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Invited Presenter Spotlight: Lola Frost

This year marks BurlyCon’s 10 year anniversary and we are celebrating in a big way, with incredible changes to our format and schedule! Every year BurlyCon invites a handful of select members of the burlesque community to share their knowledge, our Invited Presenters. Today in this year’s Invited Presenter spotlights is Lola Frost! This multiple award winning Vancouver based international burlesque sinsation lights fire onstage and in the classroom.  From traveling the world …

Invited Presenter Spotlight: Bazuka Joe

This year marks BurlyCon’s 10 year anniversary and we are celebrating in a big way, with incredible changes to our format and schedule! Every year BurlyCon invites a handful of select members of the burlesque community to share their knowledge, our Invited Presenters. Next up in this year’s Invited Presenter spotlights is Bazuka Joe! This multiple award winning burlesque megastar is a force on and off the stage.  From titillating …

Invited Presenter Spotlight: Miss Poison Ivory

This year marks BurlyCon’s 10 year anniversary and we are celebrating in a big way, with incredible changes to our format and schedule! Every year BurlyCon invites a handful of select members of the burlesque community to share their knowledge, our Invited Presenters. Today in this year’s Invited Presenter spotlights is Miss Exotic World- Reigning Queen of Burlesque at the 2016 Burlesque Hall of Fame Weekender, Poison Ivory! From her debut …

Invited Presenter Spotlight: April O’Peel

This year marks BurlyCon’s 10 year anniversary and we are celebrating in a big way, with incredible changes to our format and schedule! Every year BurlyCon invites a handful of select members of the burlesque community to share their knowledge, our Invited Presenters. The first of this year’s Invited Presenter spotlights is April O’Peel! This multiple award winning Vancouver burlesque star is a powerhouse on and off the stage.  As …

Guest of Honor, 2017 BurlyCon Legend

This year marks BurlyCon’s 10 year anniversary and we are celebrating in a big way, and this year’s Guest of Honor is a big part of that! We are overjoyed to announce that the #BurlyConX Legend marks the return of our first ever Guest of Honor, Toni Elling! That’s right, when you join us in November, you will get to spend a bit of your convention with The Satin Doll …

Our Invited Guests for BurlyCon X!

BurlyCon is incredibly excited to announce our Invited Presenters for BurlyCon X bringing a whole new kind of BurlyCon to you in 2017! Join us November 9-12 for four days of burlesque education and community building, classes from international award winning instructors and industry powerhouses. We are thrilled to announce your BurlyCon 2017 Invited Presenters: April O’Peel Bazuka Joe Lola Frost Miss Poison Ivory Ray Gunn Sweetpea Joe Williams-Willy Barrett, …

International Burlesque Artists on Women’s Day

“Women in the Changing World of Work: Planet 50-50 by 2030” is the theme for the 2017 International Women’s Day (IWD) which falls on March 8th. While the first National Woman’s Day was observed in the United States on February 28 in honor of the “1908 garment workers’ strike in New York, where women protested against working conditions” the first International Women’s Day was observed in 1911. The UN marks …

Festival Updates!

Mark your calendars, we have several festivals with application deadlines coming up! Get all the latest Burlesque Festival news over at burlesquefests.com   Golden Legends Challenge Colorado Springs, CO Festival Dates: August 11-13 Application Deadline: March 1 http://www.goldenlegends.org/apply/   Ohio Burlesque Festival Cleveland, OH Festival Dates: August 3-5 Application Deadline: March 15 http://www.ohioburlesque.com/   Slavic Burlesque Festival Minsk Mazowiecki, Poland Festival Dates: June 16 – 17 Application Deadline: March 19 …

Deanna Danger Brings BurlyCon Home

We want to give a shout out to Deanna Danger for inspiring us! Every year we open scholarships so more performers, regardless of finances, have the chance to learn at our convention in Seattle. But the lovely Miss Danger has taken it upon herself to create her own BurlyCon Scholarship for her students at her studio in Richmond, Virgina. Performers attending class at Boom Boom Basics have the chance to receive a scholarship …