Brooklyn-based musical duo Charming Disaster was formed in 2012 by Ellia Bisker and Jeff Morris. Inspired by the gothic humor of Edward Gorey and Tim Burton, the murder ballads of the Americana tradition, and the dramatic flair of the cabaret, they write playfully dark songs about death, crime, myth, magic, science, and the occult. In their theatrical live performances, they combine vocal harmonies and clever lyrics with ukulele, guitar, and virtuosic foot percussion.

The Velvet Dirtmunchers are a genre-bending sextet from Boston, MA featuring sultry vocals, squeezebox, and impudent (mouthy! hellacious!) horns. Notes of oak and dirt; this Gothic Cabaret pairs well with whiskey, cheeky feelings, and violently velour dance moves.