Exeter Steampunk Yule Ball

08/07/2024

Great to see our wonderful friend Professor Elemental in the news. See him at this year's Yule Ball. Have you got your tickets?

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The geekiest edge of the British music underground is fuelled by the 90s, featuring a ZX Spectrum Noel Edmonds, a Blobby-themed grindcore band, and a lady who performs the script to Theme Hospital

07/07/2024

We welcome back to our stage - Sweetchunk's legend AUBREY BLAKELEDGE who will be our "Mystic" of Ceremonies for the evening. They will also be providing us with a full live comedy show to open the proceedings! So prepare to laugh til you p*e!

Tickets now on Sale for this years Steampunk Yule Ball: Into the Mystic - Saturday 14 December 2024 at Exeter Phoenix

https://exeterphoenix.org.uk/events/steampunk-yule-ball/

30/06/2024

Tickets now on Sale for this years Steampunk Yule Ball: Into the Mystic - Saturday 14 December at Exeter Phoenix.

And what a treat we have for you. This year we have a full Live stage show from the incredible women of Raze Hell. Their show is themed around "The Mystic" so expect FIRE, DANCE, ENTICEMENT and MAGIC! OOOO you lucky things you!

Get your tickets here: https://exeterphoenix.org.uk/events/steampunk-yule-ball/

23/06/2024

Tickets on Sale NOW for this years Steampunk Yule Ball: Into the Mystic. Saturday 14 December 2024 at Exeter Phoenix, Devon.

We are honoured to present Cornwall's finest export THE LADY GARDEN ENSEMBLE - an all female trio performing marvellous musical melodrama, with songs you will want to sing and dance to, delivered in their unique carnival swing style.

You can check them out here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-4cpjjzZvM

Tickets can be purchased here: https://exeterphoenix.org.uk/events/steampunk-yule-ball/

16/06/2024

Earlybird Tickets now on Sale! Get them Quick!

Welcoming home the wonderful, the marvellous, the very splendid PROFESSOR ELEMENTAL. He brings the smiles and the love and we are delighted to have him back on our stage. What say you? Who is ready to misbehave?

Check him out with the AMAZING Gaslight Troubadours: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2OLV-r41U0

Tickets: https://exeterphoenix.org.uk/events/steampunk-yule-ball/

11/06/2024

EARLY BIRD TICKETS ON SALE NOW!

We are delighted to announce that tickets are now on sale for the Steampunk Yule Ball: into the Mystic - Sat 14 December 2024 at Exeter Phoenix. We welcome back our good friend Professor Elemental, alongside the marvellous upbeat The Lady Garden Ensemble, and Raze Hell Entertainment will be bringing a full, live fire & dance show. Our Mystic of ceremonies is Aubrey Blakeledge bringing their unique comedy show to our stage. And if thats not enough we still have one act still to announce.

In the bar this year we are taking a "Pirates of the Caribbean" theme with local legends the dub-tastic Vibration Lab followed by some funky Jungle and DnB from top DJ & Producer Iller Instinct.

Early bird tickets are limited so get yours quickity quick. And watch this space for more information on our acts!

We cant wait to see you in all your mystical finary for a magical night!

Earlybird tickets: £15
Standard Tickets: £20

https://exeterphoenix.org.uk/events/steampunk-yule-ball/

26/04/2024

Fey Pink will be running the Wellbeing area at Poltimore Festival this year. Loads of great bands and activities. It's such an amazing space and ticket sales will go towards the restoration. This is a true Community Festival so make sure you book your tickets quick.

Poltimore Festival 2024
LIVE MUSIC | DJS | ART | CINEMA | THEATRE | LITERATURE | WELLNESS & HEALING | WORKSHOPS | HISTORIC LOCATION

The Scribes, Pattern Pusher, Datura Roots collective ,Moriaty, FREE'MINDS, Haytor, Soot Sprite, The Kabins, Twilight Of The Pleasure Gods, Rameagle, Drea & The Pandas, 3 Days of Wonder, Sonyechko, Bradley The Busker, Kid Hyena, Jacob Terry Acoustic, Rosy Grace, Liv And Bob

Poltimore Festival returns for 2024, bigger and better, featuring the best in South West talent spanning across live music, art, theatre & more. Located on the land at the historic Poltimore House, the 2-day festival gives festivsl goers quality entertainment, fabulous stages, secret cinema, chill-out areas, markets and more.

You'll have the opportunity to explore the historic grounds whilst diving into our main stage performances, alongside local food vendors with a variety of options for all dietary requirements, stalls, activities and experiences.

Wander through the sacred gardens and discover our wellness & healing areas, with workshops and activities to help heighten your festival experience whilst looking after your body and mind. If you're lucky, you might even find our hidden DJ tent where you can party to your heart's content!

But that's not all, as there's plenty more to announce! Keep your eyes p*eled for more info on workshops, activites, cinema, DJs and more ...

https://www.fatsoma.com/e/yay1hd0p/poltimore-festival-2024?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0E8yWUs0yjC_P9zHbk6vVeRlNchUG_SYOqTTpQKvd8HOilqcWWoNojmI0_aem_AfeI6Mynj2B-LCAk83BvRmQX7p84Vdga116xqRQ3RkLsheDf6NKstkcSpvgMVcTtIy8El9b5IsQrizXlDUUgHyJa

12/03/2024

EXTRAS NEEDED!
For those of you who fancy being in a video game, then come along to Poltimore House, Exeter THIS SUNDAY 17 March and join in the fun. We will be part of the "Wicker Man-esque" crowd shots. All information is in the link below and please book a FREE slot so we have an idea for numbers. Dust off your glad rags it's time to PARRRRRTY!
https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/exeter/poltimore-house/cradlemoor-film-shoot-calder-fayre/2024-03-17/17:30/t-moapjnz?fbclid=IwAR2xNrPQbU1DBDQF3e0mdHB0bgVcI-30LiMw6HCqQC-D9QZpwHZ3yHtDLcA

Tickets are now available for Cradlemoor film shoot - Calder Fayre at Poltimore House, Exeter on Sun 17 Mar 2024 at 5:30PM. Click the link for further information and to secure your tickets now!

25/02/2024

THEME ANNOUNCEMENT
Steampunk Yule Ball 2024: INTO THE MYSTIC
Saturday 14 December - Exeter Phoenix

Step INTO THE MYSTIC at the Steampunk Yule Ball 2024. And this year we celebrate all things magical & mystical. From ancient God's & Goddesses, to mythic creatures such as Faeries, Goblins, Mermaids, Centaurs, Unicorns, Cyclops, Banshees or Vampires. . Maybe you see yourself as a great legendary beast such as the Minotaur or Kraken? or will you embody the face of Medusa - turning all who view you to stone? Do you fancy yourself Queen and King of the Faeries - Titania & Oberon? Or a mighty ancient God such as Zeus, Thor or Apollo? If the Goddesses call to you, maybe Aphrodite, Athena, Gaia, Hecate or Queen Hera herself? Or do you imagine yourself a great (Super)Hero like Odysseus, Boudica, Ragnar Lodbrok, or Hercules? Well this is the place to unleash your inner mystic, delve deep in myth, folklore & legend, and join us in a Yuletide celebration of Magic and wonder. Honouring the turning of the seasonal wheel and return of the light at Yule.

This year we have a whole host of fabulous performers and artistes for your mystical delight and delectation. There will be music, fashion, cabaret, comedy, dancing and more. We cant wait to see what costumes you come up with this year!

Acts to be announced.
Earlybird tickets go on sale in the Spring.

Here is a little Van Morrison to get you in the mood! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6r2P4W9Yog

25/02/2024

THEME ANNOUNCEMENT
Steampunk Yule Ball 2024: INTO THE MYSTIC
Saturday 14 December - Exeter Phoenix

Step INTO THE MYSTIC at the Steampunk Yule Ball 2024. And this year we celebrate all things magical & mystical. From ancient God's & Goddesses, to mythic creatures such as Faeries, Goblins, Mermaids, Centaurs, Unicorns, Cyclops, Banshees or Vampires. . Maybe you see yourself as a great legendary beast such as the Minotaur or Kraken? or will you embody the face of Medusa - turning all who view you to stone? Do you fancy yourself Queen and King of the Faeries - Titania & Oberon? Or a mighty ancient God such as Zeus, Thor or Apollo? If the Goddesses call to you, maybe Aphrodite, Athena, Gaia, Hecate or Queen Hera? Or do you imagine yourself a great (Super)Hero like Odysseus, Boudica, Ragnar Lodbrok, or Hercules? Well this is the place to unleash your inner mystic, delve deep into myth, folklore & legend, and join us in a Yuletide celebration of Magic and wonder. Honouring the turning of the seasonal wheel and return of the light at Yule.

This year we have a whole host of fabulous performers and artistes for your mystical delight and delectation. There will be music, fashion, cabaret, comedy, dancing and more. We cant wait to see what costume creations you come up with this year!

Acts to be announced.
Earlybird tickets go on sale in the Spring.

Here is a little Van Morrison to get you in the mood! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6r2P4W9Yog

18/12/2023

Glorious Queen Mab x

Tammy chats with Queen Man at the Exeter Steampubk Yule Ball

16/12/2023

Check out our fabulous hostesses with the mostest, the Ab Fab duo Fey Pink and Kiara Leigh . Show some love for these fabulous ladies! Big love and thanks to Tammy, Nick and the MIDI TV team for all their hard work!

Fey and Kiara chatting to Tammy midway thru the Steampunk Yule Ball event

15/12/2023

Please check out the Portrait photographs from the Ball. Some beautiful shots. Thanks to Charles Derry.
https://www.capture-photography.uk/p/p/steampunk-yule-ball-2023?fbclid=IwAR0DVFhSRPPjjuGEgp3CZ54v28SxtJn_avJWD0ag59ajgczDMiOeCuxURME

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14/12/2023

SAVE THE DATE
Exeter Steampunk Yule Ball 2024
Saturday 14 December 2024
Theme to be announced in the new year!

14/12/2023

We are signing off for the year now as we see the Wild things creep back into their caves. We want to thank you all for coming along and making it a fabulous night. We hope you had fun! Big loves & gratitude to all our marvellous performers Mr.B The Gentleman Rhymer, Funke and the Two Tone Baby, The Sweetchunks Band, Queen Mab, Kiara Leigh, Fey Pink, Iller Instinct, Faramix, Tygz, Otter Morris Dancers.

Here are some of our favourite shots of the night. Please head over to Paul Ligas Photography to see all the photos.

Set 1: https://www.facebook.com/media/set?vanity=PaulLigasPhotography&set=a.772416871362267

Set 2: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=PaulLigasPhotography&set=a.772863054650982

Set 3: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.772888014648486&type=3

Set 4: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.772900607980560&type=3

Set 5: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.772920974645190&type=3

Set 6: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.773251207945500&type=3

Set 7: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.773333151270639&type=3

Set 8: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.773396317930989&type=3

Set 9: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.773413897929231&type=3

Until next year - have a peaceful Yuletide from us all.

"I come to the peace of the Wild Things,
Who do not tax their lives with forethought or grief,
I rest in the grace of the world and I am free."

14/12/2023

Sweechunks!!!!

A Yuletide chat with Tammy and The Sweetchunks Band

12/12/2023

Huge thanks to Paul Ligas Photography for 9 Albums of fabulous shots of you all .... start to finish. Head over there and show your love. Paul works incredibly hard on the night and a long time in editing. Please do make sure you credit his work. Thank you Paul ❤️

I've finished the photos for 2023. Browse, like, share, comment and have fun with them.

It was as fabulous as always to see you all. I'll be there next time!

Exeter Steampunk Yule Ball

12/12/2023

Here are some lovely shots of the night from the wonderful Grahame Perowne aka Papa Smurf
https://www.facebook.com/media/set?vanity=graham.perowne&set=a.1822558914857664

12/12/2023

See a lovely interview with Mr.B The Gentleman Rhymer at this year's Ball!

Tammy grabs a quick chat with top chap Mr.B The Gentleman Rhymer !!

11/12/2023

A great interview with our Monkey King himself Funke and the Two Tone Baby at this year's Ball! More MIDI TV Interviews incoming!
https://youtube.com/?si=p8JSFB4QKsd87VgP

🤩🤩🤩When Tammy met Funke !
Funke and the Two Tone Baby caught up with our very own Tamsyn Baker Whittaker for an illuminating , and at times surreal chat during Exeter Steampunk Yule Ball - check it out on our youtube channel - don't forget to hike and subside !
https://youtu.be/6z8hiRu2PkA

11/12/2023

We know you are desperate to see some of the professional pictures from this years Steampunk Yule Ball: Where the Wild Things Are.

Our roaming photographer Paul Ligas Photography has begun uploading his work on his page. The first 2 albums are up and there are some fabulous shots of you glorious Wild Things. There are more albums to come.

Find Paul Ligas here: https://www.facebook.com/media/set?vanity=PaulLigasPhotography&set=a.772863054650982

Our portrait photographer Charles can be found on Instagram for any enquiries. Again some truly unique shots of some just AMAZZZZZING humans wearing gloriously wild couture!
https://instagram.com/capture_photography67?igshid=NzZlODBkYWE4Ng==

We think this year has been the best costumes yet .... but then again there is next year .....

More pictures incoming - we'll keep you posted!

Paul Ligas and Charles work very hard on the night and in editing. Please try to purchase any pictures you wish to use, or at the very least credit their work. The Yule ball tries to bring Creatives from all the Arts together and photography is a big part of this for us. So please show your support where you can. ❤️

📸 Paul Ligas Photography

10/12/2023

A little note from your WILD THING Performers ....

Thanks to all who came along last night. We hope you all had an AbFab time!

There will be a flurry of photos coming up over the next few days but for now .... this!

Big Yuletide Loves to one and all ❤️

09/12/2023

We cant wait to see you all in your WILD THING finery tonight! We have the amazing MIDI TV covering the event tonight.

"MIDI is a non-profit-making organisation which has been founded by a group of local musicians and music industry professionals. We aim to develop emerging talent, increase opportunities for musicians and audiences, and generate business for the music industry in Devon."

Last Tickets: https://exeterphoenix.org.uk/events/steampunk-yule-ball-wild-things/

08/12/2023

Menu of Entertainment: Steampunk Yule Ball - Where the Wild Things are
Saturday 9 December 2023 7.45pm- 2am
Exeter Phoenix

Last Tickets: https://exeterphoenix.org.uk/events/steampunk-yule-ball-wild-things/

06/12/2023

The wise Yule Ball EYE is waking up ready to party with you all on Saturday.

Very last tickets available: https://exeterphoenix.org.uk/events/steampunk-yule-ball-wild-things/

05/12/2023

We are delighted to welcome Charles Derry who is a wonderful portrait photographer. Charles will have a little studio set up for anyone wishing to have their portraits taken on the night. Please ask on arrival to be directed to the studio.
Very last tickets available: https://exeterphoenix.org.uk/events/steampunk-yule-ball-wild-things/

04/12/2023

JUST CONFIRMED! We are honoured to have the AMAZZZZZING Otter Morris Dancers opening the Yule Ball at 7.45pm outside the Phoenix (or in the Bar area if raining).
https://www.facebook.com/ottermorris

Very last tickets available: https://exeterphoenix.org.uk/events/steampunk-yule-ball-wild-things/

Morris Dancers at Yule - A brief history ....
This is the time of Yule, the ancient festival celebrating the winter solstice, the shortest day, when at last the decline in the length of the day is arrested in midwinter and recovery begins. The delight of our ancestors at the return of the sun and its implications for agriculture and their consequent well-being is easy to understand. It was originally Woden who careered across the night sky in his chariot bearing gifts. Fir (Christmas) trees and evergreens have always been treated with reverence because the woodland spirits of vegetation were believed to reside in them at a time when the leaves had fallen from other trees. Cutting the mistletoe promoted the fertility of the earth and the production of good crops; the custom of kissing under the mistletoe obviously derives from this. The Yule log was dragged in with much ceremony to burn on the hearth. Wassailing ('waes hal', Anglo-Saxon for 'be healthy' and consequently the toast ‘good health!’), Mummers' Plays, and Morris are all customs associated with Yuletide and collecting money for them was never considered begging. Corn and milk were generally asked for but coins were an acceptable substitute. To give was to partake of the primæval energy and magic produced by the Morris dancers' exertions. The collecting 'boxes' from which Boxing Day gets its name were usually earthenware piggy-banks which had to be broken to extract the contents.

Exeter Steampunk Yule Ball
Saturday 9th December 2023
8pm-2am
Exeter Phoenix Arts Centre

03/12/2023

And finally ... last but by no means least, our Mistress of Ceremonies, the Steam-Diva herself Miss FEY PINK! Fey will be teasing the audience between acts alongside her deviant accomplice KIARA LEIGH! Literally ANYTHING could happen!

Last tickets available here: https://exeterphoenix.org.uk/events/steampunk-yule-ball-wild-things/

Exeter Phoenix
Sat 9 Dec 23
8pm - 2am

02/12/2023

We are delighted to welcome back the wonderful Paul Ligas Photography who will be documenting the whole event from start to finish, creating some beautiful shots of you all and the performers.
https://www.facebook.com/PaulLigasPhotography

Ethical photographer, photographic artist and educator. For environment & community

01/12/2023

Exeter Steampunk Yule Ball 2023: Where the Wild Things are
Sat 9 December 2023
8pm - 2am
Tickets: https://exeterphoenix.org.uk/events/steampunk-yule-ball-wild-things/

The Final line up is announced. Mr B - Gentleman Rhymer, Funke and the Two Tone Baby, Sweetchunks Band, Queen Mab, Fey Pink, Kiara Leigh, DJ Iller Instinct, DJ Faramix, DJ TYGZ.

And just a few of little surprises too .... well who doesn't love a surprise?
We cant wait to see you all in your fabulous costumes!

Literally only a handful of tickets left so don't delay, get over to the Exeter Phoenix site and book yours today!