3rd Annual Virginia City Oddities Show

Step into a Victorian-inspired oddities market in one of Nevada’s most legendary mining towns and explore:

🦴 40 curated oddities vendors
🪲 Bug pinning workshops
🏛 Historic mansion tours
🍸 Full bar with spirited libations
🎪 Live entertainment & sideshow acts
🍴 Food vendors & provisions

WORKSHOP ADD-ONS - Taught by Kristin Silver of Silver Moon Curiosities. Seating is limited to 10 per class so get your ticket BEFORE they sell out! Workshops DO NOT INCLUDE MARKET ENTRY - YOU MUST PURCHASE A GENERAL ADMISSION TICKET OR MANSION TOUR.

12:00 PM - Jungle Jade Swallowtail Butterfly Pinning Workshop $80
o Everything you need to create your own Gothic work of art
o Kit Includes Jungle Jade Swallowtail Specimen with 8x8 frame, access to the digital version of the class to take home.

3:00 PM - Metallic Wood Boring-Beetle Workshop $95
o Everything you need to create your own Gothic work of art
o Kit Includes Beetle Specimen with 5" Dome, and access to the digital version of the class to take home.

All sales final, no refunds or exchanges

Arrive to the event at least a half hour early to find parking and enter. Arrive 15 minutes early to the workshop to sign in and ready supplies.

Expect bones, bugs, taxidermy, bizarre art, strange antiques, dark décor, handcrafted jewelry, and curiosities you won’t find anywhere else.

Join the ODDventure™.

📍 Mackay Mansion – Virginia City, NV
🗓 June 6
🕰 11 AM – 6 PM

Step back in time… and into the strange.

• The market grounds are ADA accessible
• The historic mansion is not ADA accessible

• CHILDREN - Market: UNDER 10 IS FREE WITH A PAID ADULT / Mansion: UNDER 10 IS FREE / WORKSHOPS: All seats in a workshop need a ticket (NO guest seating).
• All ticket sales are final – no refunds, transfers, or exchanges
• Event takes place rain or shine
• GENERAL ADMISSION to the event does NOT include Mansion Tours. Workshops DO NOT include entry to the market or Mansion Tour - workshops are add-ons to your admission ticket.
• This is a fundraising event for the Mackay Mansion.
• MANSION TOUR TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE VIA MACKAY MANSION. Purchase on their website in advance to receive a bundle price that includes market entry and secure your tour time before they run out at. Tickets for the mansion tour will be available for purchase at the door of the mansion on the day of the event, first-come, first serve, at the regular purchase price. Tours are guided and occur every 15 minutes. **NOTE: if you purchase a market ticket and later decide to add on a mansion tour you will NOT be refunded.
• WORKSHOPS DO NOT INCLUDE MARKET ENTRY - YOU MUST PURCHASE A GENERAL ADMISSION TICKET OR MANSION TOUR.

The Menagerie is a safe space for all who gather in curiosity and wonder. We maintain a zero-tolerance policy for discrimination, harassment, hate, or bullying OF ANY KIND..

No soliciting of any kind (religious, political, or event scouting).

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