Like with so many other exhibits and performances that I’ve attended and sometimes written about lately, this one featured a great spirit that tapped into the DIY energy that has pervaded the city in recent months.

So why not have a masked guitarist in the corner and a small baby pool in the middle of the gallery for green sliming volunteers periodically throughout the night?

Maybe they needed some chaperones after all . . .

I was definitely glad I took my camera too, especially since words are now failing me.

People are just getting stuff done.

And that certainly holds true for Jon Taylor, an artist and SCAD student who organized The Starland Circus Friday night in conjunction with his The Clown Show at Desoto Row Gallery.

I first wrote about Jon in my column in Do when he mounted the fundraiser The Cat Show in 2011, and I included a preview of The Starland Circus in my column last week. Bill DeYoung did a great piece for Connect.

A lot of guests obviously had no idea what to expect at The Starland Circus, but knowing Jon, knowing the great space of the old Starland Dairy, and knowing the entertainment he had scheduled, I wasn’t surprised by the unpredictable, campy, and really warm atmosphere. None of the kids who showed up with their parents early in the evening seemed to be weirded out by the clowns, the masks, or the tricks.

The SCAD Circus Club entertained, there was cotton candy, many of the guests arrived in costume, Dame Darcy performed, there was a fashion show — probably the fastest one ever, anywhere — with apparel from The Clothing Warehouse, Anitra sang arias from Pagliacci.

After sunset, the scene shifted from the singing and the fashion show to a light show with dancing.