The Ruckus Revival: Wild Things!

Leap into spring with an unforgettable night of chaos and fun! Oakland’s most spectacular show awaits with a wild night of circus, burlesque, shocking comedy, jaw dropping aerialists & more!

The biggest and boldest variety show in the Bay is unleashed and lets out the beast in a spring celebration of the unnatural kingdom! In a fiercely frisky animalistic edition to kick off mating season, panthers do pole performances, comedians roar, burlesque slithers across the stage, circus performers become uncaged and lyricists & freestyle rappers run wild on the mic in a roaring theme with teeth! Aerialists, contortionists, poets, dancers and more all converge for one night only! 

The birds and the bees will sting werewolves will howl and bears will bare it all in a bananas circus showcase that goes on a rampage of audacious entertainment.

The Huffington Post calls Ruckus “one of the best underground performance art shows in America.” 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.

Both the freestyle rap battle and the slam have open sign-ups with $400 in cash prizes, judged by YOU, the audience. Every show is a one-night riot, and once it’s done, it’s gone.

Hosted by Jamie DeWolf (HBO’s Def Poetry Jam, NPR’s Snap Judgment) and Wonder Dave (Mental Health Comedy Hour), with masters of mayhem DizzyfromEarlier and Little Glitter Bomb, and our very special stage crew the Wu Tang of Weird. DJ’d by Jason Bayani