Feast of Fools 7.0 coming soon.

This friday marks the Feast of Fools' 8 year anniversary, and the seventh version of the show. Take a look:

• Spring 1998: Bill Haddad coins the name "Feast of Fools" for the artist's variety show benefit for Randolph Street Gallery.

• Fall 1998: Fausto Fernós and Asimina Chremos organize "The Feast of Fools Cabaret" at Big Chicks in Uptown, Chicago.

• September 1999: Due to audience size, the Feast of Fools moves to a new location at the Bailiwick Theater on Belmont Ave.

• April 1, 2000: "The Feast of Fools Freaky Sheaky Cabaret" moves to the Hothouse Interntaional Center for Performance and Exhibition.

• Feb 21, 2002: Thanks to Victoria Lamar and Marc Felion, the Feast of Fools moves to an unprecedented location, a huge Vietnamese Banquet Hall in the heart of Uptown, just doors down from Big Chicks.

• May 26, 2004: "Feast of Fools Show" moves to it's new and current home for it's live show at Schubas Tavern in Lakeview (just doors down from Bailiwick Theater.)

• April 1, 2005: Thanks to intense pressure from Madge Weinstein, Marc Felion and Fausto Fernos launch the "Feast of Fools.net" as also a podcast talk show, which recently ranked #25 in its debut according to Podcastalley.com listener votes.

You've come a long, long way baby. Thanks David Cerda, Asimina Chremos, Jason Smith, Radical Faeires everywhere, drag queens everywhere, straight folks, anyone who'se ever performed in our shows, Bill Haddad, Jennifer Trowbridge, Peter Carpenter, Doug Stapleton, Ken Hunt, Pe.A.Ch., Sxip, Kerthy Fix, Silky Jumbo, Jojo, Patricia Fernos, Talia Fernos, Link Pinks, Mu-Mu A'Chu, Victoria Lamar, Madge, Marc, and Me! And of course YOU our audience, without you, I would be in some insane asylum, dead, or miserable somewhere far far away. This is a big deal, and I'm getting a little choked up, so thanks.

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