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Coney Island USA News
Catch Cake Power making a giant Coney Island Cake on the premiere episode of Ridiculous Cakes on the Food Network, Monday, July 9th at 10pm ET!
Thank you WLIW 21 and Thirteen WNET for the excellent Coney Island Museum segment on Treasures of New York!
Watch the segment online here.
This year we are doing the Mermaid Parade awards a bit differently. Today we are announcing the nominees, then the actual winners will be announced at the very glamorous Mermaid Parade Awards Ceremony on the palindromic date of 8/1/18.Judging the parade is a nearly impossible task -- and the breathtaking bribes don't make it any easier.Read More
Come and see the great work of Inca One TSK Mafia NCB SSB BYB... Witness the history and folklore of one of the beginning pioneers of NYC graffiti. The paintings are snap shots of the everyday hustle and bustle of what a graf artist went through, from boosting paints, trespassing. defacing, bombing etc... each painting has a story.
Freak Bar
1208 Surf Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11224
Thanks to our Co-Presenter Coney Island Brewery, Co- Presenter and Mermaid Parade Ball venue Kitchen 21, Parade Sponsors, Participants, Staff, Royalty Amanda Palmer, Neil Gaiman, Judges, Ball Ticket Purchasers, Ball Performers, Volunteers, Board of Directors, Spectators, NYPD 60th Precinct, New York City Fire Department, New York City Department of Sanitation. Check out Parade coverage on our Facebook, Twitter and Instagram Pages! See you in 2019!
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Upcoming Events
Coney Island Circus Sideshow
Continuous Admission 1pm-7pm (last ticket sold at 7pm)
2018 Schedule: March 31, April 1, 21, 22, 28, 29 May 5, 6, 12, 13, 19, 20, 25, 26, 27, 28, June 1, 2, 3, Daily June 8 through September 3, September 8, 9, 22, 23
Coney Island Museum
Open Saturdays 12pm-6pm, Sundays 2pm-6pm. See 2018 schedule below.
June 14th through Labor Day, Wednesday through Saturday, 12pm - 6pm, Sunday, 2pm - 6pm.
Thursday, August 23, 2018 - 9:00pm
Hungry? Restless? Craving savory repletion? You need more culture in your life! Come see burlesque at its dairy best, starring the freshest cream of the crop of our scene.
Burlesque at the Beach
Friday, August 24, 2018 - 10:00pm
The Schlep Sisters team up with their favorite Boychiks* for a Male Burlesque and Drag Extravaganza! Join Minnie Tonka and Darlinda Just Darlinda in their never before seen all "boy" revue!
Ask the Experts
Saturday, August 25, 2018 - 5:00pm
Included with Museum Admission. $5 for Adults, $3 for Seniors, Kids (under 12) and residents of Zip Code 11224, at the door. Free for Members of Coney Island USA!
Burlesque at the Beach
Saturday, August 25, 2018 - 10:00pm
It’s BACK!!! NYC's only all improvised burlesque show returns to the historic Coney Island stage for a night of unexpected, unrehearsed and never to be repeated acts.
Magic at Coney!!!
Sunday, August 26, 2018 - 12:00pm
Magical Promotions, together with Coney Island USA, presents an afternoon of fun and wonder for the entire family.
Special Events
Thursday, August 30, 2018 - 9:00pm
Women who have learned to harness the darkness within into unimaginable strengths and heights of bravado they didn't always know existed!!!!
Burlesque at the Beach
Friday, August 31, 2018 - 10:00pm
Better than a steaming pile of hot garbage on Labor Day Weekend, it's The 4th Annual Dumpster Dive. Starring Lil' Miss Lixx and Pinkie Special as The Trash Can Twins.
Burlesque at the Beach
Saturday, September 1, 2018 - 10:00pm
"MAN: A TEASE!" is baaack for its 12th smash year!TIGGER! brings you anAll-Star Slut Salute to Sex Workers!"MAN: A TEASE! THE DIRTY DOZEN!"starring:
Magic at Coney!!!
Sunday, September 2, 2018 - 12:00pm
Magical Promotions, together with Coney Island USA, presents an afternoon of fun and wonder for the entire family.
Burlesque at the Beach
Friday, September 7, 2018 - 10:00pm
The 16th annual MISS CONEY ISLAND burlesque beauty pageant is presented by Bambi The Mermaid And hosted by THE GREAT FREDINI with Live music by KENBALL and The Neptone’s.