This year’s HALLOWMASS PERFORMANCE + OFFERTORY runs for two weekends beginning Oct. 30, fusing pyrotechnic, high voltage, and percussive bombast with short-band private radio broadcast and other interactive elements, ensuring each vehicle has an individual-yet-connected sonic experience, all while maintaining CDC- and City of Denver COVID-19 safety guidelines. Entering its sixth annual installment, HALLOWMASS has quickly become among the holiest of traditions within the itchy-O faithful, inviting the audience to take part in a sacramental shrine-building process. Now, more than ever, in a year that continues to deliver blow after blow, the bell tolls for thousands of reasons to pay homage to things that once were - and the unstoppable itchy-O will rise to send skyward an offering of sound and flame. Aside from performers interacting with vehicles, this is a contactless event. All CDC-recommended guidelines will be followed with all crew/staff wearing gloves and face coverings. Masks are required if you leave your parking space to go to the restroom or get out of a vehicle for any reason. Guests are required to remain in their vehicles at all times with the exception of using the restroom. Sound will be transmitted through a private FM radio station and follow FCC guidelines along with itchy-O’s mobile 12v sound system(s). Restrooms and hand washing stations are to be used for emergencies only during the show while maintaining social distancing.
Organizer
THEE ITCHY-OVenue
New Tech Machinery building
Category
Immersive TheatreTag
Sci-fiStart date
October 30th, 2020
End date
November 7th, 2020
Audience Role
Tune-in on car stereo
Ages: All ages
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About THEE ITCHY-O
Since 2009, this Colorado-based meta-mystical ensemble has been thrilling audiences across the U.S. and beyond. A battery of fourteen-plus power percussionists comprises the spine of the fifty-plus strong performance troupe whose orchestral arsenal of avant-instrumentation runs the gamut from guitars, gamelan, and synths to less conventional instruments including theremin and vocoders in concert with more experimental trance-inducing appurtenances. Itchy-O dismantles assumptions of traditional performance models to break down the barriers between audience and experience, administering a blast of ceremonial chaos; baptizing the audience—body, mind, and collective soul—in a spectacular, pan-sensorial sea of music, mystery, and transcendental spiritual spectacle. Itchy-O proudly served as a centerpiece at MONA’s world-renowned Dark MOFO fest in Tasmania in 2016 and is ecstatic to be invited back to perform, again in 2023. They have performed on stage with David Byrne & St. Vincent. JG Thirwell and Dan Deacon have opened for itchy-O and they have warmed up audiences for numerous legendary artists including DEVO, Beats Antique, Iggy Pop, Bad Religion, and Public Enemy. They have performed countless private engagements, including a legendary performance for Maynard Keenan’s Merkin Vineyards in 2019. Jello Biafra’s iconic underground record label, Alternative Tentacles has released three of their groundbreaking studio albums. Itchy-O is also committed to providing spontaneous free public performances in the spirit of upending the mundane and delivering mesmerizing art to the streets by providing impromptu musical encounters in non-traditional settings; delighting unsuspecting audiences with surprise ontological assaults on ordinary reality. www.itchyo.com