Creature Carnival Nightlife

Step right up for a night of circus fun inspired by the Academy's marvelous menagerie of creatures. Play good old fashioned carnival games amongst roaming jugglers and gymnasts from Velocity Circus, and animal-themed Burning Man sculptures including Dusty Rhino. The experts at Circus of Smiles will teach you to juggle, make masks, and otherwise fit in with the circus-y crowd. Then transform yourself into a bearded lady or half-man-half-tiger at a face painting station-what better way to intimidate the competition in a round of Berlin-style ping pong hosted by American Tripps? Academy scientists will bring out some of their favorite sideshow-worthy specimens, including weird worms, a four-horned sheep skull, and a two-headed snake skeleton.

21+ only