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Headliner and Features!
Festival Headliner - Ruby Champagne
Saturday Night Feature - Veronica Voss
Friday Night Feature - Rita D'LaVane
The Mexican Spitfire of Burlesque! With a background in various types of dance, she discovered The New York School of Burlesque and the rest is history in the making. Ruby Champagne’s burlesque career has included accolades like being voted one of LA’s top performers in Time Out Magazine (‘13) and listed in 21st Century Burlesque Top 50 M
The Mexican Spitfire of Burlesque! With a background in various types of dance, she discovered The New York School of Burlesque and the rest is history in the making. Ruby Champagne’s burlesque career has included accolades like being voted one of LA’s top performers in Time Out Magazine (‘13) and listed in 21st Century Burlesque Top 50 Most Influential Figures of the World various years.
Ruby has headlined various festivals worldwide such as Panama Burlesque Festival, Latin Burlesque Festival, Hollywood Burlesque Festival and Barcelona Burlesque Meeting. She also competed in Burlesque Hall of Fame, Best Debut.
An award-winning performer, her titles include Miss Viva Las Vegas 2010, Best Soloist A-BurlyQ 2012, and Queen of San Antonio Burlesque Festival 2014. Another notable accolade was being crowned Miss Tiki Oasis 2018.
Friday Night Feature - Rita D'LaVane
Saturday Night Feature - Veronica Voss
Friday Night Feature - Rita D'LaVane
Rita D’LaVane is known as the Witchy Hoe of the Hostess City!
This non binary babe has traveled the world over spreading what they call the 'Witchy Hoe Gospel'. Which is the practice of conjuring confidence, exploring body positivity, and celebrating sexual liberation. Rita, an activist from Savannah, now residing in Tulsa, Oklahoma rai
Rita D’LaVane is known as the Witchy Hoe of the Hostess City!
This non binary babe has traveled the world over spreading what they call the 'Witchy Hoe Gospel'. Which is the practice of conjuring confidence, exploring body positivity, and celebrating sexual liberation. Rita, an activist from Savannah, now residing in Tulsa, Oklahoma raising awareness for causes that affect their local community. They are a fierce voice for matters regarding the importance of BIPOC representation in burlesque, since they first stepped out on stage in 2004
They are the executive producer of the the Hostess City Hoedown, in Savannah, Ga.
They’re your 2019 Duchess of Funk of the What the Funk?! BIPoC Burlesque Festival, Mx. Ohio Burlesque 2022, and the 2023 Headliner of the Dragon Con Burlesque Revue.
Saturday Night Feature - Veronica Voss
Saturday Night Feature - Veronica Voss
Saturday Night Feature - Veronica Voss
Veronica is multi-award winning performer who has traveled the country showcasing her diverse style as a nerdlesque, neo, and classic performer since 2013. She is an original member of the nerdlesque troupe The Hollywood Jane Revue and live band show Babylon Cabaret, and the producer of Hey! Ho! Let's Strip! a punk rock and new wave burle
Veronica is multi-award winning performer who has traveled the country showcasing her diverse style as a nerdlesque, neo, and classic performer since 2013. She is an original member of the nerdlesque troupe The Hollywood Jane Revue and live band show Babylon Cabaret, and the producer of Hey! Ho! Let's Strip! a punk rock and new wave burlesque show. Veronica is the winner of Miss Hollywood Burlesque 2019 and currently works as the production manager for The Hollywood Burlesque Festival. Radiating sassy, sexy, and silly she is the Pocket Rocket of Burlesque!
The Venue
VFW Post 577
Located in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Muscogee Tribal Lands
A century ago Tulsa’s business community saw the need and stepped up to build a National Guard Armory located at 1109 E. 6th St. A first-class facility was constructed at a cost of $50,000 and ready for use on July 1, 1920.
The Armory served the Oklahoma National Guard through the 1920’s and most of the 1930’s. After WWII the Old Armory started a new chapter of service. In 1946 the property was acquired by Tulsa's Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW). Since that time, the VFW Post 577 has served as a sanctuary for Veterans to reconnect with the community. Generations of Veterans and their families have passed through its doors. Visit our Facebook page for more photos!
Support the Tulsa Burlesque Festival
You can make a one time tax deductible donation to the Tulsa Burlesque Festival! Your support will fund daily operations and bringing national award winning talent to the festival. Want to do more? Email us to setup a sponsorship package! We also accept in kind donations and sponsorship
About Us
Katie Belle - Executive Producer
Katie Belle - Executive Producer
Katie Belle - Executive Producer
Born and raised in Tulsa, this okie showgirl has been entertaining audiences for over a century (in dog years)!
She has had her dainty, raccoon-like hands in the burlesque community as a costumer, choreographer, makeup artist, and performer. While abed with COVID in 2021, she had a vision and was fortunate to have 2 friends willing to pitc
Born and raised in Tulsa, this okie showgirl has been entertaining audiences for over a century (in dog years)!
She has had her dainty, raccoon-like hands in the burlesque community as a costumer, choreographer, makeup artist, and performer. While abed with COVID in 2021, she had a vision and was fortunate to have 2 friends willing to pitch in to a really crazy idea. Thus, in 2022 the Tulsa Burlesque Festival was born. 2023 saw the launch of the Tulsa Tassel Coalition, a 501c3 organization meant to benefit alternative performance art and artists in the Oklahoma region.
Hank E. Panky- Co-Producer
Katie Belle - Executive Producer
Katie Belle - Executive Producer
Hank E Panky a national headliner based in Kansas City. He likes to be known as your naked storyteller. He is a recipient of the Beth Byrd Physical Theater Grant. Our king of smolder and sass, and just a little bit of ass!
Roxy Rockette - Co-Producer
Katie Belle - Executive Producer
Roxy Rockette - Co-Producer
First seen in our orbit in 2016, Roxy Rockette has been abducting hearts ever since. She is the producer of The Pearl District Peepshow in Tulsa, Ok! Mixing classic burlesque with high-octane rock n roll, she's sure to make your cosmos quiver!