The 13th Annual international Ohio Burlesque Festival
August 7th, 8th & 9th of 2025
Beachland Ballroom
Beachland Ballroom
The international award winning Ohio Burlesque Festival is August 7th, 8th & 9th of 2025 at The Beachland Ballroom.
Join us for four days of over 50+ entertainers from all over the world, Burlesque, Drag, Variety, Vaudeville and so much more!
This annual Cleveland tradition has been featured on Cool Cleveland, Cleveland Scene, WKYZ, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Fresh Water Cleveland, Akron Beacon Journal and Cleveland Magazine.
Get to know our festival headliners & Features!
Join us for four days of over 50+ entertainers from all over the world, Burlesque, Drag, Variety, Vaudeville and so much more!
This annual Cleveland tradition has been featured on Cool Cleveland, Cleveland Scene, WKYZ, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Fresh Water Cleveland, Akron Beacon Journal and Cleveland Magazine.
Get to know our festival headliners & Features!
Thursday Night Rock & Roll Opener
Special Feature
Heather & Lace - Cleveland, OH
Marie La'Pearl derives from the island of Enchantment where the tropical rainforest is magical and the front sing under a starry sky. This Latina is known as the crown jewel of Puerto Rico always briung the heat with her Caribbean moves and flair. She gives the right amount of sex, sensual and sensational with her ability to lave viewers wanting more. Marie puts the ass in sass and brings just enough sazon to sprinkle on stage with just a shake of her hips.
Marie La'Pearl derives from the island of Enchantment where the tropical rainforest is magical and the front sing under a starry sky. This Latina is known as the crown jewel of Puerto Rico always briung the heat with her Caribbean moves and flair. She gives the right amount of sex, sensual and sensational with her ability to lave viewers wanting more. Marie puts the ass in sass and brings just enough sazon to sprinkle on stage with just a shake of her hips.
Headliner
Queerly Femmetastic - Brooklyn, NYC
Brooklyn bred bombshell Queerly Femmetastic is a nerdy connoisseur of Blackness. Her pronouns are she, her, and ma’am. Queerly is inspired by Black shake-dancers, strippers, and hoochie-coochie girls across generations. She is an internationally renowned ecdysiast, who’s known for snatching souls and taking crowns. Currently, your Grand Master Funk 2024 of the What the Funk Festival, named one of the 2024 Top 50 Most Influential Burlesque Performers in the world, and the 2025 Silver Tusk Awards Entertainer of the Year! Queerly loves the smell of books, practicing sneaky splits, and the feeling of your money on her skin..
Brooklyn bred bombshell Queerly Femmetastic is a nerdy connoisseur of Blackness. Her pronouns are she, her, and ma’am. Queerly is inspired by Black shake-dancers, strippers, and hoochie-coochie girls across generations. She is an internationally renowned ecdysiast, who’s known for snatching souls and taking crowns. Currently, your Grand Master Funk 2024 of the What the Funk Festival, named one of the 2024 Top 50 Most Influential Burlesque Performers in the world, and the 2025 Silver Tusk Awards Entertainer of the Year! Queerly loves the smell of books, practicing sneaky splits, and the feeling of your money on her skin..
Friday Night All-Stars
Special Feature
Android Allure - Chicago IL
Glamorous, enticing, and, to put it quite simply, delicious! A devastating beauty with a vicious gaze, Android Allure is a dynamic and divine being that will bring you to your knees. Combining ballroom culture, anime, and glamour, Android serves something severe.
They are the 2022 title holder Grandmaster Funk at What the Funk Fest, and in 2023, they won 1st Runner-up for Best Debut at the Burlesque Hall of Fame.
Their work has been featured at the Seattle Art Museum, Seattle International Dance Festival, Seattle Gay Pride Festival, On The Boards New Work, and Nordstrom.
Glamorous, enticing, and, to put it quite simply, delicious! A devastating beauty with a vicious gaze, Android Allure is a dynamic and divine being that will bring you to your knees. Combining ballroom culture, anime, and glamour, Android serves something severe.
They are the 2022 title holder Grandmaster Funk at What the Funk Fest, and in 2023, they won 1st Runner-up for Best Debut at the Burlesque Hall of Fame.
Their work has been featured at the Seattle Art Museum, Seattle International Dance Festival, Seattle Gay Pride Festival, On The Boards New Work, and Nordstrom.
Headliners
Bella Sin - Cleveland, Ohio
This multi-award-winning performer hails originally from Juarez, Chihuahua Mexico - A proud Immigrant who hold the honor of being named "One of Cleveland's Most Interesting people 2011" along with the running title of "Cleveland Burlesque Queen". They have been the executive producer of the Ohio International Burlesque Festival for its entire 12 years and the owner of the 20 year running Cleveland Burlesque LLC. Sin's career has been highlighted with international and national touring with the honor of participating in Movers, Shakers and innovators at Burlesque Hall of Fame in 2017, Being awarded Most Iconic at The Oregon Burlesque Festival in 2023, Awarded Duchess of The 2024 Miss Viva Las Vegas Burlesque Competition, Featured in the 21st Century Burlesque Top 50 2021 #24, 2022 #19 and 2023 #19.
Sin's awards are not just on stage, offstage Sin's activism is received recognitions from the Ohio House of representatives, City Council and Mayor.
Sin has been also featured in a multitide of local news broadcasts, national television and international like American Pickers on The History Channel.
This multi-award-winning performer hails originally from Juarez, Chihuahua Mexico - A proud Immigrant who hold the honor of being named "One of Cleveland's Most Interesting people 2011" along with the running title of "Cleveland Burlesque Queen". They have been the executive producer of the Ohio International Burlesque Festival for its entire 12 years and the owner of the 20 year running Cleveland Burlesque LLC. Sin's career has been highlighted with international and national touring with the honor of participating in Movers, Shakers and innovators at Burlesque Hall of Fame in 2017, Being awarded Most Iconic at The Oregon Burlesque Festival in 2023, Awarded Duchess of The 2024 Miss Viva Las Vegas Burlesque Competition, Featured in the 21st Century Burlesque Top 50 2021 #24, 2022 #19 and 2023 #19.
Sin's awards are not just on stage, offstage Sin's activism is received recognitions from the Ohio House of representatives, City Council and Mayor.
Sin has been also featured in a multitide of local news broadcasts, national television and international like American Pickers on The History Channel.
Shimmy LaRoux - Chicago, IL
A Chicago burlesque performer, event host, teacher, and model, Shimmy LaRoux is your bad girl with good home training. Bringing a combination of quirky charm and infectious energy, Shimmy can channel classic Hollywood, be playfully cheeky, or serve fierce diva realness.
Shimmy LaRoux was crowned Miss Burlesque World 2022 and is a 5-time inductee into the Top 50 Most Influential Performers list. She headlined the 2023 Tulsa Burlesque Festival and the 2023 Baby Grand Festival in Cape Town, South Africa. In 2023, she was a Featured Performer at the Panama Burlesque Festival, the Colorado Burlesque Festival, and the What the Funk Festival in Seattle. In addition to these accolades, Shimmy closed the 2022 Dutch Burlesque Festival and performed at the 2022 Stockholm Burlesque Festival.
She is also honored to be a 2019 and 2023 Mover, Shaker, and Innovator at the Burlesque Hall of Fame, a headliner at the 2019 Ohio Burlesque Festival, and the winner of Best Overall at the 2019 Dublin Burlesque Festival. She is an internationally traveling performer!
Shimmy is also an International Playboy Playmate of the Year (Denmark 2023) and a 2-time FHM Cover Model.
Shimmy LaRoux is sassy classy…but never ashy!
A Chicago burlesque performer, event host, teacher, and model, Shimmy LaRoux is your bad girl with good home training. Bringing a combination of quirky charm and infectious energy, Shimmy can channel classic Hollywood, be playfully cheeky, or serve fierce diva realness.
Shimmy LaRoux was crowned Miss Burlesque World 2022 and is a 5-time inductee into the Top 50 Most Influential Performers list. She headlined the 2023 Tulsa Burlesque Festival and the 2023 Baby Grand Festival in Cape Town, South Africa. In 2023, she was a Featured Performer at the Panama Burlesque Festival, the Colorado Burlesque Festival, and the What the Funk Festival in Seattle. In addition to these accolades, Shimmy closed the 2022 Dutch Burlesque Festival and performed at the 2022 Stockholm Burlesque Festival.
She is also honored to be a 2019 and 2023 Mover, Shaker, and Innovator at the Burlesque Hall of Fame, a headliner at the 2019 Ohio Burlesque Festival, and the winner of Best Overall at the 2019 Dublin Burlesque Festival. She is an internationally traveling performer!
Shimmy is also an International Playboy Playmate of the Year (Denmark 2023) and a 2-time FHM Cover Model.
Shimmy LaRoux is sassy classy…but never ashy!
Saturday Night Gala
Special Feature
Nami Flare - Miami, Florida
She is a graceful seductress who lures people in through her embodiment of grace and sensuality. She brings burlesque to the forefront to take audiences on a journey that explores expression, identity, and self awareness. Ms. Flare won the title Duchess of Viva Las Vegas 2025 and Mx. Ebony Burlesque Atlanta 2024 and continues the legacy of melanated performers who came before her. Over a year ago, she gave up her apartment, pulled out the suitcases and took the show on the road; taking a leap of faith as a shimmyin’ nomad, shaking up the stages from coast to coast. Bringing the heat all the way from Miami, “The James Brown of Burlesque”, “The Sacral Charmer” who needs no armour.
She is a graceful seductress who lures people in through her embodiment of grace and sensuality. She brings burlesque to the forefront to take audiences on a journey that explores expression, identity, and self awareness. Ms. Flare won the title Duchess of Viva Las Vegas 2025 and Mx. Ebony Burlesque Atlanta 2024 and continues the legacy of melanated performers who came before her. Over a year ago, she gave up her apartment, pulled out the suitcases and took the show on the road; taking a leap of faith as a shimmyin’ nomad, shaking up the stages from coast to coast. Bringing the heat all the way from Miami, “The James Brown of Burlesque”, “The Sacral Charmer” who needs no armour.
headliner
Danielle Colby - "DANNIE DIESEL" - IOWA
Danielle Colby is a multifaceted television personality, burlesque entertainer, entrepreneur, and passionate collector, best known for her role on the History's hit reality series, American Pickers. Born on December 3, 1975, in Davenport, Iowa, Danielle grew up surrounded by her family's love for antiques and unique items. This early exposure sparked her lifelong interest in collecting and preserving history through artifacts.
Before her television debut, Danielle pursued various artistic and performance-based interests. She founded, produced and performed in a burlesque troupe based out of the Iowa and Illinois collective Mississippi River towns of the Quad Cities. which helped her develop a strong stage presence and a keen sense of storytelling. Danielle continues to travel throughout the world performing Burlesque and plans to continue celebrating this art form long into the future.
As a fashion enthusiast, she also opened a fashion inspired vintage boutique called 4 Miles 2 Memphis in Iowa and later Chicago, where she showcased her eye for vintage fashion and collectables.
In 2009 Danielle's life took an adventurous turn when she was asked by her friend, Mike Wolfe, to be a part of the American Pickers project. As the team's savvy office manager, she quickly became a fan favorite for her quick wit and ability to search out rare and valuable items. Her role on the show enabled her to combine her passion for history, antiques, burlesque and storytelling, all while helping the team uncover America's hidden treasures, ranging from rare motorcycles to highly collectible vintage textiles and clothing and, Danielle’s personal favorite, long lost burlesque history.
Danielle has also used her platform to raise awareness for various causes close to her heart. She is a vocal advocate for animal welfare, working closely with animal rescue organizations and has supported LGBTQ+ rights and women's empowerment initiatives throughout her career.
In her personal life, Danielle is a proud mother of two children, and her hobbies include gardening, sewing, reading and exploring the world of antiques. Her dedication to preserving and celebrating history, along with her dynamic personality and unwavering work ethic, have made her an inspiration to fans and fellow collectors alike.
The 2025 Ohio Burlesque Performers
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Masters of Ceremonies
Burlesque would not be anything with out it's masters of comedy that are steering the ship for the next few days of The Ohio Burlesque Festival, Not only are these Multi award winning masters of performance art but they are also witty and unruly ready with puns, jackets and a whole lot of questions.
Ken Schneck - Cleveland, OH
Friday Night All-Stars & Saturday Night Gala
