BurlyCon invites you to our first annual fundraiser auction on November 18, 2023 to celebrate our Sweet 16 year! Join us for an evening of dinner with a silent and live auction, hosted by Rebecca Mmm Davis and auctioneered by Laura Michalek, in Seattle, WA at Repair Revolution. Can’t attend in person? We’re hosting a virtual auction too! This year’s theme is “Come As You Are”, a 90s extravaganza. Break …
In honor of BurlyCon turning sweet 16 this year, our goal is to raise $1,600 with our pet photo contest! Win your pet fame and glory! Plus win some sweet prizes from our sponsors and BurlyCon directors, including a pass to BurlyCon 2024. You’ve got the purrfect pic of your pet? Head over to our fundraiser right meow! Voting period: August 12-31.
Pardon our dust, I mean glitter. BurlyCon is in the middle of our Sweet 16 Year, which happens to also be our rebuild year! Rebuilding BurlyCon takes ingenuity, thoughtfulness, dedication and love. Our team is working as hard this year as they would if we were hosting our convention. We’re working even harder by learning new skills, critically reviewing our previous way of managing BurlyCon, creating new programs and processes, …
The BHoF Finishing School, powered by BurlyCon, presents: My Life Interviews with Burlesque’s Living Legends and BHoF Titleholder Classes! Interviews and Classes: Held during the Burlesque Hall of Fame Weekend in Las Vegas with a focus on lifestyle, skills, and history. My Life Interviews and Legends’ Classes: Saturday, June 3, 2023, from *10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. A cheeky chance to learn tips and tricks from folks who made a career …
The BurlyCon team is deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Toni Elling. Many of us have had close individual relationships with her, and over the 15 years we’ve known her she has made our lives, and burlesque, infinitely better and more loving. As Toni was the first legend guest of honor at Burlycon in 2008, our relationship with her was important to our organization from the beginning. She …
BurlyCon 2023 is a year to rebuild and renew. Be a true innovator and changemaker by supporting this ambitious, essential, and industry-changing work. The choice is yours! Be a Benefactor, member, legends archive sponsor, recurring donor or one-time supporter.
After 2 years of online pandemic pivots and a return to in-person service, Burlycon will dedicate 2023 to a complete internal under-the-hood restructuring through an anti-racist and anti-oppressive lens, and the popular in-person convention will return in 2024. For the past 15 years Burlycon has been the global leader in peer-based Burlesque Education. The Board of Directors and Steering Committee have voted to dedicate the next 12 months to focus …
Greetings love, It’s been a while since we have seen each other in person. Three years since we were in a hotel conference center learning the art of the tease. Things have changed and things keep changing. There are things that we used to do that we no longer do. And that is ok. We hear you and we understand you. The price of potatoes and pasties has gone up …
The Board has been busy for the last eight months searching for the next Executive Director of BurlyCon. And today I have the deep pleasure of announcing, our search is over! BurlyCon’s next Executive Director is…. Twirlisha Devine AND Iva Handfull! Yes you read that right, the Board fell in love with both of them. Their knowledge, skills and energies are a wonderful compliment and we are over the moon …
Just Ducky Seattle, WA -cue dramatic music- Dialogue- “The name’s Ducky, Just Ducky” -sip suggestively on a martini – END SCENE Ok, but let’s be real here, everyone calls me Ducky. And if you have met me suggestive is probably not one of the top things you would call me. Quirky? Yes. Silly? Huge yes. Bubbly? Ya. And honestly, that’s fine by me (we will revisit this in a later …
