May 16 2012

Fierce! To descend upon Chicago tomorrow and Friday!!!

Join us Thursday and Friday at the Underground Lounge (952 W. Newport) for this amazing tour with such a great list of amazing performers.  Show starts at 10 p.m. both nights and is $10 at the door.  Proceeds go to help bring the Fierce!  Internationa Queer Burlesque Festival to Columbus, OH next year.

If you’ve never been to the Underground, it is a FABULOUS dive-y/rock ‘n roll bar in Wrigleyville.  Wait..Wrigleyville…WHAT???  I know!  It’s a beautiful, liquor & pasty filled oasis amongst the maddening crowd.  Tomorrow is a Cubs night game (starting at 7 p.m.), so be sure to plan on transportation accordingly.  We’ll handle the rest ;)


May 15 2012

The Trifecta Is Upon Us!

 

So, a busy week for queer variety and burlesque here in Chicago!  First up, we’ve got some fabulousness descending upon Chicago in the form of the Fierce! Tour!  So rad it needs two exclamation marks, indeed.  Come and see the lovely and talented Viva Valezz, Akynos, Crimson Kitty, Crystal Swarovski, Twinkletoes McGee, Pandora Foxx, GeeGee Louise, as well as local flavor in the form of Cruel Valentine, Lee-Na Moo, Queerella Fistalot and Tito Bonito!  Sooooo much hotness to be seen, it’ll go for two nights.

 

Thursday, May 17th at 10 p.m. at the Underground Lounge (952 W. Newport) AND Friday, May 18th at 10 p.m. at the Underground Lounge.  Tickets at $10 at the door, and proceeds go to the Fierce! International Queer Burlesque Festival taking place in Columbus, OH in 2013!  More info can be found here

THEN (as is that wasn’t enough to give you a mindgasm, we’ve got our next installment of Ties & Tassels Presents…!  It’s our Crime & Punishment show, featuring Dollface, Tom Hill, Tamale, Scarlette DeVille, Queerella Fistalot, Stella Cheeks, Joesphine Shaker, Tamale and Plucky Rosenthal!  Holy Jesus, folks…that’s a CRAPTON of hotness that we will bestow unto the world, so be sure not to miss it!

 

Saturday, May 19th at Lizard’s Liquid Lounge (3058 W. Irving Park), $5 at the door, proceeds pay our performers and help us fundraise for QUEERPOCALYPSE 2.0 , slated for August 18th at the Abbey Pub in Chicago!

Yeah, that’s right.  We do it all for you, folks ;)


May 9 2012

May 19th Fundraiser!

 

 

 

We’ve got an AMAZING line-up this month, so be sure to come on out and have some fun!


May 3 2012

Getting Fierce! in Chicago!

This is a tour not to be missed, folks. We get to play host to this talented crop of performers on May 17th and 18th! Both 10 p.m. shows, both at the Underground Lounge (952 W. Newport in Chicago), and both $10 at the door. Read below for more info:

Bringing Fierceness to the Road
Tour to Promote the First International Queer Burlesque Festival
April 25, 2012 – Columbus, OH – On Saturday, May 12, “Columbus’ favorite burlesque performer,” Viva Valezz!, will be kicking off the most memorable road trip of her life. Valezz! and a few of her most talented and colorful performer friends will be embarking upon the cross country “Fierce Burlesque Tour” to promote “Fierce: the First International Queer Burlesque Festival.”

Both the upcoming Fierce Tour and the Fierce Queer Burlesque Festival are events intended to be celebrated by everyone – honoring the best of queer burlesque, highlighting the talents of queer performers and their allies — all of those people who support them and want to pay tribute to them. The Fierce Queer Burlesque Festival, to be held in 2013, will celebrate the talents of the burlesque performers of the world who identify as “queer,” gay, lesbian, bisexual, transsexual, or intersex, and their queer allies. The festival will be a celebration of the creativity, talent, and passion of queer performers and their community of fans, supporters and loved ones. Likewise, the cast of the Fierce Burlesque Tour is made up of both queer performers and supportive allies. To promote the festival, the tour will perform for both gay and heterosexual, burlesque and non-burlesque, audiences throughout the Eastern half of the US from as far West as Wisconsin; as far East as Long Island, NY; as far North as Detroit, MI; and as far South as Atlanta, GA.

The tour cast includes The Incredible Edible Akynos and Crimson Kitty from New York City; Crystal Swarovski from Washington, DC; Geegee Louise from Boston, MA; Twinkletoes McGee from San Francisco, CA; and Pandora Foxx and Viva Valezz! from Columbus, OH. The performers’ burlesque styles vary for a show that will appeal to a variety of audiences. The show includes classically trained ballet and modern dance to please the artsy crowds; traditional old school brassiness to please the diehard burlesque crowds; and of course some mirror ball disco to please the gay crowds. The Fierce Tour hopes to celebrate queer pride with many fans and friends along the way, since the tour will travel through the US during the time of year that most large cities have their Gay Pride celebrations – May and June.

Fierce: the First International Queer Burlesque Festival will be held the first weekend of May 2013 in Columbus, Ohio. The festival will include three nights of parties and burlesque shows featuring performers from all over the world. Fierce is currently looking for sponsors and partners, and will start the performer application process before the end of 2012. For more details about the festival, go to www.fiercequeerburlesque.com.

 


Apr 10 2012

April 21st Fundraiser!


Mar 8 2012

March 24th Fundraiser!


Feb 16 2012

February 18th Fundraiser!


Jan 5 2012

Queerpocalypse 2.0 is ready to go!!!

We’ve got it booked, folks: Queerpocalypse 2.0 will be happening Saturday, August 18th, 2012 at the Abbey Pub!  In case you can’t wait that long, let the included image tide you over ;)

 

 

(TRANDROID @ Queerpocalypse 2011, photo copyright Eammon Sexton)

 


Jan 5 2012

January 27th Fundraiser!


Jan 5 2012

January 21st Fundraiser!