From the darkest corners of the depths of the Armory, to the heights of long abandoned cobweb filled turrets, there is an awakening of anticipation for a new venture on All Hallow’s Eve.

From the production minds behind Opel and Vau de Vire Society, fun creators that have also brought you such stellar and forward thinking fun offering such as New Bohemia NYE, Opulent Temple, Edwardian Ball, Masquerotica, Hell in the Armory, Night of the Living Bass, the Soiled Dove & so much more – comes a new offering on San Francisco’s favorite holiday in the perfect venue for it…

A midway of careening colors and karni oddities, surrounded by big beats and dangerous performers where you’re not quite sure where the audience ends and the show begins. The haunted halls of the Armory will come alive on Halloween as we co-write the next chapter in epic spooky avant garde gatherings.

THE POLISH AMBASSADOR

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ROB GARZA
(Thievery Corporation) – DJ Set

CROATIA SQUAD
(San Francisco debut!)

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VAU DE VIRE SOCIETY
Avant Garde Cirque Performance and Spectacle!

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HOJ
(All Day I Dream)

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Syd Gris
(Opel / Opulent Temple)

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Ethan Miller
(Friends and Family)

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Vitamindevo
(Laser Native)

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Matt Kramer
(Distrikt)

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Kimba
(Opel Productions / Poison Promise)

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Nugz
(Dusty Rhino)

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Non Sequitur
(Go Deep, Madmen SF)

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DJ Hil
(Yerba Buena Discos)

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Mike Butler
(Opulent Temple)

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Kyle Jouras
(Bounce Crew)

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MUCH MORE TBA!

You and all your friends will help stir the spirits in 2 large stages in the Drill Court and a higher level of debaucherous options on the Upper Floor, for those wanting the VIP level of kink laced Halloween faire with talent from Kink.com

Plenty of bars, private seating options, new bathrooms and coat check area.

Big art, immersive twisted and mischievous environments to be explored and discovered.

Plenty of bars, private seating options, new bathrooms and coat check area.

Much, much more info coming soon!

Corner of Mission st and 14th in the heart of SF
Enter on 14th st side for General, Mission St side for VIP
9:00pm-4:00am
21+ only – must have ID

contact us with questions or to volunteer: 

Website:  www.phantasmsf.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/phantasmhalloween

The History

(A True Story)

The site of the SF Armory was once taken up by Wayward Gardens,  a combination amusement park, museum, art gallery, zoo, and aquarium operating from 1866 to 1891.

In 1878 a visiting side show called the Karnival of Mischief visited the Gardens.  The owner of the Gardens – Bobby B. Wayward, had 5 children,  who would frequent the attractions there.  On a foggy night of October 31st, 1878, Ophelia – one of his daughter’s, went missing while attending the Karnival of Mischief.  A community wide search came up with nothing.  A number of ‘karni’s’ as they were called, were questioned, some roughly. Though foul play was suspected, no one ever knew what happened to her.  She was last seen carrying a bouquet of balloons, but never seen again.

Heart broken and dealing with his wife mad from grief and calling the site cursed, the family eventually moved to Napa with their remaining 4 children, the gardens were eventually closed in 1890 when the new owners let it fall into disrepair as more and more staff didn’t want to work there for the strange happenings that would occur there.

After it’s closing, the Armory was built over the same site in 1914.  The Army corps of engineers who over saw it’s building and maintenance reported strange voices and sightings on especially foggy nights, and the grounds were considered haunted by the more suspicious and believing men who spent the most time there.  Was it an apparitional experience, hallucination, a ghost?  It became known in the parlance of those who’d seen her as a phantasm.

Re-opened in 2006 by Kink.com after being empty for 30 years, contractors, film production staff and late night security all have stories to tell of hearing the faint disembodied cries of Ophelia in the dark hallways of the Armory, going so far as naming one of the upstairs rooms in her honor.  Many have had their hearts stopped briefly by turning a dark corner of the Armory at night, to see the phantasm there of the girl with the balloons.  It’s a common refrain, spoken with mirth and dread – have you seen Ophelia?  What will happen they wonder, when the Karnival of Mischief returns to the Armory on Halloween?   We dare you to find out.