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The Hellfire Cabaret
A Speakeasy of Sinners & Saints
-at the grand ballroom at the hawthorne hotel-
Fri, Oct 16SalemJoin us in The Grand Ballroom at the historic Hawthorne Hotel for a Hellish Halloween Party featuing Drag & Burlesque performances, dancing, cocktails, hors'devours, a costume contest, and more!
YOU are cordially invited to The Grand Ballroom, October 16th, 2025. at the historic Hawthorne Hotel for an evening of dancing, cocktails, drag, burlesque, and sideshow performances. It's sure to be an unforgettable evening! This is a 21+ event.
Costumes are highly encouraged! Come dressed as your favorite sinner, saint, or the devil themselves! Think devil horns, halos, martyr attire, or even your sexiest smoking jacket. Come dressed to impress, and get ready to have the night of your life!...you may even collect a soul or two...
BE SURE to join us for 7pm-8pm for COMPLIMENTARY beer, wine, soft drinks, and appetizers.
You will be thrilled, tantalized, and delighted by our diabolical drag queens and bawdy dance performances. Our lineup includes;
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Maddelynn Hatter from Dragula's Season 3
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Samuel Bendix
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Riktus Grin
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Belle Gunz
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Sarah Jezebel Wood
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DJ'S ARCANUS & MOTIA
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Lighting by A Curious Production
The crown jewel of our evening is the costume contest and raffle! Our top contest winner will bring home $500 in prizes!
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1st Prize: $300 Cash Prize, $100 Gift Certificate to The Cauldron Black, $100 Gift Certificate to Spiritus Arcanum
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Best Sinner: $100 Cash Prize, $50 Gift Certificate to The Cauldron Black, $50 Gift Certificate to Spiritus Arcanum
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Best Saint: $100 Cash Prize, $50 Gift Certificate to The Cauldron Black, $50 Gift Certificate to Spiritus Arcanum
We have a limited number of Deluxe VIP and VIP Tickets available
Deluxe VIP includes:
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A 15-minute session with The Light Witch, which includes 2-3 images from your session
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A Gift bag worth $75 with goods from The Cauldron Black, Spiritus Arcanum, Lovi Artes, & Noctavia Obscure
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Complimentary, VIP access to the Salem Witch Fest Market in the Library of The Hawthorne Hotel
VIP includes:
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A 15-minute divination session with one of our Tarot Readers
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A Gift bag worth $75 with goods from The Cauldron Black, Spiritus Arcanum, Lovi Artes, & Noctavia Obscure
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Complimentary, VIP access to the Salem Witch Fest Market in the Library of The Hawthorn Hotel
Attendees must be over the age of 21. Please present your PDF ticket at the door. This event is located inside The Grand Ballroom at The Hawthorne Hotel.
Meet Our Performers
Maddelyn Hatter -
From Dragula Season 3
Wandering sister of the night.
Samuel Bendix
Born in Fortaleza, Brazil and based in Salem, Massachusetts, Samuel Bendix is a visual artist, musician, and drag performer.
Their drag draws from horror, vampire folklore, and the experience of living between cultures, combining theatrical presentation with dark visual storytelling.
Samuel also owns and operates Shining Darkness, a photography studio in Salem, while maintaining a longtime presence in the metal scene as a vocalist.
Belle Gunz -
Burlesque Performer
Hailing from Providence, Rhode Island, Belle Gunz is a vaudevillian minx and Director of Antics & Glitter at The Bimbo Factory. A ballerina gone bad, Belle pirouettes between camp and charm, delighting audiences with her slinky wiles.
These days, Belle is most often a mastermind behind the curtain: an event architect and hospitality sorceress across New England and Las Vegas. But if anyone can conjure her up to the stage, it's the babely witches behind Hellfire Cabaret. Enjoy this once-in-a-blue-disco-ball sighting and put your hands together for Belle Gunz!
Riktus Grin -
Eldritch Horror
Slithering from the bowels of the underground of Salem, he has produced some of the Witch City's most putrid performances, such as THE HAUS OF VILLAINS, the HELLZAPOPPIN HALLOWEEN, and THE CARNIVAL OF FIEND'S. With a stench so foul, he must be onstage to keep his distance from you smelling him, as he's been performing for over 500 years. He's here for your sweaty cash and your stinking souls, and while he may be undead, he's comin' to you LIVE tonight. The SEWER KING OF SALEM....it's RIKTUS GRIN
Sarah Jezebel Wood -
Bellydance Fusion Performer
Call her Sarah, call her Jezebel, call her Sarah Jezebel—it all works. She’s a woman of many talents, with her fingers in many delicious pies. An enchanting, hypnotic neuro-spicy sweet treat with a penchant for devilry. Sarah has danced on a myriad of stages over the years. Originally hailing from Boston, she now lives in NYC. She’s the Black Cat Cabaret producer and a co-organizer of the festival.
DJ's Arcanus & Motia
Lighting By A Curious Production
Xiled Radio is DJ Arcanus and DJ Motia, and its mission is to deliver the latest in industrial, gothic, powernoise, dark techno, dark ambient, pagan folk, synthpop, ethereal, IDM, and related genres, while keeping a nostalgic eye on goth/industrial scene history. Xiled is invested in uplifting other artists in the goth/industrial scene and creating a safe and sacred space free of racism, sexism, transphobia or hate speech of any kind.
In addition to our live events, Xiled streams on Twitch every Sunday at 10PM Eastern. Xiled's shows feature a Wheel of the Year-themed show eight times a year, packed with pagan folk, ethereal, dark ambient and downtempo goodness!
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