Isle of Tease Burlesque Festival - Friday Showcase

Isle of Tease Burlesque Festival is the first festival of its kind on Vancouver Island! Join us for two nights of electrifying burlesque showcases with spectacular headliners and features, alongside the finest local and international talent! We celebrate Indigenous artists, artists of all sizes and body types, 2SLGBTQ+ artists and many more artists from a wide range of backgrounds.

*** Weekend Discount***

Save when you get tickets to both the Friday and Saturday Showcases!!!

Use the code: WEEKENDPASS for a 20% discount when you purchase tickets for both nights.

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Isle of Tease Burlesque Festival offers different showcases on each night! You’ll see different performers from across North America on Friday and Saturday!

HEADLINER:

• Frankie Ficticious, renowned for her extravagant costumes, exceptional artistic vision, and impeccable musicality, Frankie titalates audiences around the globe with her mesmerizing performances. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, but known world wide as an international burlesque sensation. She is a celebrated burlesque artist who held the title of Miss Exotic World from 2019-2021 and was crowned Miss Viva Las Vegas in 2017. She has been consistently recognized as one of the TOP 50 Most Influential Burlesque Performers Worldwide since 2017 and was a featured performer in Dita Von Teese’s Night of the Teese.

FEATURE PERFORMERS:

• La Dame Derrière, La Dame Derrière is a potent mix of sensuality, soft curves, and sapphic angst. This fiery femme has traveled all over North America snatching crowns and stealing girlfriends. Their work is for the gays and theys, centering queer art and bringing the drama from a background in opera and drag. Get ready to fall in love or fall to your knees before them! La Dame Derrière is a potent mix of sensuality, soft curves, and sapphic angst. This fiery femme has traveled all over North America snatching crowns and stealing girlfriends. She’s the current reigning Miss Viva Las Vegas and Monarch of the Pacific Northwest Burlesque Festival, as well as a title holder at three other festivals (and counting).
• Eddi Licious, Victoria’s premier human impersonator! Eddi Licious is a Métis Two Spirit drag artist, gender bender and shape shifter who has been stomping around local and international stages since 2005. A mix of deep thoughts, primal urges, weirdness and whimsy, Eddi delights in entertaining audiences of all kinds with their galvanizing energy and chaotic charm. This artist was featured on season 2 of CBC’s Canada’s a Drag.

HOST:

• Scarlet Delirium is thee Raven Goddess and official Panty Auntie of Burlesque — a Being so molten, she’ll have you seeing red and losing your head. While this Kwakiutl Indigi-Babe originally hails from the land of the HeadHunters, her signature saunter and slow burn style has taken her to stages and festivals across North America since 2010. Not just a solo supernova, Scarlet plays well with others — she’s a sought after duo partner, host, and a founding member of Virago Nation — Turtle Island’s first all Indigenous Burlesque Collective.
  

In addition to enjoying our headliner and features, the Saturday Showcase will feature performers from across Canada and the US.

Victoria Conference Centre Theatre

720 Douglas St, Victoria, BC

Doors: 7:00 pm

Show: 8:00 pm

19+ licensed event

Tickets are non-refundable

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The Isle of Tease Burlesque Festival respectfully acknowledges that these events take place on the stolen and unceded lands of the Lekwungen People of the Esquimalt and Songhees First Nations.

*** Community Policies***

By attending Isle of Tease, you agree to our community policies. Please read them .

*** Accessibility ***

The Victoria Conference Centre is an accessible venue, including lifts, elevators, ramps, automatic doors, accessible parking, and wheel chair seating.

Here is a link to an interactive accessibility map:

https://www.destinationgreatervictoria.com/meetings/victoria-conference-centre/accessibility

Please contact [email protected] with any questions about the festival.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Victoria Conference Centre, 720 Douglas Street, Victoria, Canada