Burlesque Halloween 2008!

According to my trusty calendar, there are two Halloween burlesque shows going on in the Bay Area Friday night.

The first is Red Hots Burlesque:

Red Hots Burlesque! presents *Shake your BOO-bies!*

We're still bringing it to you in what's now coined "The Hottest Happy Hour in the Bay" and this week we have performances from the spookiest sex pots fog city has ever seen! We bring you never before performances seen by Cupcake & Little Eyeful, from Belles Du Jour! We bring you sick psycho shimmies from Pin Key Lee & Miss Mae Western from Kiss Que Cest. We bring you the dangerous and delightful Delilah and for the very first time please welcome Devillia de Dallas! All this hosted by the psycho-killah Dottie Lux!

The Show also includes a filthy and freaky film reel from the insane mind of Val Killmore, Grab a drink, some *free* Oysters and BBQ at El Rio's famous happy hour (Recently voted "THE BEST OF THE BAY" by the Guardian) and watch the best in bump and grind!

This Friday, Oct 31st at El Rio in the Mission.
3158 Mission Street
The Show starts at 7:30pm! So don't be late!
Win the Raffle to donate to your favorite Charity or Non-profit!
$5-$10 sliding scale, 21+ w/ID

About our debut performer: Devillia de Dallas is a, hip-shakin, pistol-packin, fire- tassel twirlin, demonically inspired vixen that was rumoured to be shipwrecked inLondon, and has now washed up on our very own Barbary Coast. With liquor on her lips and a swagger in her hips, Devillia joined BurlyQ London and has been luring innocents with them and as a solo burlesque ritual killer since 2003. She stirred more than just hearts at many of London Town's fancy burlesque events including: The Whoopee Club, Institute for Contemporary Arts and The Hayward Gallery and she took trouble on the road with many festivals including Antwerp, Edinburgh, Glastonbury and 2005's Tease-O-Rama. You can see Devillia shake her fire tassels in Vince Ray and the Razorbacks "Jack the Ripper" video. Devillia de Dallas and fellow BurlyQ London member Delilah have recently launched a new excuse to make friends by taking off your clothes: Bang Bang Variety Hour.

http://www.redhotsburlesque.com
http://www.myspace.com/redhotsburlesque
http://www.elriosf.com

If you go, I'm sure you'll have a great time! Sounds like a fantastic lineup of very talented dancers! Boo yah!

Next up is the burlesque and dance Halloween masterpiece, Inferno Paradiso! But wait, Kingfish of Hubba Hubba Revue has announced a discount for advance purchase tickets! Just go to http://inticketing.com/evinfo.php?eventid=28603 and use the discount code "boo" to get $5 off the regular advance purchase price of $30.

INFERNO PARADISO HALLOWEEN

From the Creators of Sea Of Dreams NYE & The Edwardian Ball..

Anon Salon, Get YER Freak On! & Paradox-Media present
INFERNO PARADISO
A Devilishly Angelic Soiree

Friday, October 31, 2008

@ The SF Regency Center
http://www.regencycentersf.com/index.html
1270 Sutter Street @ Van Ness/ SF

9pm-4am

$30 pre-sale, $40 door

http://www.anonsalon.com/halloween08

Purchase Tickets Online @ Groovetickets (http://groovetickets.com/ordersystem/groove/eventviewqb.asp?AffilID=93&EventsID=42316&PGname=anon%20events)

or InTicketing (http://inticketing.com/evinfo.php?eventid=28603)

Tickets also available @ Streetlight Records (3979 24th St. @ Noe) & Tweekin Records (593 Haight St. @ Steiner)

Dress to die for, discover paradise, and climb the stairway to sin! Join the Costume Extravaganza, experience the surreal between this world and the afterlife, PARADISO & INFERNO!

~~~~~|| Devils in Heaven ||~~~~~
SCARLET SUCCUBUS LOUNGE
Dark Seductions in the Gorgeous Red Room

~ HUBBA HUBBA REVUE: 'The Burlesquorcist'
~ ROSIN COVEN: The Horror of The Halloweenie
~ DAVID STARFIRE: Six Degrees Records
~ MARK GROWDEN TRIO: Soulful Sounds from the Underground

~~~~~|| Angels in Hell ||~~~~~
PARADISO PARANORMAL PARTYDOME
Wicked crews & evil beats in the Subterranean Sutter Room

~ GALEN ~ SOLAR ~ J-BIRD (Sunset/Pacific Sound)
~ M3 ~ ANTHONY MANSFIELD (Green Gorilla)
~ MANCUB ~ KAP'N KIRK ~ ERNIE TREVINO (Space Cowboys)
~ DING DONG (Brass Tax)
~ LAIRD ~ LARON ~ KELIX WILLIAMS (Get YER Freak On!)

Decor by INFLATABLE ARTS & ANON EVENTS


http://www.paradox-media.com/inferno/
http://anonsalon.com/halloween08
http://www.regencycentersf.com/index.html

So join the Burlesquorcist himself, Evil Dr. Kingfish, for a rockin' and shakin' Halloween!

Haute House Burlesque for Wednesday, October 29, 2008

It's time for Bombshell Betty's Burlesqueteers' show at Stagewerx! Looks like an evening of sexy surprises at the old theater! Perhaps it's haunted by the spirits of ecdysiasts from the days of the Barbary Coast?

Sit back and relax in comfortable theater seating while sipping your wine and enjoying the hilarious and delightful acts from your favorite burlesque troupe, the Burlesqueteers!

This month, the Burlesqueteers are putting on a Monster Party! See sexy ghoulies, mummies, zombies and more getting down to the nitty gritty plus Bombshell Betty will be performing her act from this year's Tease-o-Rama!

Burlesque performances by:

Bombshell Betty
Sneak-a-Peek Sally
Red Velvet
Holly Highbeams
Mademoiselle Muerta
Milkshake
Foxy Chartreuse
Scarlett Fever
Double Dare
Shortcake
With solo debuts by:
Violet Skedaddle
Kiki La Boom
and more!

Plus a never-before-seen group number invented in class by Burlesquercisers! You won't want to miss this *scary* Sarah Palin group act!

Doors at 7pm, Show at 8pm

$12 in advance (Will call only)
$15 at the door

18 and over

Buy your tickets in advance at www.bombshellbetty.net/shows.html!
Presale ticketing ends at noon on the day of the show!

Stagewerx Theater
533 Sutter St. @ Powell Street
San Francisco

http://www.bombshellbetty.net/shows.html |
http://www.stagewerx.org

Looks like a great lineup of performers. No better ghoulies than sexy ones, says I! ;-)

BurlyCon Seattle is coming, November 7-9, 2008

Since I know lots of burlesque performers read this blog, I thought I'd mention Burlycon Seattle (www.burlyconseattle.com). It seems to be a convention for mainly burlesque performers and others in the business, meaning there are no shows. There are classes, workshops, panels, and social activities (Which means paaaaartayyyy! ;-)). The organizers also include aficionados and fans in their target markets, so it seems everyone would be welcome. Don't know if I'd stick out in a tassel twirling workshop, though. Hehe.

There are some discount tickets available thru October 31, and there are some scholarships for performers available, due October 30. They even have "out of town" passes at discounts prices. Very considerate! See the website for more information, links, and applications.

If I were a performer/producer--and I could afford the convention pass, plane ticket, and hotel--I'd give serious consideration to going to BurlyCon. Looking over the workshops, teachers, guest speakers and such, the offerings seem impressive. "Neo Burlesque and the Contemporary Scene," "Exotic Dance in Contemporary Film with Jo "Boobs" Weldon," Cultural appropriation/racism/exoticism," "Fan Dancing with Michelle L'Amour," "How to produce a show: Lessons Learned with the Swedish Housewife." Seems like they put together a solid convention. Not to mention you get to party with lots of hot people at night! ;-)

Addendum (10/30/2008): Queen Kellita of the Hot Pink Feathers is teaching a class at BurlyCon, and has arranged a discount for members of the greater Feathers tribe. For $85 BurlyCon passes, use the code "Kellita1" when you purchase tickets in advance on the Brown Paper Tickets site (http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/36940).

Discount Tingel Tangel tickets for Wednesday, October 29, 2008

I've seen some posts that Dottie Lux has put out for the upcoming Tingel Tangel show this Wednesday. She has some $10 tickets available for purchase. Normal prices are $16 presale, $22 at the door. Seems like a bargain! As of Sunday at noon, she had seven tickets left, but seems like she could get more. If you're interested, contact Dottie at redhotsburlesque AT gmail DOT com.

As for the show itself...

Tingel Tangel Club: Sex Magic and the Occult
Wednesday, October 29
9:00 pm – 1:30 am
Swedish American Hall (above Cafe du Nord)
www.swedishamericanhall.com
2170 Market Street.
Tickets are $16 in advance and $22 at the door.
Advance purchase through www.ticketweb.com.
Full details at www.tingeltangelclub.com.

The Castro may be closed again this Halloween, but saints and sinners alike will converge at the historic Swedish American Hall above Cafe du Nord on October 29 for Tingel Tangel Club: Sex, Magic and the Occult featuring the one and only Penny Arcade. Drawing on the pagan aspects of Halloween and the Celtic samhain, we celebrate our ancestors and the change of seasons in this night of performance and revelry. The festivities are co-hosted by San Francisco's beloved comic and theater artist Marga Gomez and Charlie Horse doyenne and Miss Trannyshack 2004 Anna Conda. The star-studded lineup includes singer/songwriter Holcombe Waller, moody cabaret artist Vinsantos, burlesque darling Kitten on the Keys, the rock and roll stylings of the dragulous Ethel Merman, harpist Deirdre Eagan and Sophisticated Boom Boom the Dead or Alive tribute duo. Special appearances by The Diamond Daggers and SF Boylesque punctuate the evening which kicks off with DJ Nature Boy (Babies on Fire) and concludes with closing set by DJ Sunevil (Erotic Exotic Ball).

* BRAVA Theater receives a portion of proceeds from this event as a charitable contribution.

When I went to Tingel Tangel at the Bubble Lounge, there was a lot of dancing, so take your dancing shoes and prepare to be a dancing fool! The burlesque acts were interspersed with lots of music and dancing, so it's quite the freaky experience!

SF Bay Area burlesque for the week of October 27, 2008

It's here! Halloween week! And that means that there's a lot of themed show up to and including Halloween. So check them out below, and make your plans now before they all pass you by!

• Monday, October 27: Uptown Hubba Hubba at the Uptown Nightclub in Oakland. Hey! It's my friend Josie Starre's birthday! So join Josie and Bunny Pistol, Twilight Vixen Revue, Chi Chis DelFuego, Milkshake, Miss Balla Fire, Monifa, Madam Chartreuse, and Isabella Minx to kick off this Halloween week the right way! Doors at 9pm, show at 10ish. $5, 21+w/ID.
• Wednesday, October 29: Haute House Burlesque at Stagewerx in San Francisco. Join the Bombshell Betty's Burlesqueteers for a Monster Party! See sexy goulies, mummies, zombies and more getting down to the nitty gritty, plus Bombshell Betty will be performing her act from this year's Tease-o-Rama! And you won't want to miss this *scary* Sarah Palin group act! Doors at 7pm, show at 8. $12-15, 18 years and up.
  
• Also Wednesday: Tingel Tangel at Swedish American Hall in SF. Join hosts Marga Gomez and Anna Conda for a magical show featuring Penny Arcade, Holcomb Waller, Vinsantos, Kitten on the Keys, Ethel Merman, DJ Sunevil Deirdre Eagan and Sophisticated Boom Boom, and the Diamond Daggers and SF Boylesque! 9:00pm. $16-22, 21+ w/ID.
  
• Friday, October 31: Red Hots Burlesque at El Rio in SF. Dottie Lux brings you a different show every single week! Each event promises the seductive and spicy, absurd and amusing all from local and visiting talent. Show at 7:30. $5-10 sliding scale, 21+ w/ID.
• Also Friday: Inferno Paradiso Halloween at The Regency Center in SF. Join the Hubba Hubba Revue for "The Burlesquorcist." Plus the Mark Growdan Trio! Rosin Coven! David Starfire! And dance with wicked crews and evil beats in the Subterranean Sutter Room. Did I hear someone say, "P-A-R-T-Y!"? 9pm-4am. $30-40.
• Saturday, November 1: Burlesque n' Brass at Cafe Van Kleef in Oakland. Join Blue Bone Express and the Hot Pink Feathers for 3 sets of live music, and 3 sets of dance. In the aisle and on the stage, the Feathers dance straight into your hearts! Doors at 8pm, show at 9:30. $10, 21+ w/ID.
  

Wowza! Lots of chances to get your freak on this week, both dancing and otherwise. Heh. Who/what will you be?

Uptown Hubba Hubba for Monday, October 27, 2008

Well, it's almost Halloween, and that means one thing. It's Josie Starre's birthday! Yup! So help celebrate my friend's birthday by watching her perform this Monday at the Uptown Hubba Hubba. And remember, thunderous applause and whoops and hollers make good good birthday gifts!

Good EEEEEeeevening!

HUBBA HUBBA REVUE returns to Oakland's fabulous UPTOWN CLUB this Monday, Oct. 27th, with a night of sexy, SPOOOOKY burlesque guaranteed to bust your pumpkin!

featuring!

JOSIE STARRE! (and it's her birthday, too!)

The Twilight Vixen Revue!
Bunny Pistol!
Chi Chis del Fuego!
Milkshake!
Miss Balla Fire!
Monifa!
Madam Chartreuse!
Zap, the Is-That-It?
from New York, Isabella Minx!

...and everyone's favorite Monsters of Ceremonies, Dr, Kingfish & FrankenEddie!

All for JUST FIVE BUCKS!

Doors 9PM, Show 10PM(ish)
21 & Up w/ID


THE UPTOWN CLUB
1928 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland
(just 1 block from 19th Street BART!)

HELP SPREAD THE WORD, Y'ALL!

http://www.hubbahubbarevue.com
http://www.myspace.com/hubbahubbarevue
http://www.uptownnightclub.com

Oh my! Isabella Minx is back visiting from New York. Plus the fabulous Twilight Vixen Revue, burlesque powerhouse Bunny Pistol, and Chi Chis DelFuego will perform, too! So leave your worries at the door for a while and check out the show. It's a bargain for five bucks!

Red Hots Burlesque for October 24, 2008

Hey! Here comes Dottie Lux and her band of naughty dancers dropping by the El Rio on Friday for another sexy and delish happy hour show! Sounds so very James Bond-y!

Red Hots Burlesque! presents *From Russia With Love*

We're still bringing it to you in what's now coined "The Hottest Happy Hour in the Bay" and this week we have Katya Smirnoff-Skyy hosting for your pleasure! This week's show also features some of your favorites: Steven Satyricon, Citty Rich, and Bunny Pistol! Be amazed by her and the rest of the RHB cast as they twitch it and twatch it and you get to sit back and watch it! Oh yeah...Dottie will be there too!

The Show also includes a filthy and freaky film reel from the insane mind of Val Killmore, Grab a drink, some *free* Oysters and BBQ at El Rio's famous happy hour (Recently voted "THE BEST OF THE BAY" by the Guardian) and watch the best in bump and grind!


This Friday, Oct 24th at El Rio in the Mission.
3158 Mission Street
The Show starts at 7:30pm! So don't be late!
Win the Raffle to donate to your favorite Charity or Non-profit!
$5-10, 21+ w/ID

http://www.redhotsburlesque.com
http://www.myspace.com/redhotsburlesque
http://www.elriosf.com

Diamond Daggers Masquerade Ball on Friday, October 24, 2008

Hey, hey! It looks like the Diamond Daggers will be having a monthly show from now on. This month's show continues the extended celebration of Halloween with a Masquerade Ball.

Diamond Daggers Masquerade Ball

Hello Masked Heroes, Villains, Dreamboats, Faeries, Princesses, Witches, & Dandies!

Please come join us and romp around in the titillation and excitement of a true masked ball! The barrier between audience and art is eroded at our Diamond Daggers' monthly cabaret events (stay tuned for next month's Disco Thanksgiving!) This "high-art in a club environment" makes fine art and professional theatre accessible to a diverse audience, while encouraging aesthetes to explore SOMA and experience the mingling of glitter and grit.

Fat City
314 11th at Folsom, San Francisco
Doors at 9, cabaret at 10:30
$12-20

http://www.diamonddaggers.com
http://www.myspace.com/diamonddaggersburlesque
http://www.fatcitysf.com


This month, the season of crass Halloween is smoothed and refined with this elegant and lavish ode to the opulence and mystery of the veiled season. Combining the style, fashion, and design of local performance and visual artists, Diamond Daggers Masquerade Ball provides the perfect mixed environment for flirtation, art, entertainment, fashion, and sexy frolic for all of the Bay Area's queer and slyly twisted folk.

The DIAMOND DAGGERS MASQUERADE BALL will feature a complete environment, designed to engage all the senses, including living mannequins from Hayes Valley's Dark Garden Unique Corsetry, live portraiture from renowned artists Suzanne Rachel Forbes, sponsorship from the Mission's ADS Hats, and environmental film projections from director Sushe Sprado.

This all-star, professional, and refined line-up includes:

• Queer Showgirls, Diamond Daggers, The Bay Area's Longest Running Queer Burlesque Company as seen headlining San Francisco Pride Mainstage 2005, Dyke March Stage 2006, NectArena Women's Pride Stage 2008, and showcased at The Edwardian Ball 2006, Tease-O-Rama 2005/2007/2008.
• Musical Sex Comedy, The Wet Spots, Internationally Acclaimed Husband/Wife Duo Internationally acclaimed cabaret duo The Wet Spots (Cass King and John Woods) write the most elegant songs about sex that you will ever hear.
• Cabaret Star, Alotta Boutte, Cast Member of Beach Blanket Babylon & Harlem Shake, Oakland's "Chocolate Kisses of Burlesque"
• Belly Dancer, Jill Parker & Her Foxglove Revue, Director of Ultra Gypsy, and Zahgareet magazine's Instructor of the Year
• Chanteuse, Uni & Her Ukelele, the neo-vintage pop chanteuse/raconteur gathered up kickpants, a rockhawk and magical ruby slippers for the first time in 2004 and her 20's punk movement has been gathering strength ever since.
• Drag Dancers, Sir Loin Strip's Boilesque, with the rebirth of vaudeville and the crowd's insatiable appetite for burlesque, these bois bring to the stage what the San Francisco Bay Area has been clamoring for, BOI-LESQUE: a real butch burlesque!
• Faux Queen, Hoku Mama Swamp, who says of herself "I was born to love faggots, queens, and trannies, and have slowly been morphing into them since childhood!"
• Environmental Film Projection, Sushe Sprado, a visionary with over two decades of experience in filmmaking, animation and design she hails from Colossal Pictures, Duck Studios, and Sony Pictures and is currently working on her feature length offering, Paper Angels of the Bell Tower Opera.
• Burlesque Starlet, Honey Le Bang, as seen with San Francisco's Premier Burlesque Company, Kitty Kitty Bang Bang and featured regularly in Dark Garden Corsets at Hubba Hubba Revue, The Edwardian Ball, Little Minsky's, and seen this year at the SF Drag King Contest.
• Chanteuse, Hillary Reed, longtime bay area music producer and performer, director of El Rio's Twang, and proprietor of the Mission's The Salon.
• Circus Burlesque Starlet, Dottie Lux, just like The City By The Bay, Dottie is known for her dizzying hills and dangerous curves. Hailing from New York City, she's graced the stages of the Coney Island Side Show, The Supper Club and Bowery Poetry Club. Also an educator, she has performed and lectured at NYU and Bard University. New Orleans, Boston, Baltimore, Washington DC, Los Angeles and Seattle have all got a taste of Dottie's chuckles, bumps and grinds. She hosts the weekly Red Hots Burlesque at El Rio every Friday,
• DJ Derek B, was an original musical inspiration for Trannyshack and now resides in Berlin and performs all over Europe.
• DJ Downtown Donna, founder of seminal queer clubs Fasterpussycat & Snatch, she spins sexy and mysterious tunes.

So put on your masks and whatever else, if anything, and get out there and party!

Thrillville's Halloween Hellabaloo with Hubba Hubba Revue on Thursday, October 23, 2008

For all those burlesque fans looking for a different kind of horror cinema experience, check out the show on Thursday at the Cerrito Speakeasy Theater in El Cerrito. For this special performance, Hubba Hubba Revue will be live (or living dead? ;-)) on stage! And special guests Mr. Lobo and the Queen of Trash from "Cinema Insomnia"!

Thrillville's Halloween Hellabaloo with "Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man"

The last Great Debate before the Election happens October 23 at the CERRITO SPEAKEASY THEATER in El Cerrito CA, presented by THRILLVILLE (Will the Thrill & Monica Tiki Goddess) www.thrillville.net

FRANKENSTEIN: old, dead ideas stiched together and presented as something new.....
THE WOLF MAN - change you can actually SEE, right before your eyes!!

Plus special guest moderators
HUBBA HUBBE REVUE www.hubbahubbarevue.com
MR LOBO AND THE QUEEN OF TRASH www.cinemainsomnia.com

Thursday October 23 9PM $10 18+
Advance tickets now on sale, box office only!
www.cerritospeakeasy.com

For those unfamiliar with Thrillville or the Speakeasy Theaters, it's a very cool movie-going experience. The theaters have the usual individual chairs in the upper part of the theater, but the lower level is dedicated to loveseats and comfy, cushy chairs on rollers. And there are numerous tables to hold your drinks and food.

And it's not your usual theater fare. Of course, there's the popcorn and sodas. Nachos and pizza (but very good fresh pizza, not the frozen kind). But they also serve hummas and babaganoush, fresh veggies, buffalo wings, sandwiches, salads, and various kinds of alcohol! Wheeeeee!!

And with the addition of Thrillville, there's the added bonus of live performances, contests, and men wearing fezzes! Will the Thrill--who is the "white, lounge lizard" guy in those funny videos they show before the features--hosts the evening with his wife, the lovely and patient Monica Tiki Goddess. It really is a fun time.

So if you're not sketching, head on over! It's a short walk down a residential street from the El Cerrito Plaza BART station. And there's street parking, too.

Dr. Sketchy's SF on Thursday, October 23, 2008

My good buddy Jessica "Tink" Whiteside will be hosting the next Dr. Sketchy's SF this coming Thursday! Full disclosure requires me to say that I'll be helping with setup and clean up, so I've got a vested interest in this event. :-)

I've never been to a Dr. Sketchy's, but from what Tink has told me, it goes something like this. You bring a sketchbook and some drawing tools. Graphite pencils, color pens, dry mediums like that. And basically you get to sketch a burlesque or other performer after s/he finishes a performance. I believe Bombshell Betty will be performing and modeling this time. And Randy "Anormous" Johnson will be the MC and musical guest, I do believe. The Dr. Sketchy main website (www.drsketchy.com) describes it as a different kind of life drawing class.

There will be contests and prizes. Not sure what they are, yet. And music. And drinks. And a chance to meet and mingle. It's supposed to be a fun and sexy time. A chance to create art in a non-stuffy atmosphere.

Here are the main deets:

Dr. Sketchy's San Francisco
When: Thursday, October 23rd from 7pm -10pm
Where: Space Gallery (http://www.spacegallerysf.com)
1114 Polk Street @ Sutter (Right next door to the Hemlock)
Tickets:
$10 advance $15 door: General.
$5 advance $10 door: Students/Teachers (with valid ID *in hand*)
You can purchase tickets in advance at: (and add the profile to list of friends for regular workshop updates)
Dr. Sketchy's advance tickets at http://www.myspace.com/drsketchyssf

So I'll need to drag my sketchbook and drawing instruments out of mothballs. Eep. Maybe I can find an old beret, too. Haha.

Oh, and Alice Stribling will be doing some sketching today at 111 Minna Gallery from 6pm to 9:30. She'll be working off some photos she took at Tease-O-Rama. It's Sketch Tuesday, and you can watch artists create art for free. Afterwards, you can buy some of the artwork, which is not free. ;-)

Where: 111 Minna Street @ 2nd St., San Francisco, CA 94105

When: Tuesday October 21st, 6:00 till 9:30.

Admission is FREE, but 21+
Gallery#: 415.974.1719
Web: http://www.111minnagallery.com

Okay. That's all the sketchy things I have for now. So if you want to draw some sexy performers, come on out to Dr. Sketchy's on Thursday. Even if you haven't drawn in a while or don't consider yourself to be a great artist, come on out and get in some practice. Or experiment!

Uptown Hubba Hubba for Monday, October 20, 2008

And the Halloween season continues with the guys from Hubba Hubba and the dolls from Bombshell Betty's Burlesqueteers.

BURLESQUETEERS "MONSTER PARTY" AT UPTOWN HUBBA HUBBA

Uptown Hubba Hubba is back with Bombshell Betty's Burlesqueteers returning to shimmy, shake & grind their way into your hearts and psyches. Booze, Beauties, Funny Fat Guys & Rockin' Good Times for all! Now that's a damn good Monday night!

This month, the Burlesqueteers are putting on a Monster Party! See sexy goulies, mummies, zombies and more getting down to the nitty gritty plus Bombshell Betty will be performing her act from this year's Tease-o-Rama!

See burlesque performances by:

Bombshell Betty
Sneak-a-Peek Sally
Holly Highbeems
Scarlet Fever
Red Velvet
Randy Johnson
Violet Skedaddle
Double Dare
Shortcake
Foxy Chartreuse

MC'd by everybody's favorite drunks, Kingfish and Eddie!

Monday, October 20
Doors 9PM, Show 10PM
21 & Up w/I.D.

As always, it's just FIVE BUCKS all night!

Uptown Night Club
1928 Telegraph Ave
Oakland, CA
(1 block from 19th Street BART!)

http://www.hubbahubbarevue.com
http://www.myspace.com/hubbahubbarevue
http://www.uptownnightclub.com

Randy Johnson will be performing! Ooooooh boy! I don't know what that means. Haha. But the rest of the performers will give you a sexy, funny, and thoroughly entertaining evening for sure!

SF Bay Area burlesque for the week of October 20, 2008

Oh, it's getting close to Halloween! And if you love burlesque, odds are you love Halloween. The good news is that this holiday has been spread out over several weeks. Spookshow A-Go-Go was last Saturday, but there are more themed shows coming up this week, plus a Dr. Sketchy's event!

• Monday, October 20: Uptown Hubba Hubba at the Uptown Nightclub in Oakland. It's Bombshell Betty's Burlesqueteers performing their "Monster Party" show. Plus Betty will perform her Tease-O-Rama act! Doors at 9pm, show at 10ish. $5, 21+w/ID.
• Thursday, October 23: Dr. Sketchy's SF at Space Gallery in San Francisco. Join your host, Jessica "Tink" Whiteside, for an evening of sketching burlesque performers, performances, and other sexy surprises! 7pm. $5-15, see website for student, teacher and advance purchase discounts. 21+ w/ID.
  
• Also Thursday: Thrillville Halloween Hellabaloo with Hubba Hubba Revue at Cerrito Speakeasy Theater in El Cerrito. Will the Thrill and his lovely wife, Monica the Tiki
  Goddess, join forces with the Hubba Hubba crew for a night of "Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman" and burlesque! Plus, Mr. Lobo and the Queen of Trash from "Cinema Insomnia" will make a special appearance! 7:30pm. $10, 18 and over.
  
• Friday, October 14: Red Hots Burlesque at El Rio in SF. Dottie Lux brings you a different show every single week! Each event promises the seductive and spicy, absurd and amusing all from local and visiting talent. Show at 7:30. $5-10 sliding scale, 21+ w/ID.
• Also Friday: Diamond Daggers Masquerade Ball at Fat City in San Francisco. Join the Daggers and special guests Alotta Boutte, Jill Parker and Her Foxglove Revue, Uni and Her Ukelele, and others for dancing, performances, mingling, and much more! $12-20 sliding scale, 21+ w/ID.

Please note that the Burlesqueteers' Stagewerx show was moved to its correct date, which is Wednesday, October 29. I finally figured out how to move it to the last Wednesday of the month instead of the fourth Wednesday.

Also, remember to check the calendar itself for all of the latest lineups and information. Thanks!

Memories of the weekend

Well, apparently I'm still recovering from Tease-O-Rama! This past weekend, I went out to the Hubba Hubba Revue: Oktoberbest! show on Friday night and the Spookshow A-Go-Go show on Saturday night. And only now do I have the minimal energy needed to put together some postings for upcoming shows this week. Oh, I forgot about going to Ruby Fuerza's *nods down to the bottom right of the blogroll* b-day get-together! Hmm... lots of partyin' this weekend. Hehe.

Some notes from the shows:

• Lady Satan rocks! She performed a "Hans and Franz" number with Sparkly Devil at HHR to open the show. They had the steroid bottles and buff body suits with the tassels and pasties on them. Definitely one of the high points of the show! Then on Saturday at Spookshow, she did her Sarah Palin act (with machine gun toy, which she uses as a toy, if you get my drift ;-)) . She comes up with some of most timely and creative acts around. And she commits so fully to her characters, too.
• Speaking of Sparkly Devil, I love the Halloween act which she performed Saturday. Of course there is the fake blood--I think it was fake, haha--that spilled of her mouth. But there was also the fake skin that she peeled off... and pretended to eat. Actually, there were other parts falling off which she "enjoyed" while performing her trademark dance moves. It was gross and funny at the same time. And also quite sexy. Like a great horror film!
• I'm also loving Alotta Boutte. Of course, who doesn't? Heh. But she performed as a music box dancer to the Dresden Dolls' "Coin Operated Boy," and incorporated an, um, battery operated boy substitute. You just had to be there to see it!
  

There were other highlights, but I'm running out of energy! So, on to the postings for upcoming shows...

Hubba Hubba Revue and Red Hots Burlesque for Friday, October 17, 2008

Hey! Time is just flying when you're having fun, and what better way to start your weekend off than with the funny and sexy folks at Hubba Hubba Revue and Red Hots Burlesque! And have they got the goods for you!

The evening starts off with Red Hots at the El Rio in the Mission. This week, Dottie and company welcome some visiting performers.

Red Hots Burlesque! presents *A Knife in Your Back*

We're still bringing it to you in what's now coined "The Hottest Happy Hour in the Bay" and this week we have performances from New York City's most perverse and bold burlesque babes...Velocity Chyaldd and Stormy Leather. Seattle shares Jacqueline Hyde with us as well.

This week's show also features two of your favorites: Ashley Lopez and Dottie Lux! Be amazed by her and the rest of the RHB cast as they twitch it and twatch it and you get to sit back and watch it! Scotty The Blue Bunny hosts this week so come you don't want to miss his ranting and raving!

The Show also includes a filthy and freaky film reel from the insane mind of Val Killmore, Grab a drink, some *free* Oysters and BBQ at El Rio's famous happy hour (Recently voted "THE BEST OF THE BAY" by the Guardian) and watch the best in bump and grind!

This Friday, Oct 17th at El Rio in the Mission.

3158 Mission Street
The Show starts at 7:30pm! So don't be late!
Win the Raffle to donate to your favorite Charity or Non-profit!
$5-10 sliding scale, 21+ w/ID


A bit about our out of town ladies:

Velocity Chyladd has been performing in NYC for over a decade. She is the producer of the most daring burlesque show "Badass Burlesque" and she comes to perform for one night only at El Rio. In her own words she is a "eclectic, shameless, and morbid dreamer who is hellbent on manifesting her own crazy, jazzy, spicy, tawdry, little netherworld.

I embrace life savagely as a -writer, vocalist, perrformance artist, painter, actress, hermit, provocateur,tattoo enthusiast, harbinger of change,solo witch and sexual revolutionary!

Stormy Leather is a burlesque performer, go go dancer, and model. She got her start in Chicago, go go dancing at Berlin and performing with Eve's Parlor Burlesque at Ozzfest in 2004. Once this tempestuous redhead arrived in NYC, she ripped through the burlesque scene like a Texas tornado. Her tumultuous performances have been seen all over NYC... The Slipper Room, Corio, Webster Hall, and the Box just to name a few. She is also a regular at Kitty Nights, Hotsy Totsy, Ixion, BadAss and the Rouge Coquette. Stormy now also cohosts Dirty Bomb, a monthly NYC rock party, with producer and DJ Supermorgan.

Jacqueline Hyde has been wooing the audiences of Seattle since 2005 with such acts as Bring on the Men, where she has educated men about Diamonds being a Girls Best Friend, and where she will soon Meet you in the Red Room, with her Insatiable talent, and she invites you Closer to her world. Jacqueline is also the producer and head choreographer for Tempest Burlesque.

http://www.myspace.com/redhotsburlesque
http://www.elriosf.com

And then, be sure to head over to the DNA Lounge for the big show! Yes, it's time for Hubba Hubba Revue: Oktoberfest! You'll be singing "Danke Shoen" to Kingfish and Eddie by the end of the evening!

Achtung! It’s time for...

Hubba Hubba Revue: OKTOBERFEST!

Barvarian Burlesque! Beer-Garden Comedy! Acts of German Joy!

Friday, October 17th, 9PM at DNA Lounge!

GUTEN TAG, Y'ALL! Dust off that dirndl and lay out your lederhosen! Kingfish, Eddie and the whole Hubba crew are taking you back to the little alpine village of Pfattenhausen for another teasin', shakin', tassel-twirlin' Oktoberfest!

JA! BURLESQUE! COMEDY and BEER! with:

Trixxie Carr!
Sister Kate!
Miss de Minna!
Calamity Lulu
Sparkly Devil!
Lady Satan!
Ariyana La Fey!
Miss Balla Fire!
Madam Chartreuse!
Jacqueline Hyde!
Alotta Boutte'
Tricksie Treat!
Ruby White!
Chi Chis del Fuego!
Peekaboo Burlesque!
Dark Garden Corsetry!
Gorilla X!
...and The Hubba Hubba Go-Go Frauleins!

Live! On-Stage! Ach du Leiber! ist LEE PRESSON AND THE NAILS!

STEIN-NURSER'S DISCOUNT! From 9PM to 9:30PM, only at the box office night-of-show, tickets
are just $10!

Free dance lessons upstairs, 9:30 - 10:00PM, by Herr Brian of Swing Goth!

Hubba Hubba Revue: OKTOBERFEST!
Friday, October 17th, 9PM
DNA Lounge, 375 Eleventh Street, SF
$15, 21 & Up w/valid ID
($12 advance tickets at http://www.dnalounge.com)

See more at http://www.hubbahubbarevue.com

HELP SPREAD THE WORD, MEINE LEIBCHENS!

So do like Jacqueline Hyde and do both shows! Danke shoen... darlin' danke shoen...

Barbary Coast Burlesque is tonight! Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Hello friends! Its that time of the month again! The third Wednesday of October is approaching us and Barbary Coast Burlesque has got a haute show for you!!! Yes, you!!

Starring...
Our Host of the Night- KINGFISH

Performances By-

Delilah
Lady Monster
Citty Rich
Ruby White
Miss Mae Western
Pin Key Lee
Bunny Pistol

Annies Social Club
917 Folsom St.@ 5th St.

Show 8pm
ONLY 8 Bucks!!
Wednesday October 15th


http://www.anniessocialclub.com
http://www.myspace.com/bunnypistolpresents

Uptown Hubba Hubba for Monday, October 18, 2008

You can't have a Monday night without Uptown Hubba Hubba. Tonight, the Hubba fellows and ladies bring another fine show to the Uptown in Oakland.

Howdy Friends!

The best Monday night in show-biz returns to Oakland's beautiful UPTOWN CLUB, October 13th, with a line-up guaranteed to tickle your fancy right where your fancy tickles best!

We've got:

From Red Hots Burlesque, DOTTIE LUX!
Ruby White!
Madamoiselle Muerta!
Phat Fly Girls!
McPuzo & Trotsky!
Margaret France!
Citty Rich!
Monifa!
Zip the What-Is-It?

...and everyone's favorite drunks/MC's, Kingfish and Eddie!

And it's JUST FIVE BUCKS all night!

Doors 9PM, Show 10PM(ish)
21 & Up w/ ID

THE UPTOWN CLUB
1928 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland
(just 1 block from 19th Street BART!)

http://www.hubbahubbarevue.com
http://www.myspace.com/hubbahubbarevue
http://www.uptownnightclub.com

SF Bay Area burlesque for the week of October 13, 2008

Ah, the chill of autumn is in the air. And Oktoberfest is in the beer! Haha. Ja! Okay. I've been listening to Kingfish's spiel far too much. Here are all the burlesque events of which I am aware of for this week:

• Monday, October 13: Mangos with Chili Queer Borderlands Tour at East Side Arts Alliance in Oakland. The show will feature new work in the genres of dance, vaudeville, poetry, spoken word, theater, burlesque, performance memoir, and hip hop addressing the themes of border transgressions, migrations, deportations, relocation, displacement, legacy and the struggle to create new worlds. Show at 8pm. $10-15, sliding scale. (no one turned away for lack of funds)
• Also Monday: Uptown Hubba Hubba at the Uptown Nightclub in Oakland. Join Kingfish and Eddie and the whole crazy crew as they welcome Dottie Lux, Ruby White, Mademoiselle Muerta and others for an evening of fun, sexiness, and booze! Doors at 9pm, show at 10ish. $5, 21+w/ID.
• Wednesday, October 15: Barbary Coast Burlesque at Annie's Social Club in San Francisco. If you miss the delish Ruby White on Monday, you get a second chance on Wednesday! Plus, you get to witness the international burlesque sensation that is Delilah! And the ravishing Lady Monster will be in the house! And many others... Oh, and don't forget your host Kingfish! Ja! Ist sehr gut!! Doors at 8pm, show at 9. $8, 21+ w/ID.
• Friday, October 17: Red Hots Burlesque at El Rio in SF. Dottie Lux brings you a different show every single week! Each event promises the seductive and spicy, absurd and amusing all from local and visiting talent. Show at 7:30. $5-10 sliding scale, 21+ w/ID.
• Also Friday: Hubba Hubba Revue: Oktoberfest! at the DNA Lounge in San Francisco. Kingfish, Eddie and the whole Hubba crew are taking you back to the little alpine village of Pfattenhausen for another teasin', shakin', tassel-twirlin' Oktoberfest! With Sparkly Devil! Lady Satan! Chi Chis DelFuego! Ruby White! Alotta Boutte! And more! Doors at 9pm, at which time stuff starts to happen. $12-15, 21+ w/ID.
• Saturday, October 18: Spookshow A Go Go at Fat City in SF. Starting at the witching hour, 9PM, burlesque and film festival promoter Val Kilmore is offering a sexxxy shock-a-billy pumpkin spice alternative to the Sacramento Horror Film Fest called Spookshow A-Go-Go. Episodes of Cinema Insomnia will be screened as part of the evenings entertainment. With band Vulgaris, burly-q and go go dancers! Show at 9pm. $15, 21+ w/ID.
  
  

So, go forth and multiply! Oops. Wrong blog. Hehe. Go forth this week and enjoy alotta burlesque! ;-)

Interview with Chi Chis DelFuego

Photo from Bombshell Betty Pinup Workshops, San Francisco, CA. Copyright 2007-2008. www.bombshellbetty.net

I met Chi Chis DelFuego earlier this year at a show. My friend Josie Starre introduced us, and I've been seeing Chi Chis perform around the Bay Area ever since.

One of the things I've noticed about her performances is the theatricality with which she imbues her acts. For example, last night at the Knocktoberfest benefit show at the Uptown, she performed to Adam Ant's "Goody Two Shoes." She dressed in what resembled "good girl" conservative attire, and proceeded with an artful striptease. At the end, she encouraged the audience by pausing before removing the last, most intriguing item of clothing.

During another one of her performances, she strips to reveal a Wonder Woman costume under her clothes. Her appearances aren't simply a striptease, but a well-choreographed story containing its own narrative, whether humorous or provocative, or both.

Recently, Chi Chis DelFuego has launched her own 2009 calendar at lulu.com. She's also started her own website at www.chichisdelfuego.com.

In the midst of all this activity, Chi Chis was gracious enough to answer some interview questions.


How did you first become interested in burlesque? When did you decide to become a performer?

I fell in love with Swing and Big Band Music, and back in 2005/2006 I started to take Swing Dance classes. This led me to classes at the Verdi Club. The Verdi Club is on Maraposa Street in the Potrero Hill area. I highly recommend going on Tuesdays. Anyway, I started to go to their Christmas parties and that's where I saw Burlesque for the first time. Funny enough, I didn't realize that it was Bombshell Betty (who would later be my Burlesque teacher and friend) that I saw dancing in front of me. Later on, a friend and I decided we wanted to take classes. I feel it was destiny. We found Bombshell Betty and I took classes for almost two years. I think after about 8 months I decided that I'd throw my bra in the wind and go all the way, strap on the pasties, lashes, gloves and Boa and start out as a soloist.


You have an interesting and very descriptive stage name. How did you choose it?

Thank you. My name was born when I took my baby steps towards my first solo . On August 18th, 2007 there was a recital at Bombshell Betty's studio and I was going to do my first solo. I didn't have a name so I went as Miss Anxie-Tease. I did my Like a Virgin solo and it went great but my second number was a gift for my boyfriend Shay. It was his birthday and so I came out with confetti, streamer, and balloons all glued to my panties and bra. The topper to the birthday song was my candle pasties that Betty helped make. I lit them and Chi Chis DelFuego was born.

Fire Tits just lacked a little culture. Besides I was born on Cinco De Mayo!


I remember seeing you perform your “Wonder Woman” act several times. Where do you get the ideas for your acts?

When I first started it was very hard. I felt overwhelmed by everything but now I feel the more you perform the more you see where your stage persona feels the most comfortable. Chi Chis is very melodramatic, sexy, campy, cheesy and fun.

I love making my way through some of my favorite music. Rock and Roll and '80s camp are among my top faves.

Working with Hubba Hubba Revue and their themed shows every month at the DNA Lounge is a great challenge. They push you to come up with great stuff. I started doing shows at Hubba Hubba at Uptown in Oakland in January and the DNA shows in April. They are the best.

Doing the Wonder Woman Act was a great moment for me. I work hard to find that twist that will make me stand out. The show was a Greco-Roman show and I knew a lot of the girls would be dressed the same. Doing each show has become so exciting and I love creating an act. My boyfriend Shay is very supportive and he's also an actor so he's a great partner to throw out ideas to. We both have a love for similar music and he was helpful in breaking the Wonder Woman idea and it went well with my pick of song, "I Need a Hero," by Bonnie Tyler. For other performances please check me out on YouTube. (http://www.youtube.com/user/medea5576)

It's important to have supportive loved ones in your life and in the beginning when i was green Bombshell Betty and the Burlesqueteers were fabulous and so supportive and helpful.


How has being a burlesque performer influenced your life? What have been the positive and negative effects, if any?

If anything I've found a place where I feel I can be myself. Funny, since we all use fake names. I never got into the club scene and I never understood the "kids these days," even when I was one of them. I was always a bit retro. I still live in the '80s sometimes. I love Rock AND Roll, Swing, Blues and everything related.

Burlesque has been a great avenue for me to be different than the mainstream. I was always a bit bawdy, naughty and loud. No one really got me and I never fit in before. I was never one to be a carbon copy of everyone else. I never wanted to follow what others told me I had to do. So Burlesque really was the place I fit in best. I love my second home.

I've meet so many wonderful people in this business. I just want to do all I can to keep it positive. I know it can get competitive and hard to find work but I believe in being professional, doing good work and acknowledging all our collective talents.

We are some pretty fabulous Ladies and Gentlemen.


What are some of your most memorable burlesque-related experiences? Can you point to one as being your favorite?

Being a part of the Burlesqueteers. It is where I started and if it wasn't for Bombshell Betty I wouldn't be here. It was a great beginning. Tease-O-Rama was my last performance with them this year. I will be branching out to work on my solo work.

I have a calendar on Lulu.com for next year and I'm hoping to maybe be a producer in the future. I'd also love to work with so many wonderful ladies out there.

I'm loving life right now. I'm loving getting my name out there and making friends. I love to hear from friends and fans and I love the well wishes and wonderful feedback.

I'm loving it all.


See more of Chi Chis DelFuego on MySpace at www.myspace.com/senoritadelfuego, and at her website at www.chichisdelfuego.com.


Her 2009 Pin-Up Calendar is available at for preview and purchase at www.lulu.com/content/2904310.

Ms. DelFuego may be contacted at medea576@yahoo.com. Her next scheduled performance will be at Hubba Hubba Revue's Oktoberfest show, Friday, October 17, at the DNA Lounge in San Francisco. Doors open at 9pm.

Mangos with Chili Queer Borderlands Tour 2008: SF Bay Area kickoff on October 10, 2008

Ms. Cherry Gallete sent me a notice that she is producing a show that will be touring, and the first stops are in SF and Oakland! The first show is later today!

Mangos With Chili Queer Borderlands Tour 2008 Kicks off in SF on 10/10!

Mangos with Chili, the floating cabaret of queer and trans people of color bliss, dreams, sweat, sweets & nightmares, is pleased to announce the Bay Area kick off of our 2008 Queer Borderlands Tour.

Launching on Columbus Day weekend in resistance to the legacy of imperialism and colonization reflected by the commemoration of the holiday, Mangos with Chili will present two evenings of unforgettable and history-making performance in both San Francisco and Oakland. The show will feature new work in the genres of dance, vaudeville, poetry, spoken word, theater, burlesque, performance memoir, and hip hop addressing the themes of border transgressions, migrations, deportations, relocation, displacement, legacy and the struggle to create new worlds, and in celebration of queer lives, stories, and the legacies we are creating for future generations of queer and trans people of color.

Hosted by history making burlesque sensation SIMONE DE LA GETTO!

and with an all star hottie lineup featuring:

VIXEN NOIR presenting her multi-media mix of erotic performance art
CHICA BOOM the Chicana burlesque starlet
QWO-LI DRISKILL the celebrated first nations two spirit poet
NAR boy-girl Arab hip hop duo
NICO DACUMOS mixed Chicano/Filipino performance memoir maker
TRE VASQUEZ two spirit rappero from the borderlands of arizonaztlan
ZULEIKHA MAHMOOD Afghan writer and zine maker
MS. CHERRY GALLETE and her showgurlesque cabaret dance fusions
LEAH LAKSHMI PIEPZNA-SAMARASINHA the femme powerhouse spoken word wonder

SF SHOW INFO:
Friday, October 10, 2008, 8:00pm
Mama Calizo's Voice Factory Theater
1519 Mission St. (at Van Ness) , San Francisco, CA
$10-$15 sliding, no one turned away for lack of funds.

OAKLAND SHOW INFO:
Monday, October 13, 2008, 8:00PM
East Side Arts Alliance
2277 International Blvd., Oakland, CA 94609
$10-$15 sliding, no one turned away for lack of funds.

http://www.myspace.com/mangoswithchili

Bunny Hut Burlesque cancelled...but across the bay there's Knocktoberfest!

Yes, bad news...October's Bunny Hut Burlesque has been cancelled. And according to a MySpace bulletin Bunny Pistol posted, there won't be one until December. And no Eddie Dane as host...

On the other hand, Eddie's partner in crime, Kingfish, will be hosting Knocktoberfest across the bay at the Uptown Nightclub In Oakland! Join Dangerous Curves (including my buddy, sASSy Hotbuns!) as they put on a burlesque show backed by a live '80s band, Fast Times. Proceeds will go to the Susan G. Komen For The Cure fund to fight breast cancer. A worthy cause! And fun!

** Knocktoberfest **

Come join us at The Uptown on October 11th for an evening of hot burlesque acts and cool 80's music to fight breast cancer!

• Fabulous emcee, Kingfish
• Live 80’s music by Fast Times
• Live burlesque performances by Dangerous Curves, Rubenesque Burlesque, Chi Chis Del Fuego, Miss Balla Fire, Holly High Beams, Beauty LaBomb, & more!
• Meet the Silicon Valley Roller Girls
• Charity karaoke with Fast Times -- sing on stage!
• Kissing booth, exams for your mams, and other fun stuff!
• Proceeds benefit Susan G. Komen For The Cure

If you've never seen live burlesque, it's hot stuff. If you've never seen live burlesque performed with a live backing band... that's because it's rarely done! The burlesque dancers are preparing special routines to 80s songs that FT will play live -- and FT will be debuting some new material just for the event. It promises to be a scandalous night for anyone 21 and over.

And yes -- for any of you who have ever wanted to SING with Fast Times, Elektro and Chynna will be relinquishing the microphone to the highest bidders on a handful of songs.

This may never happen again!

The venue for this special event is The Uptown - 1928 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland.

The Uptown serves fantastic drinks, is literally a block from BART, and was just voted the Best of the Bay '08 for both Best Rock Club and Best Burlesque Show -- so you're getting both in one night!

Doors open at 9pm, and we're asking for a $10 minimum donation.

We're very proud to be organizing this event.

Please, come out to support a good cause and see Fast Times like you've never seen it before!

Download the flyer and help us spread the word:
http://fasttimes80s.com/knocktoberfest/knocktoberfest.pdf

or

http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb308/sfpartymaster/2008%20SF%20Burlesque/Postcards/knocktoberfest.gif




See you there!

http://www.fasttimes80s.com

http://www.dangerouscurvesgirls.com

http://www.uptownnightclub.com

Okay. Say you're absolutely against going across a bridge. All is not lost! Tease-O-Rama MC Kitten on the Keys is appearing with local ecdysiast Mariel A la Mode at Teatro ZinZanni's Cabaret Lunatique! Saturday, October 11 only!

From what I gather, Cabaret Lunatique is on the Embarcadero (at Battery) in the Teatro Zinzanni tent at Pier 29. El Vez hosts, and there are various cabaret acts. The show starts at 11pm and runs about three hours. Best of all, it's "only" $20. Considering that the usual Teatro Zinzanni show is about $100, I may go just to see what's in the tent. Hehe.

There are also shows featuring different performers on October 25 and November 8. For more information, and to purchase tickets, please visit http://love.zinzanni.org/cabaret.htm.

Red Hots Burlesque for Friday, October 10, 2008

Red Hots Burlesque keeps rolling along with probably the best happy hour around! This week, Claire De Lune from New Orleans and New York City headlines a fine show!

Red Hots Burlesque! presents *A Real Pinsetter!*
We're still bringing it to you in what's now coined "The Hottest Happy Hour in the Bay" and this week we have performances from the modern millennium It Girl Claire De Lune and performing since her first breath, Alotta Boutte. This week's show also features two of your favorites: Miss Honey Penny and Lily Le Rouge! Be amazed by her and the rest of the RHB cast as they twitch it and twatch it and you get to sit back and watch it! Oh yeah...Dottie will be there too!

The Show also includes a filthy and freaky film reel from the insane mind of Val Killmore, Grab a drink, some *free* Oysters and BBQ at El Rio's famous happy hour (Recently voted "THE BEST OF THE BAY" by the Guardian) and watch the best in bump and grind!

This Friday, Oct 10th at El Rio in the Mission.
3158 Mission Street
The Show starts at 7:30pm! So don't be late!
Win the Raffle to donate to your favorite Charity or Non-profit!
$5-10

http://www.myspace.com/redhotsburlesque
http://www.elriosf.com

Be sure to drop by if you're in the area!

SF Bay Area burlesque for the week of October 6, 2008

Well, I'm a bit late with this week's preview. D'oh! Already missed Uptown Hubba Hubba on Monday. But I'm sure the best is yet to come!

• Thursday, October 9: Little Minsky's at Club Deluxe in San Francisco. No lineup yet, but Douglas Good and the Flying Fox usually put together a fine show of top notch performers. Doors at 9pm, show at 10. $5, 21+ w/ID.
• Friday, October 10: Red Hots Burlesque at El Rio in SF. This week, see Claire de Lune, Alotta Boutte, Lili Le Rouge, Miss Honey Penny, and Dottie Lux! Show at 7:30pm. $5-10 sliding scale, 21+ w/ID.
• Saturday, October 11: Cancelled! Bunny Hut Burlesque at Bender's Bar in SF. Join host Eddie Dane of Hubba Hubba Revue and featured performers Ariana La Fey, Tricksie Treat, Josie Starre, Balla Fire, Madam Chartreuse, and Bunny Pistol! Doors 9pm, show 10ish. $10, 21+ w/ID.
• Also Saturday: Knocktoberfest at the Uptown Nightclub in Oakland. Join host Kingfish of Hubba Hubba Revue, the band Fast Times, and Dangerous Curves as they welcome various performers in a benefit for the Susan G. Komen For The Cure breast cancer prevention fund. Doors at 9pm, show at 10:30. $10 minimum donation requested, 21+ w/ID.
• Sunday, October 12: Pip Squeak A Go Go at 330 Ritch in SF. The Devil-Ettes are hosting another Pip Squeak A Go Go, the Bay Area's best dance party for kids!! 1pm to 4:30. $10, kids 1 and under are free.
  

That Pip Squeak A Go Go sounds like fun! If you have young ones who need some exercise, why not check it out? And the Knocktoberfest fundraiser seems like a worthy cause. Lots of shows this weekend to check out!

From the archives of Google and Archive.org

I used that Google 10th Anniversary link on their homepage to see what was on the web a decade ago about burlesque in SF. I found one interesting article on cabaret in SF from 1998. Includes a mention of Paul Nathan as a drunken magician!

http://web.archive.org/web/20010719161604/www.metroactive.com/papers/sfmetro/06.15.98/cabaret-9822.html

I suppose back then there weren't many burlesque shows in the City, and probably fewer that posted online! People were still using Netscape Navigator on their 333 MHz PCs. Hehe.

It's interesting to witness how burlesque has reemerged in the past decade, and how it continues to grow and evolve.

Last minute This 'n That

• Kellita's Fall Session II of her Hot Pink Feathers Showgirl Academy starts this evening. See http://www.hotpinkfeathers.com/classes.html for details!
• Bombshell Betty has a Cardio Can-Can class starting tomorrow. And there are other classes starting over the next month, too. See http://www.bombshellbetty.net/burlesquercise.html for more info.
  
• Last day to pick up a copy of the SF Weekly with the story, "The rise and fall of the Monster." The cover illustration was created by our very own Jessica "Tink" Whiteside! Yay!
• There will be a Bunny Hut Burlesque show on Saturday at Bender's Bar. I've just got to get the deets on the calendar.
• And there will be a Little Minsky's show on Thursday at Club Deluxe. Remember to eat before the show, as everything is closed around there after 9:00, it seems. I had to buy a muffin from the corner store last time!
  

Uptown Hubba Hubba for Monday, October 6, 2008

If somehow you missed out on all the Tease-O-Rama fun this weekend, and you need your burlesque fix, the boys and girls from the Hubba Hubba Revue will cure what ails ya. And they're bringing a couple of performers from TOR with them!

Howdy Friends!

MONDAY, Oct. 6th, if you're still in town from TEASE-O-RAMA and lookin' for more BURLESQUE BEAUTIES, come on down to Oakland's swanky UPTOWN CLUB for our weekly dose of THE HUBBA HUBBA REVUE!

For a mere FIVE BUCKS you get...

CITTY RICH! (and it's her birthday, too!)
Bunny Pistol!
Delilah!
Ariyana La Fey!
Virginia Slim!
Honey LeBang!
Sid Scenic!
Roxie! (from Dangerous Curves!)
Sassy Hotbuns!
musical mayhem from Riff Ditties!
and featuring Savage Man-Beast, Zip the What-Is-It?

and of course everyone's favorite drunks/MC's, Kingfish & Eddie!

Doors 9PM, Show 10PM(ish)
$5, 21 & Up w/ID

THE UPTOWN CLUB
1928 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland
(1 block from 19th Street BART!)

HELP SPREAD THE WORD, Y'ALL!

http://www.hubbahubbarevue.com
http://www.myspace.com/hubbahubbarevue
http://www.uptownnightclub.com

Tease-O-Rama 2008 in review

Here's what stands out in my memory of four days of Tease-O-Rama burlesque in San Francisco, in no particular order.

• Jo "Boobs" Weldon dancing to Blue Oyster Cult's "Godzilla"... While wearing a Godzilla costume! Nothing like a stripteasing monster reptile to tickle the funny bone!
• Legendary burlesquer Satan's Angel telling the audience that the club's management told her she couldn't perform with her fiery tassles. Then saying she told them she was going out into the street after the show and lighting them up...and then doing it!
• Catherine D'Lish sensuously dancing with feather fans, then sliding into a giant champagne glass and spinning around. That was the first time I've seen her live, and it was a treat!
• Legend Holiday O'Hara coming out complete with assistant and a walker in her final stage appearance. Then absolutely killing and getting one of the largest standing ovations of the night.
• Michelle L'amour. Oh my, she was so glamorous and sexy. And I think she winked at me! ;-)
• The gold splendor that was Kalani Kokonuts's costume. Gold, gold, and more flowing gold. An incredible visual spectacle.
• Kitten De Ville coming out near the four hour mark and shaking her hips like there was no tomorrow. She definitely brought some energy to the room!
• Miss Polly Wood. She performed a light-hearted tribute to Alfred Hitchcock's "Vertigo" in the City by the Bay complete with dizzying spins. Incredibly cute and fun. Now I know why it's said that everyone wants to be in Polly Wood! ;-)
• Miss Indigo Blue encouraging the audiences applause and by moving so gracefully. Fantastic costuming, too. She absolutely transforms herself. I didn't recognize her at the Thursday Meet and Mingle Party.
• Kitten on the Keys making it as host through 10 hours of burlesque with never-ending humor, grit, musicality, and grace. She made it look easy!
• Kellita of the Hot Pink Feathers, Miss Indigo Blue, and Miss Delirium Tremens dancing below a screen showing images of Dean Martin at the Tease-O-Rama Movie Nite, presented by Thrillville at the Cerrito Speakeasy Theater.
• Speaking of the Hot Pink Feathers, their performance with their All-Star band. I've heard numerous people say that they loved the Feathers. And I heard more than one person say that Kellita's solo performance was muy caliente! I agree!
  

And these were only the on-stage highlights! Heh. It was a very memorable first Tease-O-Rama for me. I particularly enjoyed seeing performers from elsewhere whom I've only read about. It was a real treat.

And I'm truly impressed by what Baby Doe and Alan Parowski were able to accomplish. It was a huge show, and it seems that they had only volunteers to help. Incredible.

If you're curious about what went on, you can watch a recording of one of the shows at http://www.teaseorama.com/webcast.html. Just fiddle with the buttons until you get the recorded show, which seems like Friday's.

I'm looking forward to next year!

Tease-O-Rama Update

The Saturday evening show at Tease-O-Rama has sold out. But there are a few tickets that are supposed to be available for purchase at the door. VIP tickets are also sold out.

There are still some tickets left for tonight's show at Bimbo's. You may buy online thru http://www.teaseorama.com/tickets.html. If they sell out, which I expect, I imagine there will also be a handful of tickets available also, at the door.

Here's a quick guide to TOR, courtesy of the wonderful and fabulous Baby Doe:

Quick Guide to TEASE-O-RAMA 2008!

** Friday October 3rd @ Bimbo's,.FEATURING ZUMANITY, only a handful of tickets available!

** Saturday Oct 4th @ Bimbo's 365 Club, SOLD OUT, handful of tix sold night of event

** Saturday October 4th @ Ft. Mason Burlycon Hosted Daytime Activities!
Individual classes: $10 (performers/VIP $7)
Daypass: $35 general (performers/VIP $22)

9:30 - 10:20 AM: Pinup Photography: Shimmy Magazine's Dale Rio Room D100
9:30 - 10:20 AM The Art of Glove and Stocking Removal: Jo Boobs Room D100
10:30 - 11:20 AM Burlesque Makeup: Cardinal Cyn Room D100 A
10:30 - 11:20 AM Tassel Twirling: Miss Indigo Blue Room D100
11:45 AM - 12:20 PM Queer Burlesque: Kentucky Fried Woman Room D100
11:45 AM - 12:20 PM Parasols and Boas: Lola the Vamp Room D100
11:45 AM - 12:35 PM Pure Hips: Michelle L'AmourRoom C260
12:45 - 1:35 PM Burlesque Corsetry: Dark Garden Corsetry Room D100 A
12:45 - 1:35 PM Burlesque Boyfriends/Girlfriends Panel: Franky Vivid Room D100
12:45 - 1:35 PM Fan Dancing with Anything: Dirty Martini Room C260
1:45 - 2:35 PM The Big Reveal with Catherine D'Lish Room C260 $25 advance/$30 door
2:45 - 3:35 PM Satan's Angel Tells it Like it Was Room C260 $25 advance/$30 door

** Saturday night AFTER PARTY!! **
After The Tease at Climate Theater
285 9th Street at Folsom
$10 donation requested by venue/Performers with wristband are free
1am - ??
http://www.teazeparty.com

Please note this event is thrown together by fans of Tease-O-Rama. I have been
to past afterparties and they are LOTS of fun! They even have a rooftop bar!

** Sunday, October 5th @ The Cerrito Speakeasy Theater
Tease-O-Rama Movie Night!
10070 San Pablo Ave., El Cerrito, CA
Show 5PM (21+), $10

http://www.teaseorama.com

Tease-O-Rama and SF Bay burlesque shows this weekend of October 3, 2008

Lots of stuff going on this weekend. Lovefest. Hardly Strictly Bluegrass. Tease-O-Rama. But there are still burlesque shows going on around the Bay, too!

Red Hots Burlesque! presents *Out of towners and home town hotties!*
We're still bringing it to you in what's now coined "The Hottest Happy Hour in the Bay" and this week we have performances from New Orleans's own Goth Monroe...Spooky LeStrange and LA's purveyor of pulchritude Lili Von Schtupp. This week's show also features two of your favorites: Lady Satan and Pin Key Lee! Be amazed by her and the rest of the RHB cast as they twitch it and twatch it and you get to sit back and watch it! Dottie Lux hosts this week so come and participate in the sexy balloon popping! Oh and this week we also have a very special musical act by Konane.

The Show also includes a filthy and freaky film reel from the insane mind of Val Killmore, Grab a drink, some *free* Oysters and BBQ at El Rio's famous happy hour (Recently voted "THE BEST OF THE BAY" by the Guardian) and watch the best in bump and grind!

This Friday, Oct 3rd at El Rio in the Mission.
3158 Mission Street
The Show starts at 7:30pm! So don't be late!
Win the Raffle to donate to your favorite Charity or Non-profit!
$5-10

and,

The First Friday Follies

Our Mistress of Ceremonies Madam Chartreuse! New Orleans Madam brings the parlour of her bordello to you. Twist of Hoodoo, southern hospitality, watch your wallets, hang onto your souls.

Eeyore the Clown- Human Blockhead! Juggler! Hot coal walker-onner! Yowch!!!

Rubenesque Burlesque- They are Juicy, Luscious, Angelic, Sweet n Delicious, and whatever they want to be. Come see them shake, shimmy, wiggle and jiggle their sexy way into your hearts!!

Mugg Muggles- Mugg is a specialist when it comes to obscure, bizarre novelty material and has a vast repertoire of Vintage Jazz, Blues, Hillbilly, Rhythm and Blues and Classic 50s Rock and Roll. Rad!

Ariyana La Fey- Dancer, actress, aspiring aerialist, costumer, and much more... in short, a performer and artist of many stripes. .. not to be missed!

Ophelia Coeur De Noir- They say "big things come in small packages"...They were referring to Ophelia! Beauty! Talent! Booty- Shakin' Mama! 5 Feet of Dynamite!

Tin Cup Serenade- A fresh voice that draws deeply on early musical sources as Count Basie, W.C. Handy, West Coast Cool Jazz, Dixieland, and Bob Wills, but with a sound that is very much in the here an now...

Belles du Jour! Belles du Jour Burlesque pride themselves on bringing a unique experience to their audience at every performance! They have a variety of acts that are sure to tease, tantalize and perhaps leave you a bit shocked. So if you see Belles du Jour on the menu, you know you are in for a saucy treat!

Come support Burlesque in Oakland!

The Stork Club 2330 Telegraph Ave Oakland Doors 8pm Show 9pm No Cover!

Free! 21+ w/ID

http://www.myspace.com/firstfridayfollies |
http://www.storkcluboakland.com

and,

BURLESQUE N' BRASS

CAFE VAN KLEEF
1621 Telegraph in Oakland

Saturday 10/4
Doors at 8:30pm, show at 9:30 sharp
$10, 21+

Hot Pink Feathers and Blue Bone Express
A cadre of HPF Parade Corps starlets cover our monthly gig at Cafe Van Kleef with Blue Bone Express!

http://www.hotpinkfeathers.com |
http://www.cafevankleef.com

So if you can't make it to TOR, there are some great shows to see!

Tease-O-Rama 2008! Meet and Mingle with the “Best of the Best in New Burlesque!”

Whew! Doing this online promotion volunteer work for Tease-O-Rama is quite time-intensive! I've been editing and fiddling with the wording of different posts that have gone on different mailing lists and event listing boards. Here is one of the fruits of my labor that deals with the next Bay Area burlesque show on Thursday evening.

Tease-O-Rama 2008! Meet and Mingle with the “Best of the Best in New Burlesque!”

Tease-O-Rama 2008--four delirious days and nights in sultry San Francisco! The Brightest Stars in the Glittering Galaxy of burlesque return for "The Best of The Best in New Burlesque!" Jaw-dropping entertainment by night, "How to" classes by day! See the show this year--BE the show next year! October 2nd – 5th, 2008.

WHAT A SHOW! Tease-O-Rama is the first convention dedicated to the thriving neo-burlesque revival. The medium of burlesque viewed through a twenty-first century lens offers endless opportunities for performance - from classic glamour to wry satirical commentary to carnivalesque freak-show skills, Tease-O-Rama has it all! SEE performances from over 200+ contemporary pinup queens, TAKE classes in everything from tassel-twirling to pin-up photography, MEET the Legends of days gone by and so much more!

Thursday night, mix with the performers at the Tease-O-Rama Meet and Mingle Dance Party at the Rickshaw Stop! Hosted by SF's own Kingfish & Eddie of the award-winning Hubba Hubba Revue, the evening will include dancing to the sounds of Bardot A Go Go DJs!

This evening's performers:

Trixy Vixen - UK
Lady Monster - SF
Ruby Fuerza - SF
Peekaboo Burlesque - SF
The Sugarplum Elves - SF
Bunny Pistol - SF
The Honey Buns - Chicago
Ruby White - SF
Belles Du Jour – SF
Ms Violetta Beretta - Hawaii
Bombshell Betty Burlesqueteers – SF
HoopGirl – SF
Kiki Bomb – SF

The Rickshaw Stop
Meet and Mingle Dance Party - Rub Elbows with the stars of Tease-O-Rama!
155 Fell Street, San Francisco CA
Doors 9pm (21+)
$8

And, don't forget the main events: two nights of amazing, all-star shows at Bimbo's 365 Club on Friday, Oct. 3 and Saturday, Oct. 4. Plus, there's the Tease-O-Rama Movie Nite at the Cerrito Speakeasy Theaters on Sunday, Oct. 5! Please see www.teaseorama.com for more information or to purchase tickets online. But hurry! These shows are sure to sellout!