As the popularity of burlesque has spread around the globe, the New Orleans Burlesque Festival’s Queen of Burlesque competition has become a coveted crown. “New Orleans was my biggest dream,” says ...

PORTLAND, Ore (KOIN)- Are you ready to celebrate the big and beautiful? An often overlooked group in the drag and burlesque communities is those with curves and swerves, and Fat Chance: A Plus-Size ...

Since 2014, Vermont has hosted a burlesque festival akin to one you might find in Las Vegas. The five-day extravaganza features performers flown in from as far as Australia, a black-tie red carpet, a ...

Feb. 8—Spend Valentine's Day weekend at the fifth annual New Mexico Burlesque Festival, where sensuality and the human body are celebrated to the highest degree. Burlesque is an entertainment form ...

“There’s always something very chaotic that happens on stage or off during the Colorado Burlesque Festival,” says Betsy Bootknocker, one of the event’s executive producers. “I’m always curious about ...

Burlesque has always been a risqué business. It’s tasteful, even when it feels taboo. But that illicit treatment of the art form is what’s hindered off-Strip burlesque from becoming as mainstream as ...

Cora Vette, aka Reyna Von Vette, is larger than life, with a big sassy voice, a ribald sense of humor and a sparkly way with a needle and thread, which all come in handy when she tackles her many ...

The burlesque dancing revival is more than a decade old, bringing back pasties, slowly peeled stockings and bump and grind music. While ever more performers take up feathered fans and boas, sometimes ...

Are you ready to celebrate the big and beautiful! An often overlooked group of folks in the drag and burlesque communities are the ones with the curves and swerves and Fat Chance: A Plus Size Drag and ...