Gong Show! with Your Host David Schmader

The Third Annual Stranger Gong Show
Friday, May 8th
$5, 21+
Talent sign-ups at 7 pm, show starts at 9 pm
at Chop Suey

Hello, superstars! We're looking for entertaining and unique acts for the third-annual Stranger Gong Show with your host, David Schmader. Like every year, each act will have a minimum of 45 seconds and a maximum of four minutes to perform and try not to get gonged by our panel of judges.

What kind of acts are we looking for?
Oh, you know—jugglers, magicians, jug bands, tap dancers, strongmen, yodelers, standup comics, sword swallowers, contortionists, slam poets, marching bands, mimes, bird callers, puppeteers, tuba players, hula-hoopers, comedy skits, chanteuses, ventriloquists, clog dancers, celebrity impersonators, Butoh dancers, vaudeville acts, burlesque dancers, accordionists, air bands, actual buttholes—and any other unique and entertaining acts.

GRAND PRIZE

  • $300 cash!
  • Full weekend Bumbershoot passes!
  • Full weekend Capitol Block Party passes!
  • Full weekend Georgetown Music Festival passes!
  • Easy Street Records gift certificate!
  • Bottleneck Lounge Gift Certificate!
  • Passes to Seattle’ True Indy Film Fest (STIFF)!
  • Passes to Northwest Film Forum!
  • A dozen cupcakes from Cupcake Royale!
  • Two passes to your day of choice at Sasquatch Music Festival!
  • A pair of tickets to HUMP!, The Stranger’s Amateur Porn Contest!
  • A pair of tickets to SIFF, Seattle’s International Film Festival!
  • A gift bag full of passes and goodies from the Henry Art Gallery!
  • A goodie bag of awesome swag from Retail Therapy!
  • Tickets to Sinner Saint Burlesque
  • A goodie bag from Babeland
  • An indie-rock fun pack from Seattle Theatre Group--Tix to The Decemberists (with Andrew Bird & Blind Pilot) and tix to Death Cab For Cutie (with New Pornographers & Ra Ra Riot)
  • and much, much more!!!

There are two ways to sign up for participation:


  1. You can fill out the form on this very page.
  2. You can show up the night of the show on Friday, May 8th, at Chop Suey (1325 E Madison St). Talent sign-ups will start at 7 pm. The show starts at 9 pm.


RULES!

  1. Because of fire laws, we can have no fire acts at the Gong Show.
  2. Also, because it's at a bar, we can have no one under 21 performing.
  3. Acts need to be simple. We'll provide a single mic and an amp.
  4. Setup time must take less than two minutes.


JUDGES
Lindy West, Sarah Rudinoff, Jen Graves, and Jennifer Zeyl

Not sure if your act is right for the Gong Show?
If you have more specific questions that haven't been answered and that require a live human being, feel free to call Caroline at 206-323-7101, extension 3044.

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Last Year's Gong Show

Last spring at Chop Suey it was a hot and sweaty 90-minute tornado of talent... packed with filthy sign language, a coke-snorting Mary Poppins, and a judge wig made out of tampons. Oh, and someone flashed their actual butthole.

The Stranger's First-Ever Gong Show

In 2007 at the Crocodile, a whole bunch of people came together to make the first-ever Stranger Gong Show a mind-blowing success. Read about it and watch the video:

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