The Oddities and Curiosities Expo draws people from all walks of life who enjoy the strange and unusual and the event offers something for everyone. The Oddities and Curiosities Expo, the original traveling oddities event that hits major cities across the country and features 150+ oddity vendors and artists, will take over Atlanta Convention Center at America's Mart in Atlanta, GA, the weekend of February 11th and 12th, 2023. KCM From the venue:Ĭategories: Halloween, Horror, Taxidermy, Goth Incidentally, the official blurb insists all animals in the taxidermy class and other parts of the show “are sourced ethically and died of natural causes.” The Oddities Museum which will have its curated show on the premises under the title "The Cryptic Collection of a Mad Clown," reminiscent of big top attractions of the early 1900s. “As a collector of strange items myself, I thought it would be fun to organize an event catering just to the strange and unusual.” Day-long taxidermy classes are also available for an additional fee. ![]() “(My husband) Tony and I have been organizing offbeat events since 2013 - mainly involving punk and hardcore music,” Cozzaglio told Indy Maven. Curated by Michelle Cozzaglio, the six-year-old Tulsa-based confab is described as “the world’s largest traveling freak show” with classic stunts such as swallowing swords and walking on glass, plus a human pin cushion thrown in for good measure. The expo will feature photo ops, tarot reading, sideshow performers and concessions. Madigan Recommends: Enjoy a showcase of all things weird and macabre, organizers plead, noting that local and national vendors will display an array of taxidermy, preserved animal specimens, original horror artwork, antiques, handcrafted oddities, skulls, bones, and funeral collectibles at this gathering of anomalies. “We definitely plan to return again in 2023, too,” she said.Ĭontact Jim Barnes at or 70. This is the expo’s second year in Las Vegas. The expo returned for 20 stops in 2021, and there are 25 this year, Cozzaglio said. They held two events in 2017, eight in 2018 and 16 in 2019 and were scheduled to have 26 in 2020 before the coronavirus pandemic hit, she said. The expo began in 2017 in the Cozzaglios’ hometown of Tulsa, Oklahoma, and has steadily grown with stops across the country, she said. The class is open to all skill levels and lasts from 10 a.m. There is also a taxidermy class for a two-headed duckling that costs $235 and includes a ticket to the expo. The Museum of Marvelous Mutations costs an extra $7. “We are an all-ages event BUT we always (say) parental discretion is advised,” Cozzaglio said via email. ![]() General admission tickets are $10 in advance or $15 at the door. The event also includes sideshow performers such as sword swallowers and the Museum of Marvelous Mutations, billed as “the World’s Largest Traveling Freak Show.” One photo from a previous event shows what appears to be a preserved animal dressed in clothes and holding a doll. The Oddities & Curiosities Expo hosts “oddities vendors and dark artists from all over the country,” said Michelle Cozzaglio, co-owner of the expo with her husband, Tony.Įxhibits include original art, antiques, jewelry and clothing, as well as more macabre items such as preserved specimens and taxidermy. Saturday at The Expo at World Market Center. The traveling showcase for “all things strange, unusual and bizarre” stops in Las Vegas from 10 a.m. If something’s weird, then it probably fits in at the Oddities & Curiosities Expo. Artwork from the Oddities & Curiosities Expo, which will be in Las Vegas on Saturday, Sept.
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