Bombshell Betty brings Haute House Burlesque to the Milk Bar this Thursday, June 23

Bombshell Betty will bring her Haute House Burlesque show to Milk Bar in San Francisco this Thursday, June 23. The show will feature Betty and her more advanced Burlesqueteer students!

It should also be noted that if you'd like to join the Burlesqueteers, or would simply like to learn burlesque, Bombshell Betty will be starting a new Burlesque Intensive I class at her studios before the show. The class runs from this Thursday, June 23 to Thursday, September 1. Classes run from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30. Betty will teach you all you need to know to get a solid basis for burlesque! To register for the course or for more information, please visit www.bombshellbetty.net/burlesquercise.html. Also, a Burlesque Intensive II class will start on July 13.

Betty will be conducting a Burlesquecise Summer Camp where you can learn a burlesque-style synchronized swimming workout without a pool. The class includes a crafting day when you can learn to make your own pasties! The Camp starts on July 6 and runs through August 24. To register or obtain more information, please visit www.bombshellbetty.net/burlesquercise.html.

And, now, back to this week's show! It will take place at Milk Bar, which is located at 1840 Haight Street in San Francisco (map). Tickets are $7.00. Doors open at 8:00 p.m., and the show will start at 9:10. Note that unlike her classes which are for those at least 18 years of age, this show is for those 21 and older.

The Return of Haute House Burlesque™!
at Milk on Haight Street:

Thursday, June 23rd, 2011 in SF

Bombshell Betty® And Burlesquercise!™ present:
Haute House Burlesque w/ Bombshell Betty's Burlesqueteers!

It's time for Bombshell Betty® to give you a place to see her more advanced Burlesquercise!™ students. With so many solo debuts every month, it's been tough to get all of the people that want to get into her two other monthly shows a chance to perform, so she has started a 3rd show just for them.

Come see three sets of Burlesque, live music, comedy, dance to the DJ, and take a FREE midnight-mini-lesson with Bombshell Betty®!

Burlesque performances by:
-Bombshell Betty®!
-Candy Pie!
-Cookie Crumbles!
-Cosette L'Amour!
-Dangerous Delilah!
-Kinkie d'Orleans!
-Lucy Fur!
-Pearl E. Gates!
-Red Velvet!
-Summer Fling!

Thursday, June 23
Doors 8:00PM
Show 9:10PM
21+ w/ ID
$7

At Milk Bar in SF
1840 Haight St.
(Across the Street from Amoeba Records)

EVERY Forth Thursday!
Jun. 23rd, 2011
Jul. 28th, 2011
21+ w/ ID
$7


http://www.bombshellbetty.net

http://www.milksf.com

Lucha VaVOOM and "Monster Mashup!!" San Francisco Halloween Burlesque 2010!

Halloween is popular amongst burlesque fans for many reasons, many of which probably have to do with being encouraged to get dressed up in a unique costume. And this year, there are two shows that are happening on Halloween!

Lucha VaVOOM returns to the Fillmore for a Halloween show featuring a tribute to the Cramps with DJ Sergio Iglesias! If you've never been, the show is a mixture of Lucha Libre wrestling with burlesque and comedy from the ringside announcers. This Sunday, the featured announcer will be Blaine Capatch!

Check out this video to see what you can expect at the Fillmore. Just don't watch it at work, for it is NSFW!

Lucha VaVOOM on Tour 2009 YouTube video (NSFW)

Among the scheduled burlesque performers are Lucy Fur, Ursulina, Lux LaCroix, and Moana Santana. With the international, androgynous hula hoop superstar, Karis!

If you go, just be aware that the wrestlers can get carried away, especially when they fly off the balcony! So make sure that you don't get flattened by a Li'l Chupacabra. That could be very embarrassing for you!

Otherwise, it's a fun and very unique event. Wear a costume, have some drinks, watch the wrestlers and burlesque performers, and laugh at Blaine. You'll not see another show quite like it... until Lucha VaVOOM comes back around next time!

The Fillmore is located at 1805 Geary B0ulevard in San Francisco (map). Tickets are $32.50, and may be purchased in advance (plus $12.20 service fees) at livenation.com via luchavavoom.com. The scheduled time is 8 p.m., so get there early so you can get a good place to stand! General admission is standing room only.

Lucha VaVOOM Halloween MASKerade

October 31 – The Fillmore, 1805 Geary Blvd, San Francisco

Lucha VaVOOM presents MASKerade – a giant Halloween blowout & Cramps tribute! Lucha Libre, burlesque, comedy AND costume contest, so come down in your best disguise!

All MINI MONSTER MATCH!!!! The first at the Fillmore! Featuring the debut of THE GREEN FUZZ MINI and the Flying Li’l Chicken’s GHOST

Costume Contest!!!! Come in costume and win prizes!

The Return of incredible Drag wrestler CASSANDRO!

-Strippin; Cramps Tribute: LUCY FUR, URSULINA, LUX LACROIX & MOANA SANTANA

DJ SERGIO IGLESIAS spins The Cramps & The songs the Cramps loved!

the SF Debut of spooky wrestlin’ she-twins THE POUBELLES!!!

-Androgynous International hula hoop superstar KARIS!!!

Host BLAINE CAPATCH! Vintage south of the border screamin’ rock n’ roll!

Lucha VaVOOM HALLOWEEN MASK-ERADE:

Sunday, October 31
8pm
$32.50
Advance tickets available at http://livenation.com

The Fillmore
1805 Geary Boulevard, San Francisco


http://luchavavoom.com

http://www.livenation.com/event/1C004528E2CC65B8?crosssite=TM_US%3A1392893%3A229424

Before the action starts at Lucha VaVOOM, though, the Twilight Vixen Revue and Fou Fou Ha! will be performing at Barbary Coast Amusement's "Monster Mashup!!" at SOMArts in San Francisco, 934 Brannan Street (map).

The champagne and music will start to flow at noon, and tickets to the show are $12 if purchased in advance at www.brownpapertickets.com/event/134492, or $15 at the door.

The Twilight Vixen Revue, "Best Burlesque Act" as voted by readers of the San Francisco Bay Guardian for four straight years, will be performing a new scandalous, sexy & scary number! Plus, see the debut of First Friday Follies' Cupcake with the Vixens! If you're a fan, you'll not want to miss this event.

Barbary Coast Amusements "MONSTER MASHUP!!"


Starring

FOU FOU HA!

TWLIGHT VIXENS!

BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN CINDY GOLDFIELD!

MATTHEW MARTIN "All Singing! All Dancing! All Dead!"

MIKE FINN

TEXAS "CHAINSAW" HOLLY

and UNDEAD CLOWNTEUSE SARA MOORE

With Special Surprise Guest Artistes Rising from the Dead!

AND

"BEWARE THE WHEELERS!" Our super scary Segway tribute to the Wheelers Of Oz!!

Sunday At SOMArts features a sampling of San Francisco's Seriously Eccentric Entertainers! Hosted by Sara Moore ["Comically Incandescent!" -- SF Bay Guardian] we showcase performances from current and forthcoming productions:
CHAMPAGNE and LIVE MUSIC start flowing at NOON! Tickets at http://brownpapertickets.com.

SOMArts Cultural Center
934 Brannan Street San Francisco, CA 94103
(between 8th and 9th on Brannan--you know, next to Trader Joe's)

The show is $12 if tickets are purchased in advance at http://brownpapertickets.com or $15 at the door

General information: info@somarts.org
Barbarycoastamusements [at] gmail [dot] com

A ridiculosity NEVER to be missed.


http://barbarycoastamusements.blogspot.com

http://www.somarts.org

From Lucha VaVOOM to San Francisco with love this Valentine's Day weekend!

This coming Friday, Lucha VaVOOM returns to brings their brand of Sexo y Violencia to San Francisco for Valentine's Day weekend! All with a dash of love! Yes, it's Lucha VaVOOM: From Lucha with Love at the Fillmore on Friday, February 12, starting at 9:00pm.

Lucha VaVOOM comes to the San Francisco Bay Area several times a year. If you've never been, Lucha VaVOOM (or LVV) is a mixture of Mexican Lucha Libre wrestling with burlesque. Add in the live commentary of a couple of comedians, and you've got a one-of-a-kind evening of zany sexiness that can't be matched. I mean, where else can you see mini chicken wrestlers jumping off of balconies and being escorted by striptease artists?

LVV was created in 2002 by Rita D'Albert and Liz Fairbairn in Los Angeles. Since then, they've also taken their show on the road to Chicago and New York. It should be noted that their upcoming shows this week at the Mayan Theater in Los Angeles have sold out!

This time around, LVV is bringing north burlesque performers Carolina Cerasola, Harvest Moon, Lux LaCroix, Lucy Fur, Karis, Roky Roulette, and Ursulina. You may remember Carolina Cerasola from last year's Superstars of Dance on NBC. If not, here's a clip from that show!



Hold on! You don't want to forget about the wrestling! Not only will you see the very sexy wrestler Hector Garza, Dirty Sanchez, and "oily" Joey Ryan, but the Chickens are back! Plus see the debut of the Mini Kissing Bandit! And perhaps a wrestler will strip for you, too...

But wait a minute. That's still not all! Yes, ladies and gentlemen, Tom Kenny of Spongebob Squarepants and Mr. Show fame will be back as one of the comedic announcers! That just about completes a fantastic line-up that will leave you breathless. Oh my!

So grab your sweetheart, friends, family, and countrymen and head on over to the Fillmore this Friday, February 12, for an evening of laughs, sexiness, and unique sights. Tickets are available at the door (if available) and in advance at LiveNation.com. So get your tickets now for an event that you and your sweetie won't forget!

Oh! And if you're going solo, you may just meet someone special at the show! ;-)

Sexo y Violencia!

Mexican Masked Wrestling + Burlesque + Comedy = Lucha VaVOOM

Lucha VaVOOM is a non-stop, action-packed scream-a-thon, where Mexican Masked wrestlers flip and fly, performing breathtaking acrobatic feats. It’s good vs. evil played out in a one fall, Lucha Libre exhibition-style match for maximum enjoyment.

In between matches, the finest, handpicked burlesque acts from around the world astound us; at Lucha VaVOOM, we like a little sexo with our violencia. Raucous aerial acts, Pogo-stick peelers, hula-hoop hotties; we’ve got it all.

But wait there’s more! Our color commentary is handled by comedians Tom Kenny, Dana Gould and Blaine Capatch. In the past, other guest commentators have included Fred Armisen, Brian Poussein, Patton Oswalt, Jeffrey Ross, Chris Hardwick and Bobcat Goldthwait. Even Jack Black sat in, proclaiming “Lucha VaVOOM is the sh*t!

San Francisco Valentine's 2010
FEBRUARY 12th at The Fillmore.
1805 Geary Blvd – SAN FRANCISCO
$32.50

All ages (Edited 2/11/2010)

Lucha VaVOOM has come up with world’s most romantic Sexo y Violencia extravaganza yet:

Starring…

HECTOR GARZA the sexiest Lucha superstar in the world, CAROLINA CERASOLA the sexiest dancer in the world!

Our Valentine’s gift to you…the adorable L’IL CHICKEN and the debut of the MINI KISSING BANDIT!

For your date night pleasure, there will be lovable CHICKENS, oily JOEY RYAN and for the more adventurous types, CASSANDRO and KARIS!

BEWARE OF STRIPPING WRESTLERS – YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN THEY WILL DISROBE!!!

Celebrate the year of the Tiger with li’l kittens LUCY FUR & LUX LACROIX!

And, adding color commentary to the proceedings, it will be TOM KENNY in the announcer's booth! Yay!!!

Isn’t it time you shared DIRTY SANCHEZ with that special someone?


Scheduled Burlesque Performers:

Carolina Cerasola - She made her LVV debut last Cinco de Mayo and the place went crazy. She was the star of Forty Deuce and still appears on various dance programs on TV. She is spectacular!

Harvest Moon - From NYC - A former San Franciscan and founder of The Cantankerous Lollies. She may do her birdcage act. Otherwise, she'll do another one of her astounding contortion acts.

Lux LaCroix - Lux is a trained ballerina and will do an act en pointe. She performed at Burlesque Hall of Fame Weekend 2009.

Lucy Fur - Will perform her special Chinese New Year act. It will of course end up with her tassle-twirling skills on full display.

Ursulina - Her alter-ego is one of the producers of the show. She will start things off with a sing and strip.

Karis - Always a showstopper, Karis will do a futuristic number, of course with the hula-hoop.

Roky Roulette - Your favorite stripping pogo-stick boy will be back home at the Fillmore!

http://luchavavoom.com

http://www.livenation.com/venue/the-fillmore-san-francisco-ca-tickets

Lucha VaVOOM special Halloween Eve show at The Fillmore on Friday, October 30, 2009

I once read that Lucha VaVOOM (www.luchavavoom.com) is one of the few burlesque-related events that can fill an arena. Indeed, the mixture of lucha libre wrestling and burlesque— along with some well-known comedians as ringside commentators such as Greg Proops, Tom Kenny, Patton Oswalt, and Fred Armisen—is quite the complementary combination of entertainments. It's "Sexo y Violencia!" Which happens to be Lucha VaVOOM's motto.

This Friday, you'll have an opportunity to see what it's all about as the Los Angeles-based Lucha VaVOOM visits San Francisco for a special Halloween-themed show. This time, they're featuring Miss Exotic World 2005 Michelle L'amour (www.michellelamour.com) as one of the burlesque acts. I've seen her perform twice, once at last year's Tease-O-Rama and this year at the Burlesque Hall of Fame Weekend in Las Vegas, and she's one of my favorites!

Michelle L'amour and apples

Also, the Buxoticas (burlesque dancers) will include another performer I saw perform in Vegas, Lux La Croix (www.myspace.com/luxlacroix), Moana Santana (www.myspace.com/moanasantana), Lucy Fur (www.lucyfurpresents.com), and San Francisco's own Roky Roulette (www.myspace.com/rokyroulette). The dancers will perform to the music of The Cramps, who regularly played The Fillmore on Halloween.

Lucy Fur and twirlin' tassels

A pogoing Roky Roulette

And the highlight of the wrestling matches will have to be the battle between Los Crazy Chickens and the Mexican goatsucker Chupacabra and his new hatchlings, the Chupacabritas. The other luchadores (wrestlers) will include Las Calaveras, Dirty Sanchez, and Cassandro “Queen of the Ring.”

Beware! A flying chicken wrestler...


Los Crazy Chickens' enemy, Chupacabra!

To call the play-by-play, former San Franciscan Blaine Capatch of Mad TV and Mind of Mencia will be joined by Tom Kenny, famously known as the voice of SpongeBob SquarePants.

Since co-promoters Rita d'Albert and Liz Fairbairn have a history in burlesque, they only book talented and authentic burlesque acts. Lucha VaVOOM has been in existence for about six years, but they've just recently started to take the show on the road. In addition to San Francisco, they've recently entertained in Chicago and New York.

At $32.50 per ticket, the show is a bit spendy, but Lucha VaVOOM has comes to these parts only several times a year. So dig under those couch cushions and scrape up some loose change, because it's sure to be a show you don't want to miss!

Lucha VaVOOM: Sexo Y Violencia!
Friday, October 30, 2009
9pm
$32.50, advance tickets available at www.livenation.com
18 and older

The Fillmore
1805 Geary Blvd.
San Francisco, CA



For this special Halloween-themed show there will be four exciting matches featuring Las Calaveras, Dirty Sanchez, Cassandro “Queen of the Ring,” and Los Crazy Chickens who will battle the venomous Mexican goatsucker Chupacabra and his new hatchlings, the Chupacabritas.

In between matches, the finest handpicked burlesque acts from around the country will ensure there’s never a dull moment. As a special tribute to The Cramps legendary run of Halloween performances that began at The Fillmore in 1987, the burlesque acts will perform to the music of the late frontman Lux Interior and his seminal psychobilly band. L.A.’s buxoticas Moana Santana, Lux La Croix and the famed tassel-twister Lucy Fur will be joined by burlesque superstar, Michelle L’Amour (“the ass that goes pow”) for some raucous rock ‘n’ roll stripteases. S.F.’s own Roky Roulette, the world's only pogo striptease artist, will wow with his aerial antics.

The evening will be presided over by master of ceremonies and former SF resident Blaine Capatch (“Web Soup,” “Mind of Mencia,” “Mad TV”). He will be joined by Tom Kenny, the voice of “Spongebob Squarepants,” to call the matches and offer sidesplitting comedic play-by-play.

Lucha VaVOOM Sizzle Reel from Redbird Management on Vimeo.

http://www.luchavavoom.com

http://www.thefillmore.com