2019 Headliners

 Headliner

Bazuka Joe

Bazuka Joe is the sweet and charming member of the award-winning Stage Door Johnnies from Chicago. He’s also known as the “Asian Invasion” of burlesque... and if you think you like his crouching tiger, just wait until you see his hidden dragon!

Bazuka, has headlined at the Dallas, Best of Midwest Burlesk, Show-Me Burlesque, Montreal, and Kansas City Burlesque Festivals and has toured all over the U.S., Canada, and Australia, and recently performed in a one-night only cabaret with Liza Minelli and Alan Cumming.

Bazuka is trained in contemporary dance, theater, and vault staff and uses his charm to create witty, clever acts that touch the hearts (and loins) of every audience.

 Headliner

Babia Majora

Babia Majora is a trans non binary artist and activist who seeks to dismantle gender on stage and in everyday life.  Living life in the margins, the in between, your Goddamn Godx blurs lines between social constructs of the masculine and feminine.  They co-produce and host Fuck Shit Up; Toronto’s monthly trans and non-binary cabaret at the Gladstone hotel, and are a member of Canada’s first BIPOC centred burlesque troupe, Les Femmes Fatales: Women of Colour Burlesque Troupe.

Photo credit Sly Feiticeira 

 Friday Night Feature

Verna Vendetta

Verna Vendetta is a gender-bending burlesque performer who moonlights as a drag king. With a background in costuming and special-effects makeup, Verna's ever-changing look keeps audiences coming back again and again. An awkward nerd in real life, Verna takes pride in their chameleon-like ability to become all of your favorite cinema heartthrobs.

 Saturday Night Feature

Spikey Van Dykey

The US's leading Drag King - Spikey Van Dykey! You've seen him on stages all over the country, on Elle Magazine's About Face, Buzzfeed, The Huffington Post, Rebel Circus, and Transfashionable.

 Saturday Night Feature

Delhi Marquette

Delhi Marquette has been a performer her entire life and has been performing burlesque in the U.S. and Canada for 9 years. She is a co-founder of Moonstruck Burlesque in Athens, Ohio. Delhi is a proud black queer artist and is excited to show you the nerdy side of her. She has moves that are as fluid as gender!