For 2012 Burlesque festivals, please visit http://www.ririsyncyr.com/burlesque-festivals-2012-spreadsheet.html
Since many people I know in the San Francisco Bay Area love to travel, I thought I'd put together a calendar of the various burlesque festivals around the world.
There aren't many calendars accessible to the public, the notable exception being Brooklyn Ed Barnas' Burlesque Festival Calendar. It seems that I'm sort of Ed's San Francisco counterpart. I've just added some international festival information.Ri Ri SynCyr has also put together a Burlesque Festivals 2012 spreadsheet.
I've included most of the multi-day festivals of which I've heard. Most of them have performers not only from their local areas, but visiting performers from across the country and around the world. Also included are events such as Viva Las Vegas, which features burlesque prominently. BurlyCon in Seattle is not performance-based, but is a weekend of classes, workshops, panels, and social events meant for performers, fans, aficionados, academics, and others in the burlesque community.
I'll probably update the calendar once a month or when I read or hear any festival news. If you have any information about a festival you would like to see added to the calendar, or any corrections or suggestions, please contact me at sfbr AT gmx DOT com.
NOTE: I've included some of the festivals that haven't announced their 2011 dates yet. For these, I've left their 2010 information on the calendar so that you have a general idea of when they'll occur, if they occur.
Burlesque Festival Calendar 2010-2012 (arranged chronologically)
Updated April 14, 2011
2010
Paris Burlesque Festival
http://www.parisburlesquefestival.fr/
October 6-10, 2010
Paris, France
Amsterdam Burlesque Festival
http://www.amsterdamburlesquefest.com/
November 18-20, 2010
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Rome Burlesque Festival
http://www.miccaclub.com/
November 18-21, 2010
Rome, Italy
2011
Dallas Burlesque Festival
http://www.dallasburlesquefest.com
http://www.myspace.com/dallasburlesquefestival
January 21-22, 2011
Dallas, Texas, USA
Midwest Burlesk Festival
http://www.lilisburlesque.com
http://bestofmidwestburlesk.blogspot.com/
January 27-30, 2011
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Helsinki Burlesque Festival
http://www.helsinkiburlesque.com/
February 2-7, 2011 (Main event February 5)
Helsinki, Finland
Key West Burlesque Festival Extravaganza
http://www.keywestburlesque.com/
February 3-6, 2011
Key West, Florida, USA
Southwest Burlesque Showcase
http://www.myspace.com/nmburlesqueshowcase
February 11-12, 2011
Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
Southern Fried Burlesque Fest
http://southernfriedburlesquefest.com
March 10-13, 2011
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Moisture Festival - Libertease Burlesque
http://www.moisturefestival.org/
March 17 - April 10, 2011 (Libertease runs March 25 - April 2, see website for exact days and times.)
Seattle, Washington, USA
Windy City Burlesque Fest
http://windycityburlesquefest.com/
March 18-19, 2011
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Orange Blossom Burlesque Festival
http://www.orangeblossomburlesque.com
http://www.myspace.com/orangeblossomburlesque
March 24-27, 2011
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA
Jim Thorpe Burlesque Festival
http://www.jimthorpeburlesque.com
April 1-2, 2011
Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania, USA
Kansas City Burlesque Festival
http://www.kcburlesque.com/
April 14-16, 2011
Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Texas Burlesque Festival
http://texasburlesquefestival.com/
April 14-16, 2011
Austin, Texas, USA
Viva Las Vegas
April 21-24, 2011
http://www.vivalasvegas.net/
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
The Great Boston Burlesque Exposition and Vintage Fashion Fair
April 22-24, 2011
http://www.burlesque-expo.com/
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
London Burlesque Week
http://londonburlesquefest.com/
April 25-30, 2011
London, England
Vancouver Burlesque Festival
http://www.vanburlesquefest.com/
May 5-8, 2011
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
El Molino Burlesque Barcelona 1st International Festival
http://www.elmolinobcn.com/eng/burlesque/
May 12-14, 2011
Barcelona, Spain
Show-Me Burlesque Festival
http://showmeburlesque.com/
May 12-15, 2011
St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Australian Burlesque Festival
http://australianburlesquefest.com/
http://www.myspace.com/austburlesquefestival
May 27 - June 12, 2011
Sydney: May 27
Canberra: May 28
Tasmania: June 3
Melbourne: June 9-12
Charleston Burlesque Festival
http://charlestonburlesquefestival.weebly.com
May 28, 2011
Charleston, South Carolina, USA
Burlesque Hall of Fame Weekend
http://burlesquehall.com/
http://www.myspace.com/exoticworld
http://www.facebook.com/bhofweekend
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?v=wall&gid=7410940881
June 2-5, 2011
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Americana Burlesque and Sideshow Festival
http://www.sideshowburlesque.org/
June 3-5, 2011
Asheville, North Carolina, USA
Colorado Burlesque Festival
http://www.coloradoburlesquefestival.com
July 7-10, 2011
Denver, Colorado, USA
Toronto Burlesque Festival
http://www.torontoburlesquefestival.com/
http://boylesqueto.com/TorontoBurlesque/
July 22-24, 2011
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
New Orleans Burlesque Festival
http://neworleansburlesquefest.com/
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=59547231632
September 15-17, 2011
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Montreal Burlesque Festival
http://www.montrealburlesquefestival.ca/
September 24-27, 2011
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
New York Burlesque Festival
http://www.thenewyorkburlesquefestival.com/
September 28 to October 2, 2011
New York, New York, USA
Stockholm Burlesque Festival
http://www.stockholmburlesquefestival.com/
October 14-15, 2011
Stockholm, Sweden
BurlyCon
http://www.burlyconseattle.com/
October 20-23, 2011
Seattle, Washington, USA
2012
Southern Fried Burlesque Fest
http://southernfriedburlesquefest.com
March 8-11, 2012
Atlanta, Georgia, US
