General admission is $20.00. Doors open at 6:00PM. Event starts at 7:00PM. Tickets Now Available FREAKER’S BALL? With a title inspired by Shel Silverstein’s dirty liberation song/poem “Freakin’ at the Freaker’s Ball” this mid-summer party emphasizes courageous eccentrics who perform and create to inspire – waving their freak flag from the summit of a mountain to the hollow of a ditch. · Quintron and Miss Pussycat’s long-awaited return to Denton since their late 1990s performances with the storied Good/Bad Art Collective for a grande finale of their 2026 West Coast tour. · The Texas debut of public-access television, viral maniac performance artist John Kilduff (Let’s Paint TV) who takes multi-tasking to motivating extremes and asks you to “EMBRACE FAILARE”. · A visit with Flaming Lips collaborator, UFO enthusiast, and igloo-resident Daniel Huffman (New Fumes) who joins the ball with a rare live set since the release of his 2024 album “Experiencer”. · Bringing the #humanthing experimental artist Mattie promises to ask questions through unique soundscapes and wild installations. · A double-bill screening of Todd Rohal’s grotesque comedy “Fuck My Son” adapted from the shockingly transgressive work of underground cartoonist Johnny Ryan coupled with the regional premiere of Robby Rackleff and Alan Resnick’s “Dance Freak”. “Feels so good, it must be wrong – Freakin’ at the Freaker’s Ball.” – Shel Silverstein,1972 QUINTRON Quintron and long-time collaborator Miss Pussycat have been making genre-defying noise and hard rocking dance music in New Orleans for over thirty years. The majority of their thirty albums have the psychedelic soul of traditional New Orleans party music, filtered through a Hammond organ, technicolor puppets, and a battalion of distorted, homemade instruments. In addition to his collaborations with Miss Pussycat, Quintron has been releasing albums featuring a self-made weather synthesizer called WEATHER WARLOCK, which uses sun, rain, temperature, and wind to make music. He has also played organ on a number of records by other artists, most notably with The Oblivians and Steve Riley’s album “Grand Isle” which was nominated for a Grammy in 2012. Quintron regards his most significant creation to be a patented instrument called THE DRUM BUDDY, a light activated analog synthesizer which creates murky, low-fidelity, rhythmic patterns. Notable DRUM BUDDY clients include performers Nels Cline of Wilco, Laurie Anderson, Fred Armisen, and DJ Mr. Dibbs. MISS PUSSYCAT Puppeteer, musician, and artist Miss Pussycat began her career as a child in the Southern Baptist Church of Antlers Oklahoma as part of the Christian Puppet Youth Ministry. She later moved to New Orleans and started a secret nightclub in her house, called Pussycat Caverns, which hosted bands and performances in a unique and lively atmosphere. Today, and for over 30 years, she remains busy presenting live pupp...
