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Burlesque and Nightlife Directory

Interested in attending a local burlesque show in your city? 

Burlesque is historically considered a parody of culture, a literary genre, a sister of theater, and a fun form of variety entertainment. Read more at, “What is Burlesque?”, “Why Do People Take Burlesque Classes?“, and “The Best Burlesque Websites.”

By curating a burlesque directory of intriguing Burlesque Shows, Burlesque Troupes, Burlesque Supper Clubs, Burlesque Events, Burlesque Productions, and Burlesque Performers, the diversity of the industry can begin to be understood. This isn’t to be a comprehensive list of the Burlesque Industry, as there are numerous websites and even niche burlesque directories that already exist.

Also note, this directory includes burlesque, pole dance, drag, sideshow, theatre, circus, BDSM & Kink, and many other forms of nightlife events and productions specifically curated by Switchress Shay AuLait.

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Aeriform Arts is OUR family, a safe and welcoming space where you are encouraged to explore your creativity and always free to express yourself. Whether you’re looking for something completely new, a strong workout, an inclusive & welcoming aerial & circus community, development of your performance skills OR just want to let go and fly for a bit with your new friends – our boutique studio takes pride in having a fun and friendly, yet knowledgeable staff that works hard towards helping all of our clients explore and achieve their maximum potential and goals!

Classes in Lyra, Hammock, Silks, Pole, Trapeze, Bungee, Dance, & Harness,

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Enjoy a Circus-Style Cabaret & Aerial Show. AirOtic is a one-of-a-kind night of immersive circus and cabaret entertainment. The extravagant costumes, seductive choreography, Adonis physiques, unbelievable stunts, and circus artistry are sure to leave you on the edge of your seat!

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Arkansas’s First POC Burlesque Troupe.

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New York City’s finest storytellers relive their most embarrassing sexual experiences on stage just for your pleasure.

Awkward Sex is exactly what it sounds like: comedians reliving intimate tales about their sex lives and breaking barriers about sex and dating. The show pairs sexual inclusion with humor and sheds light on the awkward universal experience we all know and love. Kinky, we know.

Awkward Sex is about taking taboo subjects and creating a safe space for people to feel seen and heard. From cocaine infused one night stands to IBS flare ups during cunnilingus, you and your friends will be hanging on the performers’ every word and excited to go out and have a sexual misadventure of your own.

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BIM BAM BOOM is Chicagoland’s hottest burlesque and variety production company! Our signature shows, PEEP SHOW,  VINYL VIXENS & CHICAGO DRAG BRUNCH.

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The Black Burlesque Directory was created in 2015. Rooted in the desire to fill more productions with Black performers, this directory serves as a tool for performers, curators and producers. The Black Burlesque Directory acknowledges the complexity of identity, ethnicity and geography. In this context, Black is used as an umbrella term to identify folks who are indigenous African or descendants of indigenous Africans. The Black Burlesque Directory is evidence that Black performers have been and will continue to light up stages across this planet.

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Bombay Cabaret is the love child of burlesque performer, Bastet Dafoe. It’s the mashup of her appreciation of live music and adornment of burlesque. The Bombay Cabaret isn’t a troupe, it’s an experience. The production features traveling showcases, like Midnight Noir, which highlights talented musicians and burly babes from Arkansas. Bastet’s goal is to spread her southern charm and let the masses know that BIG things come from Little Rock. Bombay Cabaret has a revolving cast to keep attendees on their toes. Make sure to save your ones and bring an extra shirt, because you’ll sweat, drool, and spend all your cash! See You Soon!

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Booklover’s Burlesque is the world’s sexiest literary salon which matches titillating, inspiring, and empowering book readings with burlesque performances all in one show! Professional readers, actors, performers and/or local authors & writers read aloud a piece of poetry, fiction (from any genre), memoir, non-fiction, etc, which is then followed by a burlesque performance inspired by the piece. Founded in 2016 in Portland, Oregon USA by award-winning producer, burlesque/drag artist, and writer, Lacy Knightly/ Nick Lacy of Lacy Productions.

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One of Chicago’s unrivaled speakeasies, Bordel is a cocktail bar & cabaret that seductively channels the energy of Paris’ Pigalle & Montmartre

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Brown Sugar Burlesque is a pop-up event in Los Angeles that launched during Black History Month 2023.

Brown Sugar Burlesque is a live cabaret experience with burlesque at its heart, featuring a predominantly Black cast of performers, musicians, and bartenders that celebrates Black artistry and culture both onstage and behind the bar.

Brown Sugar Burlesque is a Black-owned and woman-led production.

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Festival, Showcase, and Convention listings for burlesquers, producers, fans, and our like-minded organizations. Submission to the list is FREE!!!! We will also gladly accept donations to keep the site live and functioning.

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The global listing site for all things burlesque.

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Our purpose is to create unique interactive and experiential events and ceremonies that promote curiosity, community, and culture. Cabinet of Curiosity is composed of diverse project-by-project collectives who authentically collaborate on original celebrations and productions. Cabinet uses sophisticated puppetry and handmade devices to develop unique interactive experiences, productions and events. We focus on creating new types of gatherings, ceremonies, and rituals which promote community and interactivity amongst people who may not normally mix. Our intention is to support multi-cultural professionals in the field of theatre, visual arts, dance, sculpture and music, while mindfully training high school and college age apprentices to become the future creators of new meaningful rituals.

 

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Cabaret bar in the East Village of NYC where anything could happen!

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Welcome to a poetic journey of erotic fetish stories! While both elegant & daring, this theatrical, spoken word storytelling and culinary experience will find guests enjoying a savory four-course fare throughout the length of the show. Our goal is to harness all of the senses, transporting guests to a most unforgettable escape. Cocoon’s first story, Reflections, will guide guests to a suspenseful world of contemporary rope bondage.

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Founded in 2006 by classically-trained, nightlife impresario Austin McCormick, Company XIV produces the most spectacular burlesque performances in NYC. High- and low-brow entertainment intermix with lavish design to deliver sensual, decadent extravaganzas inspired by the court of Louis XIV. With the opening of Cocktail Magique and year-round, mainstage productions around the corner at Théâtre XIV, there has never been more glitter on offer in Brooklyn.

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The ultimate Parisian cabaret. When Alain Bernardin, an avant-garde artist and ardent admirer of women, founded Crazy Horse Paris in 1951, a single-minded obsession drove him. Women should be the body and soul of his cabaret, but creation and creativity should be at its heart.

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Dance Filthy USA is a franchise of Dance Filthy based in Sydney and owned by Michelle Shimmy and Maddie Sparkle. Dance Filthy competitions currently run in Sydney, New Zealand, the UK, and the USA. This competition embraces the wild side of pole dancing with performance art in an intimate setting.

Categories: Pole Dance
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Dances of Vice is a fetishistic New York nightlife sensation known for producing highly stylized ritual theater and fantasy clubbing experiences. With an aim to empower artists and connect communities, our peripatetic parties attract a decadent menagerie of creative mavericks who celebrate art, beauty, human desire, and the liberating effects of fantasy and surrealism.

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Psychedelic clown variety show and immersive circus sideshow 🎉🎪🎉

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New York City’s Premier Burlesque Supper Club

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After attending the first Women’s March in 2017, Miss Marquez was inspired to start a Burlesque School focused on Empowerment as a way to provide a safe space for all bodies to explore the beauty and catharsis of Burlesque. With an emphasis on exploring one’s own individual sexual expression, Empowerment Heels is proud to support the LGBTQ+ community. Empowerment in Heels strives to be an inclusive environment for all body shapes, genders, ethnicities, and sexual orientations.

Since 2017 Empowerment in Heels has become a pillar in the Los Angeles Burlesque Community not only offering weekly classes, but also Monthly Shows, Specialty Workshops, Private Coaching, and more.

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ErotiQueer BurlesQue is a queer burlesque Troupe in Austin, TX that creates erotic theatre with and for queer people of all identities.

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One-of-a-kind modern-day cabaret experience located in Fishtown, featuring a Modern American menu

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Inspired by Europe’s grand opera houses and the glittering allure of Old Hollywood, the gilded theater showcases ambitious artistic productions, intimate concerts and original cabaret performances.

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Welcome to Haus of Erotique where we specialize in Fetish & Burlesque Entertainment. Voted SATX Best Burlesque Troupe

Categories: BDSM Kink, Burlesque Production Company, Burlesque Troupe
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Experiential, sensory-focused production. Salacious & sublime exhibition in many forms

Categories: Pole Dance
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Weird. Wild. Wonderful. A performance-fueled night club and creative venue programmed with eclectic events and fabulous dance parties. Everyone is Welcome.

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InnThrall is your Kinky B&B, found in Pennsylvania of all places. When you are seeking a Private, Sexy, Romantic Getaway with the finest BDSM Equipment and Gear available, InnThrall is for you. Never before has a Kinky Bed and Breakfast met these needs so very well. InnThrall is located near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, about an hour away, on the outskirts of Reading, PA. So, an hour or so from Philly, about 3hrs from NYC and less than 2hrs from Baltimore. You will find so much convenience and so much privacy.

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Jeezy’s Juke Joint was conceived out of a desire to create a space for Black performers to be seen and celebrated. After becoming enchanted with burlesque in 2009, with the artists and their stories, the glitz and glamour, and the freedom that came with creating her own artistic voice, Jeez Loueez began to seek out other performers of color. What she found was a lack of visibility.  She knew of their existence but where were the inspirational trailblazers? Where was Brown Girls Burlesque? Harlem Shake Burlesque? Foxy Tann and the Wham Bam Thank You Ma’am’s and how could she elevate them? How could she ensure that the Black community could see their experiences reflected on burlesque stages? The answer was what Quilt Magazine has called, “the most important show of the year” Jeezy’s Juke Joint. What started off as a blog featuring Black performers, has transformed into a live weekend extravaganza.

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Join us for a night of glamour and seduction! 🌟 Burlesque performances every Tuesday & Saturday night. Mathers promotes group interaction in a sophisticated yet comfortable setting. Mathers Social Gathering lives in a prominent Downtown Orlando building aged over 140 years. Mathers in its current state has taken the stylish dark wood, vast pillars and exposed brick and turned it into a historical social hideaway.

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Famous since its inception in the 1950s, this historic destination is one of the few places in the world where you can enjoy the beauty of living mermaids from a porthole view while enjoying a tropical cocktail and dining on fresh seafood.

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The Moulin Rouge is the spectacular world where all the emotions, surprises and excitement of the Parisian party since 1889 are lived, invented and shared. Through the revue “Féerie” composed of a troupe of 80 artists recruited from all over the world, 1,000 costumes of feathers, rhinestones and sequins which enhance the bodies of the artists, attractions with exceptional numbers which punctuate the show, and the unmissable French Cancan dance, the emblematic Paris cabaret invites you to live an unforgettable magical experience in the heart of Montmartre.

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Kent’s No 1 for Cabaret, Cocktails & Nightlife. Our pièce de résistance – The Madame Mu Mu Cabaret Dinner Show. We welcome you to be spoiled with excellent food, world-class entertainment and the finest in party disco until the early hours.

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Noveltease Theatre produces contemporary burlesque plays, blending neo-burlesque styling with the theatrical roots of burlesque theatre in the 1880s. Through a combination of text and dance, we seek to embody literature and create shared community around storytelling. We stage unique burlesque adaptations of classic works of theatre and literature in order to reclaim and rework the canon from a sex-positive, queer, feminist, and anti-racist standpoint that enlivens and transforms classic works for contemporary audiences.

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Slow down so you can take it all in…but if you scare easily, you might want to run….as we welcome you into this new world of Paranormal Cirque! Under this Clown Castle, the black and red big top tent, Acrobats of the Air, Illusionists, freaks, mysterious creatures and all the elements that make one think of a “normal” Circus but that of normal has very little!

A new show with breathtaking implications always poised between fun and the most uninhibited fear that will transport you to a dark world inhabited by creatures with incredible circus art abilities. A crazy yet fun fusion between Circus, theatre, and cabaret in perfect harmony with the evolution of a show that brings you back to when we dream … and when we had nightmares and fantasies. Scare, encompass, amuse and surprise are the ingredients for a mixture of emotions impossible to forget. This is truly a Paranormal experience like no other.

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Classic cars, pinup girls, retro-variety and pole champions! Our 1955-1965 vintage event features:

* bombshell pole athletes & retro-variety headliners
* TONYA KAY as your host & featured cheesecake
* classic car cruise-in
* photographer-friendly models
* throwback art gallery
* Best Car & Best Dress prizes
* nostalgia film screening

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The Proud Group has been revolutionising England’s nightlife scene for almost two decades. Boldly bringing Cabaret back centre stage, Proud Cabaret is a name synonymous with decadence and the highest class of performance.

Proud has some of the UK’s grandest and most spectacular cabaret venues offering unique arenas to host private parties all year round. Recently renovated to increase capacity and distance between diners, these spacious, versatile venues in iconic, historic buildings have a decadent feel.

Enter any Proud Cabaret venue and you will be transported into an era of glamour and luxury, where the only choice is to party in style. Lavish locations that are guaranteed to bring the wow-factor to every night out and private party.

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Featuring some of the region’s most bizarre, sensual and comedic artists, our hive goes even further beeyond the ordinary. From dazzling classic burlesque to mystical sideshow, our deliciously curated experiences are bound to leave you buzzing from head to toe.

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Raks Geek is the premiere bellydance, flow arts, and fire company by geeks for geeks. We’re based in Chicago, Illinois, but we’ve made waves nationally and internationally on MSNWGN-TVThe Daily MailWCIU, and the Chicago Tribune through our commitment to blend a high degree of artistic and technical mastery with fun, creativity, and our favorite themes from nerd culture. Our dancers and firespinners have performed everywhere from Germany to Argentina and dance for hundreds of people every week, but they’re also lifelong geeks who bring a love and expertise in science fiction, video games, technology, research science, and comics. We were featured on UK Channel 4 TV’s “50 Funniest Moments of the Year” and listed as a Timeout Chicago Critics’ Pick.

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Operated by Die Happy Tonight, New York City’s most infamous underground lap dance party, Rosewood Theater is unlike any club in the world… and so is our story. Considered “the world’s most liberating club”, Rosewood Theater blends arts, entertainment and eroticism. Step into a realm where the sensual arts unfold, and you are the cherished guest of honor. Within these enchanted walls, every facet is meticulously crafted to cradle your comfort and awaken your deepest pleasures.

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SADBrunch is the largest LGBTQ+ creative agency in the country specializing in unique queer events!

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Welcome to Sax Dinner Theater and Lounge. At SAX we’re about opulence, service, and great entertainment. We have a unique offering at SAX, where dinner and theater are intertwined. Enjoy reinvented American cuisine and creative craft cocktails alongside continuous live theater productions. Professional dancers from the region include aerialists, pole ballet and contortionists. SAX transforms late night into DC’s most intimate lounge with live DJs, entertainment and bottle service.

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THE BEST AND ONLY, COMEDY & POLEDANCING SHOW.

From comedians Dan Goodman and JoAnna Ross comes Schtick A Pole In It, a night of comedy and pole dancing. Comics and pole dancers alternate the stage to create a unique show that leaves everyone happy. Who doesn’t like to laugh? Who doesn’t like to see dancers do insane things on the pole? If you’ve never seen a pole show this is the one to come to. They’re not strippers, it’s not burlesque, it’s aerial dance with a side of crazy gymnastics and death defying tricks that make your jaw drop. Come see dancers in peak physical condition alternate the stage with comics in peak mental depression. Every month we have a different musical theme. Think Prince, Gaga, Zeppelin, The Beatles, GNR, ect. If you don’t see shows like this why are you even paying the crazy NYC rents?

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Prepare to be transported into an immersive performance experience blending spectacular acrobatic artistry, state-of-the-art visuals, live music, perfumery, and a tantalizing selection of curated craft cocktails. Each extraordinary element is sure to arouse each of the five senses: sight, sound, smell, taste and touch. Brought to life by internationally renowned Quixotic, Sensatia promises a stunningly seductive encounter like no other.

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 Showgirl Awakening is for highly sensitive women helpers like you who are looking for psychological growth and spiritual empowerment and, even if you’re a bit intimidated, you’re drawn to creative expression such as dance, improv and costume-like-clothing and glitter as well as embodied movement-based practices. 

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Website: https://sirenpack.com

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Siren Pack is a nightlife burlesque powerhouse known for producing erotic-noir theater and provocative immersive experiences. With an aim to facilitate connection for both the audience and the artists through erotic wellness, our curated experiences launch and highlight communities of trailblazing, nonconforming creators and performers. We celebrate freedom, liberation, and communication through the transformative power of art. Siren Pack Productions is your portal to a world of immersive, provocative, and utterly captivating performance art. Black-owned and established in 2018, we have elevated the art of celebration and pleasure. We feature bold, powerful, and influential art curated on entertaining and often transformative socio-political and erotically psychological themes.

 

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Originally opened in 1948, Skull’s Rainbow Room is one of the most celebrated and acclaimed dining experiences in Music City. Located at 222 Printers Alley in the basement of the historic Southern Turf Building, guests flock to taste, sip and experience the legendary dining and entertainment that has made Skull’s the cornerstone of Nashville’s historic Printers Alley district. 

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We are a collaborative concoction of aerial dance, clowning, and theatre. Our nonprofit organization is fiercely dedicated to giving back to the community through original, artistic productions that are accessible to all. Soul Penny Circus was formed with the idea that any one person can come together with a group and create something magical. The phrase “a penny soul never came to twopence” means that extreme meanness never made anyone better off. We all have something to offer, we all have a “soul penny” to give. Our donation-based, original productions encourage inclusivity and cultivate curiosity. 

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Shadow Play for your Shadow Work

Extreme parody. Emotional storytelling. Extravagant reveals.

SpeakEasy Noir is a mind-body wellness practice and immersive movement experience for intensely sensuous and deeply curious souls. Explore power, pleasure and play through sensual movement, erotic expression, burlesque, pole dance, freestyle flow, and creative healing arts.

Sensual Movement. Erotic Expression. Burlesque & Pole Dance Freestyle.

We’ve led movement workshops in the most sacred and pleasure-filled spaces, such as a queer tantric monastery in the mountains of South Carolina at the Touch & Play Festival; at a yoga resort in the Nosara jungle of Costa Rica at the Soul Fire Retreat, as well as wellness, dance and fitness studios along the East Coast including Lululemon.

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Immerse yourself in the captivating realm of Spellbound Burlesque’s enchanting entertainment! Prepare to be ‘Spellbound’ as we redefine the world of cabaret arts like never before. Since 2014, we’ve been the trendsetters, curating mesmerizing burlesque, aerial, and variety spectacles right in the heart of the Valley of the Sun. Our lineups include the finest performers in the industry, boasting award-winning headliners from around the globe. But that’s not all – we’re also shining the spotlight on the sizzling talents of Arizona’s very own stars in each and every live showcase.

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Established 2007, Sugar Blue Burlesque is both a performance troupe and burlesque academy, curating spectacular sell-out shows and events in Perth and Regional WA. One of the leaders in Australian burlesque community, many award winning performers call Sugar Blue Burlesque home.

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We were created in His image! Experience LA’s best female speciality talent bring to life Quentin Tarantino’s menagerie of heroines – like you’ll see nowhere else! We do our own stunts ladies and gentlemen, no cosplay here! Join us for the wildest night in LA where sinema meets skin under the neon lights!

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The Argonaut is a submarine-inspired bar and lounge serving wine, craft beer, tiki drinks, specialty cocktails, and tapas-style food offerings. Opened in the Summer of 2022, The Argonaut offers an immersive atmosphere to indulge our patrons in a speakeasy vibe. We offer burlesque shows twice per month aboard the Argonaut.

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Black Girls Pole has comprised a list of black-owned Pole and Aerial studios in the United States and abroad so you can support small business owners in the black community!

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The Brass Menagerie Revue is a collection of pole dance and variety shows based in Nashville, TN.

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The Burlesque Hall of Fame is the world’s premier organization dedicated to preserving the living legacy of burlesque as an artform and cultural phenomenon. With a collection of several thousand costumes, stage props, photographs, and personal effects documenting the careers and lives of burlesque dancers, comics, and producers over nearly a century, the museum is a growing testament to the power and social impact of the art of the tease. The Burlesque Hall of Fame is a nonprofit museum committed to preserving, sharing, celebrating, and inspiring the art of burlesque.

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All aboard for a fun-filled evening of entertainment and fine food with live artists in a delightfully decadent, intimate and slightly naughty atmosphere. Presented by Maison Burlesque in association with the Lady Cutler Melbourne Showboat. Cruising Melbourne’s harbour since 2011, the Burlesque Showboat is Melbourne’s longest-running regular Burlesque event! The Burlesque Showboat, Melbourne’s longest running LIVE Burlesque show, isn’t just a show, its an experience! The excitement begins as you arrive on the dock…just in time to board.
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The Candybox Revue is an award-winning Atlanta burlesque ensemble and dance troupe full of sparkling burlesque glamour, musical theatre, and Las Vegas-style Bump & Grind. Burlesque is a vital, vibrant, and powerful art. It is theatrical, political, funny, entertaining, and family-friendly when needed. We are part of the #IAmBurlesque International Movement, which showcases burlesque performers of all body types, abilities, ethnicities and races, identities, and experiences as proud individuals and entertainers.

Through performances that celebrate everyday humor, theatrical narratives, highlight social justice movements, and uplift marginalized voices The Candybox Revue is redefining Burlesque entertainment by challenging society’s perception on what is worthy of being represented onstage. We adhere to the concept that burlesque isn’t defined by size, ability, color or age – it is an artform that is for everyone.

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The Cocoa Butter Club is an award-winning performance company, showcasing and celebrating performers of colour!​ A first of its kind, TCBC gives a voice to Black, Asian and racially othered performers with showcases, classes and professional productions, including cabarets.​ Founded in 2016 by cabaret star Sadie Sinner, this is a creative clap back to cultural appropriation, lack of representation and imitation, such as black-facing or in performance.

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The Conspiracy Circus is Colorado’s most intimate and unusual circus.  Featuring sideshow acts from across the country, including feats of strength, burlesque, sensual comedy, pain-proof performers, and so many more sideshow delights. We are here to preserve the age old tradition of sideshow.

Hosted at The Learned Lemur every month this show surely won’t disappoint.

Categories: Variety Arts
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North County’s premier pole dancing boutique, founded in 2009. Dollhouse is a safe, sexy, body-positive space where women are free to express themselves shamelessly. Our adult dance classes feature low lighting, loud music, and are designed to inspire self-expression through dance and flight.

As the first pole studio in the area, The Dollhouse continues to lead the way for the local pole community by offering unique and innovative adult dance classes, producing sexy community-celebrated shows, collaborating with world-renowned pole and aerial artists to bring you hottest moves and best instruction, all while implementing the latest safety practices and procedures.

Categories: Burlesque Classes, Pole Dance
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We are The Fit Factory, an Aerial studio located in West Babylon, NY. We offer classes like pole dancing, lyra hoop, aerial sling, stretch classes, chair dance, handstand classes, acro yoga, flow arts, and the best vibes you will ever experience. We pride ourselves in welcoming individuals from all walks of life, including all gender identities. No athletic background needed. No dancing background needed. Who you are is perfect! All you need is an open heart and an open mind. Come as you are and let us grow together!

Categories: Pole Dance, Variety Arts
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The London Cabaret Club was co-founded by CEO Evelina Girling and Artistic Director Doni Fierro in November 2013. The company was born after noticing a gap in the market for a unique type of luxury entertainment combining fine dining, world-class performances, and impeccable service. LCC was originally launched as a pop-up within the Arts Club, which was then followed on by sold-out residencies at One Mayfair and The Collection in South Kensington. Eventually, its permanent home was found in The Bloomsbury Ballroom in Holborn, a stunning 1920s building that reflects the elegance and grandeur The London Cabaret Club has to offer.

Categories: Burlesque Venue
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Our mission at The Pole Circus Virtual Competition is to provide a platform to display the art of pole and all Aerial arts. Someplace safe, for ALL where we can cheer each other on and celebrate the great community. This event was create by Salis Charming owner of Girl Next Door Pole Fitness. Salis Charming is a hearing impaired pole dancer and wishes to diversify the pole community for all with disabilities. She’s a certified pole instructor and has 5 years of experience specializing in choreography and dance.

Categories: Pole Dance, Variety Arts
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Theatre C was founded in 2009 to move audiences and open minds by creating unique theatrical experiences that mix the seemingly un-mixable.

We create parties, plays, musicals and special events that meld puppetry and burlesque, video and dance, acrobatics and installations, hip hop rock and salsa, and more. Blurring the line between disciplines and cultures, the company is a part of the next stage in AMERICAN theatre’s evolution.

Categories: Variety Arts
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Queer Positive. Sex Positive. Kink Positive. We all need some positivity. This speaker series focuses on art, science, history, education, and culture within the queer community.

We invite experts and amateurs to present on topics near and dear to them! Everyone deserves a voice in this community and it is our goal to create and sustain a kind, inclusive space for these voices.

Past presentations have included: “The Myth of the Unicorn” “Dating and Attachment Theory” “The Sex, Movies, and Sex Worker Support Group” “The Paradox of Rope; Creating Connection through Bondage”

Categories: Variety Arts
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Velvet Nox Productions is a pole dance and burlesque production company in Austin, TX. We pride ourselves on working with dancers and community members who feel that pole dance and burlesque are beautifully feminist art forms that combine technical skill, physical allure, and artistic vision and execution into pieces that can heal, arouse, inspire awe, tell a story, express a soul, and anything else that skilled art and the beauty of the human form can do.

We are enthusiastically LGBTQIA inclusive and supportive, and pro sex-workers and sex-work. We believe both that sex and art can go together, and that nudity is not inherently sexual.

Come for the glitter, stay for the stories.

Categories: Burlesque Production Company, Pole Dance
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What the Funk?! is a POC Burlesque Tribute to Funk Music that was conceived as a show idea in early 2018 after our founder. Mx. Pucks A’Plenty, thought about doing a classic burlesque number to a Stevie Wonder song but realized it wouldn’t count as a classic era song choice. This got their wheels turning, and What the Funk?! was born. On August 24, 2018, we kicked off two nights of two all-POC casts at the historic Jewelbox Theatre in The Rendezvous in Seattle, Washington.

Categories: Burlesque Festivals
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