Inspired by PT Barnum’s Traveling World Fair Circus, the Jim Rose Circus Sideshow and a dash of Antiques Roadshow on steroids for good measure, the 2025 World Oddities Expo brings together vendors of all ilk — artists, craftspeople, clothing designers and antique dealers — united by their penchant for the macabre.
The traveling event will set up alongside collectors of preserved biological specimens and fabricators of truly bizarre taxidermy-based tableaus this Saturday at Freeman Coliseum.
Accompanied by live bands, aerial and burlesque performers and live taxidermy workshops, the World Oddities Expo sounds like an entertaining place to get lost for a day amongst rows of various Victorian-era prosthetics, sword swallowers and teddy bears wearing Robin Williams’ face. However, parental discretion is advised.
Adults $20 and up, free for kids under 12, 11 a.m.-7 p.m., Freeman Coliseum, 3201 E. Houston St., (210) 226-1177, worldodditiesexpo.com.
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