Rally the Troupes will be having their seventh annual show in Oakland at the Littlefield Concert Hall at Mills College also on Friday night. The show examines liberation and oppression through drag, burlesque, dance, video, and multi-media performance.
The Hot Pink Feathers are teaming up with Burlesque Moulin to present FRISKY! The Saturday evening show will take place in Berkeley at the Shattuck Down Low, and will feature troupe and solo performances on stage and as a floorshow. La Chica Boom will be a special guest, and she'll also be performing the previous night at Rally the Troupes VII.
There will also be shows from Red Hots Burlesque, Debauchery, and drawing events from Dr. Sketchy's San Francisco.
Enjoy!
- Friday, September 16: Red Hots Burlesque at El Rio in San Francisco, 3158 Mission Street (map). Come with your sense of humor, get ready to enter the pink bubble. Red Hots Burlesque brings you the "city's best" bump and grind at the "happiest hour" in the bay and newly noted "#3 burlesque show in the country to take your girl to"! This Friday, mmmmmDelicious, Dottie Lux, Miss Bliss, Bitter Waitress, Miss Mae Western, Nicki Sparxx, and Simone Campbell will be performing! 7:30pm. $5 to $10, sliding scale. 21+.
- Also Friday: Rally the Troupes VII:The Revolution Will Include Glitter at Mills College - Littlefield Concert Hall in Oakland, 5000 MacArthur Boulevard (map). For the first time in its 7 year history, Rally the Troupes is coming to Oakland in 2011. Rally the Troupes began as a vision of the Transformers, a Bay Area drag king boy band, to bring social justice issues and an anti-oppression lens into a celebration of queer performance. The show, previously a part of the National Queer Arts Festival, has become a Bay Area favorite due to its innovative explorations of liberation and oppression through drag, burlesque, dance, video and multi-media performances. Featuring politically savvy performances by Brock Cocker, Brush Arbor Gurlz, Chan Dynasty, Charleston Chu & Jai Arun Ravine, GlitterAction, House of Glitter, Keshet Crew, King McQueen, La Chica Boom, Let Me Out, Lil Miss Hot Mess, Project Monochrome, The Dangers, and more! 8pm. Tickets are $15.00 to $20.00 on a sliding scale. Buy tickets online at www.brownpapertickets.com/event/193980. Limited tickets available at the door (Cash only).
- Also Friday: Hubba Hubba Revue's 5-Year Anniversary Spectacular! at the DNA Lounge in San Francisco, 375 11th Street (map). Join the finest performers and crew of any show, anywhere, as they celebrate 1/20th of a century of San Francisco's award-winning, groundbreaking, great big and amazing Hubba Hubba Revue! It's gonna be the biggest, wildest burlesque party of all-time, and you're invited! Starring The Hot Pink Feathers, Twilight Vixen Revue, Steele Starling (St. Louis), Horchata Dentana (St. Louis), Honey Lawless, Gigi d'Flower, Kiss Me Kate, Vera DeVille, Sparkly Devil, Lady Satan, The Gypsy Cowboys, The Stripping Granny, Alotta Boutte', Scotty the Blue Bunny, Mynx d'Meanor, Sister Kate, Madam Chartreuse, Miss Balla Fire, Casey Castille, Sigfried & Boys, Lee Presson, Little Miss Never, Delilah, Ruby White, Rosalyn La Roux, Dixie DeLish, Roxy Reve, Rubenesque Burlesque, Patina deCopper, Randy Johnson, Kliff Jerk, Gorilla X, and The Hubba Hubba Go-Go Dancers! With music by DJ Starr! Doors open at 9pm, show starts at 10:15. $15, $12 from 9pm to 9:30pm at the box office or in advance at dnalounge.com. 21+.
- Saturday, September 17: Dr. Sketchy's San Francisco presents Talia at 111 Minna Gallery in San Francisco, 111 Minna Street (map). In San Francisco, Dr Sketchy’s gives you a monthly opportunity to draw rhinestone encrusted burlesque performers, bearded ladies, cute girls on bicycles and anything else they can conjure up to tantalize your pencils. This Saturday, they have a new model and a Dr Sketchy’s favorite: Talia! 5pm to 8pm. $12 general, $10 students/teachers. 21+.
- Also Saturday: FRISKY! A Hot Pink Feathers Cabaret Burlesque Revue at the Shattuck Down Low in Berkeley, 2284 Shattuck Avenue (map). Enjoy cabaret table seating (available with reservation)! Frisky Feather drink specials! Tantalizing tasting menu! Both stage show and floorshow! Both troupe numbers and solos. With boylesque by the Bohemian Brethren and special guest La Chica Boom! Featuring Kellita, Dusty Jewel, Ada Lavender, Minnie Cupcakes, La Bamboo Vixen, Red Velvet, Lolly Gagger, Charlie Geauxdoun, Chadd Behavior, The Featherettes, Hot Pink Feathers, SF Boylesque's Bohemian Brethren, and MC Chachi of Kalrissian! Doors at 7:30pm, show at 8:30pm. $12 general admission, $20 GA plus glass of champagne, $50 table for two plus bottle of champagne, $160 booth for six and two bottles of champagne. Advance tickets available at hotpinkfrisky.eventbrite.com. 21+.
- Sunday, September 18: Debauchery at the White Horse Inn in Oakland, 6551 Telegraph Avenue (map). Come out and celebrate Oakland Pride monthly with the beautiful and glittery Queers of Debauchery! They're coming out fully frocked this month to keep their Queers dancing for you. This month's show benefits their performers for the next three, so please help keep their marquee glowing. Performers will include Roxy Picaflor, Lola Sunshine, The Stripping Granny, Sassy, Jack Dandy, Saranaqued, The Hobbit, and more! Doors at 7pm, show at 8pm. $5 to $15 sliding scale. 21+.
- Monday, September 12: Uptown Hubba Hubba at the Uptown Club in Oakland, 1928 Telegraph Avenue (map). Join hosts Kingfish and comedian Kevin Hancock for an evening of burlesque in Oakland! Starring Lady X, Nicki Sparx, Pearl E. Gates, Charley Gauxdown, and a full set of acts by the beauties of Beyond Burlesque! Doors at 9pm, show at 10:15. $5. 21+.
- Tuesday, September 20: Dr. Sketchy's San Francisco presents Girl-Girl Boy-Boy Tango at 111 Minna Gallery in San Francisco, 111 Minna Street (map). In San Francisco, Dr Sketchy’s gives you a monthly opportunity to draw rhinestone encrusted burlesque performers, bearded ladies, cute girls on bicycles and anything else they can conjure up to tantalize your pencils. This Tuesday, same sex dancers Emily Coles, Kieren Jameson, Chris Phan, and Jose Comoda are going to strike dramatic Latin dance poses for the humble sketchbooks of participants. 7pm to 10pm. $12 general, $10 students/teachers. 21+.
- Wednesday, September 21: Red Hots Burlesque at El Rio in San Francisco, 3158 Mission Street (map). Join Dottie Lux for Red Hots Burlesque as it expands to its second day of the week! A new and different show twice a week, including bizarre beauties, senseless sideshow, drag, burlesque and comedy! 7:30pm. $5 to $10, sliding scale. 21+.
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 on the blog. 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.
