Emperor Norton's Fantastic San Francisco Campaign Benefit

NOTE: This is an archived announcement of an event that already has taken place. Ticketing links have been removed.

In Emperor Norton's Fantastic San Francisco Time Machine — the celebrated historical walking tour that he launched four years ago this month — our friend Joseph Amster plays Emperor Norton.

Joseph estimates that he now has given the tour to between 10,000 and 15,000 people. And it's not too much to say that, through his informative and entertaining tour — and through countless other appearances (and photo bombs!) these last four years —Joseph's funnily serious and seriously funny incarnation of Emperor Norton has made him San Francisco's favorite modern-day “Emperor.”

The Emperor's Bridge Campaign* is honored to announce that Joseph Amster will be offering — as a fundraising benefit for the Campaign — a special Sunday edition of his regular Fantastic San Francisco Time Machine historical walking tour.

100% of all ticket sales for this event will go to The Emperor's Bridge Campaign, the only nonprofit whose sole mission is to honor the life and advance the legacy of Joshua Abraham Norton (c.1818-1880) — best known and remembered as the San Francisco eccentric and visionary, Emperor Norton. 

EMPEROR NORTON'S FANTASTIC SAN FRANCISCO CAMPAIGN BENEFIT
A Special Edition of Joseph Amster's Fantastic San Francisco Time Machine Tour
To Benefit The Emperor's Bridge Campaign

Sunday 6 September 2015 at 3 p.m.

Gather at Union Square, San Francisco, under the Dewey Monument.
(If access is blocked, gather at the corner of the Square, at Geary and Powell Streets.) 

Tickets: $20. Half-price for children 5-10 years old. 

The tour is 2 miles long and lasts about 2 hours and 45 minutes. 

You'll learn the fascinating stories behind:

• Emperor Norton, the man and the myths

• Union Square

• The St. Francis Hotel

• Maiden Lane

• Lotta's Fountain

• The 1906 Earthquake and Fire

• Bummer & Lazarus

• The Palace Hotel

• Jackson Square

• The Barbary Coast

• Portsmouth Square

• And much more!

Please join us for this special event in support of The Emperor's Bridge Campaign!

* In December 2019, The Emperor's Bridge Campaign adopted a new name: The Emperor Norton Trust.

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