
Bee Bee Sanchez
Headliner
Rose City's Hot Sauce Hottie
Portland, OR
Bee Bee Sanchez is the bodacious babe with the bountiful body and biting wit. This mercurial minx is a Dancer, a Producer, Femmecee, & Artistic Director for Querencia Productions. Bee Bee is a member of Sasshole, Portland’s queer fat fierce fusion dance crew. This Black Latine femme is also a proud member of the What The Funk Festival planning team. Studying dance since she was five, she is finally assembling curriculum for 2025 classes and workshops.
She is a purveyor of multiple spicy arts, including being a published author of erotica and curator of hot sauce. Defying expectations on the stage, behind a mic, or with a pen in her hand, get ready for the Rose City’s hot sauce hottie!

Lola LeSoleil
Emcee
The Lady of Legitude
Atlanta, GA
“I can still see the dancers of Bally’s “Jubilee” floorshow in Las Vegas, effortlessly slinking down the staircase, glittering from head to toe like living starlight. And all I could think was - can I get one of those 30 lb chandelier headdresses in the gift shop?”
Ten years later, Lola LeSoleil enrolled in burlesque classes in Atlanta and graduated in a cloud of pink feathers, white satin, and applause. Soon after, she was added to the Syrens of the South roster and performed with The Dresden Dolls, Rhinestone Gorilla Burlesque and more. She has garnered titles of Queen from Southern Fried Burlesque Festival, Alabama Burlesque Festival, and Great Southern Exposure as well as superlatives for Best Costume, Most Humourous, and Most Classic.
In 2017, Lola debuted in the Burlesque Hall of Fame Weekender’s “Movers and Shakers” Showcase with her signature “Stood Up? Get Down!” act. In 2018 she was voted #73 of the Top 100 most influential burlesque industry figures voted for by thousands of burlesque peers and fans worldwide from 21st Century Burlesque.
For over 10 years, Lola LeSoleil has launched crowds to their feet from coast to coast with a repertoire ranging from sacred and reverential to campy and pop-culture inspired. She lives to challenge her own creativity and is an advocate of continued learning, taking inspiration from the ecdysiast legends.

Butterfly
They'll get you wet & keep you high!
Columbus, OH
Butterfly is an ethereal creature from a different world. They are a non binary, unapologetically black, queer Goddexx. Most known as an award winning burlesque entertainer based in the Midwest. Butterfly is the co- founder and director of columbus queer burlesque collective “The Villainous Vices”. They are a proud cast member, show host and producer at District West located in Columbus, Ohio. Aside from being a part of the west family dancers, and a solo burlesque artist they also produce one of the biggest themed queer dance parties/show monthly called Queerbomb.

Enzo Benzo
This Denverite is Dripping in Non-Binary Finery
Denver, CO
Dazzling audiences across diverse International stages, with their own special strain of feminine Latinx flavor and euphoric style with the energy to match. Featured Artist for 2024 Colorado Burlesque Festival, Headliner for 2025 Fatlesque Festival. Known as Denver’s Drag and Burlesque Virtuoso, head producer at Casa Benzo Productions, and a graduate of UMKC’s Theater Conservatory program. An International multi-disciplinary artist encapsuled all in one. This Denverite is Dripping in Non-Binary Finery and They are, The Sensual Seduction Themselves; Enzo Benzo!

Gauge Gorgeous
The Vulnerable Vixen with the audacity to shine
West Palm Beach, FL
Gauge Gorgeous (she/her/they/them) is a BIPOC, queer performer currently located in South Florida. With a love for the arts and singing as a child she is self taught singer with 15 years singing experience in small intimate venues, and large stadiums alike being name the first “Frederick Idol in 2012” in her hometown Frederick, MD.
This Vulnerable Vixen is a Neurodivergent disabled Navy Veteran who enjoys spending her time in nature, and conjuring up her future acts to bring to the stage. A graduate of The Burlesque Conservatory in Orlando they believe that all bodies are burlesque bodies and strive daily to take up space and celebrate those who also participate in this art form while building her own legacy. She has performed with Theoretical Rejects, Moonlight tassels, kittened for Rock the Mic all arts mic in South Florida, and cosplaying with The Bombshell cosplay.

Golden Mystique
The Queen from Queens
Atlanta, GA
This Queen from Queens, NYC started performing in the snow white state of Vermont in 2017! New to Atlanta, Golden Mystique is here to demand your attention and your praise.They have branched out of the Green Mountains and continue to showcase the tease, glam, and contemporary sides of burlesque down the East Coast and up the West Coast. The mystifying Mx.Mystique is not only a member of the Candybox Revue but an instructor with the Atlanta School of Burlesque.
Their testament as a performer, teacher, and producer demonstrates their ability to adjust the crowns of other Black Femmes.They’re not silver, not bronze, but they’re GOLDEN MYSTIQUE.

Judas Saint James
The Dark Dionysian Delight
Tacoma, WA
Crowned Seattle’s Queer Monarch 2022 and What The Funk! Festivals Shinning Star 2023 & 2024, Judas Saint James has been bringing awareness to BIPOC alternative queer culture with their unique mixture of burlesque, storytelling and erotic spirituality. As a healer and performer Judas has remained loyal to their mission of reclaiming the black origins of rock n roll and helping marginalized people see their true internal divinity through mythical story telling and performance rituals.

Keke Boudreaux
The Bayou Bonnaroo
Minneapolis, MN
Producer and director of The Bawdy Downe. Cast member of Black Hearts Burlesque, The Other House, Fusion Cabaret, Queerdo, Queer Circus, and Ballentines Burlesque. She got her launch as the Nudie Nubies Ultimate Reveal 6 winner. Two time Shimmy Showdown loser BUT two time Boo Bitch Bye award winner!

MochaMocha2.0
She’s the chocolate treat you’d love to eat
Chicago, IL
Choreographer, Creator and Dance Enthusiast MochaMocha2.0 is the hottest name on the Chicago scene. Known for her ability to light up any room with her bright personality, amazing moves, and sensual nature, MochaMocha2.o is the go-to dancer for all parties and events. Aside from being the CEO of Body Confidence for Queens, a trailblazing dance company native to Chicago that teaches Queens how to gain confidence in their bodies through dance. Mocha is a very high profile performer and she’s requested by many for her energy, dance skills and her ability to host and produce shows.

QtheMastermind
Here to put the Q in BurlesQue
Atlanta, GA
This performer is no stranger to the stage, enchanting people with her musical skills since 2003. Now she's ready to let it all hang out. Fabulous since birth, it's no surprise that her trail of glitter led her to burlesque.

The Sierra White
The old fashioned singer with the occasional zinger!
Chicago, IL
Sierra White is an Actor, Producer, and Cabaret Artist from the best city in the world, Chicago, IL. The people are beautiful and passionate, the culture is vibrant and eclectic and Sierra brings those same qualities to every story they tell and song they sing... with their own vintage flair of course!

Vena Kahlo
The Bubblegum Priestess of Burlesque
Seattle, WA
Vena Kahlo is an international multi-award winning performer from Seattle, WA. Member of Haus De Corvo; she moves like homemade tequila on fire. Drawn in by her love of costuming and embodied emotional expression, Vena began her burlesque journey when she graduated from Indigo Blue's Academy of Burlesque (2019) and continued on to Burlesque 202 (2020). Now the stage is her canvas and her body the brush. Known for serving face and her eclectic taste: Drama, sex, comedy- she ignites for it all.

Viktoria Court
The Thrilla from Manila
Vancouver, Canada
Viktoria Court is the Thrilla from Manila! A knock-out who was born and raised in the Philippines, this queer, chronically ill performer is a founding member of the BIPOC performance collective Diasporic Dynasty and has also graced stages in Tokyo, Seoul, and Manila.