| Bats Day in the Fun Park | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Electronic music, gothic music, industrial music |
| Location(s) | Anaheim, CA, United States and Disneyland |
| Years active | 1999– present |
| Founded by | Absynthe and Release the Bats |
Bats Day in the Fun Park, also known as Bats Day, Goth Day, Goth Day at Disneyland, The Spooky Trip to Disneyland Resort, CA., Bats Day in the Park and Bats Day Out, started in August 1999[1] as a joint effort between the promoters of the goth, industrial, and deathrock clubs Absynthe and Release the Bats. It has become an annual three-day event taking place in Anaheim, CA, United States near Disneyland. In previous years, the events commenced on the weekend before Labor Day.[2][3] Since about 2008, Bats Day event weekends have usually happened on the first or third weekend in May.
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Here we will explore true facts about the fruit bat. There are many species of fruit bat. Most of these are megabats. This means they're in the suborder of Megachiroptera and the family Pteropodidae. Yes, the Latins went a little apesh*t with the naming of things, which is, however, lucky because if YouTube had done the naming these would all be called "big-ass bat check out my tumblr you dick weed .com" The megabat fruit bats include the largest true flying mammals in the world: the flying fox. Which is a bat. The largest of these can have wing spans of over five feet. Luckily, they eat fruit. Unlike the bird, the bat wing is made of a thin membrane of skin stretching between its body, arm, hand, and very long creepy fingers. When resting, the megabat uses its wing to surround itself like a blanket. It hangs upside down with the help of its cool little feet in order to create a chimney in the event of a dutch oven. Thank you, Urban Dictionary. This is important because the megabat possesses an amazing sense of smell. Unlike the microbat, the megabat does not possess echolocation. This is because with the exception of the guava, fruit does not give up much chase. Here you can see different parts of the megabat's anatomy. Its wings, its tiny round kneecaps... Wait, those aren't kneecaps. What are you doing, you're licking-? Oh my. Let's just pretend they're kneecaps. For amusement, groups of megabats hang on trees and using the raincoat that evolution has given them, they flash one another. Mega-dirty. Megabat. Partially due to the fact that these animals are eaten as a delicacy, they are endangered and sometimes their babies must be raised in the cutest damn sanctuaries in the world. Meet Eric. Eric is not a megabat. Eric is one of the few microbat fruit bats. When he was young, some of the other microbats called him Vagina-Face. No one ever referred to him as a flying fox. In fact, he was given the nickname Flying-F*ck, but those bats were idiots because Eric is a sensitive and wonderful fruit bat. He even writes poetry about grapes. And while those other bats live empty lives judging the world by how it looks, Eric focused on what was inside and he found Lily. and the two of them have better sex than all the rest of them.
Events
For several years, Bats Day in the Fun Park had six events:
- The Bats Day Black Market - A large gathering of vendors selling darkly-inclined items, including clothing, music, artwork, books, collectibles, toys, and other original genre items.
- The Bats Day Ghoulish Gala (originally called The Bats Day Creepy Cocktail Party) - This event typically happens the night of the Black Market, and is a catered hors d'œuvres cocktail party with a raffle.
- The Nightmare Before Bats Day Dinner - A full sit down dinner.
- The Bats Day Dark Park Festival - A live music and DJ event festival geared to the Dark Alternative Subculture. This event was added in 2008.
- The Bats Day Happy Haunts Swing Wake: A Costumed Celebration - A new event as of 2011, this is a costumed gala event where attendees are required to dress as the undead or their favorite Disneyland Haunted Mansion character. Creativity is celebrated, and costumes and characters from all time periods are encouraged to attend and celebrate the afterlife. This event happens Friday night, the start of the weekend of events, and is a catered hors d'œuvres cocktail party for the first hour, with a raffle, DJs and live entertainment.
- Bats Day in the Fun Park - The Big Spooky Trip to Disneyland. Bats Day patrons dress in their Gothic attire for the annual visit to either Disneyland Park or Disney California Adventure Park, depending where the event is being held. There are other scheduled events and gatherings on this day, including a large group picture in front of Sleeping Beauty Castle, group pictures at the Haunted Mansion, and a photo scavenger hunt.
History
The event started as a relatively small goth "meet up" event of about 80 people from two dance clubs, Absynthe and Release the Bats. It has grown to include more aspects of the goth subculture. Other dark subcultures represented at the event include Horror punk, Halloween, Rockabilly, Psychobilly, Black metal, Steampunk, Hearse Societies, Industrial and EBM. Noah Korda, a graphic artist and club promoter in Los Angeles, is the organizer of the event.[4]
The event draws people from not only the local area but all over the world, including New Zealand, England, Brazil, France, Germany and Mexico. It has evolved into a family friendly event as well.[1] Parents in this subculture are able to bond with their children at the "Happiest Place on Earth" more comfortably at an event such as this one, whereas they might be regarded as out-of-place on any other weekend at Disneyland or other theme parks.
An article on the event appeared in the June 2009 issue of Gothic Beauty Magazine.[5]
Though there are rumors that this event occurred due to the success of a similar event called 'Baumaus', the two clubs promoting this event claim that they had no idea that 'Baumaus' ever happened.
Bats Day in the Fun Park helped solidify and push the DisneyGoth community into the public eye.
The event turned 20 years in May 2018 and is going back to its roots of just a park meet, for the time being.
See also
References
- ^ a b Kane, Rich (2003-08-28). "When You Wish Upon a Scar: Goths invade Disneyland! Disneyland?". OC Weekly. Archived from the original on 2010-05-27. Retrieved 2022-02-21.
- ^ Chuck Klosterman (2007) Chuck Klosterman IV: A Decade of Curious People and Dangerous Ideas, ISBN 0-7432-8489-5. The chapter of the book about Bats Day was originally printed in the July 22, 2003 issue of Spin magazine as "Something Wicked This Way Comes" (the article title is a line from Macbeth)
- ^ "Looking Back On A Week That We Spent In A Happy Place". idolator. August 24, 2007. Retrieved 2022-02-21.
- ^ "Disney's a Pretty Big World After All". Fox News. 2015-03-25. Retrieved 2022-02-21.
- ^ "Bats Day: Disneyland's gothic gathering". Gothic Beauty Magazine. No. 28. June 2009. pp. 44–48.
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