Starring:

Roxi D'Lite (Detroit, MI)

​Roxi D’Lite is one of the world’s premier burlesque performers and a Queen of Burlesque crowned at the Burlesque Hall of Fame in Las Vegas, Nevada. Specializing in aerial acrobatics, performance art, and fetish performance, her talents stretch beyond burlesque performance alone. Roxi is also revered as a talented show producer. Her production of the Dirty Devil’s Peepshow at Detroit's Theatre Bizarre is one of the most sought-after performance opportunities of burlesque performers from across the world.

Lovey Goldmine (Las Vegas, NV)

​Lovey Goldmine began her career at age 17 as a singer with The Scatman Corothers Trio. By age 21 she was hired by Chuck Landes of the famous Hollywood Largo as a featured exotic dancer and mistress of ceremonies. After a tough breakup with live-in boyfriend Richard Pryor, Lovey traveled to Paris, France where she performed in “The Crazy Horse Saloon” for Alain Bernardin who said, “Mademoiselle you have my perfect body”. She later joined a ballet from Paris to do a world tour. Returning to the states she took a job as lead dancer and line captain at world famous “The Losers” nightclub. While performing at The Losers Richard Pryor attempted to rekindle their romance. He asked her to quit her job which she refused to do. She later moved to Las Vegas where she performed at the Cabaret Burlesque Palace. She appeared repeatedly on The Merv Griffin Show while the show filmed at Caesar’s Palace. Other television appearances include LA’s “2 on the Town” and “Woman to Woman.”  Lovey was inducted into The Burlesque Hall of Fame in 2014 and has performed the annual “Weekender” event ever since. Today she is a featured headliner for burlesque festivals nationwide.

Lola LeSoleil (Atlanta, GA)

​With a repertoire ranging from reverential to ridiculous, Lola LeSoleil is an award-winning burlesque artist who has launched crowds to their feet from coast to coast. She is an instructor at the Atlanta School of Burlesque and is a proud member of The Candybox Revue. Lola LeSoleil was also voted one of the Top 100 Burlesque Perfomers in the world by 21st Century Burlesque Magazine.

Hellcat Harlowe (Knoxville, TN)

​Hellcat Harlowe is a native East Tennessean and 14 year veteran of burlesque. She has had an extensive career in both fetish performance and burlesque spanning a total of 25 years. Ms. Harlowe is a founding member of Knoxville, Tennessee's 21st century burlesque resurgence. She is the producer of White Lightnin' Burlesque, Hellcat Harlowe's Good Time Burlesque, The Clairvoyant Cooch, and Bad Bitches Burlesque. Hellcat retires from the world of burlesque to pursue a career as a spiritual intuitive, tarot reader, and medium. She would like to thank Tony and Tanya Jones, Troy Thresher, and all the folks at Smoky Mountain Burlesque Fest for making her farewell performance extra special!

Hosted By:

Blanche DeBris (Las Vegas, NV)

​American Treasure Blanche DeBris has been entertaining herself and occasionally others for more years than she can reliably count. She made her burlesque debut in 2008 at Seattle’s Moisture Festival, and since 2012 has been an emcee at the prestigious Burlesque Hall of Fame Weekend.

Featuring:

Brooke Brunello (Nashville, TN)

​Brooke Brunello has been dancing for decades but is a relative newcomer to the burlesque scene. She studied the art of bump and grind at Delinquent Debutantes in Nashville and has been performing regularly since 2016. You are sure to enjoy her classical training now that her dancing is little bit naughtier and a lot more naked.

Carnee Biscuitt (Knoxville, TN)

​Carnee Biscuitt is a jack-off of many trades and masturbates more. Carnee Biscuitt is the kind of sickly-sweet strangeness you'd expect when a juggling, fire-eating, clown starts stripping. Yes, sticky sweet like a tilt-a-whirl seat.  He has performed in Knoxville for years, appearing with the Bear-It-All Burlesque Revue, the Satanic Mechanics, and Salomé Cabaret.

Cheeky DeVine (Asheville, NC)

​Cheeky DeVine has been a dancer with Rogue Burlesque, in Boston, since 2013. Conceived in a Lady Macbeth, Mike Meyers, and Carol Burnett threesome, Cheeky arrived on this planet to bring sexy, mind-blowing entertainment to the masses. She has been seen tantalizing and teasing the audiences of such festivals as The Nerdlesque Festival (NYC), Vermont Burlesque Festival, and The Philadelphia Burlesque Festival.  She has also performed three years in a row at the Alterna-tease: New England Neo-burlesque Festival (Boston); winning the “Beautiful Weirdo” Award in 2018 with duet partner Sir Sammy Temper. Cheeky is now stationed in Asheville, North Carolina where she currently performs with The Sultry Sirens and Black Garter Revue.

Deanna Danger (St. Louis, MO)

​“Professional Purveyor of Good Times,” Deanna Danger is an international performance artist, events producer, culture-maker, and the Headmastress of Boom Boom Basics Burlesque & Performing Arts Studio. Ms. Danger is Richmond’s reigning, voted “Best Burlesque Performer,” Richmond’s 2016 “Entertainer of the Year,” and 2012 1st Place “Crystal Corset Award” winner of the Pennsylvania Burlesque Festival. She is the producer/director of Butchertown Burlesque, a vintage-classic, live jazz & blues + burlesque nightlife series appearing in venues across Virginia, as well as creatrix/femmecee of PurpleLife RVA, a queer/sex positive, nightlife dance-party experience, occurring monthly in Richmond. Ms. Danger is the lead choreographer for the Boomettes, studio dance troupe of Boom Boom Basics, and the founder/producer of the Miss Pinup RVA Competition.

Delinda Rabbit (Seattle, WA)

​Delinda Rabbit is an award-winning burlesque performer out of Seattle, WA. Beginning her career in 2009 with the infamous Salomé Cabaret in Knoxville, Tennessee, Delinda has performed all over the United States. She has become known amongst audiences for her love of neo-classic burlesque, horror and gore, as well as her more cartoon-like comedic performances.
Delinda holds medals in the art of twirling tassels (on more than one part of her body), vocal performance, striptease, as well as multiple group and variety performance awards that were won alongside her troupe, Salomé Cabaret.
After relocating to Seattle, WA, Delinda has been busy spreading some real Southern heat around the Pacific Northwest as a freelance solo performer.

Ember Alert (New Orleans, LA)

​Watch out, now. This pint-sized fireball has been burning up the stage for over five years and doesn’t plan to stop until the world burns with her. Her burlesque bingo card includes the Snake Oil Festival, Smoky Mountain Burlesque Fest, NOLA Nerdlesque Fest, Mobile Burlesque Fest, Dragon Con, Heavy Rebel Weekender and the Mile HIGH Burlesque Fest. Trained in ballet, tap, jazz, modern, lyrical, high kick, hip hop, and swing, Ember’s performances range from funny to frightening, hot to heartfelt, frequently all of the above, and always unforgettable. She is the co-producer of the Gaslight Girls, who brought you such shows as “BurleX-Men: A Power Play” and “Naughty Nicktoons”. When she’s not on stage, you can find her dancing across the screen in film, television, and music videos. She is a choreographer, is certified in three categories of Zumba instruction, and is a veteran of the United States Dance team. It is truly no small wonder that Ember Alert is the girl you’ve been looking for.

Harts and Hips (Tampa, FL)

​Harts and Hips have been performing burlesque together since 2011 and specialize in neo-classical, circus style, and nerdlesque. Amie Hart and Hippie reside in Tampa, FL and have performed all over Florida, both together and separately, and have brought numerous fandoms to life with various burlesque troupes and venues. Some fandom favorites include Legend of Zelda, Persona, Buffy, and Batman.

Kerri N'Fuego (Denver, CO)

​Don't be fooled by her ordinary props. There is nothing ordinary about this girl and her ability to reinvent what makes an apparatus. Pole dancer turned burlesque performer, Kerri N'Fuego blends her agility, strength, and beauty into an acrobatic experience for all to enjoy. She loves to defy expectations (and gravity) and does so in the hottest way imaginable. We promise you won't look at chairs the same way ever again.

Kim Bustible (Nashville, TN)

​This lady is on fire! Kim Bustible has a way of lighting up stages everywhere she goes with both her style and her signature laugh. Kim has been part of the burlesque scene in Nashville, first as a spectator and then as a performer, for just over 8 years. She has been part of the “bawdy positive” movement since 2010 when she took her first class with Freya West at Delinquent Debutantes, Nashville's only burlesque finishing school. She became an official grinduate in 2016 and has been strutting her stuff on stage ever since. Kim has had the pleasure of being a part of several Nashville productions over the past two years including Wasabassco at City Winery Nashville, Delinquent Debs Presents, Merry Widows Creations, Bordello Underground, Brewlesque, Dirty Nerdy Burlesque, and Truvy's Rhinestone Cabaret as well as being a performer in the 1st annual Nashville Burlesque Festival and The Smoky Mountain Burlesque Festival.

Kinetic Kristen (Nashville, TN)

Like a fine Tennessee whiskey, Kinetic Kristen packs a punch, goes down smooth, and pairs well with a guitar solo. She ran off with the circus in 2008 - even graduating the New England Center for Circus Arts in 2014 - and has traveled the country as a professional circus performer for over a decade. A movement mixologist, she blends dance, contortion, acrobatics, striptease, and various circus disciplines to create unique and eye-popping acts! Kinetic Kristen is most widely known for "spinning ya right round" with her signature hula hoop and Cyr wheel acts, and is infamous for running on caffeine and rock 'n' roll at all times.
Her "home base" is Nashville's infamous Skull's Rainbow Room, as a featured cirque-lesque artist. Appearances in 2019 alone include the Vaudeville Extravaganza for the Bijou Theatre (Knoxville), Show-Me Burlesque & Variety Festival (St. Louis), Fourth Annual Titty 500 (Indianapolis), and the Nashville Burlesque Festival. She has previously performed at the 2016 International Nerdlesque Festival, the 2016, 2017, and 2018 Smoky Mountain Burlesque Fests, and was a featured circus artist in the "World of Wonder" show at Holiday World and Splashin' Safari, amongst other shows.

La Reina (Atlanta, GA)

​La Reina is the sassy temptress built with all the sinful curves in all the sinful places. Bringing that California flare with a Southern heat, La Reina is a fever you just can't shake. She revels in the extravagance of burlesque and is a lover of neo-classic styles from silks to satin and lace and anything deemed too "extra”. She is “The Lioness of the West”… La Reina!

Matt Knife (New York City, NY)

​Matt Knife was born when Salvador Dali kissed Andy Warhol in Studio 54. That union created the pop surrealist Matt Knife. Matt Knife blends absurdity, humor, sexuality, gender queerness, and nudity into a sexball of fun and magic. Matt Knife is the producer of Homo Erectus Boylesque at the Historic Stonewall Inn, NYC's first monthly boylesque revue!!!

NashBurley (Nashville, TN)

​NashBurley is a troupe of dancers comprised of Soulace Flow Arts Community members. The group is led by “The Madam of Mayhem”, Lacey Kraken, Co-Producers Betsey Bits and Zinnia DiCarlo, and Lead Choreographer, Marie Merlot. NashBurley has weekly rehearsals, produces shows, and creates ideas with the support of each other. A powerhouse of brains, bawdys, bumps, and grinds, it’s NashBurley!

Rebel Vitale (Asheville, NC)

​Rebel Vitale is Co-Founder of the Savannah Sweet Tease Burlesque Revue and Co- Producer of the Savannah Burlesque Festival. She is well known for her passionate performance style which comes from over 20 years of training in theatre and dance and a pure love for the for the stage. Rebel was also recently crowned the Golden Legends Champion (2018) and High Queen of the Asheville Burlesque Pageant (2017). She has been also featured in The Smoky Mountain Burlesque Festival, Geektastic Asheville, Discordia Days Burlesque Festival, The Shimmy Showdown, and was winner of Best Duet (with partner Jack N. Thacox) at The Great Southern Exposure. This fierce ball of fire hopes to be kicking ass and breaking boundaries for many years to come.

Rosey Lady (Knoxville, TN)

​Rosey Lady uses her background in award-winning costuming, prop building, crafting, and stage production to hone her performing arts. She has been attending conventions and creating costumes since childhood, and has been a performing member of Salomé Cabaret in Knoxville, Tennessee since 2010. When she isn't twirling tassels or stitching sequins, she's usually getting her nerd on with other costuming geeks.

Scarlet Starlet (Richmond, VA)

​Scarlet Starlet, "The Twirling Temptress," always aims to entertain. Whether she's twirling baton, hoops, fire, or tassels, the audience is sure to be teased and pleased. Based out of Richmond, VA, Scarlet enjoys performing a vast array of acts from silly to sexy to powerful. She has been seen at festivals across the country and her awards include "Best Hybrid" at the Great Burlesque Expo, "Best Act" at the DC and VA regional Burlypicks, "Master of Amazement" at the Burlypicks Finals, and "Best Variety Act" and "Mamma's Choice" at The Great Southern Exposure. She is a performer and producer with Burlesque Right Meow.