Open Saturday, September 22nd and Sunday, September 23rd, 1pm-7pm (last ticket sold at 7pm)!
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Coney Island USA News
That's a wrap on another great festival! Thanks to our filmmakers, attendees, sponsors, opening night performers, staff, board of directors and volunteers! See you in 2019!
2018 Best in Category:
Feature - Staring at the Sun
Documentary Feature - Ape Girl
Short (Tie) - Man with Beard, The Boy in the High Window
Documentary Short - Deporting Myself
Horror - The Son, the Father...
Experimental - No Man's Land
Music Video - Closer
Animation - DEATH VAN
"Made in Coney Island" (Tie) - BK Stories: Keeping Coney Island Freaky with Dick Zigun, The Infamous Mermaid Uprising of 2017
indiefilmpage.com and Coney Island USA Present: The 18th Annual Coney Island Film Festival, September 14 - 16, 2018 at the legendary Sideshows By The Seashore and the Coney Island Museum in the historic Brooklyn neighborhood Coney Island, New York!
101 films in a jam packed weekend!
Full Festival Pass $50 (Includes Opening Night Screening, Opening Night Party, Admission to Programs 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,11,12,13,14,15,16. Does not include The Warriors Screening)
Opening Night Screening $8, Tigger! (Doc Short), Obscene Beauty (World Premiere of New York Burlesque Scene, Feature Documentary)
Opening Night Party $25 (Beer from Coney Island Brewery, Wine, Food from Gargiulo's Restaurant, Stage Show Featuring Burlesque and Sideshow)
Saturday Screening Pass $15 (Includes Admission to Programs 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9. Does not include The Warriors Screening)
Sunday Screening Pass $12 (Includes Admission to Programs 11,12,13,14,15,16)
The Warriors Saturday Screening $10
Individual Screenings $8
Get full festival details at coneyislandfilmfestival.com
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.
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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, 30
Coney Island Museum
Open Saturdays 12pm-6pm, Sundays 2pm-6pm. See 2018 schedule below.
September 8, 2018 through Mid June, 2019, Saturdays 12pm - 5pm and Sundays 2pm - 5pm. Museum Closed September 15,16, 2018
Magic at Coney!!!
Sunday, September 23, 2018 - 12:00pm
Magical Promotions, together with Coney Island USA, presents an afternoon of fun and wonder for the entire family.
Magic at Coney!!!
Sunday, September 30, 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, October 5, 2018 - 9:00pm
Mr. Coney Island 2018 Lee VaLone and the BeefSquad proudly present Madness: a Drag and Burlesque Tribute to Tim Burton
Ask the Experts
Saturday, October 6, 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, October 6, 2018 - 8:00pm
It's time for Queer Coney: Fall Freakout! The Brides of Burlesque & Kinetic Cabaret Productions with Coney Island USA proudly present an evening of LGBTQ Circus & Sideshow artists.
Magic at Coney!!!
Sunday, October 7, 2018 - 12:00pm
Magical Promotions, together with Coney Island USA, presents an afternoon of fun and wonder for the entire family.
Special Events
Sunday, October 7, 2018, 3pm to Midnight
Coney Island U.S.A and Pnk Vlvt Wtch Present! Music Of Curiosities Festival featuring Genre-Defying Live Music all day and night at the Legendary Sideshow/Burlesque stage.
Magic at Coney!!!
Sunday, October 14, 2018 - 12:00pm
Magical Promotions, together with Coney Island USA, presents an afternoon of fun and wonder for the entire family.