RainingChainsawsProjects

We have done so much with your support and look forward to collaborating for many years!

Naga is throwing a spring party 🌊🐍 Join us May 9 at Rainbow Falls in Golden Gate Park for an unforgettable evening alongside the sea serpent, all in support of the artists behind this beloved installation.  You'll enjoy live music, puppetry, sea shanties, glowing serpent vibes, bubbles, treasures, tacos, and playful surprises for all ages. 🫧 100% of ticket proceeds go directly toward paying artists and covering maintenance costs to sustain Naga in the park. Created through collaboration, imagination, and community support, Naga has become a place of discovery and delight, and this celebration is a chance to help that story continue. We'll see you May 9! 🎟️ Ticket link: bit.ly/NagaSpringParty 📍 Rainbow Falls, JFK Drive, Golden Gate Park 🗓 Saturday, May 9 | 4–9 PM 👧 Kids under 12 free  Entertainment by: 🎶 DJ Hungry is Down 🎷@missiondelirium 🎭 @rainingchainsawsprojects 🏴‍☠️ @shipwrecked_shanty Art & Artist: @naga_and_the_captainess by @element_26_studios @jscott117 @andibuiltitwithmyvagina Partners: @bigartloop @building180 @illuminatethearts @sfrecpark #sanfrancisco #happeninginsanfrancisco #sfevents

Thrilled to see Big Art Loop featured by @secret_sanfrancisco Thank you for the thoughtful coverage. 🙌 There’s real momentum building around this vision for public art in San Francisco, and we’re excited for all that’s still to come. 100 sculptures. 34 miles. A city becoming an open-air gallery. Check out the full feature over at @secret_sanfrancisco & follow @bigartloop to stay updated on what and where we’re building. 🖌️Art & Artist: @naga_and_the_captainess by @element_26_studio 📍Location: Rainbow Falls in Golden Gate Park 🤝Partners: @illuminatethearts @sfrecpark @building180 📷Photo credit: Zach Bruce Have you heard the news?  A magical afternoon and evening of music, art, food, and surprises is happening May 9th at the Naga Spring Party. Performances by 🎶 DJ Hungry is Down 🎷@missiondelirium 🎭 @rainingchainsawsprojects 🏴‍☠️ @shipwrecked_shanty And more! All proceeds from the event go to supporting Naga’s residence in Golden Gate Park, and we're excited to announce that each ticket will have twice the impact, up to $15,000, thanks to a generous donor. Get tickets for #NagaSpringParty at bit.ly/NagaSpringParty

OAKLAND!! 3/16 TICKETS: muckyduck.ludus.com ONE NIGHT ONLY-Catch a double-header by two of the NW's finest puppetry purveyors! Shadow Girls Cult, co-founded in 2018 by Cass Bray & Zane Exactly, is a queer shadow puppetry and projections duo based in Seattle, WA. Their practice involves a unique blend of shadow puppetry and live animation techniques. Using overhead projectors, adapted camera irises, human silhouettes, and other analog technology, they create puppet magic for audiences all over the U.S. They will be presenting their acclaimed full-length piece “Unraveling”-in its' entirety. Happy Accident returns with a new puppet dispatch from our beautiful cultural sewers. In their new show, Everything is Nothing, your favorite Saturday morning super pals take you on another trip through the dark alleys of modern life. Picking up where their last piece-the acclaimed Vol. 1-left off, Everything takes us further into our fractured collective psyche and OH MY it’s a BLAST. liz HOWLS and Drew Simpson pull inspiration from multi-level marketing, health and wellness culture, Mad About You, relentless pharmaceutical commercials and abhorrent technological “advancements” to create a surreal garbage world full of glitches, easy listening and flat, functional lighting. It’s like a trip to the dentist without all of the annoying paperwork and anesthesia. Everything is fun. Everything is fabulous. Everything is what you want, when you want it. If there was a pill that would make it all go away, why wouldn’t you take it? This is an ALL-AGES event but due to subject matter we're self-imposing a PG-13 label with a lean toward PG-16. There will be a limited number of PWYC tickets available at the door day-of-show. Doors at 6:30, Show at 7:00pm. Per venue request, please NO ALCOHOL at this event.

I am so glad that I finally made it out to a @rainingchainsawsprojects event! I am exhilarated and a little bit relieved to see that there's still a space and a collective that is helping to ensure that people in San Francisco can enjoy and express incredible art! And while I wish I had known about this place a long time ago, I can't think of a better way to find out about it from then from my dear Seattle friends @shadowgirlscult , who are doing multiple shows with Portland's @happpy_accccdent If you missed the Raining Chainsaws shows but still want to catch this incredible lineup, they're performing tomorrow at @spirethechurch ! You still have another shot to catch it! I can't recommend it enough!

Launching our logbook next week!

SAN FRANCISCO--Tix on sale today! Come check out this puppetry triple-threat March 14th & 15th Raining Chainsaws are working up some shadow puppet/Georgian opera magic, we are doing our new show, and Shadow Girls Cult will be presenting UNRAVELING in its entirety (including a new piece and the previews look AMAZING!) The last time we played RC it was packed and this time they're expecting both shows to sell out. Also, it's one of the coolest spots in the city and the most chill place to ever watch a show. So jump on it! tickets: https://raining-chainsaws.square.site/

Coming up next…. PDX and Bay Area friends! We are bringing our @jimhensonfoundation Grant-awarded show UNRAVELING to a theatre near you! We are so excited to perform once again with our pals @happpy_accccdent ✨ and Bay Area friends- we will have a brand new piece ready for you Tell your friends, tell your enemies, we want to pack these houses! Tickets for PDX are on sale now, tickets for Bay Area coming soon! 🔗 in story ~

Witness to the Burning of an Effigy Goat, three years running.

Happy Solstice! This year featured another fun, rainy Night Parade, and this year’s parade was a little brighter thanks to these amazing glowing pomegranate costumes made by @nite_nite_nite ! Cool costumes, amazing puppets, and big smiles in every direction.

🌜🎷🎺🎄🥁🚒🌛 Photos from last year’s winter solstice Night Parade w/ @missiondelirium @rainingchainsawsprojects Catch it again this year, Saturday DEC 20, 2025 #nightparade #wintersolstice #sanfrancisco

Dress in your sparkling, festive finest as we make our way through the Mission to celebrate the winter solstice and the return of longer days. Gather at 5:30 at Precita Park near Folsom in San Francisco. The procession begins at 6pm and ends near 23rd and Treat Street with a special musical event. Please call (415) WORD-BUG for updates.