foundation Vintage Film Festival.
Live Sketch Photo Booth
Message in a Bottle activation
Black Light Doodle Wall
& a Fortune Telling Merman!
We’ve got you covered with Live Art Activations to keep you engaged throughout the evening!
LOCO LOKA at the Castaways Cantina!
Loco Loka will be serving up their beloved bubble tea, and creating a special ‘Under the Sea’ menu for our Castaways Cantina – a castaways oasis where artists, dreamers and explorers gather for light bites and refreshments.
Bewdley Lions’ FOOD TRUCK!
The Bewdley & District Lions Club has been serving the community for over 50 years (since May 7, 1971). Lions serve where they live. They are ready whenever and however their community needs them, so that they can help make their community and the world a better place to live.
You may have already spotted their fundraising efforts at their food wagon and tried their beloved fries at a local event (like the Port Hope Fair, Cobourg Waterfront Festival and more). To give back to the community, the club often shares a portion of the profits with their event host organization, and they have a lot of fun in the process.
We’re delighted that they will be returning to the Critical Mass Goose Ball!
Ruby’s Cotton Candy!
For those who had Ruby’s Cotton Candy at Cultivate Festival, and other food events around Port Hope and Cobourg, we’re bringing this sweet treat out of retirement and to the Goose Ball! If you have a sweet tooth, we have you covered.
Cotton candy pics level up your selfies. Be sure to post to instagram and tag @criticalmassart.