NY Clown Festival Free Events
DAY PARADE PIE FIGHT & CABARET
Friday October 5th will kick off the NY CLOWN THEATRE FESTIVAL with their 2nd annual opening day parade! Anyone and everyone is invited to join the city’s finest clowns, jugglers, stilt-walkers, and more as they gather at Union Square between 4:30 & 5pm and ride the “L” train to Bedford stop. Everyone will then march to The Brick Theater for a massive public pie fight. Red noses and pies will be handed out. The pie fight will be followed by a FREE ClownCabaret previewing festival highlights at 10:30pm. www.bricktheater.com/clown
THE CLOWN OLYMPICS
The NY Clown Theatre Festival in conjunction with Downtown Clown Review, present the first-ever CLOWN OLYMPICS!! Watch world-class clowns compete for ‘gold’ and ‘glory’. Event highlights will include Slapstick, Eccentric Dance, and, of course, Synchronized Kiddy Pool Swimming. FREE at the Brick Theater in Williamsburg, Thurs., October the 18th at 8:00 pm. The Olympics will be followed by a FREE Clown Cabaret at 10:30 pm, featuring festival highlights as well as a bevy of outstanding original acts. www.bricktheater.com/clown
CLOWN BAR HOP
Put on your best nose or don your big shoes and celebrate the 2nd annual NY Clown Theatre Festival in style! Join these red nosed pros as they spread the mirth and merriment with a massive bar crawl. Be prepared for high-jinx, antics and hilarity as this horde of clowns drinks their way through Williamsburg. Drinking will commence on Friday, October 19th at 11pm in Williamsburg. Macri Park Bar, 462 Union Ave. (between Metropolitan Ave. and Conselyea St.) Brooklyn, NY 11211 on the website. www.bricktheater.com/clown
CLOWN FUNERAL
All good things must come to an end, and the 2nd annual NY Clown Theatre Festival is no exception. The end of the 2007 festival will be mourned by all with a clown funeral. Sunday October 28th, join in as a mourner and pay your respects and be ready for a knock-out wake. The Maestrosities will provide suitably somber clown music. www.bricktheater.com/clown