Lunatic Bebop | Four Years of the SLC Lunatics

LUNATIC BEBOP
The SLC Lunatics 4-Year Anniversary Of Experience Design

July 11 | 8PM–2AM
Church & State
370 S 300 E, Salt Lake City, UT 84111

“Whatever happens, happens.”

Four years ago, a handful of Lunatics started building portals.

Since then we’ve transformed historic buildings into galaxies, hidden stories behind curtains, filled forgotten rooms with music, and invited thousands of travelers to play pretend for a night.

On July 11th, we’re celebrating four years of experience design by taking our biggest leap yet.

For one night only, Church & State becomes The Bebop. (From Cowboy Bebop the Classic Noir Jazz Fueled Space Anime Series)

What is a SLC Lunatics Immersive Event?
It’s a party, with dancing, immersive art experiences, performers, DJ’s, Cozy Lounges, and a place where everyone is an artist, and we blur the lines between performer and attendee.

Read about our last Space Themed party, the Galactic Cabaret in this SLUG magazine Review. 

Inside The Galactic Cabaret, a Portal to Utah’s Artistic Future

The Backstory!

The year is somewhere between yesterday and tomorrow.

Humanity has scattered itself across the solar system. Gate technology has connected the planets. Syndicates thrive in the shadows. Fortune hunters drift between worlds chasing bounties, debts, and bad decisions.

Tonight, you’re one of them.

A Cowboy.

A bounty hunter drifting through the stars in search of targets, trouble, and maybe something worth believing in.

As always, we start on a moon.

We’re Lunatics. We couldn’t help ourselves.

The Journey
GANYMEDE

Ocean Moon • Sirens • Dreams Beneath the Surface

Your voyage begins on Jupiter’s largest moon.

A place of floating memories, strange beauty, and deep waters.

Expect immersive performers, ethereal encounters, ambient flow artists, hidden stories, and moments of quiet wonder before departure.

Like the Galactic Cabaret before it, every nook and cranny of Church & State will hold a story behind the curtain and an invitation to play pretend.

Then the engines engage.

The stars stretch.

And the music begins.

THE BEBOP GATES

Throughout the evening, our DJs and live jazz ensemble combine forces to open the Gate Network.

Four times during the night, electronic music and live bebop improvisation merge into a fifteen-minute journey through hyperspace.

Trumpets cry.

Basslines wander.

Clarinet’s chase starlight.

The ship jumps.

And we arrive somewhere new.

ASTEROID BELT

Rock & Roll • Gambling • Space Punk • Beautiful Chaos

The law gets thin out here.

Welcome to the frontier.

Games of chance. Outlaws. Smugglers. Neon drifters.

The Asteroid Belt is where the weirdness lives.

Explore immersive installations, challenge fate, discover hidden bounty targets, and lose yourself in a retro-futurist wild west where every stranger looks like they might owe someone money.

MARS

Syndicates • Retro-Futurism • High Action

Mars is where power lives.

Towering cities.

Criminal empires.

Cowboys chasing marks through crowded streets.

Inspired by the noir underbelly that made Cowboy Bebop legendary, Mars becomes a world of intrigue, action, movement, and style.

Expect dynamic performances, aerial artistry, pole, combat-inspired movement, and immersive encounters around every corner.

VENUS

Love • Luxury • Sensuality • Green Worlds

Our final destination.

A lush world of beauty and temptation.

Organic. Exotic. Mysterious.

The lights soften.

The atmosphere warms.

Burlesque, sensual performance, lush installations, and dreamlike encounters transform the venue into a planet where desire blooms beneath emerald skies.

Then, as dawn approaches, the dancefloor erupts for one final celebration beneath the stars.

What To Expect
Throughout the venue:

• Immersive performers and interactive characters
• Live DJs + live jazz collaborations
• Bounty hunting quests and hidden targets
• Art installations and experiential environments
• Flow artists and ambient performers
• Burlesque and pole performances
• Liquid light projections and visual art
• Games, exploration, and surprises throughout the night
• A community of artists, dreamers, weirdos, and wanderers
• Free Noodles on the Bebop

Like our recent Galactic Cabaret, this isn’t simply an event.

It’s a portal.

A temporary world built from creativity, curiosity, and collective imagination.

Suggested Attire
Come as a Cowboy.

Interpret that however you wish.

Examples:

• Space Bounty Hunter
• Retro-Futurist Drifter
• Space Punk Outlaw
• Syndicate Operative
• Galactic Gambler
• Venusian Socialite
• Ganymede Siren
• Bebop Jazz Traveler

Style points awarded for originality.

About The SLC Lunatics
Recent coverage from SLUG Magazine described our events as:

“A story behind every curtain and an invitation to play pretend.”
They called the Galactic Cabaret:

“More than a cantina; it is a space circus.”
That’s exactly the kind of world we strive to create.

For four years we’ve built temporary realities where artists and audiences meet halfway between imagination and participation.

On July 11th, we’re building one of our favorites.

A jazz-soaked noir drifting through the stars. (We love our Jazz, we love our space, Cowboy Bebop really hit a sweet spot with us)

A bounty chase across the solar system. 

A night of hunters, dreamers, syndicates, sirens, gamblers, and cosmic queers and weirdos.

The ship leaves at 8PM.

See you, Space Cowboy. 🚀🌙✨

Presented by The SLC Lunatics
Celebrating Four Years of Experience Design.