Help Rubenesque Burlesque get to the Toronto Burlesque Festival. Give by Tuesday, June 26!

The Bay Area's own Rubenesque Burlesque have been selected to perform at the Toronto Burlesque Festival this July, but they could use your assistance to for airfare to get the troupe to Toronto and back!



They've set up an Indiegogo site to aid in this effort. Simply go there or to www.rubenesqueburlesque.com to contribute to their fund!

Once there, you'll notice that there are various levels at which you can contribute. For example, for a $10.00 contribution, you may get free entry to a Red Hots Burlesque show at El Rio in San Francisco! That's quite the deal. Not only do you get a show, but you help some performers get to Canada. Other perks include signed photos, baked goods, a date with the troupe, and more at advanced levels.

But any amount will help! They're trying to raise $10,000, so even if you can only contribute a $1, that will put them a buck closer to their goal of getting to Toronto.

But be sure to contribute before the campaign ends this Tuesday, June 26!

Rubenesque Burlesque has been entertaining, insipiring, and informing audiences since 2007. Led by Juicy D. Light of First Friday Follies, this troupe of voluptuous performers have performed at the Hubba Hubba Revue, First Friday Follies, and other shows in the Bay Area, and The Slipper Room in New York City, and Monday Night Tease in Los Angeles.

Bay Area burlesque performers to appear at Toronto and Colorado burlesque festivals

Congratulations to Kiss Me Kate, Lady Monster, Delilah of San Francisco and Flame Cynders of Oakland! They have been selected to perform in the Toronto Burlesque Festival this year! In addition, Satan's Angel will be a special guest of the Festival.

Toronto's festival seems to be growing to become one of the more prominent in North America. Since it's relatively close to New York, there seems to be a significant Big Apple influence, but there are performers from around the U.S., Canada, and even from Japan and New Zealand!

The festival runs from Thursday, July 21, to Sunday, July 25, this year. For more details, please visit www.torontoburlesquefestival.com.

And congratulations also to Honey Lawless of Oakland, who has been selected to perform at the inaugural Colorado Burlesque Festival! It is happening from Thursday, July 8 through Sunday, July 11, in Denver.

For more information about the festival, please visit www.coloradoburlesquefestival.com.