NEW ORLEANS BURLESQUE FESTIVAL. What: A three day festival celebrating burlesque with shows, workshops and contests. Where: Most shows and events are at Harrah's New Orleans, 8 Canal St.; and the ...

NEW ORLEANS BURLESQUE FESTIVAL. What: A three-day showcase of classic and traditional burlesque. Friday features a kickoff party at the Green Bar of the Westin Hotel and the Mondo Burlesque revue ...

The New Orleans Burlesque Festival named its Queen of Burlesque at the Civic Theatre on Friday night. Minxie Mimieux of Dallas took home the honors during a ceremony that featured performances by by ...

Rita Alexander's return to New Orleans went nothing like she imagined in her dreams. A French Quarter burlesque queen in the 1960s, the blonde amazon known auspiciously as "The Champagne Girl ...

There’s a little nerd in all of us, and for burlesque performers, the NOLA Nerdlesque Festival is a place to express their inner superhero, movie monster, sci-fi villain or cartoon ...

NEW ORLEANS -- The New Orleans Burlesque Festival returns this weekend for its sophomore year of celebrating the art of classic striptease and paying homage to the city's role in popularizing ...

Lauren Jiles has been performing burlesque for more than a decade, but her latest win as the 2018 New Orleans Queen of Burlesque is extra special. Jiles, or as she's known on stage as Lou Lou la ...

Male burlesque (commonly known as boylesque) is stronger than ever, with not just Ray Gunn and Bazuka Joe but Eros Sea from New Orleans, and Austin’s own Silver Fox, Brad French, all taking the ...

At the 10th Annual New Orleans Burlesque Festival, a new “Queen of Burlesque” was crowned, and Kim Welsh was on site to capture all the titillating action. Lou Lou la Duchesse de Rière came out ...