“A thong time ago, in a galaxxxy far, far away…”
Everyone in Kentuckiana knows that Saturday, May 4, 2024 is Derby Day. But with respect to the 150th renewal of the Kentucky Derby, May 4 is also Star Wars Day. In a “rebel scum” style defiance of all things Derby, Zanzibar in Germantown will welcome the Bizarre Bazaar instead.
The Bizarre Bazaar is the Louisville-based femme circus and vaudeville collective, who have celebrated Star Wars Day since 2018 in the most appropriate and memorable way: with drag queens, drag kings, and burlesque dancers who queer the Star Wars saga in a way that would make Finn and Poe finally make up their minds.
The Bizarre Bazaar has expanded from its Louisville hub into a multi-city, multi-night regional tour, featuring “the finest, foulest, and funniest Nerdlesque performers of the Ohio Valley, all shaking their Sarlacc pits.” If you know, you know. But whether it will be sexy or grotesque — or sexy and grotesque at the same time — will be revealed onstage.
Star Wars Day is observed every year on May 4. Its official slogan “May the Fourth be with you” is an affectionate reference to the phrase “May the Force be with you” that falls somewhere between a dad joke and a pun. Either way, Star Wars fans all over the world celebrate will their favorite science fantasy franchise in unison on May 4.
Attack of the Tassels will transport Louisville to the Mos Eisley Cantina, Jabba’s Throne Room, Coruscant Outlander Club, and Maz Kanata’s castle within the course of a single bawdy evening.
Attack of the the Tassels
Zanzibar
2100 S. Preston St.
Saturday, May 4
Doors at 8:00 p.m.
Show at 9:00 p.m.
Ages 18 and older
Tickets range from $20 to $100 for a VIP package
This article appears in Apr 24 – May 7, 2024.
