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BurlyCon class types. Standard classes, BurlyLabs, and METs (Master Ecydisiast Track).

A Guide to BurlyCon Classes: Standard, BurlyLabs, & METs

Whether you’re attending your first BurlyCon or your fifteenth, make room for discovering new classes! You may feel excited. You may feel overwhelmed. Most likely, you’ll feel both. This year, BurlyCon offers three primary class formats: Standard Classes, BurlyLabs, and the new Master Ecdysiast Track (M.E.T.). Each format creates a different learning experience. When you […]

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Advertise with BurlyCon: Where Artists Invest in Growth

Every year, BurlyCon produces a convention program that is more than a schedule. It’s a keepsake. Advertise with BurlyCon and place your brand inside a bold, tabloid-style program that travels everywhere our attendees go. Throughout the weekend, our printed program moves through classrooms, lounges, hotel hallways, vendor spaces, restaurants, and meetups. As a result, it

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2026 presenter applications open

2026 Presenter Applications Open!

Teaching at BurlyCon is more than leading a class. For fourteen years, BurlyCon has created space for artists to step forward—not only as performers, but also as teachers, mentors, and leaders in our field. And now, we’re thrilled to share that Presenter Applications are officially open. Teaching at BurlyCon means more than leading a class.

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Three Ways to Teach at BurlyCon

Each class type supports a specific learning experience. Teaching at BurlyCon starts with two simple questions: what do you want to teach at BurlyCon? And how do you want your students to experience your work? Every idea can be taught in multiple ways. A lecture can become a workshop. A workshop can become a multi-part

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A Guide to the BurlyCon Presenter Application

Now live: the BurlyCon Presenter Submission Guide. Submitting a class proposal is an act of generosity. It’s an invitation to share your knowledge, your process, and your perspective with artists who trust you with their learning. To support that exchange, BurlyCon created the Presenter Submission Guide as a companion to the annual convention Presenter Application.

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Accessibility at BurlyCon​

Helping People by Removing Barriers At BurlyCon, accessibility isn’t a checklist, it’s an ongoing practice. Each year, we look closely at how people move through the convention, where barriers show up, and what support makes it easier for more folks to fully participate. What does that look like in practice? Here, you’ll find an overview

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Artistry As Agency

Artistry as Agency: Why It Matters and Why We’re Claiming It Now The start of a new year always brings a natural pause—a moment where we look at who we’ve become and who we’re becoming as burlesque artists. This year that pause sparked an important reflection about the heart of our work and the role

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Press Release: BurlyCon 2026 Announced

BurlyCon’s Convention Returns This November for Four Days of Burlesque Education and Community FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Seattle, WA — This November, BurlyCon returns for its annual convention, bringing together burlesque performers, educators, and producers from across the world for four days of immersive learning and community exchange. Founded in 2008, BurlyCon is a nonprofit organization

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 Join our AR/AO Committee

As BurlyCon continues to examine its structures, values, and responsibilities, this letter offers both context and direction for the work ahead. Queerly Femmetastic shares their background, qualifications, and approach to leadership while naming the realities that shape this moment. Queerly’s words speak candidly to the labor of change, the necessity of accountability, and the collective

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