Sadness, Madness, & Mayhem

General admission tickets are $25 in advance, $30 day of show (plus service charges).
Tickets are also available by phone through Hold My Ticket at 505-886-1251.

VIP tickets cost $150 (plus a $15 service charge). VIP passes include access to the main Mayhem event plus the private, all-inclusive afterparty! Enjoy a meet and greet with entertainers over delicious food and libations! VIP members will receive an exclusive gift bag, gourmet food and drinks, and an unforgettable, magical night of reverie! VIP afterparty tickets are extremely limited. For questions or for dietary restrictions, please contact sydney@dustcityopera.com.

This will be a mostly-standing show.

Music will be wrapping up around 10, with the VIP afterparty events following the concert.

Mayhem Returns!

Returning bigger, better, and bolder, Dust City Opera's second annual Sadness, Madness, & Mayhem haunted costume ball will return to FUSION on March 1, 2025! 

This otherworldly extravaganza will bring together New Mexico's finest performing artists to celebrate alternative folk music, circus culture, haute haunted fashion, and mystical entertainment.

Enjoy live music, circus performances, tarot readings, cocktail specials, fair food, raffles, fantastical photo booths, and more! Together—in equally fanciful and horrifying costumes—revel in the madness and mayhem that will ensue. 

Headlined by New Mexico's own alt-rock orchestra Dust City Opera, return performers Giovanni String Quartet and Bonnie Bigheart Tarot Readings, and introduceing Movement Caravan circus troupe!

The inaugural event SOLD OUT early—do not wait to get tickets!

Visit Dust City Opera's page for photos, videos, sponsorship options and more!

The 2025 Mayhem is made possible by:

Dust City Opera
AMP Concerts
FUSION
Movement Caravan
The Giovanni String Quartet
Bonnie Bigheart
Jon Sanchez Creative
New Mexico Entertainment
New Mexico Music Commission
The City of Albuquerque
Counce Creative Consulting
Pomegranate Coaching & Mediation
The Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta
Kei and Molly Textiles
Pyragraph

Dust City Opera:

This unexpected alt-rock orchestra materialized out of Albuquerque, but they might as well have slipped through an intergalactic portal or stowed away on a derelict spacecraft before crash landing in the desert. Dust City Opera tells harrowing tales of sadness, madness, and mishaps. With each performance illuminating the space between death and humor, this quintet becomes the soundtrack to stories steeped in cosmic horror and transcendence. This award-winning group will draw you deep into their mad world of storytelling, so enter with caution. You may find yourself abducted by ancient aliens, lost in haunted fog, or more fascinating yet: face-to-face with your own insanity, with no way out.

Additional Performers:

- Movement Caravan brings the fire, the stilts and the circus mayhem!
- The Giovanni String Quartet is a traditional string quartet composed of two violins, viola, and cello, performing across New Mexico since 2005.
- Bonnie Bigheart is a trauma informed Tarot Reader with 17 years of professional mental health experience. Highly intuitive, concise, empathetic and very accurate.