We don't know exactly, but this probably isn't exactly how it's going to go down Saturday night. Credit: Max Pixel CC0

We don’t know exactly, but this probably isn’t exactly how it’s going to go down Saturday night. Credit: Max Pixel CC0
The small but mighty City of Imagination space will overflow with dancing, singing and comedy at this Saturday night's Cannonball Cabaret. It's pretty much everything you expect from something that unites musical theater with cannonballs (and has a pair of fishnet-adorned legs sticking out of a cannon on its marketing materials). It's a fundraiser; the money they raise will, to paraphrase their pun, blast the cabaret off to bigger shows.

And bigger would be nice — the late show has already sold out all the seats and there's seriously only a handful left for the 7 p.m. show; you can take your chance on SRO at the door, but why not take the leap and buy a ticket? They'll have drinks available by donation and also, COI is probably the art hub of Gulfport and chronically underexposed, so totes worth a trip.


Cannonball Cabaret | City of Imagination, 2726 54th St. S., Gulfport | July 14: 7 p.m. & 10 p.m. | $20, VIP; $10, GA | Message them on their Facebook page for ticket purchase info (seriously, that's the only way to get tickets)

This article appears in Jul 5-12, 2018.

Cathy's portfolio includes pieces for Visit Florida, USA Today and regional and local press. In 2016, UPF published Backroads of Paradise, her travel narrative about retracing the WPA-era Florida driving...