KRAMPUS RUMPUS TICKETS ON SALE NOV. 1
FRIDAY, DEC 5
KRAMPUS RUMPUS & Holiday Market
Benny Boy Brewing, 1821 Daly St, Los Angeles, CA 90031
6:00-11:00PM — HOLIDAY MARKET
8:00-10:00PM — STAGE SHOW (w/ Krampus Attack at end)
DEC. 5 SHOW TICKET LINK
SATURDAY, DEC 6
KRAMPUS RUMPUS & Holiday Market
Benny Boy Brewing, 1821 Daly St, Los Angeles, CA 90031
6:00-11:00PM — HOLIDAY MARKET
8:30-10:00PM — STAGE SHOW (w/ Krampus Attack at end)
DEC 6 SHOW — TICKET LINK
SUNDAY, DEC 7
KRAMPUS RUMPUS & Holiday Market
Benny Boy Brewing, 1821 Daly St, Los Angeles, CA 90031
4:00-9:00PM — HOLIDAY MARKET
7:00-9:00PM — STAGE SHOW (w/ Krampus Attack at end)
DEC. 7 SHOW — TICKET LINK
SATURDAY, DEC 13
KRAMPUS NIGHT AT PRS
Philosophical Research Society, 3910 Los Feliz Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90027
TICKET LINK TBA
A teaming horde of wild Krampuses, beer, cider, Bavarian music, holiday crafts, and food pop-ups…
Krampus Los Angeles returns to Benny Boy Brewing, a Lincoln Heights maker of beer and cider with a perfectly festive beer garden strung with lights and glowing with fire-pits. Come sundown, the devils begin sneaking amongst the party-goers.
Benny Boy Brewing, 1821 Daly St, Los Angeles, CA 90031
HOLIDAY MARKET
Arrive early to shop, drink, and rub elbows with your fellow Krampus-fanciers. Food and craft vendors will be open throughout the event.
SHOP: Local artisans will be on hand to help with your holiday gift shopping. Among the arts and crafts you’ll find more than a few Krampus-themed items, including books, horned headdresses, and KRAMPUS LOS ANGELES shirts.
DRINK: Sample Benny Boys European-inspired California-inflected brews in the tank bar or visit the cider house for some unique offerings, including steaming mulled cider.
EAT: Pop-ups from favorite local kitchens will be selling BBQ, tamales, and tacos throughout the event.
COSTUME: It’s not required, but we’ve noticed that Krampus fans tend to show up in festive outfits reflecting their inner Bavarian party animal. PRIZES for outstanding costumes during the show
STAGE SHOW
Presiding over the evening will be FESTMEISTER HANS, comedian, singer, actor and emcee for many a local Oktoberfest. He will be joined by musical accomplices, DIE SAUERKRAUTS, churning out frothy polka favorites that will get you bouncing, swinging, and swigging that beer.
(FRIDAY & SUNDAY SHOW ONLY) Internationally acclaimed chanteuse and “Diva of the Secret Societies” CHRISTINA LINHARDT will entertain you with traditional German songs and stories, both playful and macabre. Musical settings will be provided by VOLXTRONIC (Austrian producer, Bernhard Penzias) transforming age-old folk tunes into a dark, electronic feast.
Music from the Krampus homeland will be provided by LADYHOSEN, named for their (almost) namesake leather britches. The all-female lineup is fronted by Munich native Kathrin Jacobs, singing and yodeling you silly. She’s joined by India Anderson on tuba Jessica Fichot on accordion.
KRAMPUS ATTACK!
Soon after the last tuba note fades, an unholy clanking and clattering will arise. Those at a safe distance will soon see horns waggling over the crowd. The brave and foolish on the frontline will feel the swat of switches as the stomping, snarling devils of KRAMPUS LOS ANGELES ATTACK, out in full force NOTE: They’re friendly to photo requests (assuming you’ve been good this year). But beware the towering black goat-demon, Habergeiss!
VALET PARKING ONLY. Very limited street parking nearby. Rideshare highly recommended. Valet service available all evening.
21+ Only
Join us for an evening celebrating everyone’s favorite Alpine monster, with author and Krampus expert Al Ridenour and friends. Ridenour is the author of The Krampus and the Old Dark Christmas (Feral House, 2016), the only in-depth English-language study of the folkloric creature. Now in its second printing, it has been praised by critics including the LA Times’ Elizabeth Hand, who found the book “gleefully erudite,” remarking that it “deserves to become a classic.” He’ll give an illustrated presentation each evening revealing how the often-misunderstood figure of the Krampus is connected to centuries-old witchcraft beliefs and an older, darker understanding of the Christmas season as a time offering access to the spirit world.
COSTUMED KRAMPUSES
A contingent of horned and switch-wielding devils from KRAMPUS LOS ANGELES, the troupe founded by Ridenour, will also be on hand to sniff out exactly who has been naughty this year! Photo ops galore! Mind the switches!
VIDEO SHORTS
Ridenour will also present a quirky collection of short European Krampus videos, featuring DIY horror shorts crafted by Krampus troupes, Krampus disco shows, Krampus music videos for metal bands, workshops for those traumatized by the creature, and other oddities. Der Struwwelpeter will also be back by popular demand. Alongside the Krampus clips, a short excerpt will be included from this rare 1955 film presented in its entirety last year. Based on the 1845 children’s book by Dr. Heinrich Hoffman, Der Struwwelpeter presents charming tableaux precisely mirroring Hoffman’s original illustrations of naughty children meeting terrible ends.
LIVE MUSIC
The evening will also feature an appearance by renowned singer Christina Linhardt performing traditional St. Nicholas songs associated with the Krampus.
BOAST OF THE KRAMPUS
A horned and chain-rattling devil mounts the stage for a brief soliloquy full of threats and brimstone. The rhymed text, translated by Ridenour, is taken from a 19th-century Austrian “Nicholas Play,” a traditional folk play recognized as a source of the modern Krampus.
VENDORS AND COCKTAILS ON THE PATIO
In addition to the auditorium presentation, attendees will enjoy a pre-show cocktail hour during which they can peruse the PRS bookshop and the wares of local artisans crafting Krampus candles, chocolates, and related items.
BOOK SIGNING
Signed copies of The Krampus and the Old Dark Christmas will be available at the PRS bookstore before and after the event. Author Ridenour will be available for personal inscriptions immediately after his presentation.
COME IN COSTUME
We encourage attendees to don their finest creepy apparel and folkloric costumes, with crowd favorites receiving prizes.
Philosophical Research Society (PRS) 3910 Los Feliz Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90027
LIMITED PARKING. Small venue lot. Limited street parking nearby.
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