THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 2025 – MOVERS, SHAKERS & INNOVATORS SHOWCASE
Burlesque Hall of Fame Weekender kicks off with a bang with the Movers, Shakers and Innovators Showcase, featuring a dazzling array of fiercely original acts from the international forefront of modern burlesque. From classic to neo and everything in between, these performances will put you on the edge of your seat!
Scheduled to appear:
- Aquarius Moon (Rockville, Maryland)
- Cat Zaddy (Toronto)
- Crocodile Lightning (Chicago/Bangkok)
- Eva la Feva (Chicago)
- GiGi Holliday (Washington, D.C. and New York)
- Ginger Snaps (Austin, TX)
- James & The Giant Pasty (Toronto)
- Jazida (Adelaide)
- Qu’in de la Noche & Christopher Kenji (San Francisco & Los Angeles)
- Quinn Dixie (OKC, OK)
- Sweet Sensations (Copenhagen)
- UmA ShAdow (Yokohama, Japan/ Warsaw, Poland / New York, USA)
- Del The Funky Homosexual (Minneapolis, MN)
- Nadi and the Prancing Ponies (Twin Cities)
2025 Sassy Lassy Award: Coming soon!
With a step-down performance from 2024 Best Large Group winners, Cheesecake Burlesque Revue (Victoria, BC)!
Hosted by 2023 Miss Exotic World, Samson Night, with guest emcees including Dusty Bahls, RedBone, and more to come.
FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 2025 – TITANS & ICONS OF TEASE SHOWCASE
We are thrilled to reveal the lineup for the Titans & Icons of Tease Showcase! The heart-and-soul of The Burlesque Hall of Fame, this star-studded and crystal-encrusted blow-out stars legendary stripteasers from the Golden Era of burlesque through the 1970s.
An ode to vintage-style striptease in all its risque glory, the Reunion Showcase has its roots in the annual gatherings of dancers held by Exotic Dancers League (EDL), and Burlesque Hall of Fame, founder Jennie Lee, beginning in 1957–a tradition we’re honored to uphold–in the form of a living, breathing, bump-and-grinding testament to burlesque “as it was.”
Scheduled to appear:
PERFORMING LEGENDS and BHoF TITLE-HOLDERS
- Coming soon!
AWARD RECIPIENTS
- 2025 Living Legend Award: Coming soon!
- 2025 Sassy Lassy Award: Coming soon!
WALK OF FAME
- Coming soon!
Hosted by Foxy Tann, with guest emcees including 2016 Miss Exotic World, Poison Ivory. Walk of Fame hosted by 2017 1st Runner Up, Sweetpea.
SATURDAY, JUNE 7, 2025 – 35th ANNUAL TOURNAMENT OF TEASE
Burlesque Hall of Fame is proud to present the 35th Annual Tournament of Tease! An extravaganza of the best of the best of global burlesque talent, this wildly fun and fantastically glamorous event culminates in the crowning of M- Exotic World!
Scheduled to appear:
BEST DEBUT
- Aurora Nova (Leeds / Yamba)
- Bob’beyonce (Chicago)
- La Dame Derrière (Vancouver)
- Maple Rose (Melbourne)
- Margot Manifesto (South Bend, IN)
- Matthew Pope (Perth, Boorloo)
- Mau Oh! (Portugal)
- Miss Nyxon (Chicago)
- Nami Flare (Miami, FL)
- Newfound Lad (Corner Brook, NL)
- Nicole Burgio (Philadelphia)
- Qween Quan (New Orleans)
- Raven Rose (Fayetteville, AR)
BEST SMALL GROUP
- Chanelle de Mai and Vicomte Harbourg (Paris)
- La Dame Derrière & Scarlet Delirium (Vancouver)
- Newfound Lad and Rita Ann’tique (Toronto, ON)
- Viola Panìk & Mister Punch (Caracas/Florence)
BEST LARGE GROUP
- Femme Fatale Burlesque (Kelowna B.C.)
- Jazida’s Fabulous Fan Dancers (Canberra)
- La Maison Lust (Vancouver/Calgary)
- Twitease (Los Angeles)
M- EXOTIC WORLD 2024
- Android Allure (Seattle/Chicago)
- Aria Delanoche (New Orleans)
- Bettie Bombshell (Melbourne)
- Chola Magnolia (San Antonio)
- Elle Dorado (New Orleans)
- Foxy Lexxi Brown (Montreal)
- Goldi Fox (Philadelphia)
- Ickymuffin (Austin)
- Jessabelle Thunder (Los Angeles)
- Lucy Lovegun (Perth)
- Rebel Vitale (Asheville, NC)
- Violette Coquette (Edmonton)
With a special closing number followed by a step-down performance by 2024’s Mx. Exotic World, the Reigning Queen of Burlesque, Honey Bee Rose (Chicago, IL)!
Hosted by Tito Bonito & Delilah DuBois, with guest emcees including burlesque legend Lovey Goldmine, Miss Angie Z, and more.
(All line-ups subject to change without notice)