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2025 WEEKEND HEADLINERS
FRIDAY NIGHT SHOWCASE
FRIDAY, AUGUST 22, 2025
Jacqueline Boxx
baltimore, md
Miss Disa-burly-TEASE!
Jacqueline Boxx's mobility aids are as enticing as her activism, and she packs an aesthetic and emotional punch, whether she brings classic tease, nerdlesque, or neo-burlesque to the stage. She is a devoted burlesque performer, instructor, show producer, and disability activist, and has taught workshops and lectured on panels about mindful movement and adaptive performance across the world. She is a founder and core instructor at the Baltimore-based burlesque teaching collective Essential Tease which regularly teaches both online and in-person classes and produces student showcases. Jacqueline has competed and been featured at the Burlesque Hall of Fame four times in total and, in 2017, she became the first performer to ever compete in a wheelchair for a title at the Burlesque Hall of Fame Weekender. She is the 2023 Monarch of Pacific Northwest Burlesque and the 1st Runner up "SupaFly" of the 2023 What the Funk Festival. 21st Century Burlesque Magazine named her one of the top 50 most influential burlesque performers in the world in 2022.
DEFINITION OF A DIVA SHOWCASE
SATURDAY, AUGUST 23, 2025
Honey Bee Rose
chicago, il
Known as the Glittering Goddess with the Heart of Gold, Honey Bee Rose is an electric, fun loving international burlesque. headliner, producer, and emcee based in Chicago, USA. Performing professionally for a decade with the former name Ms. B LaRose, this fiery Filipina-Latina encapsulates the love of modern striptease storytelling. With a raw sultry, mischievous side smile, unapologetic prowess, and dynamic musicality, Honey
Bee is one of the industry leaders most hypnotizing burlesque artists to watch, captivating audiences worldwide! Nature’s Golden Nectar with sweetness in every drop, they are the first recipient of the Gaggy’s Nightlife Award for Best Burlesque Entertainer of the Year and is Burlesque Hall of Fame’s 2024 reigning Mx. Exotic World, Queen of Burlesque!
A Beautiful Benevolent Benefactress, Queen Bee is the Director of Volunteers for Bawdy Suite’s 2024 Juneteenth Jumpoff, Showcase of All Black Excellence. As an ambassador for Looking Glass Gems, the partnership has donated a portion of sales of the queen’s signature color Phoenix to help children in homelessness. They are featured in the Burlesque Hall of Fame’s Latin & Hispanic Exhibition, “Let’s Get Loud! And as Owner & Director of Honey Hive Productions LLC, her infamous showcase “STRIPPED” brings world class entertainment highlighting diversity & inclusivity for our BIPOC trans families building equity for artists alike.
Raw, honest, and beautifully bare, Honey Bee Rose is traveling around the world pollinating her compassionate love for learning, one stage at a time!
WEEKEND HEADLINERS 2023
FRIDAY NIGHT SHOWCASE
FRIDAY, AUGUST 4, 2023
MECCA MWAH
charlotte, nc
Mecca Mwah is an international entertainer here to give you a whole lot of WOW. Her love languages are PayPal, Cashapp, and Venmo. Of course, cold hard cash works too! She is the co-founder of Luxury Burlesque, the shiniest sensation traveling the nation. Open your wallets and your hearts and give a warm welcome to the one, the only Mecca Mwah.
SCARLET VIXEN
atlanta, ga
All the way from Atlanta, Scarlet Vixen is excited to give Virginia a taste of her Georgia peach. She's been doing drag since 2015 and her mission is to be unapologetically Asian, southern and queer. You never know quite what to expect from this drag chameleon. From high glamour pageantry to low brow camp, just know she's ready to entertain a crowd. She's the Asian Persuasion of the ATL and she's ready to show you how the girls from Georgia get down.
"DEFINITION OF A DIVA" SHOWCASE
SATURDAY, AUGUST 5, 2023
RICKY ROSÉ
washington, dc
Ricky Rosé is an internationally known award-winning multidisciplinary artist. He was crowned DC’s very first Mx. DC Latinx Pride in 2018, voted DC's Best Drag King 2019 and most recently crowned Mr. Trans Puerto Rico 2023. This Genderful Genderfucker is out to bring a whole new meaning to Mr. Worldwide, adding a little sazón and grit to the charming glitz of the world’s oldest, finest wine. RickyRosé is more than just a performer, they’re a way of life. You can catch him representing Casa Sin Miedo, the DMV's only all Trans Latinx drag house, thottin’ and boppin’ all across the country and every third Friday at JR's Bar & Grill in DC for We The Kingz!
GIGI HOLLIDAY
nyc
GiGi Holliday is Washington D.C.’s resurgence of glitz, glamour, and allure. Armed with eyelashes and an arsenal of glitter she has enticed audiences with her clever blend of sass and wit. Lady GiGi Holliday had her start after studying the art of burlesque in Trixie Little’s Burlesque Bootcamp and graduated in May 2010 with a double major in class and sass and a minor in tit-elation. When she is not melting her milk chocolate beauty all over the audience she uses her business attitude along with hard work she is the Entertainment Director, premier host, and dancer for the La Boum Series, owner of Studio Holliday Burlesque Studio, Owner and Creative Director of Gi² Productions and Co-Founder and Co-Producer of the InDCent Arts Festival (Formerly known as Capital City Burlesque and Vaudeville Festival). GiGi has headlined the New Jersey Burlesque Festival, Jeezy’s Juke Joint, and the 2nd Annual Texas Queerlesque Festival.
September 8, 2016, spoke for Creative Morning’s D.C. titled “Strip off your clothes and find your weird” which discusses the art of burlesque and the creative process. In 2020, GiGi became a member of The House of Knyle and debuted at number 40 on the Top 50 Burlesque list. In 2022, GiGi jumped 30 spots in 365 days to number 10 on the Top 50 Burlesque list. Winner of Hottest Freshman of 2021 at the NY Burlesque Festival, GiGi Holliday is a D.C. Legend and NY’s Rising star, “D.C. Legitimate Love Child” enjoys the spotlight heating her up and showing you some “Chocolate City Tittie”.
Dusk/Dawn Productions acknowledges that we meet, work, and learn on the land of the Tutelo-Saponi People (Yesan). We pay our respects to this area’s indigenous people past, present and emerging.
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