Moonlight Masquerade: Amulet, Sapphira Vee, Lilac Lament, DJ Veganinblack & Mode Brutale

Amulet (DC)
Sapphira Vee
Lilac Lament
DJ Veganinblack

Mode Brutale

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Embellished Ensembles Encouraged: dress to impress in your fancy frocks, & magnificent masks!

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Saturday March 29 2025
8pm-1am
21+
$12 adv/$15 dos
($14.75 adv//$ 18.18 dos after fees)

Bourbon on Division
2050 W Division
Chicago

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Amulet is a Washington, DC-based dark romantic electro-rock band known for their powerful female vocals, bass-driven melodic music, and emotionally charged performances. With a unique blend of pounding electronic beats, ethereal melodies, and driving hard rock elements, Amulet captivates audiences with a sound that is intense and deeply personal. It is the kind of music that demands attention.

Fronted by the mesmerizing vocals of Stephanie Stryker and the music of multi-instrumentalist MJ Phoenix, the band’s music explores themes of love, loss, and the supernatural, weaving poetic lyrics with rich, atmospheric arrangements and powerful hooks.

Formed in the heart of the United States’ capital city, Amulet has built a loyal following with their magnetic live performances and immersive, dark aesthetic. Drawing influence from genres such as goth rock, dark wave, industrial metal, post-punk, hard rock, and even neo-folk, the band’s sound defies easy categorization, appealing to fans of both electronic and rock music.

Website: amulettheband.com
Bandcamp: amulettheband.bandcamp.com
Facebook: facebook.com/amulettheband
Instagram: instagram.com/amulettheband

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Sapphira Vee makes dark trippy music with an industrial edge. Supporting women in music by breaking every rule…

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Lilac Lament
New Chicago goth rock band making darkwaves

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DJ Veganinblack’s roots are deeply planted in the Chicago goth/industrial/darkwave/electro music scene. As the founder of Club LeBon, est May 2020, & currently streaming live 3 days a week via Twitch, DJ Veganinblack conjures an inclusive platform for dark underground dance music with a fresh focus on femme and LGBTQIA identifying artists.

Her meticulously curated CD sets simultaneously support and explore the currentz, classix & future sounds of dark subculture through the discovery of new artists & dancefloor bangers branching from the archives. Genres & styles explored and blended in DJ Veganinblack’s sets include nugoth, coldwave, minimalsynth, tribevibe, postpunk, rhythmic noise, synthpop, industrial & global bass, retrowave, EBM, 80’s & 90’s remixed, dark & dirty electro/techno. Connect to your cosmos thru radical self expression on the dancefloor.

Recently, DJ Veganinblack was the DJ support for national tours featuring Solar Fake, SRSQ, Christian Death, Secret Shame & Kælan Mikla/Kanga. Invited festival appearances include Terminus Festival, Calgary July 2019, Cold Waves Chicago, Sept 2021/2024, Skull Fest Detroit, Nov 2022 & Be Afraid of the Dark & Sanctum Festivals, Chicago, Oct 2023 and the upcoming Dark Force Fest, NJ May 2025. DJ Veganinblack has also organized and performed at her own events at Burning Man Festival, Black Rock City NV; Late Bar, Reggie’s, The Fallen Log, Bourbon on Division & Epiphany Center for the Arts, Chicago.

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Mode Brutale is the creation of local Chicago designer Jody Krevens. Mode Brutale fuses industrial materials and dark aesthetics to create genderless handmade accessories and revamped fashion pieces with goth/industrial vibes. Mode Brutale is size inclusive and 100% vegan friendly. Featuring exclusive designs at Moonlight Masquerade that will not be available on the Mode Brutale website.