Church of Punk | Saints & Sinners | A Vampiric Burlesque Experience
Schedule
Sat Oct 18 2025 at 09:00 pm to 10:00 pm
UTC-05:00Location
Big Couch New Orleans | New Orleans, LA
About this Event
Gather, as in days of old- to the thunderous sounds of the drums and the gnashing of teeth- The Church of Punk is back with an evening of feast and fangs.
The congregation of the undead return once more as the Griot descend upon the banks of the Bayou to spin and weave their tales under the waning of the Pale Pale Moon.
Consider this as your invitation to join us at Big Couch October 18th, 2025 at 9PM in your Sinful best- claws, fur and talons welcomed- humans are... allowed.
Live Rock Music
Burlesque
Food
The Night Air...
If you were looking for something haunted this Halloween season, you've found it.
Bring your appetite.
Tipping is encouraged
No REFUNDS
SHARP START TIME
Doors 9pm Show 9:15pm
Arrive on time to secure seating- Standing is availble with high top tables- first come first serve.
In Collaboration with PUNK BLACK, Mz. Juno, & The Official La Reina
Infinity Hour is an AfroFuturistic Production Company dedicated to amplifying marginalized voices in the Black Performing Arts, Inspiring innovative multimedia theatrical events, and forging new paths in production while documenting Black Burlesque and Drag from today and Beyond.
We believe that Black Art. Black Expression. And Black Creativity fuels the Future and heals Community wounds and bonds- providing sustaining artistic careers, living cultural preservation, economic tourism that uplift communities, and most importantly, a haven for happiness.
We believe that it is important to document this artistic work through multimedia productions, film, and television and bridge new Black storytellers typically seen in small local spaces to the global audience.
Our mission is to amplify these storytellers, inspire meaningful change in the media landscape, and forge new paths of Black Art and the documentation and preservation of it.
There will be Burlesque Performances (The Art of the Strip Tease)
As the nature of a Themed Burlesque show, audience participation is encouraged, however consent is held in the autonomy of each individual.
Consent is an agreement to engage in a specific activity that is given through affirmative words or actions. It can be withdrawn at any time, and it cannot be assumed or coerced.
We are not affiliated with a church.
Trigger Warnings: Violence, Gore & Horror, Religious Themes, Sexual and Lude Themes, Profanity, Body Horror and Vampiric "feeding"
ABOUT AFROFUTURISM
The term "afrofuturism" was coined by Mark Dery in his 1994 essay, "Black to the Future." In the piece, the term is defined as "speculative fiction that treats African American themes and addresses African American concerns in the context of twentieth century technoculture—and, more generally, African American signification that appropriates images of technology and a prosthetically enhanced future."
It's important to note that, although Dery's definition provided an official name for the work that Black writers and artists were doing within this genre, it does not define the full scope of where afrofuturism has been and where it's going.
A more targeted and expansive definition by multi-hyphenated author Ytasha Womack best describes what afrofuturism is and how it functions.
"Afrofuturism is a way of looking at the future and alternate realities through a Black cultural lens. Black cultural lens means the people of the African continent in addition to the Diaspora, the Americas, Europe, etc. It is an artistic aesthetic, but also a kind of method of self-liberation or self-healing.
It can be part of critical race theory and in other respects its an epistemology as well. It intersects the imagination, technology, Black culture, liberation, and mysticism. An artistic aesthetic it bridges literature, music, visual arts, film, and dance. As a mode of self-healing and self-liberation, it's the use of imagination that is most significant because it helps people to transform their circumstances. Imagining oneself in the future creates agency and it's significant because historically people of African descent were not always incorporated into many of the storylines about the future."
- https://libguides.pratt.edu/afrofuturism
At its core, Afrofuturism opens up the space for us to create without fear and explore who we can be. So feel free to either elevate an old act, tell a new story, reinvent your art form or your soul. The floor is yours!Examples of AfroFuturism:https://www.pinterest.com/search/pins/?rs=ac&len=2&q=afrofuturism&eq=afrofu&etslf=5339
Where is it happening?
Big Couch New Orleans, 1045 Desire Street, New Orleans, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
USD 17.85 to USD 60.54
