SURREAL SALON SOIREE SET FOR JAN 27, TICKETS ON SALE NOW
The Surreal Salon Soiree is back and will once again bring together art, music, and tons of costumed creativity for a special night in Louisiana’s capital area! Join us for this one-of-a-kind night when the Surreal Salon exhibition effectively expands to include hundreds of works of art in the way of the costumes our guests put together to help punctuate this unique exhibition!
SATURDAY, JAN. 27, 2024 : 7 - 11 p.m.
Advance tickets: $40 for BRG Members, $50 for general admission.
Tickets will be available at the door for $10 more.
Your Surreal Salon Soiree ticket includes beer and wine for guests over 21 with valid photo identification.
The Surreal Salon Soiree celebrates the annual exhibition which includes artists from across the country and around the world!
Performing Live: The Octopus Project
The joyous sounds that have been made and performed by The Octopus Project have followed a musical path that, since 2002, has veered through blown-out rock’n’roll, vibrant electronics, surreal pop, and expansive psych landscapes. Based in Austin, TX, the group of multi-instrumentalists has released six studio albums, toured venues and festivals worldwide (including Lollapalooza and Coachella) both on their own and as handpicked support for artists as diverse as DEVO and Aesop Rock. As a result, they’ve earned a reputation for explosive live shows and immersive audio-visual experiments.
Also active as composers for video games and film, they were awarded the Special Jury Award for Musical Score at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival for their work on the film Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter.
Their most recent scoring work includes Damsel (starring Robert Pattinson, dir. by Zellner Bros.), 2021's The Disappearance of Toby Blackwood (dir. by Joe Ahern), the Reading Rainbow documentary, Butterfly In the Sky (starring LeVar Burton, dir. by Bradford Thomason and Brett Whitcomb), and the upcoming Zellner Bros. film, Sasquatch Sunset (starring Riley Keough and Jesse Eisenberg), which will premiere at Sundance 2024.
“There was the occasional appearance of a theremin, and all in all the music made you want to equal parts dance and rock out, with tracks often exploding in a climax of noise. Trippy, psychedelic, colourful… they are all words you could use to describe their sound, the performance and indeed the visuals that accompanied it.” - Larry Heath, The AU Review
“Obviously there are a ton of bands that have a great energy, that are funny and engaging and tear it up during a live show, but The Octopus Project pays so much attention to their visuals that it's truly an integral part of the show. You're not just coming for the music, you're coming for the whole experience.” - Meredith C, KUTX
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THE COSTUMES! OH, THE COSTUMES!
Over the past 15 years, the costumes seen during the Surreal Salon Soiree have taken on a life all their own. From video game characters to woodland creatures, there’s intentionally never a single theme for the Soiree because its more fun to see what happens without one!
We invite everyone to put together their most outlandish costume for the Soiree, in part, because you’ll feel completely out of place if you don’t come in costume!
Check out some of our personal favorites from just the most recent Soiree events and then come check out what 2024’s attendees have up their sleeves!