Bienvenidos Dystopia 2026

Part variety show, part dance party, part salon ... all dystopia. Celebrate Minneapolis Arts & Culture before it's all gone.
About this Event

Part variety show, part dance party, and part salon, the Bienvenidos Dystopia showcase of arts and culture this year takes place in the beautiful Museum of Russian Art. Set among the current exhibition Posters of the Soviet Era, the live event features rapid fire presentations from artists across disciplines, including visual art, music, performance, poetry and more! Ticketholders can see the past of Soviet-era art on display and experience a present selection of Minneapolis-St. Paul art from artists currently working in our late-stage capitalist dystopia!

¡Bienvenidos Dystopia!

The year is 2026 ... The United States starts to slide into social collapse. After years of power grabs, oligarchs have successfully staged a bloodless coup and begin their work to finalize the republic into a corporate state. With the world’s climate on the brink of collapse, the country experiences ‘once in a lifetime’ weather catastrophes several times a year. Rapidly advancing technologies erode personal privacy and freedoms, algorithms and AI grow more invasive and influential in day-to-day life. The graphic realities of an international U.S.-backed genocides undercut domestic state and media propaganda. Domestically, the sick cannot afford skyrocketing drug prices or medical costs, while an epidemic of gun violence sweeps the country and mass shootings against schools and civilians become routine while police K*ll record numbers of citizens. The sun is shining. People continue to make their art. Celebrate Minneapolis Arts & Culture before it's all gone.