Dracula’s Ball – latest news
Here’s the latest update from the Dracula’s Ball team. Sometimes wish I was in the US to go to these events. On the other hand, I’d miss Whitby 
Hello to all of you,
Thanks so much for bringing such fantastic energy to our September 5th event. This was definitely one of the most enjoyable Ball events we’ve ever produced. We’ve added a small sampling of pictures to the photo gallery on our site (www.draculasball.com); go take a look.
Although the most recent Ball is just a few weeks behind us, we’re already gearing up for the big one: Halloween. This is always our largest Dracula’s Ball of the year, and it has sold out for the past several years in a row, so we very strongly encourage you to buy advance tickets for this event. On top of the usual list of reasons to attend, this year Halloween is a Saturday. It also happens to fall at the end of Daylight Savings, which means that at 2am, instead of closing our doors, we join everyone else in rolling the clocks back to 1am, making this a six-hour long event. Finally, we have a rare US performance (Tapping The Vein) and an exclusive US debut performance (Dope Stars Inc). In other words, this is a very hot ticket!
Our website contains all the information you need about tickets (check out our FAQ in particular) but the essential details are as follows. Tickets are $15 and are on sale now. You can pick them up in person from Ticketmaster outlets or at Digital Ferret CDs (www.myspace.com/digital_ferret). You can get them online from Ticketmaster or IsoTank (www.isotank.com) – and note that IsoTank offers free shipping on orders of five or more tickets. In the unlikely event that there are still a few tickets left at the door, there will not be enough for everyone, so order now.
As we mentioned in previous bulletins, we’ll be flying in Italian electro-glam-rock band Dope Stars Inc. for their very first US concert appearance. We’re also pleased to welcome back our dear friends Tapping The Vein, who have not played a US show in some time.
If you’ve never been to a Ball before and live bands aren’t your thing, don’t fret – we’ll have four rooms open all night long, with a different DJ in each room. If you’re not feeling the groove for some reason, there’s always another room to check out. Our DJ lineup will be announced in our next bulletin.
Our venue for this Dracula’s Ball event is Shampoo Nightclub, located at 7th & Willow Streets in Philadelphia, PA (Mapquest/Google Maps info can be found on our website). As always, the Ball is open to all ages, but you must be 21+ with proper photo ID to drink. There is a large, free, enclosed parking lot, but it fills up quickly for the Ball. Personal photo cameras are welcome. Large professional rigs with unpleasant flash bulbs are not. Video cameras are not allowed. Doors open at 9pm and the event ends at 2am (sort of – see the note above about Daylight Savings).
It’s Halloween, so costumes are encouraged. Of course, costumes are always welcome at the Ball, but this is -the- occasion for that one special outfit you’ve been saving (or saving up for). Costumes aren’t required, but why not make the most of the opportunity? If you need inspiration, check out our photo gallery to see some of the amazing costumes we enjoyed at previous Halloween events. Naturally, we will have enough candy to give your dentist nightmares.
Some more about our performers:
TAPPING THE VEIN: As we’re fond of pointing out, Tapping The Vein performed at the very first Dracula’s Ball, so having them return for the 48th Dracula’s Ball is a testament to how well their music and live performances have held up over the years. Their blend of hard rock and gothic music with female vocals that can range from a haunting whisper to full blown fury is a style that many other bands later attempted. Few managed to do it with the same level of skill as TTV. Fans of groups like Lacuna Coil, Within Temptation or Garbage will surely enjoy them. Since part of the band relocated to the UK, concert appearances in the US by TTV are uncommon, so catch them while you can. Expect to hear old favorites as well as material from their recent album, Another Day Down.
STAGE TIME – 10:30pm
http://www.myspace.com/tappingthevein
DOPE STARS INC: You know we love exclusives. On Halloween, we’re very pleased to bring you the very first US concert appearance by the Italian band Dope Stars Inc. They’re flying in from Italy for this show and flying out right after, so this is your only chance to see them in the USA. Their style and sound clearly have a glitter-glam influence, with an equal mixture of electro-industrial and rock-n-roll. Their song “Fast and Beautiful” (which is also an apt description of their performances) was chosen as the lead track for the Hot Topic / Asleep By Dawn “…Underground Club Mix #2″ compilation. Their albums generated such huge sales as European imports that the band caught the notice of Metropolis Records, who gave the band’s July 2009 album, 21st Century Slave, an official US release.
STAGE TIME – 12:05am
http://www.myspace.com/dopestarsinc
Again, we can’t emphasize how important it is to get advance tickets for this event. This is our last Dracula’s Ball event until January 2010. And for your reference, the next time that Halloween falls on a Saturday night will be 2015. So, be sure to get your tickets…before somebody else gets them.
We’ll see you at the end of next month.
Best wishes,
[Patrick] & DB Staff
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Dracula’s Ball
Quarterly since May 1998
http://www.draculasball.com
http://www.myspace.com/draculasball
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Dracula’s Ball
Quarterly since May 1998
http://www.draculasball.com
http://www.myspace.com/draculasball
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