4th Annual International Booklover's Burlesque Festival at Alberta Rose Theatre

“Every time I have had a problem, I have confronted it with the ax of art.” 

Yayoi Kusama

There is a POWER to this festival that is UNIQUE- it is EROTIC, ELECTRIFYING, and EMOTIONAL all in one! Join us as Books and Burlesque continue to be RESISTANCE and celebrate the literary and performing arts intertwined as we present the 4th Annual INTERNATIONAL BOOKLOVER'S BURLESQUE FESTIVAL on April 9th-12th!

Get your tickets NOW at https://www.bookloversburlesque.com/festival/festival-tickets !

Tickets have been going fast! (Sunday is almost SOLD OUT!) Choose a day or grab tickets for all four nights, as each night is unique with performers from all over the United States and Canada! 

THANK YOU to Portland's Regional Arts & Culture Council for their support this year for our festival! 

ART & LIGHT WILL NOT BE DIMMED!

Our Festival event is a one-of-a-kind sensual literary weekend celebration tradition of FOUR unique Booklover's Burlesque shows in Portland and Salem, Oregon where we will highlight a mix of ANY & ALL GENRES of the written word matched with burlesque, boylesque, and draglesque artists chosen from the United States and Canada!

Our festival showcases both burlesque and literary arts that are sex and queer positive, feminist, diverse and inclusive to ALL! We have SEPARATE CASTS for each show in our festival! Come join us for one, two, three, or ALL of our shows! 

We will feature different world-renowned "Guest of Honor" performing artists, professional actors/readers, and specially-curated burlesque, boylesque, and draglesque acts chosen for our festival. And just as a library is an eclectic mix of books, our festival shall also celebrate an eclectic mix of all types of writing matched with all types of performers!

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SCHEDULE OF SHOWS:

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THURSDAY, April 9th

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MYTHS & LEGENDS GALA CABARET at The 4th Annual Booklover’s Burlesque Festival 

Opening Night Event

at Salem's Historic Grand Theatre

(Celebrating the mythic, legendary, and fantastical in literature matched with burlesque, boylesque, and draglesque artists chosen from around the United States and Canada!)

Doors at 6pm. Show at 7pm.

Event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1544436433472638

FRIDAY & SATURDAY, April 10-11

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FRIDAY & SATURDAY MAJESTIC SHOWCASES

at The Alberta Rose Theatre

4th Annual INTERNATIONAL BOOKLOVER'S BURLESQUE FESTIVAL-FRIDAY & SATURDAY SHOWCASE (Different Casts) 

(TWO different Casts/ Open-Themed Shows mixing of ANY & ALL GENRES of the written word matched with burlesque, boylesque, and draglesque artists chosen from around the United States and Canada!)

Doors at 6pm. Show at 7pm.

SUNDAY, April 12th

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COZY CLASSICS CABARET BRUNCH 

at The Victorian Belle Mansion/ The Belle

4th Annual INTERNATIONAL BOOKLOVER'S BURLESQUE FESTIVAL (Cozy Classics Cabaret Brunch) 

(Celebrating classic literature matched with burlesque, boylesque, and draglesque artists chosen from around the United States and Canada!)

Doors at 11am. Show at noon.

ALL TICKETS at https://www.bookloversburlesque.com/festival/festival-tickets ! 

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OUR HISTORY:

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BOOKLOVER'S BURLESQUE, produced by Lacy Knightly/ Nick Lacy of Lacy Productions, is the world's sexiest literary salon which matches titillating, inspiring, and/or empowering book readings with burlesque, boylesque, or draglesque performances. Professional readers, actors, or authors read aloud a piece of writing from any genre and are then followed by a burlesque, boylesque, or draglesque performance inspired by the piece in aesthetic, feel, emotion, character, plot, etc.

Since early 2016, we have produced quarterly shows highlighting genres such as banned books, gothic literature, science fiction, erotica, fantasy, fairy tales, mysteries, classic literature, and more. We strive to raise up both the literary and the performing arts, empower others as well as entertain through the written word and a bit of tease, support and promote books, literacy, and burlesque, and be open, diverse, and inclusive to all in a safe, welcoming environment.

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Door tickets sold only if available on a first come, first served basis! Once we reach capacity there will not be tickets available at the door.

21 & over 

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