The exhibitor applications open on Halloween for the following year of venues. The side performances are part of the general admission tickets, so there is no extra fee to watch them. So it's definitely like, going for that circus old-school sideshow vibe to it,” Cozzaglio said. Like swallowing swords, walking on glass, doing the human pin cushion routine, and all kinds of stuff like that. “And throughout the day, we have performers on stage doing classic sideshow stunts. Minnesota will have rabbits this year, which can be adorned in a way people can bring home taxidermied jackalopes or regular rabbits. The expo also hosts a taxidermy class limited to 45 seats per venue seats are already sold out for the Minneapolis stop. It is described as “a collection of taxidermied pets, the remains of carnival animals (and patrons),” and “terrifying beasts, like a Real Mermaid, a Six-Foot Man-Eating Chicken and genetically engineered monsters.”Ĭozzaglio said people can think of it as a “Ripley’s Believe It or Not! style type of museum.” The tickets to see the museum exhibit can be purchased before the expo or at the door. This year the Oddities Museum is hosting the “Cryptic Collection of a Mad Clown” exhibit. “They really got into hosting this museum with us because they're just huge personal collectors … it's just a huge passion of theirs to collect true oddities and true antiques,” Cozagglio said. Rainy Day Revival, an oddities store in Atlanta, hosts an exclusive museum exhibit that travels with the expo. “We try to provide a circusy-style vibe to it.” See the circus-like attractions People are welcome to come dressed up for the expo in gothic dress or cosplay: “We definitely love it when people come dressed up,” said Cozzaglio. On May 20, the Oddities & Curiosities Expo will be at the Minneapolis Convention Center. The expo will visit 30 cities across the U.S. They also had a “ton of people online telling them to come here,” so they scheduled the expo in Minneapolis for the first time in 2019. Paul area when they began thinking about where else to host the expo. The founders had friends in the Minneapolis-St. “It hit this niche market that I don't think anyone knew we needed.
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