Join us for the 3rd Annual The Charm City Burlesque and Variety Festival. It shines a light on the morals and foibles of modern life and mocks them openly. In Baltimore, burlesque is all of those things, and it is also unabashedly weird, strange, dark, funny, and a little bit twisted. Baltimore’s burlesque and variety stages have always welcomed the different and the avant-garde. Baltimore marvels in the filthy, the strange, the strangely beautiful, and the sometimes questionable, and it makes it its own. The CCBVF celebrates all.

Schedule Of Events

September 26, 2025

8PM : Filthy Gorgeous Variety

The festival kicks off with a celebration of the weird and twisted side of Baltimore area’s burlesque and variety scene. Expect to be both titillated and uncomfortable at the same time, in the most delicious way possible.

Hosted by: Delilah Dentata & Jim Dandy

Headliner: GiGi Holliday

Featuring: Tapitha Kix, Ruby Rockafella, Bunny Vicious, Paolo Garbanzo, Onca O’Leary, Lula Lioness

Stage kittens: Minuet De Baiser, Charlie Lawless

September 27, 2025

8PM : The Tell-Tale Masquerade

Masquerade with us through the eerie ambiance on Saturday night. Don your finest attire and join the sinister mischief makers and the dreamers as we take you on a journey into all that is dark and whimsy. Let us entice you and titillate your senses with bewitching acts of burlesque, belly dance, sideshow, circus, and drag! Stick around after the show for a dance party with DJ Villainess as she spins dark beats and hypnotic rhythms.

Hosted by: Eden

Headliner: Poison Ivory

Featuring: Maria Bella, Kalypso Kraken, Bearcat Betty, Caza Blanca, Onyx D. Pearl, Meighan Vu, Valentina

Stage kittens: Minuet De Baiser, Charlie Lawless

After the Saturday show, prepare thine selves for some dark beats! As we proceed with the processional after party to mourn and celebrate the events of the earlier evening.

Charm City Burlesque Festival Classes

10 AM-11:00 AM - Class Instructor: Aquarius Moon
Class Title: Ok Moves - The Art of Stage Presence in Heels

11:15 AM-12:15 PM - Class Instructor: Kit Valentine
Class Title: Crash Course in Wig Styling and Care for the Stage

12:30 PM-1:30 PM - Class Instructor: Poison Ivory
Class Title: Finesse that Fan Dance - All levels Welcome

Date : September 26-27, 2025

Location :

Creative Alliance, 

3134 Eastern Ave

Baltimore, MD 21224

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