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Fellow revenants, listen to the call of the night! Join us April 17 & 18 for two completely unique evenings of decadent desire, sweet seduction, erotic elegance, and depraved monstrosity at our inaugural vampire cabaret... Bloodthirsty!
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Browse our wicked vendors, try your luck with our raffle, enjoy our goth-steeped playlist, and treat yourself to delicious crimson drink specials sure to quench... almost... all of your desires. We invite you to come adorned in your most elegant and sinful fineries and claim a prize in our silent costume contest, but also welcome undead more comfortable in a NIN t-shirt and jeans.​
Step into a lush, hazy dreamscape at Dancing with Mary Jane, a burlesque celebration blooming with euphoric energy, sultry tease, and intoxicating allure. Our performers will spark your senses with a garden of shimmering costumes, smoky seduction, and blissed-out burlesque artistry that’s equal parts cheeky and mesmerizing. Come get lifted by the music, dazzled by the performers, and swept away in a springtime spectacle that’s guaranteed to leave you buzzing.
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The Bat City Bombshells have been tantalizing audiences since 2009. As the second-logest running burlesque troupe in Austin, these Bombshells are all about variety both in terms of acts and performers. Every Bat City Bombshell show runs the gamut from sexy and scintillating to humorous and daring, a tribute to burlesque’s roots.
The Bat City Bombshells take the stage Friday, May 15th, bringing the very best of Austin to the Texas Burlesque Festival as Featured Performers! Guaranteed to cure what ails you, they’re serving up a dazzling dose of Austin’s finest. Hosted by Nikki DaVaughn and featuring Miss Exotic World, Queen of Burlesque 2025 Jessabelle Thunder!
Dress to impress in your Burly-Q best! ASL interpreters will be available all nights of the festival.