Coney Island Sideshow 2009

The Coney Island (Circus) Sideshow is back and better than ever. Although "Sealo" aka Mat Fraser hasn't joined up yet, the show is already amazing.

The show's humble host and narrator, Donny Vomit, has added an exciting upside-down straightjacket escape. And sweet & petite Heather Holliday is now the show's dangerous firebreather. Stephanie/Serpentina is still dazzling the audience with her snake dance and she has a few more tricks up her sleeve, including walking on broken glass and running her Madam Electra routine on the beautiful new girl, Chrissy.

So go check out the Sideshow when you get a chance. The Sideshow is open weekends (Saturday and Sunday) until Memorial Day when it opens on Fridays as well. The Week of the Mermaid Parade, the Sideshow runs Wednesday through Sunday, and runs Wednesday through Sunday until Labor Day. After Labor Day, the Sideshow returns to Weekend-only operations.
On Weekends and Holidays, the Sideshow is open from 1 PM to 9 PM. On all other days, the Sideshow will be open from 2 PM to 8 PM.

Save Coney Island Benefit at Southpaw (version 2.0)

There is going to be another Save Coney Island benefit party at Southpaw, just like last year:

Will I win another date with Angie? And will I ever get the first one I won? Hmmm...

Sat. 4/11
SAVE CONEY ISLAND BENEFIT
THE NEW YORK HOWL, 357 LOVER & LES SANS CULLOTES.
live performances from BUNNY LOVE, HARVEST MOON, JONNY PORKPIE, MISS CONEY ISLAND 2004 BAMBI, MISS CYCLONE & MISS EXOTIC WORLD ANGIE PONTANI, CLAMS CASINO, LITTLE BROOKLYN, PEEKABOO POINTE,HELEN PONTANI, NASTY CANASTA, MISS CONEY ISLAND 2008 GAL FRIDAY, MISS CONEY ISLAND 2005 JULIE ATLAS MUZ, DARLINDA JUST DARLINDA, GIGI LA FEMME, THE DAISY SPURS, THE WORLD FAMOUS PONTANI SISTERS, DAME CUCHIFRITA & more tba! Hosted by THE GREAT FREDINI, MISS ASTRID & THE WORLD FAMOUS BOB, Plus DJ'S HUCKWILD, FRESH PRINCE OF DARKNESS & BILL COLEMAN.red carpet! raffles! prizes! drink specials and good karma for life!$12 adv./$15 d.o.s8 pm doors
>> buy tickets

http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=1228874

First Free Aquarium Tickets Winner!

Congratulations to Eliot - Winner of the first 2 free tickets to the NY Aquarium, courtesy of ConeyInfo.com! I'm giving away 2 tickets to the Aquarium every two weeks to promote this site. Sign up at http://www.ConeyInfo.com/aquatickets.php

New Surveillance Cameras Going Up In Coney?

Found a Twitter from Amadad about new surveillance cameras going up in and around Coney Island. Interesting... Anyone else see anything? - http://twitter.com/amadad

Coney Sideshow getting some competition? Hardly.

Supposedly there's going to be some competition to the Coney Island Circus Sideshow, the country's only stationary operating 10-in-1, with Donny Vomit, Heather Holliday, Serpentina, Sealboy Mat Fraser. The Daily News and some others are reporting that John Strong III is bringing his freakshow to Coney - http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/brooklyn/2009/03/12/2009-03-12_is_the_coney_island_boardwalk_importing_.html

Although Thor Equities is saying they haven't chosen anyone to entertain on their land, they're really good at operating "amusements" that turn out to be inflatable bouncy castles and entertaining everyone with empty lots and schoolbus parking graveyards.

Was it incompetence? Were they trying to purposely fail so they could say amusements don't work, hoping no one would notice that they weren't using real amusements? Who can say.

Either way, in this fight the Coney Island Sideshow (and museum, and burlesque at the beach, etc) is like early career Mike Tyson, and the sad Freakshow that will possibly soon arrive is already crippled before getting in the ring.

Should be an entertaining bloodbath.

Ravi the Indian Boy at the Highline

Ravi "the Indian Rubber Boy" will be re-joining the Coney Island Circus Sideshow for their performance at the Highline Ballroom on Sunday April 5th, 2009.

http://www.coneyisland.com/per.ravi.shtml - Ravi bio
http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=1072904 - Event Info

Free Coney Island Hospital Bed

This was posted on Craig's List:

http://newyork.craigslist.org/brk/zip/1067454748.html

Reply to: sale-npkyu-1067454748@craigslist.org Date: 2009-03-10, 12:47PM EDT

Hi We need to remove the hospital bed from its current location by this weekend. If you or someone you know is in needr this item, please contact me ASAP. Thanks Kathy

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