Odd Ball/WISE Hall accessibility

Just a reminder that if you have ability issues to please contact us prior to the party by sending an e-mail to oddball@michaelvsmith.com. Odd Ball is happy to accommodate folks with ability issues by making the hall and the party more accessible to our party-goers. If you let us know when you plan on arriving we can arrange for you to get into the hall via ramp access. Additionally, if you have trouble standing for long periods of time we can provide you with a chair to sit on while you wait in line.

In the hall we always have two tables marked and reserved for those with ability issues. The tables are to the right of the stage and will be marked with signs.

If you are unable to e-mail us prior to the party, please speak with one of our volunteers at the front doors and we will do our best to make the Odd Ball a fun, comfortable and accesible night for you and your friends.

Shake-a-your-rump into the new year!

Once again the Odd Ball brings you a stellar line-up of DJs to make you wanna dance all night long.

Big Bang Odd Ball is pleased to welcome DJ Art Flick to the stage! DJ artflick has been playing the east side since the inception of the Bent parties in January 2006. As a restless sagittarius, she spins an eclectic mix from riot grrrl & political hip-hop to queer dark wave & electro. After three years of editing her big ol' trannie-dyke documentary She's a Boy I Knew, DJ artflick's New Year's Resolution is to hit the road on her '69 Vespa.



Ruggedly Handsome returns for her seventh Odd Ball! DJ Ruggedly Handsome is a lover of good songs with an affinity for girl bands, think The Slits not the Spice Girls. On occasion she has been known to take her musical cues from her feline companion. This Scorpio is very in touch with her feelings and has been bringing the dance party to your living rooms, bedrooms, libraries, lezzie bars, basements, and community centers since 2004.



And Odd Ball's very own Titz McGee. Most recently Titz DJ'ed a holiday dance party for a crowd of librarians---buns, readings glasses and cardigans were flying everywhere. In 2008 Titz hopes to exercise more, get her readings done for school and conquer Guitar Hero.

Tickets only available at the door!

Monday December 31st
8PM until 2AM
WISE Hall, 1882 Adanac
$15.00
Tickets only available at the door
Please bring small bills ($5/$10) if possible

See earlier posts for details on the always amazing performances...

We Odd Balls would like to acknowledge that our New Year's party is $5 more than our other parties. This is NOT a new trend. We're only charging more because the overhead costs are more on New Years Eve.

Tiny bubbles

Just a quick note to let you know that the WISE Hall bar will have bottles of champagne stocked on New Year's Eve for Big Bang Odd Ball. Champagne will be sold by the bottle. A reminder that the WISE Hall bar is CASH ONLY.

It wouldn't be New Years without a New Year's baby . . .

Your Little Pony and Halfbreed exploded from behind the scene of 1980's western's, disney, and muchmusic to bring you the true definition of ham. This duo mixes hip hop, burlesque, and physical comedy in short skits or burlettas. They also host cabarets in characters that fit any theme. Soon they'll be adding a third performing into the mix, when their baby is born in March 2008!

The Sweetest Dumpling . . .

Joanie Gyoza is a dear little darling whose tassel twirlin' prowess may cause cardiac arrest! Her sultry striptease style always guarantees giggles and a smile! Her signature acts aim to cultivate lusty laughs and erotic gasps: she titillates, she tantalizes and she's delightfully goofy: she's Joanie Gyoza. She's the cutie-pie inadvertent pervy, curvy sexpot! She aims to blossom into what is Neoburlesque at its best: comedy, sexiness and creativity that empowers both the womyns and the community.

Aerials at midnight!

The first aerial silks performance, by the fabulous Jen Cressey, was way back in October 2005. After seeing the Halloween crowd go wild for Jen, Odd Ball has had a queer or queer-friendly aerialist at every party since. We Odd Balls would like to thank these performers for the incredible amount of work, strength and beauty that goes into their art.

And speaking of strength and beauty . . . Jillian will be performing at Big Bang Odd Ball. Jillian is a queer theorist by day and a silks aerialist and trapeze artist by night who hopes to one day run away with the circus. You may remember her from Odd Ball Halloween 2006 or other circus/cabaret events around town.
Just before midnight, you'll see Jillian counting down the
New Year as our
Odd Ball HUMAN BALL DROP!

It's Big Bang Odd Ball!

Announcing Big Bang Odd Ball!



Monday December 31st
8PM until 2AM
WISE Hall, 1882 Adanac
$15.00
Tickets only available at the door

Featuring, as always, amazing performances...


(We Odd Balls would like to acknowledge that our New Year's party is $5 more than our other parties. This is NOT a new trend. We're only charging more because the overhead costs are more on New Years Eve. )

DECEMBER 31 2007

B I G
B A N G
O D D
B A L L

are you ready for it?

Did you lose your glasses?

We found a pair of prescription eyeglasses while cleaning up after Odd Ball from the Crypt. Are you missing your glasses? If so, please send a message to oddball@michaelvsmith.com to claim them and arrange to pick them up.

This year's costume contest...

Announcing Odd Ball From The Crypt's Costume Contest!

Top prize will go to the ODDEST costume. Wow us with your weirdness and you'll take home a prize from the kiss store!







There will also be a prize bag each for the SCARIEST and SEXIEST costumes.

Trick-or-Treat!

Va Va from the Crypt!

VaVa Vunderbust is queerly a whole lot of woman! She came busting out into Vancouver's burlesque scene earlier this year, at events such as Hot & Horny, Out on Screen Film Festival, and BENT. Known for her colourful costumes, over-the-top props, and endearing endowments - VaVa rocks!.

She also took first prize at our Pride Beach Ball Odd Ball party.

Rattling bones, shaking rumps and creeping you out!

Odd Ball at the Crypt will feature three DJs who will thrill you, chill you and leave you wanting more on the dance floor!

Odd Ball is pleased to announce that DJ Mickey Moniker (UNCANNY) will be joining us this Hallowe'en. Mickey Moniker likes finding old Italo-Disco and New Wave records, along with newer Electro and Indie stuff too. He's an Aquarius with a passion for Chocolate-Peanut Butter Cups after they've been left in the fridge.

Joining us once again, we're pleased to welcome DJ Ruggedly Handsome back to the Odd Ball DJ booth. DJ Ruggedly Handsome is a lover of good songs with an affinity for girl bands, think The Slits not the Spice Girls. On occasion she has been known to take her musical cues from her feline companion. This Scorpio is very in touch with her feelings and has been bringing the dance party to your living rooms, bedrooms, libraries, lezzie bars, basements, and community centers since 2004.

And, it wouldn't be an Odd Ball without our very own Titz McGee, DJ. Titz is a Taurus whose stubborn streak won't let her rest 'til she sees all y'all's rumps shakin'. Bringing you a mix of hip hop, indie dance tunes and "the classics", Titz will be full of tricks and treats this Hallowe'en. Fill her plastic pumpkin with tootsie rolls and mini snickers, please.

Isolde N. Barron takes the Odd Ball from the Crypt stage . . .

Isolde N. Barron aka. Cameron Mackenzie is a director, designer, writer and performer. Some of Isolde's favourite roles include Usrula the Sea witch at Bent and the Industry show at Uncanny. Check out her previous performances with the ever evolving Fag Hag Cabaret on Youtube.

Crypt Performer Line Up . . .

Kira Schaffer is a Vancouver based performance artist, combining dance and physical theatre with circus skills such as fire performance, aerial acrobatics, and stilt dancing. She is the artistic director of Firebelly Performance Society, an interdisciplinary performance company which she founded in the Spring of 2000. Kira has performed in a variety of venues, including such events as the Vancouver International Dance Festival, the Alberta Centennial celebrations and the Winter Olympic closing ceremonies in Italy.

Kira is inspired by the process of transforming fear into pleasure and finding expressive possibilities within physically limited situations.

She loves sharing her passion for playing with fire and the thrill of dangling upside down by teaching both aerial dance and fire performance classes through the Roundhouse Community Centre.

Odd Ball from the Crypt is coming!

Coming soon...

Odd Ball From The Crypt

Saturday October 27th
8pm until 1am
WISE HALL
$10
Tickets only available at the door

Stay tuned for performer announcements and other spine-tingling, bone-rattling news. In the meantime, dust off the cobwebs and get your creepy costumes ready for the Odd Ball!

Hold Up at the Heist with John Cameron Mitchell

Out on Screen and the Odd Ball present...

Hold Up At The Heist

Wednesday August 22nd, 9:30pm

The Century House 432 Richards

$5.00 at the door

Following the Filmforward Director's Spotlight: John Camron Mitchell with the screening of Hedwig and the Angry Inch at the Vancity Theatre, head over to The Century House where J to the C to the M himself and DJ Titz McGee take the time to squeeze fresh lime in the music booth upstairs at the Heist. Bang! Bang!

The 19th annual Vancouver Queer Film Festival

Worth Coming Out For! Aug 16-26

A big thanks and an explanation

A big Odd Ball thank you to all the partygoers who came out for Pride! We've never seen so many pairs of tight beach trunks and sexy swimwear in one room before.
The biggest thanks goes out to those who stood in the line-up upwards of an hour. THANK-YOU for your patience and enthusiasm!

Some of you may have heard that this year we tried out advanced tickets. These tickets allowed ticket holders to bypass the line-up if they came before 9:30. We hand sold 100 tickets – the WISE Hall's capacity is 250 people.

We sold advance tickets for three main reasons:
1) Our loyal Odd Ball partygoers asked us for advanced tickets – we thought we'd try it
2) We wanted to give tickets to some of our community partners, regular Odd Ball attendees, and folks with access needs
3) Last Halloween, Odd Ball faced security challenges. It was the first time we dealt with extreme intoxication, unsafe behavior and a general disregard to the kind of community party we want at Odd Ball. We thought advance tickets might ensure space for our regulars and discourage the overly intoxicated, sexual harassers.

After this ticket experiment we've decided to return to a first-come-first-serve door sales only policy.

We will not be selling advanced tickets again.

It's important to us that everyone has the same opportunity to attend Odd Ball.

Instead, we will continue to improve the party by hiring security and strengthening our volunteer base. Feedback is always welcome. Also – we have some special Halloween treats up our sleeve for folks waiting in the line-up.

Please feel free to post comments on the blog and/or send feedback to titzmcgee@yahoo.ca.

Please keep checking back for info on the third annual Odd Ball Hallowe'en party and our New Year's plans!

Accessing the WISE Hall

Partygoers with mobility/access needs and friends –

Just a reminder that the front entrance of the WISE Hall is up a flight of stairs – there is a back entrance, off the alley between the WISE Hall and the Cultch, for folks who need to access the WISE Hall without via a stair-less entrance. Please note, there is no doorperson stationed at the backdoor. While we will check the back door routinely, it is best to let us know about your arrival via a stair-climbing friend or partygoer. OR email us in advance with your expected arrival time.

We will also have a few chairs out front for folks that need to sit down while waiting in the line-up.

We always have two tables reserved for folks with mobility issues and their friends. These tables are close to the bar and the washrooms.

Now let’s party!

Don't forget your swimsuit!

It wouldn't be an Odd Ball without a outrageously fun contest...

Beach Ball Odd Ball is excited to announce our Swim Wear Contest!

The winner of the Most Spectacular Beach Outfit will receive a fabulous pair of boots generously donated by East Van's very own, Dayton Boots.



Two second prizes of fun beach-themed goodies will be awarded for best swim wear as decided by us, The Odd Balls.

We're two weeks away from the party---
do you know what you're wearing???

The Queen of Sass is back . . .

Last pride Crystal Precious' vocals and burlesque styling steamed up the Odd Ball.


Producer/performer Crystal Precious is well-known for her trademark curves and incomparable stage presence. Mixing up her favourite combo of 80's flavoured satire and true vintage glam, the self-declared Queen of Sass slips effortlessly from classic golden-age tributes to old-school jams by incorporating smooth vocals or hip-hop stylings to her burlesque numbers.

B.Y.O is a triple threat troupe of beach babes: they sing, they dance and they're sexier than a thong bikini

photo by Sarah Race

Bring Your Own . . . is a cabaret collective based out of Vancouver , BC, Coast Salish Territory . They are a queer focused, femme centric group of activists and performers who produce cabaret events of dance numbers, short scenes and musical acts which break expectations and titillate the senses. They want to push your buttons and then unbutton them.

I know it's a beach party, but Is it getting hot in here?

Dynamic, Amazing, and Powerful are three words that have been used to describe Ryan's performances on Aerial Silks. With a background in gymnastics, martial arts, and music, he brings a unique blend of strength, flexibility, and grace to his aerial routines. He has trained under, and worked with Aerialists from around the word including: Vancouver, New York, Montreal, Brazil, Japan, and Colombia.

Ryan is Odd Ball's opening act. See him - in hot aerial action - at 9 PM!

Out On Screen and The Oddball present

Hold Up At The Heist

Wednesday August 22nd, 9:30pm
The Century House 432 Richards

Following the Filmforward Director's Spotlight: John Camron Mitchell with the screening of Hedwig and the Angry Inch at the Vancity Theatre, head over to The Century House where J to the C to the M himself and DJ Titz McGee take the time to squeeze fresh lime in the music booth upstairs at the Heist.

Bang! Bang!
The 19th annual Vancouver Queer Film Festival - Worth Coming Out For!
Aug 16-26

$5.00 at the door

We've got a poster!

The must-have fashion accessory of the summer!

Keep your eyes peeled, kids...We've got BUTTONS!!!

Hey Odd Ball Volunteers!

We love and appreciate YOU!

April 15th to the 21st is National Volunteer Appreciation Week.

The Odd Ball crew
is sending you big-time appreciation
for helping to make Odd Ball the freakiest and fun-est Dance Party.

Thanks for all your hard work!

Mark Your Calendars!!! Bust out your bikini and trunks!!!

The Beach Ball Odd Ball is coming!

Sunday August 5, 2007
(Pride Weekend)
WISE Hall 1882 Adanac Street
$10 at the door