The 2nd Annual Charm City Burlesque & Variety Festival (CCBVF) runs Friday, September 27 through Saturday, September 28, 2024 at Baltimore’s Creative Alliance, home to some of Baltimore’s first burlesque and variety shows.
Burlesque is many things. It is sexy. It is sly. It is seductive. It shines a light on the morals and foibles of modern life and mocks them openly. In Baltimore, burlesque is all of those things, and it is also unabashedly weird, strange, dark, funny, and a little bit twisted. Baltimore’s burlesque and variety stages have always welcomed the different and the avant-garde. Baltimore marvels in the filthy, the strange, the strangely beautiful, and the sometimes questionable, and it makes it its own. The CCBVF celebrates all.
FRI SEP 27 | 8PM | Filthy Gorgeous Variety The festival kicks off with a celebration of the weird and twisted side of Baltimore area’s burlesque and variety scene. Expect to be both titillated and uncomfortable at the same time, in the most delicious way possible.
Special Pre-Show with Hot Todd Lincoln in the Marquee Lounge!
Hosted by: Yolks on You DC producers: Delilah Dentata & Jim Dandy
Headliner: GiGi Holliday from NYC
Featuring: Tapitha Kix, Paolo Garbanzo, Onca O’Leary, Ruby Rockafella Performers: Miss V, Cherie Sweetbottom, Betty Rumble, Lady Bladie, Curly Bright, Free Espirit, Ruby Spruce, Issa Vybe
Stage kittens: Minuet De Baiser, Charlie Lawless, Maria Bella
SAT SEP 28 | 8PM | The Tell-Tale Masquerade
Masquerade with us through the eerie ambiance on Saturday night. Don your finest attire and join the sinister mischief makers and the dreamers as we take you on a journey into all that is dark and whimsy.
Let us entice you and titillate your senses with bewitching acts of burlesque, belly dance, sideshow, circus, and drag! Stick around after the show for a dance party with DJ Villainess as she spins dark beats and hypnotic rhythms.
Hosted by: Eden
Headliner: Audrey Love from NYC
Featuring: Maria Bella, Naimah, Bearcat Betty, , Phaedra Phox, Caza Blanca, Kit Valentine Performers: Tempete La Coeur, Luna Levitate, Valentina, Charliecakesss, Meghan Vu , Saymo Saymo, Sitara Sin
Stage kittens: Minuet De Baiser, Charlie Lawless, Tapitha Kix
After the Saturday show, prepare thine selves for some dark beats! As we proceed with the processional after party to mourn and celebrate the events of the earlier evening.
Make sure to bring your best dance shoes or stompy boots as DJ Villainess will be spinning the Macabre (goth/dark dance music) till we shut the venue down. Let's all celebrate our love for the dark and spooky together.
Ticket Types:
Weekend Pass
Full Price$65
Performance General Admission
Full Price$35
Members Full Price$32
VIP Table for 4
Full Price$160
Members Full Price$145
Virtual Tickets
Virtual Streaming$10