San Francisco Bay Area burlesque for October 20 to October 26, 2011

This upcoming week's burlesque shows are dominated by the arrival of Satans Angel and her Ta Ta Flambe Tour. This legendary performer will be performing at Friday's Red Hots show, a Saturday evening dinner, performance, and storytelling event at Disco Volante in Oakland, and she'll be teaching a Sunday class at Viracocha in San Francisco. Also read the previous post for information about these events.

On Friday night, the world ends. Or so it will at the Hubba Hubba Revue's The End of the World show that night! Lee Presson and the Nails will be the musical guest, as Devil Doll had to pull out. But it's not the end of the world! Well, the new Rapture date is "probably" Friday, so maybe it is! The only thing that is certain, though, is that you'll have a good time at this show, end of the world or not! And if there's a next week, don't forget that the Hubba Hubba Revue has their weekly show every Monday night at the Uptown in Oakland!

There will be two opportunities to sharpen up your drawing skills at Dr Sketchy's San Francisco this week. On Saturday, the model will be Vivian de Milo outfitted Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome style. On Tuesday, Ava Lanche will be your vampire bride. Both events are at 111 Minna Gallery. You can always just go and watch, but it's usually more fun to sketch the models.

That's the roundup for this upcoming week. Enjoy!

• Friday, October 21: 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 "Barbary Bump & Grind"! This week, the list of performers includes Trauma Flintstone, Bunny Pistol, Dottie Lux, Ava Lanche, La Chica Boom, Balla Fire, Alotta Boutte and featuring "The Devil's Mistress" Satan's Angel! 7:30pm. $5 to $10, sliding scale. 21+.


• Also Friday: Hubba Hubba Revue's The End of the World! at the DNA Lounge in San Francisco, 375 11th Street (map). Terminators, atomic bombs, meteors, zombies & plague! Don't get Left Behind when Hubba Hubba Revue sets sail for the sexiest Apocalypse ever! Mark your Mayan Calendars and start your Doomsday Clock, 'cuz this party's gonna be a wild, burlesque romp through the Gates of Armageddon! Starring Poor Impulse Control, Kelly "Killy" Dwyer (New York), Kara Nova, Pickles Kintaro, Twinkletoes McGee, Vera Deville, Sparkly Devil, Lady Satan, The Indra, Truvy Trollop, Rosalyn LaRoux, Moose Knuckle, Gigi d'Flower, Miss Balla Fire, Bunny Pistol, Mynx d'Meanor, Gorilla X, and The Hubba Hubba Go-Go Apocalistas! With special musical guest, Lee Presson and the Nails! And music to dance to by DJ Delachaux! Doors at 9pm, show at 10:15. $15 general, $12 in advance at dnalounge.com and at the box office from 9pm to 9:30pm. 21+.
  


• Saturday, October 22: Dr Sketchy's Anti Art School: San Francisco presents Vivian de Milo at 111 Minna Gallery in San Francisco, 111 Minna Street (map). Draw the intriguing Vivian de Milo! If you missed drawing her last time, here's your chance. She is a beauty and she'll be bad ass: Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome style! All long pose format! 5pm to 8pm. $12 general admission. $10 students/teachers. 21+.
  


• Also Saturday: Red Hots Burlesque and Disco Volante present the "Tatas Flambe Tour" with Satans Angel at Disco Volante in Oakland, 347 14th Street (map). San Francisco burlesque legend and innovator, Satans Angel will perform and recount the fascinating stories of her life and career with excerpts from the play "Have Tassels Will Travel” accompanied by a multimedia retrospective of her life. This performance relives the wild exploits of her life and times, from dating Clint Eastwood to Janis Joplin. The nights begins with local sensation, Francine Dead, performing with flames flicking on her flesh and ending with the only chance to see Satan's Angel doing what has made her so famous: twirling and spinning fire from her nipple tassels! 7pm. $40 with 3-course prix fixe dinner, $15 for the show without dinner. Advance tickets available at www.brownpapertickets.com/event/202938.
  


• Monday, October 24: Uptown Hubba Hubba at the Uptown Club in Oakland, 1928 Telegraph Avenue (map). Join the award-winning Hubba Hubba Revue at Oakland's *fabulous* Uptown Club for another sexy evening of award-winning burlesque at low, low recession-era prices! This week's performers are scheduled to include Truvy Trollop, Lady Brett, Francine Dead, Eve Von Gelica, Sgt. Die Wies, Blackhoodygrrl, Eva d'Luscious, plus special guest, New York's Kelly "Killy" Dwyer! Hosted by Kingfish and Kevin Hancock. Doors at 9pm, show at 10:15pm. $5. 21+.


• Tuesday, October 25: Dr Sketchy's Anti Art School: San Francisco presents Ava Lanche in Vampire Bride Burlesque at 111 Minna Gallery in San Francisco, 111 Minna Street (map). Fang bangers and horror kittens, here's your chance to bloody up your sketchbooks in the most sexy way. With Ava Lanche as the vampire bride of your dreams! 7pm to 10pm. $12 general admission. $10 students/teachers. 21+.


• Wednesday, October 26: Red Hots Burlesque at El Rio in San Francisco, 3158 Mission Street (map). Dottie Lux brings you a different show twice at El Rio every single week! Each event promises the seductive and spicy, absurd and amusing all from local and visiting talent. 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. Show times and details may be subject to change. 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.

San Francisco area burlesque for June 23 to June 29, 2010

This is the second week in a row in which we'll see a variety of shows in San Francisco and Oakland. Next week, the shows will be a bit scarcer, so be greedy and catch all the shows you can this week!

Satans Angel's Ta Ta Flambé Tour will pretty much wrap up this week. It will be the last chance to see the legendary Satans Angel before she moves to Australia. She'll be performing her one-woman play "Have Tassles, Will Travel" Wednesday at Cafe du Nord, then she'll be at Dark Horse Cabaret at Cafe du Nord on Thursday, performing at Red Hots Burlesque at El Rio on Friday, and participating in the Dyke March and SF Pride Parade this Saturday and Sunday, respectively.

The Rose City Rendevous Tour will be making it's way through the Bay Area. This collection of Portland's best burlesque performers will be at Femina Potens Gallery in SF on Wednesday, Dark Room in SF on Thursday, and at the Hubba Hubba Revue show at the Uptown Nightclub in Oakland on Monday.

Fou Fou Ha's "The Dynamite Show" will be continuing from Thursday through Saturday at the Brava Theater in SF.

On Friday, Original Sin Burlesque will be performing with some bands at the Rockit Room in San Francisco, sASSy's Seaside Burlesque will be at Winters Tavern in Pacifica, and the Gypsy Nomads will be special guests at Baxtalo Drom's show at Amnesia in SF.

Whew! Lots of shows, lots of choices to make. Enjoy this week of burlesque goodness!

• Wednesday, June 23: Satans Angel's "Have Tassels Will Travel" at Cafe du Nord in San Francisco, 2170 Market Street. A story of fame, fortune, fire tassels and survival. Listen as The Devil's Own Mistress, Satans Angel tells her stories, shows slides and her costumes from her times performing at San Francisco's Condor Club, the Las Vegas Strip, Paris' Folies Bergéré, and Bob Hope's USO Tour - not to mention the kiss-and-tell adventures of dating Clint Eastwood, Janis Joplin, Hedy Lamarr and Bobby Darin. After the glory of fame comes the downfall, but she rises like a Phoenix, and back to being the "Legend of the Year" in the Burlesque Hall of Fame in Las Vegas! Also features performances by Miss De Minna and Lady Monster (Satans Angel's protégé). Burlesque party emceed by Kitten on the Keys follows with performances by Alotta Boutte, Leigh Crow, The Devil-Ettes, Isis Starr, Bunny Pistol, Lily LeRouge, Lady Satan, Satans Angel and MORE! VIP Meet and Greet at 7pm. Show at 8pm. Burlesque party follow show at 10:30pm. 10pm to 2am. VIP tickets are $40 (includes front row seating, autographed photo, VIP Meet/Greet, Event and Burlesque Party), advanced ticket sales only by calling 415-861-5016 between 2:00 and 6:00pm. General tickets are $20 (includes Event and Burlesque party), seating is limited to first arrivals. Burlesque Party tickets are $10 (only available at the door after 10:00pm). 21+ w/ID.


• Also Wednesday: Rose City Sirens Burlesque Show at Femina Potens Gallery in San Francisco, 2199 Market Street. The First Ladies of Lechery are back in the Bay for more, this time headlining the Sinn Savvy Productions "Rose City Rendezvous" tour. This time around, they've more grit, glitter and electrical tape than ever before. Join them at the Femina Potens Gallery for a special performance right before Pride. Doors at 7pm, show at 8:30. $6-8, sliding scale. Tickets available for purchase in advance at www.brownpapertickets.com/event/112339.


• Thursday, June 24: Rose City Sirens Burlesque Show at the Dark Room in San Francisco, 2263 Mission Street. Same description as above. Doors at 8:30pm. $10.


• Also Thursday: Dark Horse Cabaret at Cafe du Nord in San Francisco, 2170 Market Street. A night of exotic, erotic, and ridiculous entertainment, just the way we like it! With Planet Booty, and Ethel Merman Experience, plus Erika Von Volkyrie, Alyssa Stone, F BJ Browne, Dottie Lux, Kitten on the Keys, Jeremiah Broom, Matthew Martin and Lady Monster. Doors at 7pm, show at 8pm. $12 in advance from cafedunord.com, $15 at the door. 21+ w/ID.


• Also Thursday through Saturday, June 26: The Dynamite Show Featuring Fou Fou Ha! at the Brava Theater Center in San Francisco, 2781 24th Street. “The Dynamite Show” is a “wildly unique” (NBC) song and dance review best described as "Fame" meets the Muppets. This up-beat musical spectacle will feature live neo-vaudevillian Dixie brass band tunes from the Gomorran Social Aid and Pleasure Club with “jaw-dropping dance numbers” and slapstick antics. It will follow the colorful characters of Fou Fou Ha! to Hollywood, as they are invited to audition for a reality-TV talent competition. They go through many dance numbers ranging from tangos to rock-opera tunes and finally arrive in Hollywood to audition in front of a panel of judges (cameos played by local celebrity performers TBA) only to realize that their “foolishness” may not have any room in the mainstream. 8pm. $15-25, advance tickets available at brava.org.
  


• Friday, June 25: Red Hots Burlesque at El Rio in San Francisco, 3158 Mission Street. Satan's Angel, living legend of burlesque and originator of the fire tassels performs for one her very last performances in the United States and Red Hots proves to be her fieriest stop on the SF tour! Performers will include Satan's Angel, legend Isis Starr, from Seattle EmpeROAR Fabulous, red hot rarity Balla Fire, the beautiful Miss Lady Monster, bearded beauties the Diamond Daggers, and host Dottie Lux. Plus guest of the hour, legend Holiday O'Hara! Show at 7:30pm. $10, 21+ w/ID.


• Also Friday: Original Sin Burlesque with Mystic Rage, Hands Of Time, and Freight Train at the Rockit Room in San Francisco, 406 Clement Street. Join the girls of Original Sin Burlesque this Friday at the Rockit Room as we rock out with Mystic Rage, Hands Of Time, Freight Train, and Mere Sol! We will be performing in between the bands' sets, so get there early and stay late so you won't miss any of the fun! Doors at 8pm, show at 9:30. $10, 21+ w/ID.


• Also Friday: sASSy's Seaside Burlesque at Winters Tavern in Pacifica, 1522 Francisco Blvd. See such salty, sexy, sirens such as Sparkly Devil, Honey Lawless, sASSy Hotbuns, Bunny Pistol, Mynx d'Meanor, and your MC, Eva Von Slut! With The Bitter Waitress as our sexy stage kitten! 9pm. No cover, 21 and older.


• Also, Friday: Baxtalo Drom at Amnesia in San Francisco, 853 Valencia Street. A monthly chance for Burners, belly-dancing Gypsies, and Mission District hipsters to come together and dance on the fourth Friday of every month. This month's show features the Gypsy Nomads (www.myspace.com/thegypsynomads)! From raucous, danceable old-world melodies with cheeky stories sung in English and French, to pounding, tribal-march-style drum instrumentals, this is New York's second coming of Gogol Bordello. Their quirky and high energy shows have garnered much attention. Their songs have already been licensed for Indie films and television such as the Oprah Winfrey Show and WE TV's Gothic Wedding. 9pm. $5-10, 21+ w/ID.


• Sunday, June 27: SF Pride Parade w/Satans Angel and Hot Pink Feathers in San Francisco, on Market Street between Beale Street and 8th Street. The Hot Pink Feathers & The Hot Pink Feathers All-Star Marching Band along with EHS Pilates Studio and San Francisco burlesque legend Satans Angel are pleased to present an encore performance of "Tudo Joia" ("Everything's Beautiful"), our tribute to Carmen Miranda and Josephine Baker in San Francisco's Pride Parade 2010!! So if you missed their Carnaval tribute to Carmen Miranda and Josephine Baker, you can come see it at Pride! Samba, tango and mambo will all be danced! San Francisco burlesque legend Satans Angel will also be joining their contingent as a featured guest! Parade starts at 10:30am at Market Street and Beale Street, and ends at Market and 8th (map). After party at the Rite Spot Cafe, 2099 Folsom Street, at 4pm.
  


• Monday, June 21: Uptown Hubba Hubba at the Uptown in Oakland, 1928 Telegraph Avenue. This Monday ain't no usual Monday! Hubba Hubba Revue welcomes, all the way from Portland, Sin Savvy Tour Productions' "Rose City Rendevous!" Featuring Cherry Valance, Itty Bitty Bang-Bang, Angelique Devil, Nina Nightshade, Hai Fleisch, Charlotte Treuse, Burlesquire, Sandra Dore, Bebe LeStrange, and The Rose City Sirens! Your host of the evening will be The Emceeiam! Doors at 9pm, show at 10:15. $5, 21+ w/ID.


• Also Monday: Whore! Magazine Launch Party featuring Delilah at the Make-Out Room in San Francisco, 3225 22nd Street. Don't know what Whore! magazine is? Well it is a quarterly print women's culture publication exploring who women really are as opposed to what they are expected to be. So come and join us for a night of celebration, performance, and the first issue ready to be put in your hot hands. With performances by Delilah, Le Cancan Bijou, Backlit, Cameron McHenry, Kamp Camille, and more. Free. 21+ w/ID.
  

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.

Satan's Angel Ta Ta Flambé Tour comes to San Francisco

Satan's Angel, also known as "The Devil's Own Mistress" and "Queen of the Fire Tassels," will be starting her American farewell Ta Ta Flambé Tour this week in San Francisco.

A beloved legendary burlesque performer who started her career in San Francisco during the 1960s, Satan's Angel will be appearing in burlesque shows, teaching classes, and making appearances at various venues around the Bay Area over the next few weeks.

On Friday, June 18, she'll be doing a CSC Talk Show with Carol Queen at the Center for Sex and Culture in San Francisco starting at 9pm. The doors will be open at 8pm, and price of entry is on a sliding scale from $7 to $25. They'll be talking about her career and the history of burlesque in San Francisco. The Center for Sex and Culture is located at 1519 Mission Street.

Right after the CSC Talk Show, Satan's Angel will be performing at the Hubba Hubba Revue: Hell! show. Please see the previous post for more information.

On Saturday, June 19, she'll be at her Aloha Party in Alameda at Forbidden Island Tiki Lounge, which is located at 1304 Lincoln Avenue. She won't be performing, but she'll have autographed photos available. The party starts at 5pm and will go until 7pm.

If you're a performer, you'll not want to miss her classes! She'll be teaching two classes on Monday, June 21: Bump-And-Glide (5-7pm) and Spinners and Tassels DIY (7-9pm). It'll be $25 for each class, or $40 for both. Classes will be held at the Medium Reality Studios at 916 Natoma Street in San Francisco. For reservations, please email Stephanie@LadyMonster.com.

At Cafe du Nord on Wednesday, June 23, you will have a chance to see a performance of "Have Tassels Will Travel," a one-woman improvisational play written for her featuring stories and slides from her life, plus costumes she's worn in various shows. Also performing will be Miss de Minna and Lady Monster. The show will start at 8:00pm, but there will be a VIP meet and greet at 7:00 and a burlesque party after the show at 10:30. Tickets range from $10 for just the burlesque party (if available), to $20 for the party and show (available online at TicketWeb), to $40 for the VIP package. (To purchase VIP TICKETS, CALL 415-861-5016 between 2:00 and 6:00pm.)

On Thursday, she's scheduled to be at Dark Horse Cabaret at Cafe du Nord, then on Friday, June 25, she'll be performing at Red Hots Burlesque at El Rio (3159 Mission Street in San Francisco) starting at 7:30pm. This special show will be $10, and it will feature performances by Lady Monster, Isis Starr, EmpeROAR Fabulous, and Miss Balla Fire. You'll want to get there early, as the show will likely sell out since it's a smaller venue.

She'll be participating in the Dyke March on June 26 at 7pm at Dolores Park, then will be featured on the EHS Pilates float with The Devil-Ettes in the SF Pride Parade on Sunday, June 27, starting at 10am in San Francisco's Civic Center.

Satan's Angel has an amazing presence and persona. If you haven't seen her perform live, you won't want to miss this chance before she leaves San Francisco and America! And if you love burlesque, you owe it to yourself to see her one last time before she leaves these shores. Every performance of hers that I've seen has been absolutely unforgettable, and she is truly a Living Legend of Burlesque!

All of the events are posted on her website at www.satansangel.com/TOUR.html.

San Francisco area burlesque for June 16 to June 22, 2010

This is the start of a few weeks of a plethora of shows!

Satan's Angel's Ta Ta Flambé Tour kicks off this week and continues next week. It will be the last chance to see the legendary Satan's Angel before she moves to Australia (Edited June 16, 2010). She'll be performing Friday at the Hubba Hubba Revue: Hell! show, having an Aloha Party at Forbidden Island Tiki Lounge in Alameda on Saturday, and teaching a Bump-N-Glide class and a Tassles and Spinners DIY class on Monday at Medium Reality Studios in San Francisco. For class and registration information, please click the links above. The tour continues with more performances and appearances the following week.

There are also some Pride events and shows happening such as Rally the Troupes 6 on Friday and Saturday, and the Debauchery show on Sunday.

The Birthday Suit Burlesque Tour makes a stop at Red Hots Burlesque on Friday, then Dottie Lux and Bunny Pistol join Kitty Victorian and Ms. Fever Blister and other performers in Citrus Heights for the Sacramento show on Saturday.

Enjoy this week of shows and events!

• Thursday, June 17: Panty Raid at Club 540 in San Francisco, 540 Clement Street. Join DJ Ruby White for an evening of Garage, Bubblegum, Girl Groups and Rock 'N Roll (100% vinyl) at Club 540! With Go-Go Goddess Lady Satan! 10pm to 2am. No cover, 21+ w/ID.


• Also Thursday through June 20 and June 24 to 26: The Dynamite Show Featuring Fou Fou Ha! at the Brava Theater Center in San Francisco, 2781 24th Street. “The Dynamite Show” is a “wildly unique” (NBC) song and dance review best described as "Fame" meets the Muppets. This up-beat musical spectacle will feature live neo-vaudevillian Dixie brass band tunes from the Gomorran Social Aid and Pleasure Club with “jaw-dropping dance numbers” and slapstick antics. It will follow the colorful characters of Fou Fou Ha! to Hollywood, as they are invited to audition for a reality-TV talent competition. They go through many dance numbers ranging from tangos to rock-opera tunes and finally arrive in Hollywood to audition in front of a panel of judges (cameos played by local celebrity performers TBA) only to realize that their “foolishness” may not have any room in the mainstream. 8pm. $15-25, advance tickets available at brava.org.
  


• Friday, June 18: Red Hots Burlesque at El Rio in San Francisco, 3158 Mission Street. Dottie Lux hosts the Birthday Suit Burlesque Tour! Featuring Fever Blister from Los Angeles and Kitty Victorian of Washington, D.C., plus Ruby Vixen, Virginia Suicide, and Sugar Main. Show at 7:30pm. $5-10, sliding scale. 21+ w/ID.


• Also, Friday and Saturday, June 19: Rally the Troupes 6 at SOMArts in San Francisco, 934 Brannan Street. Drew Montana & Kentucky Fried Woman in association with the National Queer Arts Festival present Rally the Troupes 6: Two Nights of savvy and sexy queer performance! Featuring Starr69, Chan Dynasty, Cherry Poppins, Simone de la Getto, Pidgeon von Tramp, The Lovesax Sisters, and many more! 9pm. $15-20, advance tickets available at brownpapertickets.com.


• Also Saturday: Satan's Angel Aloha Party at Forbidden Island Tiki Lounge in Alameda, 1304 Lincoln Avenue. Meet Satan's Angel. Have a drink. Autographed photos available. No performances. Special word-of-mouth potluck from 3pm to 5pm, click the Aloha Party link above for details. Public event from 5pm to 7pm. No cover. 21 and older.
  


• Also Saturday: Original Sin Burlesque at Sanctuary Ultra Lounge in Livermore, 2369 First Street. Join OSB at Sanctuary Ultra Lounge for one of many third-Saturday burlesque shows! Enjoy great drinks and tapas...and of course, the gals of Original Sin Burlesque! 10pm. $5, 21+ w/ID.


• Also Saturday: Sacramento's Birthday Suit Burlesque Tour at the Fire Escape Bar & Grill in Citrus Heights, 7431 Madison Avenue. It's called the Birthday Suit Burlesque Tour, because Kitty Victorian and Ms. Fever Blister who created the touring madness are both celebrating a June birthday! Featuring performances by Ms. Fever Blister, Kitty Victorian, Parker South of Dragstar Cabaret, Ms. Viviennui, Dottie Lux, Bunny Pistol, Heather Lynn, and Miss Lizzy D. Vine! 9pm to 1am. $10, 21 and older.


• Sunday, June 20: Debauchery at the White Horse Inn in Oakland, 6555 Telegraph Avenue. Break out your saddle-shoes, pegged-pants, poodle skirts, pom-poms and pompadours and get ready to celebrate Ms. Ruby Vixen's Birthday, Debauchery Style! We're kicking off June's Pride festivities with filthy hot hoppin' performances by Alotta Boutté, Damien, Ella Ala Mode, Kitty Von Quim, and more! Let's roll back the clock back to a more swingin' time! 1950's, sock-hop/greaser/rockabilly wear encouraged! Raffles and dancing, too! Doors at 7pm, show at 8. $5-15 sliding scale, 21 and older.
  


• Monday, June 21: Uptown Hubba Hubba at the Uptown in Oakland, 1928 Telegraph Avenue. It's Bombshell Betty Burlesqueteer Night at the ole Uptown Nightclub! Join band Fromagique and Bombshell Betty along with Red Velvet, If-N-Whendy, Lezzie McFaggerson, Cocao Loco, Vadge O'Fonor, Sindee Rose, Roxy Reve, and of course The Burlesqueteers! Doors at 9pm, show at 10:15. $5, 21+ w/ID.


• Also Monday: Satan's Angel's Bump-N-Glide class and Tassles and Spinners DIY class at Medium Reality Studios in San Francisco, 916 Natoma Street. The Legend of Burlesque Satan's Angel will share her knowledge and experience with decades of performance as an exotic dancer and the world of burlesque. Bump-N-Glide class is two hours starting at 5pm and includes a brief history of burlesque, Satan’s Angel’s history and stories, stocking removal, tassel twirling, gowns, gloves, dusters and capes, and much more. Tassles and Spinners DIY class is also two hours, starting at 7pm, and Satan's Angel will teach you to how to make pasties with spinners and your own fringe tassels. For more information, please click on the class links above. $25 per class, or $40 for both classes. Advanced registration available via PayPal (Stephanie@LadyMonster.com)

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.