SZÁRA
SZÁRA is a singer, producer, and DJ blending hypnotic beats with ethereal vocals and dance. With a sound that fuses electronic, world, and underground club influences, she creates immersive sonic experiences that transport listeners beyond the physical.
Born in Bosnia and now rooted in California, she carries the spirit of resilience,
having escaped war as a refugee and rebuilt her life through music and movement. Her artistry is shaped by a deep connection to nature, emotion and storytelling. SZÁRA brings her music to life on stage through choreographed dance performance, live vocals & djing.
Her upcoming body of work Origins is an album fusing dance music and balkan melodies through pulsating rhythms and ethereal vocals.
she channels her healing into creativity, reconnecting with her roots ,
With a growing presence in the electronic scene and a unique sound, she continues to carve her own path, drawing audiences into a world where music, movement, and culture intertwine.
TIARE VALOURIA
The Witches ball Impresario, curator and producer - Tiare is an animist, and multi-disceplinary artist based Portland, OR which has been her home base for over 20 years. Mystically driven, theatrical dance is her passion, while her specialties are Fusion Bellydance, Classical Temple Dance, Vaudeville & Ritual Theatre. She is the founder and director of VALOURIAN THEATRE and proprietress of ANIMARA - an online school for dance magic. Portland is where she began her career as a performer, & toured with a circus for 8 years eventually growing into the role of teacher, choreographer, director and producer. She currently produces regularly in Portland under the umbrella of @atrium.mystique events, always bordering on the avant-garde and conjuring the wyrd. It is her personal mission to bring about an awakening in the collective of the sacredness that is in everything, and our inherent magical power, while encouraging opulence and grandeur while traversing the spectral avenues of esoteric artistry.
The Witches Ball of the West is her annual love child for the mystic community.
OTHER
Hailing from Seattle - Bree Sadira Rose (of Headstone Brigade , Witch Bottle & May Dirt) sings haunting vocals over heavy synth undertones by Jeff King (of Isenordal ) keeping the Ethereal Darkwave spirit alive and casting a dreamlike spell over the dance floor.
Emerging from the beating heart of the west coast's theatrical underground - Valourian Theatre ushers in a groundbreaking incarnation of visionary artistry with a mythic revival through opulent poetry in motion.
THE MIDNIGHT RITUAL
Valourian Theatre returns for their annual Witches Ball residency to conduct the midnight ceremony known as the Triumph of the Witches. This year they are bringing an all new ritual theatre epic, breathing life into archetypes originating in ancient Sumer and Babylon by embodying
THE TEMPLE OF LILITH.
Witness the historic Burney Relief come to life as Lilith and her familiar spirits weave a tale of Divine Dark Feminine empowerment and cast a spell to embolden the revolution.
Directed by company founder Tiare Valouria, this captivating caravan of world class artists creates unique and mesmerizing worlds powered by a collective of dancers, and mystics who encircle mythopoetic currents with intention and dance theatre cunning, to invoke timeless archetypes and medicinal imagery.
This arcane faction of symbiotic experimentation weaves a 5th dimensional tapestry of expressionistic esoterica and avant-garde performance resulting in a genre-bending manifestation that ignites the spirit and fuels the soul.
SUBAQEOUS
Subaqueous weaves a spellbinding tapestry of sound, conjuring the ethereal and the arcane. His music blends deep, resonant basslines with intricate rhythms, creating sonic incantations that transport listeners to enchanted realms. Each composition is an alchemical fusion of live and electronic elements, where atmospheric field recordings and otherworldly textures coalesce, like whispers of ancient spirits dancing in the moonlight.
AGATHA ANGINA
With a flick of her wrist and a devilish grin, Agatha Angina bewitches stages worldwide as an aerial contortionist extraordinaire. From shadowy cabarets to open-air festivals across the West Coast, this Portland-based enchantress twists, bends, and floats through the air like a spell in motion, casting her dark charm on audiences near and far. Agatha brings a flair of sass and a touch of wickedness, making each performance as enchanting as it is unpredictable. Whether soaring in her aerial twist or slinking into impossible contortions, she’ll leave you wondering if it’s magic—or pure talent.
Catch her if you dare, because this witchy wonder is always up to mischief!
OPHELIA DARKLY
A.K.A. DJ Dark Duchess: BIO coming soon...
PAVOR NOCTURNUS
Hailing from Seattle - Pavor Nocturnus conjures dark, seductive energy in experimental DJ sets, blending industrial, witchhouse and darkwave with an occult edge. Their hypnotic transitions and sultry beats flow into pulsating rhythms, each track casting a spell, creating an intoxicating experience that beckons you to lose yourself on the dancefloor.
FATES OF WRAPTRUE
The Fates of Wrapture is an aerial duo performing on Mister Missy’s custom-designed apparatus—a gothic lattice of steel and strap built to evoke both industrial power and witching-hour mystique. Mister Missy, the gender-bending visionary who brings a commanding presence and ritual-inspired movement vocabulary to every twist and inversion. And Agatha Angina—the jackal of many trades—melds sideshow heritage with contemporary aerial exploration. United for this Witches’ Ball, they weave their distinct histories into a single spellbinding narrative.