The Klown (aka Boenobo Zjo) is a 25+ year veteran of the Bay Area’s underground live-music, DJ/EDM, and circus scenes, as well as one of its premier underbelly promoter/producers. He runs the Circus Metropolus collective, and has worked with the inimitable Vau de Vire Society as a performer, musical/marketing director, and special ops agent for 20+ years. Previously, The Klown co-produced and co-residented Trapeze Worldwide, the internationally acclaimed US-based bass music and burlesque showcase supremisto; co-produced Bohemian Carnival, the renowned monthly indie circus and music orgy launched in San Francisco in 2006; and co-founded the Red Nose District circus camp at Burning Man, also in 2006. He also founded and fronted the notorious electrofunk all-klown band Gooferman, and co-founded the all-klown marching outfit TrashKan Marchink Band. His latest live musical projects – Jollichimp, SupaFroopy, Chub x.o, and Paradummies – are all slated to launch during the first six months of 2026.
The Klown’s also grossly misrepresented DJing and otherwise properly defaced musical things at venues across the States and at all kinds of festivals: Electric Daisy Carnival, Symbiosis, New Orleans Jazz Festival, Lightning In A Bottle, Lagunitas Beer Circus, Burlesque Hall of Fame, Bumbershoot, Burning Man, The Edwardian Ball, LoveFest, Bohemian Carnival, and the like. While not pursuing third place with all his might, he enjoys watching humanity deal with itself, ingesting Lagunitas Brewing Co beer, and monitoring UFO/UAF and adult-content developments, all at once or in various combinations.