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Opening Night is Wednesday, January 21, 2026!

Join top supporters, festival artistic directors and staff to toast the opening of the 8th edition of the festival at an exclusive, pre-show reception including early access to opening night festivities, immediately followed by the opening night performance of Wakka Wakka's Dead as a Dodo. After the performance, come celebrate while enjoying drinks and dessert with the puppet artists and companies coming from all over the world to astonish and delight you for the next 12 days!

At the Closing Cabaret, festival favorite Joshua Holden and his right-hand man, the charmingly misanthropic Mr. Nicholas, will co-emcee a must-see evening of wildly unforgettable puppetry. The night features Cowboy Outlaw performed by Artistic Director and Festival Founder Blair Thomas and Silas Thomas, What to Do in a Puppet Emergency by Blind Summit’s Mark Down, and more.

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