Improv Everywhere

Here are the full details for our next mission, The Mp3 Experiment Five. Please take the time to read all of the instructions on this page. This is event is taking place in New York City. Details on the Toronto event are here. Chicago details are here. San Francisco details are here.

Please note: This is a participatory event. If anyone wants to cover this event for the press, you may only do so by participating, not observing. No press cameras allowed. We also encourage participants to leave their cameras at home and have fun participating. We will be thoroughly documenting the event as usual and will post tons of photos.

Date: Saturday, September 27 (rain or shine)
Location: Governor’s Island (detailed info below)
Time: The event will begin at exactly 3:15 PM. Arrive early and remember to budget time for weekend subway service delays and lines to get on the ferry. The event will be over at 4:06.
Wear: A Red, Blue, Yellow, or Green t-shirt.
Bring: An umbrella and an uninflated balloon.

Full instructions below:
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The Mp3 Experiment 5 will take place on Saturday, September 27 at Governor’s Island in New York City. The start time and all the details will be announced the week of September 15 via our email list as well as this site. It starts at 3:15 PM, but we’re encouraging everyone to arrive early and enjoy this beautiful island. The event is free and open to the public.

We have a sponsor lined up this year that is enabling us to bring The Mp3 Experiment to Chicago, San Francisco, and Toronto as well.

Tour Dates:

NYC - 9/27
Toronto - 9/28
San Francisco - 10/4
Chicago - 10/5

If you live near those cities, mark you calendar! More details on these events will also be announced this week. Subscribe to our RSS Feed and our Newsletter to stay informed.

If you’ve never heard of The Mp3 Experiment, check out our coverage of the past four years:

2007
2006
2005
2004

Praise Steve!

Today we’re proud to announce the launch of a new blog, Urban Prankster. Urban Prankster will feature pranks, hacks, participatory art, flash mobs, and other creative endeavors that take place in public places in cities across the world. If someone does something awesome in the public space, we plan to cover it.

Over the last six months we’ve seen a massive spread of urban creativity in cities across the world. We’ve been covering the global trend here on Improv Everywhere, focusing on groups that formed on our Improv Everywhere Global network. It’s been awesome to see groups recreating our past missions and coming up with new ideas of their own. With missions happening in other cities on an almost weekly basis, we decided it was time to create a new site to celebrate this work. ImprovEverywhere.com will return to focusing on our work here in New York, and all documentation of other groups will move to Urban Prankster.

In addition to Improv Everywhere style events, we’ll also be covering other forms of art and comedy in the public space and posting announcements about upcoming events seeking participants.

We’ve got a handful of posts already up on the site, and plan to add new content on a regular basis. So give the site a test run, and sign up for the Urban Prankster RSS feed to stay updated.