The Ruckus Revival: Rainbow Riot!

Join us for our wild Pride extravaganza where the RAINBOW RUNS RIOT! We're going all out with our LGTBQ+ celebration, getting down and dirty with an astounding showcase of the best of the Bay’s incredible queer performance scene! Prepare for an irreverent night of gay surprises and leave your inhibitions at the door!Ruckus is a non-stop ride of uncensored circus, stand up comedy, burlesque, contortionists, pole performance, freestyle rap, aerial, beat-boxing, lyrical bouts, shocking sideshow, hilarious dirty haiku bouts & more! The winner of multiple "Best of the Bay" awards, the SF Chronicle calls Ruckus "a dazzling, inspiring and celebratory display of talent" and "a tent revival for misfits and freaks, those whose artistry or spectatorship has a homespun bent and a bandit streak." Every show features an all new lineup, and both the freestyle rap battle and slam are open for anyone to sign up and compete for $400 in cash prizes, judged by the audience! The Huffington Post called us “one of the best underground performance art shows in America.” and the East Bay Express calls Ruckus “the most consistently spectacular event Oakland has ever seen.” Every month brings a brand new lineup and a different flavor of chaos, with audience-interactive mayhem and unfiltered entertainment! No reruns, no repeat acts. Featuring the wildest variety of acts you’ll see anywhere: • Uncensored circus • Stand up comedy • Burlesque • Pole performance • Freestyle rap battles • Aerial artistry • Beat-boxing • Slam poetry & Dirty Haiku Bouts • Shocking sideshow • Breakdancing • Full-throttle audience mayhem Fast, loud and absolutely alive. Hosted by Wonder Dave (Mental Health Comedy Hour, Castro Comedy Cabaret) and Jamie DeWolf (HBO’s Def Poetry Jam, NPR’s Snap Judgment) with masters of mayhem DizzyfromEarlier and Little Glitter Bomb, and our very special stage crew the Wu Tang of Weird, The Misfit Mob!