Join us for a celebration of high summer, with a rooftop fire show at Eco Collective in the heart of the Pilsen neighborhood. On the ground floor, we will have a free night market of vendors to browse and shop, receive a massage, get a card reading, or eat some delicious food, open at 6pm.
At 7pm, we will have an open drum jam on the roof, followed by fire performances by Frann Fatale, Gaby Martinez, Gaea Lady, Lucid Dreams, and Regal Resonance! Afterwards, we will have an open fire jam, open to all participants!
Tickets will be $15 in advance, $20 at the door. Admission to the night market is free. Tickets are required for rooftop admittance.
Eco Collective is located at 2042 W. 21st St.
Get tickets here!
Performers
Gaea Lady
Gaea Lady is an enchantress by nature; a force that will make you feel the earth move. Integrating a lifetime of experience, Gaea cultivates an intentional style that is all her own. She seeks to share knowledge and empower others through her performances, events, nourishment, & instruction.
Ranked internationally in the top 50 of the “most influential burlesque artists” for the past two years, Gaea has performed all over the globe, headlining festivals and winning awards at events such as the Burlesque Hall of Fame and the Queen of Burlesque competition. In her home base of Chicago, Gaea performs regularly all over her home city of Chicago: Unbridled at Untitled, the Vertical Sideshow, the Drifter, the House of Blues, Raks Geek, the Darling, Alhambra Palace, and more.
Gaea brings the electric passion of her performances to her teaching,
which she has been practicing in all forms of dance since the age of 16. She aims to inspire students to express their innate magic through embodiment, presence, and technique. Currently she is extending her teaching reach by co-producing fire dancing retreats with Kiki Mason: Ignite Your Inner Flame Retreat, Shine Your Light Retreat, and Fire Alchemy Gathering make up their trio of embodied transformational fire dancing retreats that draw performers from around the world.
Frann Fatale
Frann Fatale (she/they) is an alchemical seductress that will shift your mind, melt your heart, + excite your soul. Her ripe debut was in 2021, after participating in Gaea Lady’s Pussy Magic burlesque program. Exploring the tantalizing intersections of burlesque, flow arts, + kink, her work explores an embodied soulful approach to intimacy + transformation. She traverses the paradoxes between archetype + humanity, fantasy + reality, destiny + agency, shadow + light, desire + manifestation. Currently based in Chicago, she has performed at The Newport Theater, Elastic Arts Center, Epiphany Center for the Arts, Eco Collective, The Art of Balance, The Ace Hotel, Elastic Arts, + Between the Trees Festival near St Louis. She is the co-producer of PussyWolf, an annual immersive educational + performance opportunity exploring the erotic as healing. She is grateful for any opportunity to explore her erotic power with loving, supportive witnesses.
Gaby Martinez
Gabriella (Gaby) Martinez is a multi-disciplinary performing artist living in Chicago. She has a Bachelor’s in psychology and dance. Gaby continues to find connections between her practices, performances, and teachings. In 2021, she became an Ignite Fire Keeper Member at the Fire Alchemy Retreat hosted by Kiki and Gaea Lady. This is her debut as a Fire Keeper in performance and she is honored to be with Ritual Rhythms! Gaby also works as a teaching artist and paraprofessional for youth, focusing on creating an inclusive community. Her recent work includes dancing with Freedom From and Freedom to, Welcome the fire and the magic of summer!!
Lucid Dreams
Jessica she/her (lucid dreams) is a performance artist who explores softness and vulnerability through movement. Her dance is a reflection of her deep inner-self combined with versions of performative femininity. She believes that dance and the erotic are transformative experiences for dancer and audience. Jessica’s goal is to to give you something you will never forget!
Regal Resonance
Regal Resonance is a love freq, as in love frequency, hailing from the south side of Chicago. She is an Empress whose intention is to spread tenderness to all those in her midst. Her reign began in Gaea’s Pussy Magic Burlesque program. Regal mixes play, sensuality, and trippy goodness together within her dance in hopes to make you smile and remind you of your inner light. She extends her gratitude for the chance to be with all of you infinite beings! This present moment is everything and it would be nothing without you in it.
Vendors
Mary Phelps Wellness
Mary Phelps is a massage therapist with over 6 years industry experience. Her specialties include prenatal massage therapy, massage therapy for the grieving, and chair massage. Mary blends her intuitive understanding with clinical knowledge to create a total body healing experience . You can book a session with Mary at her office in North Center.
MoonSpells
MoonSpells is run solely by Chicago artist Amalia Kouvalis. Her enchanting goodies include handmade goddess inspired jewelry, whimsical woodburnings, art nouveau bookmarks, haunting etchings, tarot-themed screen prints, and digital prints of her Victorian-esque oil paintings.
Scarab Sanctuary
Welcome to a whimsical world of ancient magic, where the mundane and broken-down discover new life. When Sacred Scarabs whisper answers to secret riddles, humanity’s capacity for creation transforms. A new realm is reflected in each unique, handcrafted piece of jewelry.
Revival a Go Go
Revival a Go-Go always brings a fresh collection of curated housewares, barware & collectables from the 60s & 70s. Expect quality, pops of color, and kitsch.
The Alchxmist Bookclub
At AXBC, we are a collective of artists, mystics, and entrepreneurs who offer an array of services and goods. We provide handmade crystal jewelry for enhancing and transmuting energy. We also provide homemade oil blends and more. We offer many types of divination services such as Tarot reading, dream interpretations, cartomancy, and collective readings.
Lucie Van der Elst
Lucie is a multidisciplinary artist, maker and miniaturist from France. She lives and works in Chicago since 2016. Her personal work focuses on strange forms of life big and small, either in two dimensions with ink and watercolor, or in 3D using sculpey and resin.
Wormy Orchids
I’m Jam! I’m a nature educator and illustrator living in Humboldt Park. I love to make zines, stickers, prints, and postcards that explore the relationships between humans and the ecosystems we exist within.
Elsewhere Arts
Tarot Readings for all your questions for fate and fortune! Also selling Esoteric Zines, Prints, and Accessories.
TheRitualMaster
Soap, candles, necklaces, waist beads.
Chicoatli
Handmade jewelry inspired by my native roots. Adornments made out of natural stones such as obsidian, jade, crystals, etc. set into leather or wire. Healing adornments for your temple, carefully crafted with the intention protect the person that wears it.
OuroHermetica
Aromatherapy, bath and body, and home goods. Soy candles and wax melts, stick and loose incense, room/body sprays, roll on perfume oils, macramé plant and hat hangers, spell vials, necklaces, gemstones, bath bombs, shower melts, bar soaps, etc.
Made by Lauren B
Hi! I’m Lauren B! I’m a mixed-media collage artist & shrine builder based in Chicago (specifically, Irving Park)! I combine my love for old-timey outsider folk-art & religious iconography with quirky celebrities & pop culture to make my one of a kind “instant shrines” & various shrinery artifacts. I use entirely salvaged & second-hand materials (some I’ve collected over 20+ years) to build & decorate each piece. Rescuing bits & bobs from landfill is integral to my “green” creative process.
Reciclarte Studio
Sweet and savory treats made from scratch (empanadas, aguas frescas, and more).
Frederick’s of Hippywoods
Custom t-shirts and international clothing.