Garden Party: Gothic

On Friday, June 12, Pittsburgh's biggest event of the year, Mattress Factory's Garden Party, goes GOTHIC. Step out from the shadows and onto the dance floor. Your ticket is your skeleton key into a night of dancing, dining, and celebrating.
Garden Party: Gothic will consume the museum with live performances and musical acts throughout the night, open galleries, bars, indulgent food, an art auction featuring work from local creatives, and a Gothic costume contest that will live in infamy.

100% of proceeds benefit the artistic, educational, and community outreach programs at Mattress Factory.

Thank you for your support!

Performers
Prepare to be hypnotized. Throughout the evening, experience live music, performance art, and moments of spectacle from some of Pittsburgh’s most captivating talent. From haunting melodies to high-energy dance floors, performances will echo through the night across multiple stages.

Zinnia's Garden: Zinnia's Garden is an ethereal rock band bringing you sublime moody vibes.

Carsickness: Carsickness. Pittsburgh punk legends. 'Nuff said.

Formosa: Formosa (aka Stephanie Tsong) is a multi-disciplinary Taiwanese-American DJ, artist and designer, and 1/2 of the queer DJ collective, Jellyfish.

slowdanger: slowdanger is a performance entity made of anna thompson and taylor knight, creating work at the intersection of dance, sound, and technology.

KWANG: KWANG (쾅 - Korean onomatopoeia imitating a sudden loud noise) is an explosive DJ duo of DR. KARAMELOV and Kay Chin.

Nonsite: Nonsite is an experimental experimental electronic music project specializing in industrial, noise, minimal ambient techno, and glitched soundscapes.

Lefafa: Lefafa is an interdisciplinary performer and DJ involved in the Pittsburgh experimental music and arts scene, focusing on building sonic, visual, and bodily landscapes.

Sick At Work: Sick At Work is a Pittsburgh-based multi-instrumentalist duo making electronic dance pop.

Garden Party: Gothic is MC'ed by the one and only Kat De Lac.

Art Auction

Inspired by the spirit(s) of Gothic, Mattress Factory will curate an offering of one-of-a-kind works exploring darkness, romance, rebellion, and transformation. Bid on original pieces and take home art that speaks to you (no, you're not imagining the voices).
Further auction information announced soon.

Costume Contest
Come in your mourning best and become the talk of the tomb! Be your most dramatic, decadent self. Whether you arrive in traditional gothic attire, turn the tables as a pastel goth, gargoyle, or as the era's architecture itself, this is your chance to become part of the night’s living art and compete for the annual Garden Party Costume Contest crown.

VIP
VIP guests have early access, with admission beginning at 5:30 PM. VIPs will experience elevated culinary offerings from Kate Romane Productions - Black Radish Kitchen and exclusive performances. Guests also enjoy complimentary valet service and exclusive access to a private lounge and cocktail bar.

General Admission
General Admission begins at 7 PM. Guests have access to bars, delicious bites from local culinary partners, open galleries, and multiple stages of live performances throughout the museum. Roam, revel, sip, and sway as the night descends around you.

Doors open at 5:30 PM for VIP ticket holders, and 7 PM for General Admission ticket holders. Check-in is located at 500 Sampsonia Way, Pittsburgh, PA 15212. Wheelchair accessible entrance is located at 509 Jacksonia Street.