Ten things not to miss at Bristol Burlesque Festival 2019

As the Bristol Burlesque Festival returns for its seventh year, organiser Tuesday Lavaeu counts down the best ten things happening over the weekend of September 19-21:

10. The Bristol Improv Theatre (BIT)

We are so excited to be back at this innovative, visionary venue. Formerly The Polish Club, the BIT has gone from strength to strength since its remodel. The BIT’s mission is to “be an institution of spontaneous, collaborative, and creative theatre, a resource for ambitious artists and audiences”, making it the perfect place for our badass burlesque show.

9. Pink Kitten Dance School

The Pink Kittens are back for our 2019 show and we couldn’t be happier. They have supported Bristol Burlesque Festival since our inception in 2013 and we are honoured to have this women-owned, Bristol based business with us again for our seventh year. Catch them in the bar doing pole tricks and be sure to talk to them about signing up for a pole, aerial hoop or burlesque class.

8. DJ Kids From Fridges

Get in the mood for a night of bodacious burlesque and then keep the party going with Leftfield Disco Classics from the New York underground, courtesy of DJ Kids From Fridges.

DJs will keep the party going into the night, photo by Tom Barrett Powell

7. Vendors

Make sure you have some cash in your pocket to snap up some luscious latex fashion, queer art or even book a boudoir photo shoot.

6. Cocktails

Be sure to enjoy one of our delicious, bespoke cocktails from a menu curated by our sponsors, Licor 43, and inspired by our burlesque dancers. They’re sure to put the motion in your ocean and the swing in your thing.

5. Dis Charge

If you haven’t heard of this globe trotting Bristol drag legend, where have you been? Mistress of Ceremonies, Monster of Drag, Queen of the Creeple, it wouldn’t be Bristol Burlesque Festival without them!

Dis Charge is a powerhouse of Bristol talent, photo by Tony Barrett Powell

4. International starlets and homegrown talent

We have picked the raddest Renegade Strippers from across the globe to give you a show to raise the roof. Performers this year are hailing from USA, Finland, Switzerland, Australia, Germany, Philippines and more.

But we wouldn’t be the show we are without some hot, homegrown talent. Fill yourself with Bristol pride and enjoy our badass Bristol burlesque babes too.

3. Symoné

Symoné is an electric and elastic performer whose incredible flare and enticing mixture of skills as a cabaret and circus based artist will blow your minds. This international superstar is ready to amaze and astound with her award winning, record breaking style.

The hula hooping burlesque star takes the stage with her circus skills

Professional hula hoop & roller skate performer, dancer, choreographer and instructor, this quintuple threat is ready to take Bristol by storm. Did we mention her Guiness World Record for spinning the most hoops simultaneously? Be sure to catch her at Bristol Burlesque Festival Presents: Rebels on Thursda, September 19.

2. Rhys’ Pieces

Rhys’ Pieces is one of the UK’s finest rising stars. Fusing live vocals, lip synch, spoken word, strip craft and contemporary dance into their phenomenal work, Rhys is a globe-trotting cabaret sensation.

Star of the London burlesque scene, Ryhs’ Pieces. Photo by Finn Aisher

Featured cast member and host of London’s Queefy Cabaret and the Lip-Sinkers, Rhys’ Pieces has been delighting their audiences with dazzling wit, alongside exacting and emotive dance. Bristol Burlesque Festival 2019 is super stoked to welcome this vaudeville wunderkind to the stage – don’t miss them! Bristol Burlesque Festival Presents: Outlaws is on Friday, September  20 2019.

1. Nox Falls

Nox Falls is “thicker than a Snickers and twice as salty”. This utterly irresistible artists focuses her seductive talent for slow-burn striptease into magnetic performances that draw audiences in with passion and kink.

Nox Falls is a burlesque performer from Seattle in the USA, photo by Michael Sauer

An award winning international artist, Bristol Burlesque Festival 2019 is thrilled to feature the incredible musicality, attention to detail and sensational style of this radical and rebellious performer all the way from Seattle in the USA! Prepare for an experience like no other as we lay the stage bare for Nox Falls.

Find out more at www.bristolburlesquefestival.co.uk

Main photo by Tony Barrett Powell

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