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.