Thursday's Goth, Industrial, Darkwave, Post-Punk, Synth, New Wave, Alternative Dance Party!
We invite Aurelio Voltaire and Steven Archer (solo project) to join our Dark Constellation!
* Aurelio Voltaire *
“What if Johnny Cash made folks songs for vampires?” The answer might very well describe the music of Aurelio Voltaire. Often described as a modern-day renaissance man, Voltaire is an accomplished singer/ performer, author, creator of films, animation, toys and home decor. As an internationally touring musician for nearly 30 years, he is at the forefront of the Gothic and Dark Cabaret genres and has consistently headlined some of the biggest horror, sci-fi and comic book conventions. Known for mixing mirth with the macabre, his music is a vast collection of fun songs about frightful topics. Perhaps that is why he has become such a fan favorite around Halloween, a time of year where his sizable audience doubles its listeners and his dark ditties appear on everyone’s Halloween playlists. Walk through a Spirit Halloween and you’re bound to hear a few of his songs, like Brains! Or Land of the Dead from the Cartoon Network show The Grim Adventures of Billy And Mandy.
Many know him for his songs from the viral animated videos of Daria Cohen’s Vampair series (The Night, Land of the Dead, Zombie Prostitute, Stuck with You, Raised by Bats and Chupando) that have a combined 80 million views on Youtube. Over his thirty year career, Aurelio Voltaire has released 13th full-length studio albums. His most recent release, an EP called, The Last Halloween Party features It’s Always Wednesday (about that spooky Addams girl) as well as The Skeleton Dance which has an Oogie Boogie-like big band sound that recalls Voltaire’s earlier work for The Cartoon Network.
In 2025, Aurelio Voltaire is working on a Summerween album of spooky surf, ska, reggae and rockabilly songs and is planning a release of his greatest Halloween Hits for the fall. When not touring or recording, Aurelio Voltaire can be seen in his informative and hilarious Youtube series, Gothic Homemaking. Like a young Vincent Price taking over for Martha Stewart, he demonstrates how to turn a boring home into a Gothic lair with the help of his desiccated co-host, Orville Deadenbacher and a bunch of other recurring monster characters. The New York Times did a feature on Aurelio Voltaire and the Gothic Homemaking show calling him, “The Martha Stewart of Macabre Homemakers" and "a lifestyle guru to people who embrace spookiness in all seasons.” The popularity of the show also lead to a book deal with Quarto Books/Epic Ink. Aurelio Voltaire’s book, Gothic Life- The Essential Guide to Macabre Style hit bookstores everywhere on August 13th, 2024.
The Gothic Homemaking show can be seen at: http://www.youtube.com/thelairofvoltaire
Aurelio Voltaire has also just completed his first horror feature film, The Demonatrix. In his directorial debut in which Voltaire also stars, a priest comes to the aid of a dominatrix when she accidentally summons an incubus demon. The film stars Hannah Fireman (V/H/S), Doug Bradley (Hellraiser) and Larry Fessenden (Killers of the Flower Moon). The incubus demon is played by Skinny Puppy frontman, Nivek Ogre (Repo, the Genetic Opera, The Devil’s Carnival) in a demon make up effects suit made by the same team that worked on DelToro’s Hellboy, Ghostbusters Afterlife, Star Trek Beyond and Cabinet of Curiosities. The film is expected to hit film festivals in the fall of 2025.
Aurelio Voltaire’s music can be heard on Spotify at:
https://open.spotify.com/artist/2ZCG1au kcb5fjBDgizvDbD
Official Website: www.voltaire.net
Instagram: @aureliovoltaire TikTok: @aureliovoltaire
Youtube: www.youtube.com/thelairofvoltaire
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/thelairofvolta ire
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* Steven Archer *
Steven Archer is an artist and musician living in Baltimore, MD. When not recording, DJing, or producing art, he and his wife, author Donna Lynch, tour with their dark electronic rock band Ego Likeness. He has a BFA from the Corcoran School of Art in Washington DC and has shown his work at galleries and other venues throughout the east coast. His work has also been shown internationally in the form of album art and magazine illustrations. Luna Maris is his first book. He has also collaborated as illustrator on two books of poems by Donna Lynch; Witches and Daughters of Lilith.
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8:00PM - 11:00 PM
@THE RENEGADE
3100 Clarendon Blvd
Arlington, VA 22201
SCHEDULE:
Arrive at 8 pm
Grab dinner and drinks
Show starts at 9 pm
Dance to the best Goth, Industrial, Darkwave, Post-Punk, Synth, New Wave, Alternative music 11 pm
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