Willy LaQueue
Headliner

Willy LaQueue is a dashing dandy and sultry stripper starlet twinkling in the Windy City. He's been working as a dancer, educator, and choreographer for almost 3 decades, venturing into burlesque in 2012, and he has twirled across stages and bar floors in the US, Canada, Germany, and Italy. In 2024 Willy performed in the Movers, Shakers, & Innovators Showcase at the Burlesque Hall of Fame, and he has been named the 37th most influential burlesque performer in the world by 21st Century Burlesque Magazine. Previously, Willy has been an opening act for musicians Lizzo and Sandra Bernhard, appeared in the Showtime comedy series “Work In Progress,” and performed at the historic birthplace of the modern LGBTQ rights movement the Stonewall Inn. Willy is also the creator and artistic director of Pansy Craze Productions, which houses the debaucherous immersive cabaret spectacle DELIRIUM at the Newport Theater. He's a flamboyant fop who shimmies in the spaces between drag, burlesque,

and dance theatre.

Blanche DeBris

American Treasure Blanche DeBris has been entertaining herself and occasionally others for more years than she can reliably count. If America had a sweetheart, Blanche would be her well-meaning but less attractive best friend. She made her burlesque debut in 2008 at Seattle’s Moisture Festival, and since 2012 has been an emcee at the prestigious Burlesque Hall of Fame Weekend. Blanche strives to brighten and inspire the burlesque world with her boundless joy, enthusiasm, optimism, and bewilderment. Miss DeBris lives in Las Vegas.

Blanche has also been honored to emcee Burlesque Festivals and events across the USA and Canada, including Minneapolis, Smoky Mountain Burlesque Festival (Knoxville, TN), Southwest Burlesque Showcase (Albuquerque), Freezing Tassel (Anchorage, AK), Chicago, Vermont Burlesque Festival, New Orleans, Las Vegas, Florida Burlesque Festival, Vancouver (Canada), and Calgary (Canada), Seattle, and Land of the Sky Festival (Asheville) among others. She is also a teacher, mentoring new and veteran burlesque performers in connecting to their burlesque persona (Act Like You Mean It and Plump, Polish and Exfoliate workshops), and how to hone emcee skills in her Master That Ceremony workshop.

Abby Fantastic
Competitor

Abby Fantastic, The Chocolate Milf-Shake of Burlesque, is an around the way girl from Queens, NY now spreading love the Brooklyn way. She got her start in the NYC burlesque scene in 2012 and became a MILF in 2013! She's performed on both national and international stages, including 2024's Burlesque Hall of Fame weekend and as "Producer's Choice" Boombox Hip-Hop Burlesque Festival. Abby is a Silver Tusk Award Winner and the Co-Producer of Bounce House Burlesque, an all plus body revue, which recently had a production at Lincoln Center in New York City. Blending Blackness, Queerness, Humor, Hotness and Mom-ness into one plus-sized package, watch your head... you never know where the clothes will go flying!

Android Allure
Competitor

Glamorous, enticing, and, to put it quite simply, delicious! A devastating beauty with a vicious gaze, Android Allure is a dynamic and divine being that will bring you to your knees. Combining ballroom culture, anime, and glamour, Android serves something severe. 

They are the 2022 title holder Grandmaster Funk at What the Funk Fest, and in 2023, they won 1st Runner-up for Best Debut at the Burlesque Hall of Fame. 

Their work has been featured at the Seattle Art Museum, Seattle International Dance Festival, Seattle Gay Pride Festival, On The Boards New Work, and Nordstrom.

A leader legend in the kiki ballroom scene, Android Allure is a mother, father, and auntie to their community. They challenge their kids to remember that trophies mean nothing. It’s about creating a moment, making a statement, and being memorable.

Bearcat Betty
Competitor

Bearcat Betty is a variety entertainer specializing in burlesque and sideshow. Based in Maryland, her wit and charm permeate the East coast. Over the years, she has graced many stages and sticky floors with her talents and will travel to you for monetization of your adoration. She is an award winning performance artist with a range that spans comedy to classy, dramatic to dangerous, weird to wonderful, and some nonsense in between. She enjoys making costumes, and finally finishing the costumes she was making. She hopes to extract your laughter, tears, exclamations, and maybe some sweat. Among her lifetime achievements include declarations of “I’ve never seen that before” and “I still think about that thing you did.”

Bunny Wigglebottom
Showcase

Bunny Wigglebottom would like to cordially invite you to her T & A party! Ms. Wigglebottom made her burlesque debut at Salome Cabaret's "5th Annual Boolesque Spectacular" on October  27, 2012. Just a few days later, this "Alabaster Hourglass" was one of 252 burlesque performers who set an official Guinness World Record for Largest Fan Dance at BurlyCon. Bun-Bun was also featured in the 2017 Legends of Burlesque Calendar for the month of May. 

Deaja Girl on Fire
Competitor

Deaja is the Co-Producer of Queer Cabaret at The Darling Clementine’s in Sacramento, dedicated to uplifting queer and BIPOC artists for over two decades. Known for her mesmerizing circus, fire manipulation, and burlesque performances, she is celebrated as the “darling dear with the nicest rear.”

Ellie Quinn
Competitor

From Richmond, Virginia, Ellie Quinn uses her inner most fangirl to tease and tickle your funny bone. The Duchess of Dork has performed all across the US and internationally. Full of saccharine and silliness, you'll want to catch a peek at this geek!

Lady Drew Blood
Competitor

Lady Drew Blood is a Disabled Seattle based performer known as “The Chameleon Showgirl”. She’s been peeling on stages since 2005, came to burlesque from roller derby, and thrives on kicking ass. Drew has set fire to local and festival stages all over North America with her unique flare and continues to share her odd takes on burlesque with willing spectators. Lady Drew Blood strives to entertain and leave her audiences strangely fulfilled & wildly fascinated!

Mx. Pucks A'Plenty
Showcase

Mx. Pucks A'Plenty is The They Them Yas Queen of Burlesque, The Michelle Obama of Burlesque, and Seattle's Own Mxtress of Thiccness! They have been ranked in the Top 50 of Most Influential Burlesque Industry Figure for the past three years, landing at #17 in 2023, as voted for by thousands of burlesque fans and peers worldwide by 21st Century Burlesque Magazine, named 2022 Performer of the Year by Seattle Gay News, and was one of the Seattle Pride Grand Marshals in 2023.This roguish radical is always ready to ride whether it be behind the scenes or on stage. Spreading their black queer magic wherever they go, Pucks is always in control. Pucks is also the founder and co-producer behind What the Funk?! An All BIPOC Burlesque Festival and Fatlesque Fest NW.  The Femme Daddy that your mother didn't know to warn you about, Mx. Pucks A'Plenty.

Novacane
Showcase

Big and bendy, fat and flexy; shes everyones favorite Grady Baby! 

This hot & heavy hedonist stays stoned from her teeth to her toes...(RHINEstoned, that is), and every performance is an exhibition of her innermost thoughts & desires. (You're welcome.)

Rita N. Wink
Showcase

One half of the legendary producing team Wink and a Smile Productions, and an international performer who has had the great honor of performing here in NYC for the last 7 years —and some how balances this glamorous life with her day life as a Broadway costume BUILDER  & teacher of the future costumers at NYU! 

She brings you camp and vamp all the while she is your little ray of sunshine.

Roula Roulette
Showcase

Roula Roulette is an award winning, international, theatrical and burlesque artist most known for their performances that embody fat vanity, sex positivity, self-love, wacky personal narratives, political think pieces, and sexual exploration. They have been teaching the art of the tease and preaching the gospel of building body confidence with the Atlanta School of Burlesque since 2013. Roula’s commitment to building accessible and vibrant Burlesque education is evidenced in her work with BurlyCon, where she has been a member of the Board as the Director of Administration since 2023. She received her Sexify® Sensual Movement Certification from Pole la Teaz in 2018 and her Liquid Motion® 1.0 and 2.0 Certifications in 2022 & 2023.

In 2023, Roula also created the International Plus Size Burlesque Directory as a resource to connect fat performers, costumers, producers, etc. and to combat fatphobia in burlesque spaces. They are the Executive Producer of Kiss My Grits! Burlesque & Vaudeville Festival, Emerging Burlesque: Atlanta’s only burlesque competition for new and emerging performers and A Weekend With… a burlesque weekender which brings internationally known performers to Atlanta to teach, perform, and further enhance the Atlanta Burlesque community.

They hold a Master of Arts in Theatrical Production and she has taught movement and her acclaimed Titty Church™ internationally and coast to coast at Universities, festivals, conferences, and private engagements. Their work honors the legacy of the queer individuals, feminists, and artists who rebelled, organized and created before us by joining people together and building on that legacy - igniting passion, solidarity and community.

Scarlet Starlet
Competitor

Scarlet Starlet, "The Twirling Temptress," always aims to entertain. Whether she's twirling tassels, hoops, baton, or fire, the audience is sure to be teased and pleased. Based out of Richmond, VA, Scarlet enjoys performing a vast array of acts from silly to sexy to powerful. She has been seen at festivals across the country and has won a range of awards including Best Act, Most Classic, Most Wicked, and Best Variety Act. She is a burlesque and hoop instructor at RVA Swing, the producer of Burlesque Right Meow, and co-creator of the RVA Burlesque Festival.

Sneaky Boo
Competitor

She is Argentina’s finest export! This girl has been shimming her way into the hearts of the PNW Drag and Burlesque audiences for the past six years. With roots in theatre and dance she was born for the stage. She is a sneaky snack. 

Valerie Veils
Competitor

Valerie Veils, is an internationally renowned, award winning burlesque performer who has been dazzling crowds up and down the West Coast for over a decade. This tattooed tart brings you the trifecta of tease by commanding the stage with her graceful elegance, sultry satire, and pure animal magnetism, which has earned her the reputation of one of the best powerhouse performers around.  

“The Heroine of the Hoochie Coo”, Valerie has had the privilege of performing at festivals across the country, including the coveted Burlesque Hall of Fame and Viva Las Vegas.

Most recently, she competed for Miss Exotic World 2024 at The Burlesque Hall of Fame Weekender and was crowned the Duchess of Viva Las Vegas in 2021, awarded Most Classic at The Hollywood Burlesque Festival 2023, and Princess of Imperial Burlesque Canada in 2023.

Valerie is the founder and producer of the PNW Burlesque Festival and PNW Burlesque Productions in Olympia/Tacoma Washington, and the co-producer of Best Coast Burlesque in Santa Cruz California. 

Viktor Devonne
Competitor

The Whitefaced Tornado, as dubbed by Tigger!, Viktor is celebrating 18 years as director of White Elephant Burlesque. Now a Southern California transplant, he is Mr Hollywood Burlesque 2019-2023. He is the facilitator of the Silver Tusk Burlesque Awards and produces the WEBurlesque podcast, available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.