Something to look forward to: GARDENS & GEARS

ATTENTION ADVENTURERS!

We need something to look forward to.

How about my first in-person live gig since 2020?

A poster for the Gardens and Gears Steampunk Faire at the Mitchell Park Domes on March 29, 2025. The Domes are illustrated with a variety of gears. Text reads, "It's an aesthetic. It's a movement. Steampunk celebrates the steam-powered industrial future of the Victorian era past. Join us for this one-day event featuring Steampunk creators and authors selling their wares, plus live entertainment and live steam trains in the Show Dome. 9AM to 4PM (last admission is at 3:00). Gardens and Gears is included in Domes admission.

I will be there as Madame Phoole, presenting my PANHARMONIUM!

Madame Phoole of the Panharmonium, the Dancehall Darling of the Milwaukeean Exposition of 1888, attired in circus-esque black-and-white stripes in a tintype taken at a garden party.

A carnival banner for Madame Phoole's PANHARMONIUM vintage dance music roadshow.

When: Saturday, March 29, 2025, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (Last admission is at 3:00 p.m.)

Where: Mitchell Park Domes, 524 South Layton Boulevard, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53215

Admission price: Admission prices are per entry.

• Milwaukee County Residents: Receive discount on admission - ID required.
  

• Adults: $9.00 | $8.00 Milwaukee County Residents

• Military (active duty & veterans - ID required): $6.00

• Seniors (60+): $9.00 | $6.00 Milwaukee County Residents

• Adults with disabilities: $6.00

  
  

• Juniors (3-12): $6.00

• Students (with ID): $6.00

• Children (2 & under): Free

• Friends of the Domes Members: Free

THERE IS NO GUEST LIST - please support the beloved, worthy Domes by paying admission!

I have added a Panharmonium page to this site - why not peruse it? phoole.com/panharmonium

Madame Phoole's PANHARMONIUM is my Vintage Dance Music roadshow.

I am doing this event because I love this event, and because I can do it reasonably safely, from an airborne-contagion-cautious perspective. I can mask in an N95-or-better respirator for the entire event. The Show Dome is very well ventilated, with excellent air circulation, and the plateau from which I DJ in the Show Dome is removed from the punters' path, adding another layer of safety.

If you can attend, I hope you will!

And if you attend, my further hope is that you will consider masking in a well-fitted respirator mask for the event as well. KF94, KN95, N95 and P100 respirator masks that fit you well will help keep you, me, and the whole community safer. Fit-tested respirators of these types are even better, but if you cannot fit-test, a respirator that feels like it has a good seal against the skin of your face helps.

I know fanciful facial hair is a big part of the Steampunk aesthetic - if you can precision-shave the seal-path of the respirator that fits your face best, that seems like it has potential to be safer AND style-setting.

Surgical masks (the baggy, pleated kind), fabric masks, and theatrical masks (like plague-doctor masks, for example) offer insufficient protection.

I want to hug you, if you are down to hug. But I want to hug you as safely as we can hug.

I am fitting out a few KF94 respirator masks with SIPmask airtight drinking valves for myself, so that I can stay hydrated through the day. Some gears, a little glue, a little burnished-brass Testors model paint, and the valve becomes a fashion statement. Nice!

This event will not be livestreamed. If you cannot make it to the Domes, or if you'd like a Panharmonium preview, please enjoy a little musical time-travel via the Panharmonium parties in the Phoole & the Gang archives!