The 10th Annual International Ohio Burlesque Festival 2020
The 9th Annual International Burlesque Festival will be held at The Historical Beachland Ballroom & Tavern
August 6th, 7th & 8th of 2020. The Festival is produced & sponsored in part by
fifteen year veteran award winning burlesque production company Cleveland Burlesque formally known as
Le Femme Mystique Burlesque with the leadership of their head producers and staff.
August 6th, 7th & 8th of 2020. The Festival is produced & sponsored in part by
fifteen year veteran award winning burlesque production company Cleveland Burlesque formally known as
Le Femme Mystique Burlesque with the leadership of their head producers and staff.
About our Application
The application for our festival will be available on January 20th to March 31st 2020 and it is hosted by Burlesque Bitch,
The festival takes place in Cleveland, Ohio at The Beachland Ballroom and Tavern at The Waterloo Arts District on August 6th thru 8th of 2020.
A few things you need to know about our application that will help you prep before you apply.
The festival takes place in Cleveland, Ohio at The Beachland Ballroom and Tavern at The Waterloo Arts District on August 6th thru 8th of 2020.
A few things you need to know about our application that will help you prep before you apply.
- The application is free from January 20th February 1st at midnight, We belive this is our way to assist performers that would like to apply but not necessarily have the funds available.
- Our application fee after the free period is only $15.00 even if the dateline is extended, There is no inflated late fees. If you do apply twice the price is per application. If we are missing your paypal payment we will contact you to make sure it was received.
- Uncompleted applications will not be reviewed.
- Each application hosts two videos and we limit acts to a time of 5 mins.
- You can submit up-to 2 applications per performer/group.
- Video is required for you act, You can send us any video at any quality including from your cellphone. We have to be able to see your costume, routine and choreography along with listening clearly to your song.
- We do not host fire acts at this time. We do host aerial acts with proper insurance.
- The Ohio Burlesque Festival mandates is to showcase a diverse and inclusive body positive cast of artists representing WOC, POC, BIPOC, QPOC, LGBTQIA, immigrants, and differently abled performers in a safe, inclusive space.
- The festival takes 2 weeks to review applications, You will get a communication by email from us with either invitational and a non invitational. If you did not get an a communication please reach out to us via email ohioburlesque@gmail.com
- We provide performers with a weekender ticket to enter all showcases for free.
- A limited number of images (1) per performer are release the day after the show, The rest are release with in 30 days.
- Videos are free to our performers and they will be released with 60 days after the show.
- Our festival badge acts as a discount program with city wide partners with out tourist bureau.
- We provide a meal for performers day of their show, refreshments and snacks.
- Hotel accommodations will be provided with host hotel at a discounted rate to make it more affordable of a trip.
- This year 2020 we are giving you two free workshops on Event and Self promotion and Burlesque Business on Social Media. They are free for all festival participants.
