Autumn O’Beals

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Brandy Knight

Brandy Knight (@brandy.knight.x) is a seductive siren of the stage. A lover of all things showgirl and burlesque, she nerds out over the rich history of the art form. She swirls and twirls all around town as a member of @friskybusinessburlesque and the Austin Burlesque Alliance, she’s also the showcase producer and a forever student at @blackboxcreativeatx. She brings her art and design background to her performance pieces, merging aesthetics and concepts seamlessly. Brandy seeks to hypnotize, her style of movement evokes the rich essence of her namesake. She's smooth, she's sweet and always brings the heat, she's Brandy Knight.

@brandy.knight.x

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Cimmeria Steel

Cimmeria Steel, the “the Sword Wielding Sorceress,” began as a classically trained vocalist performing in musical theatre.  She is now also an award winning pole artist, belly dancer, and burlesque dancer who is known for her character driven acts and her innovative sword balancing skills. Her competition titles include ”Pole Comedy Champion” at Pole Theatre USA, the “Bump and Grindcore” award at the 2023 Texas Metalesk Festival, and was a pro division finalist at the Pole Sport Organization’s 2024 National Championships.  This founding member of the Jewel Box Dancers is also a pole and acro chair instructor at Lache Movement Company in Austin.  Follow Cimmeria’s adventures via Facebook and Instagram: @cimmeria_steel

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Devin Alfather

Devin Alfather is a Theatrical Fusion performer who specializes in over-the-top costuming and character acts. Her work incorporates modern dance, Waving, Go-go, and occasionally strip-tease. She can be found rolling around any dance floor that will have her, from Vegas to Portland.

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Heloïse Graves

Heloïse has been studying pole artistry for over a decade. Professionally, they trained as a principal dancer, acrobat, and competitive pole dancer before moving to Austin in 2020. Their movement background is in contemporary dance, ballet, blues fusion, gymnastics, and contortion. His dance practice is shaped by their synaesthesia, where sound, color, and sensation merge into a visceral dance. They teach movement at Vespertine ATX as a felt experience - unlocking new dimensions of body language as a gateway for deeper connection, perception, and presence.

www.vespertineatx.com

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Hibiscus Bloom

Hibiscus Bloom is a Bay Area native, shimmying & blooming through Austin, TX. Hibiscus Bloom is a queer burlesque artist and clown extraordinaire! Known for their commitment to celebrating identity and self-expression, Hibiscus blends sensuality, empowerment, and storytelling in every performance. Hibiscus Bloom has graced the stages of The Burning Man Project, Texas Burlesque Festival, SXSW, Texas Eclipse Festival, and variety of wondrous shows throughout Texas. Bloom is a member of the Bat City Bombshells Burlesque Troupe and clowns around as a member of Fou Fou Ha Clown Trope and is a member of Shea Butter Babies Productions.

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House of Deviance

Mother Jacki and Father Bex are two reformed Christians turned giant dykes who went from worshipping a pernicious sky daddy to joyfully serving at the glorious alter of pussy. The legend of Cthulhu is about to be queered in the most raw, real and lesbian way.

@jaymoonlight and @thefirsttheydy (only fans)

Irene Straddler

Irene is the current producer of Velvet Nox Productions, until such time as the demons that granted her this position remove her from it (probably when they find out about all the unholy relics she’s been taking home in her ice chest). Fortunately she has invested all her assets in her Realistic Hair Stash so she is set for the future.

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Lady Lola LeStrange

Lady Lola LeStrange is an award-winning performer from Houston, Texas. She has been a member of Texas’ only award-winning plus size cabaret troupe, Fat Bottom Cabaret (Best Large Group, BHOF 2022) and The Jigglewatts Burlesque Revue. Lola has performed at numerous festivals and competitions including What the Funk Fest (Headliner, 2024), WTFemme Festival (Headliner, 2024), Teaser Festival (2023), Imperial Monarch Canada (1st Runner-Up, 2022), the Viva Las Vegas Burlesque Showcase (2022), Freezing Tassel Burlesque Festival (Headliner, 2020), Burlesque Hall of Fame (“Best Debut” competitor, 2019), and more. She is known as the Rear and Pleasant Danger!

Lilith Allure

Lilith Allure is a highly trained and certified eldritch queer with many millenniums of unholy and disconcerting practices under her garter belt. They have no free time, for she is priceless. She has brought her corporeal form here tonight as a special favor to their unworthy supplicants, so enjoy this rare opportunity for direct eye contact with the Flesh That Seared A Thousand Souls.

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Luci LaShell

Something ancient stirs by the black waters of Lake Hali. Cloaked in tattered gold and crowned in madness, Luci LaShell becomes The King in Yellow—a herald of Lost Carcosa. They beckon you closer with every movement—elegant, eldritch, and inevitable. Have you seen the Yellow Sign?

Sabor Insanity

Sabor Insanity is an Austin based performer who has been bringing her style of dark and industrial to stages across Texas for over a decade. Classically trained in hip-hop and jazz throughout childhood, she started off her adult career as a shock and fetish performer with the likes of Bozo Porno Circus, Johnny Hootrock, and Bind.Torture.Kill, she quickly found herself in the sideshow/burlesque scene performing with the Vaude Thrills and Frisky Business Burlesque. She remained a member of Frisky for 7 years while often performing solo work at other productions such as VaVa Doom, Boner Bizarre, The Austin Vampire Ball, Temple of Flesh, and more.

Now, she is a co-producer of Austin's Monday Night Jammie Jam but still finds time to creep around on various stages across the Lone Star State. Expect blood, kink, flames, and nightmares (the good kind <3).

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Sleaze McQueen

Sleaze McQueen is a local Austin powerhouse poler and horror movie fanatic. They're a student of Black Box Creative and known to throw themselves (literally) into all things hardstyle, floorwork, sharp, and weird.

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Sodi Moore

Sodi Moore is a neoburlesque themme fatale who’s been stealing souls across the south since late 2018. This vixen explores themes of darkness, otherness, & macabre in their sensual routines while adding a dash of humor. Along with being a cast member of multiple award winning Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex burlesque productions, Moore has also been featured in publications such as Fort Worth Weekly, Retro Lovely, & the Dallas Observer. From the goth club to the big stage this traveling showghoul continuously mesmerizes national audiences with their savory moves & dangerous curves. They’re 90% salt, 100% sexy…the saltiest babe who’ll leave you craving Moore!

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Vivienne vermuth

Vivienne (they/them) is an original, award winning Dallas burlesque/drag icon, having performed/produced over 4000 shows across the United States since 2008. Awards include Best Dallas Burlesque Entertainer 2023, Best Burlesque Production of Fort Worth 2023, Most Original at the 2018 Oklahoma City Burlesque Festival, the Pineapple Sparkle Award (for warmth and congeniality) at the 2017 Texas Queerlesque Festival and the Tammy True Future Legend of Burlesque Award at the 2015 Dallas Burlesque Festival. They’re a co-producer of Nightshade Burlesque, creator of the decade long- running Nearly Naked Nutcracker and have produced events for Beyond Vanilla, Meow Wolf and more. They are also an award winning hair and makeup artist for stage and screen, a member of IATSE (eye aught see) 484, with their own studio in Ft Worth.

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Val Royalle

Val Royalle, your friendly neighborhood MILF is here, Val is a member of Erotiqueer Burlesque and a baby frisky at Frisky Business Burlesque. Inspired by Revolutionary Girl Utena, wants to celebrate the first POC she ever saw in an anime and the anime that set forth her queer awakening, Revolutionary Girl Utena.

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Zoja Exotica

Zoja Exotica is the co-owner and producer of Austin's erotic variety show BONER BIZARRE, co-owner and lead videographer of Optic Onslaught, co-owner and director of Filthy Southern Queers, as well as the studio manager of Black Box Creative.

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