Pirate-themed rave to take place at The House of Haze

Break out your fake parrots and eye-patches, kids, The House of Haze is putting on a Pirate themed rave.

Attendees are encouraged to dress in pirate gear, said Kati Camarata, volunteer at The House of Haze.

“We’re trying to do this thing where there’s incentive to dress up, so if you dress up as a pirate […] you can get a dollar off [of] hookahs,” Camarata said.

The music should start at about 9 p.m. and, according to the Facebook page set up for the event, the event will feature local artists such as DropTonix and FHONIX! of Jetpack Brigade and PANDEM!C.

“We’re gonna have lasers and the regular DJs and hopefully there will be a lot of people dressed up and dancing,” Camarata said.

Camarata said that to go along with the rave atmosphere, attendees can also expect to see popular performance arts such as gloving and poi, which are forms of LED light and body choreography.

Membership to the lounge is $10 for one year, with a renewal charge of $5 annually.

This is a members-only event, but if you are already a member, there is no cover charge. New members are welcome to join that night, Camarata said.

“I think we’re going to have it to where people can just walk in, if there’s room,” Camarata said. “If not, people have to get their membership outside.”

Andrew Jenkins, also known as DropTonix and one-half of Jetpack Brigade, will be one of the featured artists providing live music.

“The set is gonna be some multi-genre bass music,” Jenkins said.

Jenkins will go first and then the other half of Jetpack Brigade will take over.

“I’m starting off with a really cool pirate themed intro, and then I’m going straight into some deep house to make everyone get into it real quick,” Jenkins said.

Jenkins said to expect an intense music selection from his partner, FHONIX!.

“I’m sure [FHONIX!] will do what he usually does which is really absurdly heavy and exciting music,” Jenkins also said. “I plan on being able to smooth that in well.”

Jenkins said the two will be playing their sets towards the end of the night, and he is excited for the event.

“And we’re dressing up like pirates!” Jenkins said. “It’s really cool. I’m stoked.”

On event night, attendees can expect a fairly relaxed environment, Camarata said.

“It’s a pretty chill atmosphere for the most part, if there’s anyone bringing any bad vibes, we don’t really allow that,” Camarata said. “We want to keep everything super legal.”

Emily Budschat, The House of Haze volunteer, said that along with providing the attendees with a good time, keeping the rave safe is also a priority.

“We like trying to keep it a really chill environment and make sure everyone is comfortable and feels good and safe,” Budschat said.

If there is a problem with attendees being disrespectful of others, they will be politely asked to leave, Camarata said.

“It’s gonna be like a rave, but just because it’s like a rave and just because other people do drugs at raves it doesn’t mean you have to be doing drugs here,” Camarata said.

Though this is their first pirate themed event, The House of Haze hosts a variety of other events with a tentative schedule of twice a month, Budschat said.

“We’ve had events like [the pirate rave] here before but we wanted […] a different kind of theme and for some reason pirates came up. We were all just hanging out and talking about it and we were like ‘what about a pirate rave?’” Budschat said. “And who doesn’t like ‘Pirates of the Caribbean?’”