

Madam Phoole's
panharmonium


Gardens & Gears Steampunk Faire
My first live in-person performance since the year twenty-twenty! Family fun in a contagion-safer environment.
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What: Madame Phoole's Panharmonim LIVE at the Gardens & Gears Steampunk Faire 2025
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Where: Mitchell Park Domes, 524 South Layton Boulevard, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53215
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The Mitchell Park Domes Horticultural Conservatory houses stunning indoor botanical gardens!
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When: Saturday, March 29, 2025, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (Last admission is at 3:00 p.m.) - This event is anticipated to be quite busy, so there might be a queue at the entrance!
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Admission: Charged at the door - no advance tickets - no guest list - charges 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!
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Faire Attractions:
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Over a dozen merchants vending fine wares
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Free face-painting by Grace Doome (between 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m.)
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A Herpetologist and His Remarkable Snake
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Ginger Whimsy, the Living Statue
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The Milwaukee Steampunk Society
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The Milwaukee Science Fiction and Fantasy League
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The Wisconsin Garden Railway Society shall run live model steam trains on no fewer than four separate tracks, as well as displaying multiple live stationary steam engines.
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Zilli Hospitality Group will serve breakfast-y snacks including tea, cookies and pastries beginning at 9:00 a.m.; from 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. the menu expands to include stew, burgers, hot dogs, barbecued pork, and macaroni and cheese.
A Cleaner-Air Event
I am doing this event because I love it, 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 attend, I hope 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 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.


ATTENTION, ADVENTURERS!
Madame Phoole, the Dancehall Darling of the Milwaukeean Exposition of 1888, presents her PANHARMONIUM, an exhibition of music to amuse and amaze!
Phoole's PANHARMONIUM purveys beat feats future and antique, mining and combining Vintage Dance Music, Chap-Hop, Chap-Step, Old Jack Swing, Acid Ragtime, Absinthe House, Electro-Swing, and more megaphonic marvels of man and machine for your Steampunk soundtrack, curated for curiosity!
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Those cautious of contagion will find the Gardens & Gears Steampunk Faire to be a Cleaner-Air Event, with plentiful air circulation and purification.