New Orleans Burlesque Festival, September 13-14, 2019
Photo by Darrell Miller. Courtesy of New Orleans Burlesque Festival.
If you’re in town during the second weekend of September, check out the annual Burlesque Festival, an international event that brings together the best of local talent and some big international names. Dancers, emcees, comics, singers, and variety-act performers.
Photo by Darrell Miller. Courtesy of New Orleans Burlesque Festival.
Burlesque was one of the main attractions in the French Quarter in the 1940s-60s, featuring the largest concentration of burlesque clubs than anywhere in the country. It’s made Bourbon Street famous and launched many careers. Some of the most famous burlesque dancers to this day have performed in clubs on Bourbon Street — Evangeline the Oyster Girl, Lily Christine the Cat Girl, Blaze Starr. It’s only fitting that New Orleans is now the epicenter of the modern-day burlesque revival, with this festival carrying on the tradition of the golden age of burlesque since 2009.
Photo by Darrell Miller. Courtesy of New Orleans Burlesque Festival.
Events will be held at House of Blues. Check the festival’s Facebook page for more details and updates or by visiting neworleansburlesquefest.com.
