Friday, August 6, San Francisco Bay Area burlesque shows

This Friday, there's quite a few burlesque shows in the greater San Francisco Bay Area from which to choose. There will be shows in San Francisco, Oakland, and Sebastopol!

In San Francisco, the evening will start off with Red Hots Burlesque at El Rio. Cherry Poppins will be making her RHB debut!

Red Hots Burlesque continues to ensure quality entertainment at El Rio every week as promised.We are very lucky to have a Red Hots debut from Cherry Poppins this week and just like every week, SF's **ONLY** weekly burlesque show provides bumps, grinds, and giggles galore.

Performances from Dottie Lux, Ruby Vixen, Cherry Poppins, Ophelia Coure Noir, & Delilah. In addition to this eyepopping line-up we also half a sister on loan from the Scenic Sisters. SID SCENIC joins our cast once again, welcome her back in STYLE!

The Show also includes a screening of filthy and freaky film footage and tortuous tunage from Alex BIG Cox. Grab a drink, some *free* Oysters and BBQ at El Rio's famous happy hour ( voted "THE BEST OF THE BAY" by the SF Weekly) and watch us twitch and twatch!

This Friday , July 30th at El Rio
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 to the sexy door maiden
21+ w/ID

About our debut performers:
Cherry Poppins is a radical queer femme artist, performer, writer, and organizer. She just moved to the Bay Area from Austin, TX, where she spent 7 years producing a drag/queer burlesque troupe, co-founding a radical queerleading squad, launching the Austin chapter of the Femme Mafia, building community, making zines, and organizing events (she's keeping herself busy here in the Bay, as well). She's committed to anti-racism, social justice, and building consent-based cultures. She crafts like it's going out of style, journals obsessively, and leaves a trail of glitter in her wake.


http://www.redhotsburlesque.com

http://www.elriosf.com

After Red Hots, the Hubba Hubba Revue will be staging their "Fairytales!" show over at the DNA Lounge. This is their "Big Show" that usually happens on the third Friday of the month, but it's this Friday due to club's scheduling scheduling processes. Or something like that. Heh.

This show will feature Marianne Cheesecake from London, and Fever Blister and Josie Bunnie from Los Angeles. Plus, see Bombshell Betty as Little Red Riding Hood! (See the flier below!)

It's Once Upon A Time For... Hubba Hubba Revue: FAIRYTALES!

*Special Magical Date!* Friday August *6TH* 9PM

BURLESQUE! COMEDY! PRINCESSES GONE WILD!
...
Once upon a time, Funny Uncle Kingfish, and Eddie the Handsome Ogre, drank a few too many "magic potions" and decided to put on a BURLESQUE SHOW!

So they invited all the prettiest princesses and sexiest storybook characters in the land to come shake their goodie-baskets at the Magical Kingdom called DNA Lounge!

And They Lived Happily Ever After With...

Marianne Cheesecake! (London, U.K.)
Fever Blister! (Los Angeles)
Josie Bunnie! (Los Angeles)
F'risqué!
Honey Lawless!
Gigi d'Flower!
Calamity Lulu!
Casey Castille!
Sparkly Devil!
Lady Satan!
Ruby White!
Bombshell Betty!
Kiss Me Kate!
Ariyana La Fey!
The Reverend Mother!
Bunny Pistol!
Little Miss Never!
Miss Balla Fire!
Gorilla X!

...and the Hubba Hubba Storytime Go-Go's!

plus! A Brassload of Pixieland Jazz with

FROMAGIQUE!
http://www.myspace.com/fromagique
featuring special guests
Bombshell Betty & Her Burlesqueteers!
http://www.bombshellbetty.net/

WICKED STEPSISTER DISCOUNT: from 9:00PM-9:30PM, tickets at the box office are just $10!

HELP SPREAD THE WORD, BOYS & GIRLS!

Hubba Hubba Revue: FAIRYTALES!
*SPECIAL DATE!*
Friday, August 6th, 9PM
DNA Lounge, 375 Eleventh Street, SF
$15, 21 & Up w/valid ID
($12 advance tickets at www.dnalounge.com )

See more at:

http://www.hubbahubbarevue.com

http://www.dnalounge.com

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Over across the Bay in Oakland, First Friday Follies will be happening at the Stork Club at the same time as the Hubba Hubba Revue show. It'll be a Prince tribute night, and dancers will perform to the music of Prince and there will be Prince trivia contests.

Holy purple hell! It's Little Eyeful's birthday AND Margaret France's last show! What better way to get it on than with motherfucking PRINCE!!!!

Wear your purple! Prince trivia contest!

Performances by:
Isis Starr
Francine Dead
Chi Chis del Fuego
Cupcake & Little Eyeful
Monifa
Cherry Galette
The Empress
Jinx the Minx
Amateur Hour
Frida B of Rubenesque Burlesque

Special Musical Guest: Netta Brielle (http://www.myspace.com/nettabmusic)

Guest Pick-Up Artist: Bitter Waitress

Emcee: Margaret France (her final show)


August 6, 2010
9pm
The Stork Club
2330 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland
Free
21+ w/ID


http://www.myspace.com/firstfridayfollies

http://www.storkcluboakland.com

And, last but not least, it'll be Risk-A Cabaret at Aubergine After Dark in Sebastopol starting at 9:30 p.m. Mae Western will be the burlesque performer, along with Jellyfish Kiss. There will also be music, comedy, and bellydancing!

Boy howdy cool cats and frisky kittens...are you ready for this months Risk-A Cabaret?!? Friday, August 6 is the AMERICANA show, where we celebrate the fantasticality that makes us freakishly different than any other country!

Featuring...

hometown git-down soulful songster wonderfullness with
...THE CRUX!
"The Crux belong in barns, clanging away with armloads of rusted chains, wailing through cheap electric bullhorns, hoisting ancient portable cassette players in the air and pressing play, pressing the buttons half-sewn onto last century's dresses and defrocking the eternal mystery of theater."- North Bay Bohemian
Read more: http://www.myspace.com/thecruxandfriends#ixzz0us3XWmIK

American Tribal Bellydance with
WILD CARD BELLYDANCE!!
WildCard BellyDance is a professional troupe of Tribal Style belly dancers based in Sonoma County California. They are a diverse group of women who have come together for the love of the dance. While inspired by and firmly rooted in ATS, WildCard BellyDance has developed their own unique stylizations and combinations, including a new scimitar improvisational format. WildCard BellyDance teaches weekly classes, presents workshops, are sought-after performers and love traveling to festivals. www.wildcardbellydance.com

Burlesque's wild rose
MISS MAE WESTERN!!!
I was born in the jungle, originally given the name Jesse Rose aka The Jesse Rose of Texas. Maybe even then they knew I'd be too much for just one name. After learning my way around the wilderness as a child I then learned my way around the savages as a young lady. Now instead of trying to tame I practice the art of tease. I've been dancing since I knew I had hips and flirting since I knew it was fun. Why don't you come up, see me some time!?
Read more: http://www.myspace.com/jrproberts#ixzz0us6u4IAh

Funny Ha Ha with
THE WORLDS BIGGEST COMEDY DUO!!!!
A motley crew of self-trained professionals, The World's Biggest Comedy Duo has been performing hardcore live improv comedy on stages around the North Bay since July 2007. The show consists of improv games in the style of "Whose Line...?" with added swearing and occasional dead baby references.

Random American World Dance with
JOWEH!!!!
Joweh Nouveau bellydance divas from Sonoma County! These highly skilled performers are trained in various dance styles and tomfoolery and have been causing quite a stir in the belly dance community with their RAW (Random American World) dance. Is it bellydance? Is it Modern dance? Hip Hop? Vaudeville? The blending of who-knows-what with impecable talent and technique create performances not easily forgotten.

award winning burlesque troupe
JELLYFISH KISS!!!!
Jellyfish Kiss Burlesque is all about engaging you, the audience, into having a mystical, fun, uplifting time at our shows! We bring the spooky to the party, as well as the magic to the stage. And the glitter.:::::::::::::: We mix classic burlesque aesthetic with a vaudevillian kick in the pants sentiment. We combine clowning, bellydance, jazz-modern-hip hop dance with storytelling and audience appreciation.::::::::::::::::
Read more: http://www.myspace.com/jellyfishkissburlesque#ixzz0us8YGwH9

Your rodeo clown MC SACHA (of Brothers Horse fame)

with lots of special guests and surprises!


Friday, August 6
9:30pm
$10, or grab a flier and get in fer $5!
(flier at http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=1496505&op=1&o=global&view=global&subj=92255457658&id=1303596500 or you can print it from this page)

Aubergine After Dark
755 Petaluma Avenue
Sebastopol, CA

for more info, email
grindermonkey@gmail.com


http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=92255457658

http://www.aubergineafterdarkandcafe.com

San Francisco area burlesque for August 4 to August 10, 2010

This coming week in San Francisco Bay Area burlesque will witness quite a few visiting performers!

Josie Bunnie and Fever Blister from Los Angeles will be performing at the two Hubba Hubba Revue shows this week: Fairytales! at the DNA Lounge on Friday, and the weekly show at the Uptown on Monday. Note that the "Big Show" will be this Friday rather than the usual third Friday of the month. Additionally, Fever Blister will also be performing at the last Barbary Coast Burlesque monthly show ever on Wednesday at the Hemlock Tavern.

Marianne Cheesecake of London will be performing at two show this week: the Hubba Hubba Revue: Fairytales! show, and Burlesque n' Brass at Cafe Van Kleef on Saturday.

Sailor St. Claire of Seattle will be performing at Monday's Hubba Hubba Revue show at the Uptown.

Plus, San Francisco will welcome new resident Cherry Poppins at Red Hots Burlesque on Friday evening at El Rio. Until recently, Miss Poppins was living and performing in Austin, Texas.

The San Francisco Bay Area welcomes all of these wonderful performers from other areas of the planet. It's always a treat to see what how burlesque is interpreted by artists from other cities, as each region has it's own "flavor" of burlesque. Enjoy! :-)

• Wednesday, August 4: Barbary Coast Burlesque Says Goodbye! at the Hemlock Tavern in San Francisco, 1131 Polk Street. See the final monthly Barbary Coast Burlesque show! With performances by Alotta Boutte, Mae Western, Josie Starre, Fever Blister, Delilah, and Bunny Pistol herself. Hosted by Dottie Lux! 9pm to 11pm. $6, 21+ w/ID.
  


• Thursday, August 5: Dr. Sketchy's SF presents Eva von Slut at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco, 701 Mission Street. Eva von Slut--burlesque personality, pin-up model, and vocalist with the White Barons and Thee Merry Widows, will model in various poses for all artists, current and aspiring. Bring your drawing tools, and sketch pads! 6pm to 8pm. Free, all ages.


• Friday, August 6: Red Hots Burlesque at El Rio in San Francisco, 3158 Mission Street. Sid Scenic of the famous Scenic Sisters joins a cast of performers including Dottie Lux, Ruby Vixen, Ophelia Coeur de Noir, Delilah and Cherry Poppins, a new arrival from Austin, Texas! Show at 7:30pm. $5-10, sliding scale. 21+ w/ID.


• Also Friday: Hubba Hubba Revue: Fairytales! at the DNA Lounge in San Francisco, 375 Eleventh Street. Once upon a time, Funny Uncle Kingfish, and Eddie the Handsome Ogre, drank a few too many "magic potions" and decided to put on a BURLESQUE SHOW! So they invited all the prettiest princesses and sexiest storybook characters in the land to come shake their goodie-baskets at the Magical Kingdom called DNA Lounge! Starring Marianne Cheesecake (London, U.K.), Fever Blister (Los Angeles), Josie Bunnie! (Los Angeles), F'risqué, Honey Lawless, Gigi d'Flower, Calamity Lulu, Casey Castille, Sparkly Devil, Lady Satan, Ruby White, Bombshell Betty, Kiss Me Kate, Ariyana La Fey, The Reverend Mother, Bunny Pistol, Little Miss Never, Miss Balla Fire, Gorilla X, and the Hubba Hubba Storytime Go-Go's! Live jazz performed by Fromagique and Bombshell Betty and her Burlesqueteers! Doors at 9pm, show at 10. $15 general, $12 in advance at dnalounge.com, $10 from 9:00pm to 9:30 at the box office. 21+ w/ID.


• Also Friday: First Friday Follies at the Stork Club in Oakland, 2330 Telegraph Avenue. It's Little Eyeful's birthday, Margaret France's last show as emcee, and a Prince tribute show! Wear purple and participate in the Prince trivia contest! Featuring Isis Starr, Francine Dead, Chi Chis del Fuego, Cupcake & Little Eyeful, Monifa, Cherry Galette, The Empress, Jinx the Minx, Amateur Hour, Frida B of Rubenesque Burlesque, special musical guest Netta Brielle, and guest pick-up artist Bitter Waitress! Show at 9pm. Free, but donations warmly encouraged. 21+ w/ID.


• Also Friday: Risk-A Cabaret at Aubergine After Dark in Sebastopol, 755 Petaluma Avenue. It's the AMERICANA show, where Risk-A Cabaret celebrates the fantasticality that makes us freakishly different than any other country! With Wild Card Bellydance, Miss Mae Western, The World's Biggest Comedy Duo, Joweh, Jellyfish Kiss, and The Crux. Plus MC Sacha of Brothers Horse! 9:30pm. $10, or $5 with flier.
  

• Saturday, August 7: Burlesque n' Brass at Cafe Van Kleef in Oakland, 1621 Telegraph Avenue. Join the Hot Pink Feathers and their musical cohorts Blue Bone Express for sets and sets of not only live, but exceedingly lively music and dance! Plus, all the way from London, special guest Marianne Cheesecake! Doors at 8:30pm, show at 9:30. $10, 21+ w/ID.


• Monday, August 9: Uptown Hubba Hubba at the Uptown in Oakland, 1928 Telegraph Avenue. The weekly Hubba Hubba Revue show at the Uptown welcomes Fever Blister and Josie Bunnie from Los Angeles and Sailor St. Claire from Seattle! With local favorites A.J. Molecular, Ava Lanche, Jodi Waseca, Chi Chis del Fuego, and Rosalynn La Roux! Doors at 9pm, show at 10:15. $5, 21+ w/ID.


• Tuesday, August 10: Séduction Féroce at Para Diso Lounge in Oakland, 2272 Telegraph Avenue. Burlesque, comedy, live music & more! Join comedic genius and MC Mary Van Note and stage kitten extrordinaire Midnight Magenta Muse for this new monthly show. With performances by Bang Bang Bonnie, Bubble Yum, Ophelia Coeur de Noir, Gibson Pearl, Hotcakes, Ruby Vixen, Sheba Queen of the Night, Alexis Von Fierce, Billie Boudoir, Moan Cheri, Eve Devlin, and of course the fabulous piano bar rag time rousers John Brothers Piano Company! 8pm. $5.
  

As always, for more information, please check the calendar above. Also, you may want to check back during the week to see if there are any late additions to the schedule. And if you have a burlesque show or information about a show that you would like to add to the calendar, please email me at sfbr AT gmx DOT com.