Press Release
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Awards & Recognitions
Proclamation from Cleveland City Mayor Frank Jackson and Festival Producer Bella Sin
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Welcome Letter to participants
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Cool Cleveland
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Channel 3 WKYC Interview
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Yelp Cleveland
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Cleveland Pride Press Release For Ohio Burlesque Festival 2015
Featured On 10 best reasons to jump on the Cleveland Bandwagon.
USA Today
Featured On 10 best reasons to jump on the Cleveland Bandwagon.
USA Today
Ohio Burlesque Festival 2014
Via Cleveland Plain Dealer-
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The ghosts of burlesque still hover over Cleveland -- long after the Roxy went to the grave.
The famed East Ninth Street burlesque theater closed in 1977, after a 45-year run. But the burlesque scene lives on in spirit and has continued to grow -- thanks in no small part to the Ohio Burlesque Festival.
The three-day soiree celebrates burlesque with enough shaking to make you dizzy (or hypnotized by pasties). You want high-heeled, feather-boa-clad performers from around the country and the area? How about 50 acts doing their thing?
Well, the 4th installment of the OBF will feature a gaggle of giggles and titillation.
It opens Thursday at Mahall's,13200 Madison Ave, Lakewood. 7 p.m.
On Aug. 1-2, the action moves over to the Beachland Ballroom, 15711 Waterloo Road, Cleveland. Tickets run from $20-$30. Weekend passes $50. For more info, go to ohioburlesque.com.
Cleveland Scene Magazine
20 Images of The 4th Annual Ohio Burlesque Festival via Cleveland Scene (Click Here)
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The ghosts of burlesque still hover over Cleveland -- long after the Roxy went to the grave.
The famed East Ninth Street burlesque theater closed in 1977, after a 45-year run. But the burlesque scene lives on in spirit and has continued to grow -- thanks in no small part to the Ohio Burlesque Festival.
The three-day soiree celebrates burlesque with enough shaking to make you dizzy (or hypnotized by pasties). You want high-heeled, feather-boa-clad performers from around the country and the area? How about 50 acts doing their thing?
Well, the 4th installment of the OBF will feature a gaggle of giggles and titillation.
It opens Thursday at Mahall's,13200 Madison Ave, Lakewood. 7 p.m.
On Aug. 1-2, the action moves over to the Beachland Ballroom, 15711 Waterloo Road, Cleveland. Tickets run from $20-$30. Weekend passes $50. For more info, go to ohioburlesque.com.
Cleveland Scene Magazine
20 Images of The 4th Annual Ohio Burlesque Festival via Cleveland Scene (Click Here)
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Festival Director (Left) Bryan M and Festival Producer (Right) Bella Sin
Accepting the recognition from The Cleveland City Council 2014. To the right The Ohio House Of Representatives Recognition 2014. |
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The 3rd Annual International Ohio Burlesque Festival 2013
Via Discover Ohio
Friday, August 2 – Saturday, August 3, 2013
7:00 p.m.
Beachland Ballroom & Tavern
15711 Waterloo Rd, Cleveland, OH 44110
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Enjoy performers from around the globe at the 3rd Annual Ohio Burlesque Festival this Friday and Saturday at the Beachland Ballroom & Tavern! Tickets are $17 in advance or $20 at the door. VIP/reserved seats are available. 18 and over only!
Friday, August 2 – Saturday, August 3, 2013
7:00 p.m.
Beachland Ballroom & Tavern
15711 Waterloo Rd, Cleveland, OH 44110
Visit Website
Enjoy performers from around the globe at the 3rd Annual Ohio Burlesque Festival this Friday and Saturday at the Beachland Ballroom & Tavern! Tickets are $17 in advance or $20 at the door. VIP/reserved seats are available. 18 and over only!
Interview with _Equality Ohio
Cleveland Magazine Article "Tease Town"
Before there was East Fourth Street, downtown revelers flocked to Short Vincent for a good time. Lawyers, sports stars and mobsters alike were drawn in for a titillating show at the Roxy Theater, the biggest burlesque house in the Midwest from 1931-1955.
"[Roxy performers] would tell me the place would be so packed you couldn't move," says Bella Sin, a local burlesque performer.
Although the space where the Roxy once thrived on East Ninth Street and Euclid Avenue is now occupied by PNC Bank, the city's burlesque scene is once again burgeoning.
Under Sin's direction, the third annual International Ohio Burlesque Festival returns to the Beachland Ballroom and Tavern Aug. 2 and 3. Its two shows will feature 55 global performers, including Sin, classes from the Buckeye Burlesque Academy and an exhibit at Space: Rock gallery, showcasing both modern and vintage photos of the bawdy performance art in its golden age as well as a documentary about the Roxy and Cleveland's history of burlesque.The onstage performances will also include burlesque varieties from male burlesque (known as boylesque) to vaudeville to drag. "[It's] Vegas-style entertainment just in Cleveland," says Sin.In the coming months, Clevelanders will see a double-sided, bedazzled Ohio Historical Marker honoring the history of Short Vincent and the Roxy on the theater's original site. Until then, the festival will honor Cleveland's rich burlesque past."I try to give you the Roxy feel," Sin says "Because every show I do is paying tribute to somebody that's not exactly there, but is there in spirit."
Cleveland Magazine Article "Tease Town"
Before there was East Fourth Street, downtown revelers flocked to Short Vincent for a good time. Lawyers, sports stars and mobsters alike were drawn in for a titillating show at the Roxy Theater, the biggest burlesque house in the Midwest from 1931-1955.
"[Roxy performers] would tell me the place would be so packed you couldn't move," says Bella Sin, a local burlesque performer.
Although the space where the Roxy once thrived on East Ninth Street and Euclid Avenue is now occupied by PNC Bank, the city's burlesque scene is once again burgeoning.
Under Sin's direction, the third annual International Ohio Burlesque Festival returns to the Beachland Ballroom and Tavern Aug. 2 and 3. Its two shows will feature 55 global performers, including Sin, classes from the Buckeye Burlesque Academy and an exhibit at Space: Rock gallery, showcasing both modern and vintage photos of the bawdy performance art in its golden age as well as a documentary about the Roxy and Cleveland's history of burlesque.The onstage performances will also include burlesque varieties from male burlesque (known as boylesque) to vaudeville to drag. "[It's] Vegas-style entertainment just in Cleveland," says Sin.In the coming months, Clevelanders will see a double-sided, bedazzled Ohio Historical Marker honoring the history of Short Vincent and the Roxy on the theater's original site. Until then, the festival will honor Cleveland's rich burlesque past."I try to give you the Roxy feel," Sin says "Because every show I do is paying tribute to somebody that's not exactly there, but is there in spirit."
The 2nd annual ohio burlesque festival
Media coverage 2012
Ohio Burlesque Festival
When: Fri., Aug. 3, 8 p.m. and Sat., Aug. 4, 9 p.m. 2012
Phone: 216-383-1124
Price: $15-17
www.ohioburlesque.com
What’s my favorite thing about doing burlesque?” asks dancer Bella Sin. “Everything!” One of the city’s most prominent burlesque performers, Sin is the beauty and the brains behind tonight’s second annual Ohio Burlesque Festival. “We wanted to do something amazing for the city by getting people from all over to come here,” says Sin about last year’s inaugural sold-out fest, which went on to become a sell out. This year promises more of the same, with an international lineup of more than 30 dancers planning to take part. The two-day event kicks off tonight at 8 with a “secret speakeasy” party in the Warehouse District’s 620 Club, where you can mingle with the dancers and maybe even catch a surprise performance or two. Tomorrow is all about the art form, with afternoon workshops at a local hotel and the 9 p.m. main event at the Beachland Ballroom. Show tickets are $15 in advance and $17 at the door. Get them by phone or on the website, where you’ll find lots more information.
Beachland Ballroom
15711 Waterloo Rd. EAST SIDE/UNIVERSITY CIRCLE/LITTLE ITALY
When: Fri., Aug. 3, 8 p.m. and Sat., Aug. 4, 9 p.m. 2012
Phone: 216-383-1124
Price: $15-17
www.ohioburlesque.com
What’s my favorite thing about doing burlesque?” asks dancer Bella Sin. “Everything!” One of the city’s most prominent burlesque performers, Sin is the beauty and the brains behind tonight’s second annual Ohio Burlesque Festival. “We wanted to do something amazing for the city by getting people from all over to come here,” says Sin about last year’s inaugural sold-out fest, which went on to become a sell out. This year promises more of the same, with an international lineup of more than 30 dancers planning to take part. The two-day event kicks off tonight at 8 with a “secret speakeasy” party in the Warehouse District’s 620 Club, where you can mingle with the dancers and maybe even catch a surprise performance or two. Tomorrow is all about the art form, with afternoon workshops at a local hotel and the 9 p.m. main event at the Beachland Ballroom. Show tickets are $15 in advance and $17 at the door. Get them by phone or on the website, where you’ll find lots more information.
Beachland Ballroom
15711 Waterloo Rd. EAST SIDE/UNIVERSITY CIRCLE/LITTLE ITALY
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Fresh Filter Top Pick: Ohio Burlesque
"The burlesque performer was the original sex symbol of America," states Bella Sin, a third generation performer herself. "It was an art form."<--Click Here To Read The Rest-->
Sequins and Glitter and Feathers- Scene & heard
Cleveland Scene
"The Beachland Ballroom was packed to the walls Saturday night for the 2nd Annual Ohio Burlesque Festival. Nearly thirty performers from across the country — and Italy"<--Click Here To Read The Rest-->
One of the reasons cleveland, oh does not suck 2011
Cleveland Scene
Media Coverage 2011
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Cleveland Scene wrote:
We Made Sex Classy Again
When we wrote about the burgeoning of the new burlesque movement in Cleveland almost a year ago, we had no idea that we'd be drowning in a sea of comely flesh by year's end. Since then, an array of new faces — and bodies — have appeared on the scene, classes have been launched to teach beginners the ropes, and music venues and restaurants have added burlesque performances to their regular schedules as if they were dessert menus. In August, the first Ohio Burlesque Festival, featuring top-of-the-line performers from around the region as well as promising locals, was a sold-out success. With its focus on creative costuming, music, and props, and its use of story lines and themes to enhance the striptease, burlesque is showing Clevelanders a whole new old-fashioned way to be sexy
We Made Sex Classy Again
When we wrote about the burgeoning of the new burlesque movement in Cleveland almost a year ago, we had no idea that we'd be drowning in a sea of comely flesh by year's end. Since then, an array of new faces — and bodies — have appeared on the scene, classes have been launched to teach beginners the ropes, and music venues and restaurants have added burlesque performances to their regular schedules as if they were dessert menus. In August, the first Ohio Burlesque Festival, featuring top-of-the-line performers from around the region as well as promising locals, was a sold-out success. With its focus on creative costuming, music, and props, and its use of story lines and themes to enhance the striptease, burlesque is showing Clevelanders a whole new old-fashioned way to be sexy
The 1st annual ohio burlesque festival
2011 media coverage
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Get Out! Cleveland Scene
Lola Van Ella St Louis
Girls, Girls, Girls
Burlesque Fest Comes to Town
Conceived as an homage to the Roxy burlesque house that once stood on East Ninth Street, the inaugural Ohio Burlesque Fest has drawn beauties from around the country, including St. Louis headliner Lola Van Ella (a.k.a. "the derriere beyond compare"). Also on the bill for this weekend's fan-dancing fest: Naughy Natanya from Chicago, Goldie Glitteratti from Fort Wayne, Elizabeth Couteau from Pittsburgh, and Bella Sin, the local force behind what she hopes will become an annual event. "People are going to be blown away by the performers," says Sin. "They are a true delight." Today's kick-off features a free 9 p.m. dance party at Twist Social Club (11633 Clifton Blvd.) with DJ Saint. The main event happens tomorrow at 9 p.m. at the Beachland (15711 Waterloo Rd.); tickets are $10 in advance or $15 at the door. For a full schedule and to purchase tickets, check outohioburlesque.weebly.com. — Kelly Maile
Burlesque Fest Comes to Town
Conceived as an homage to the Roxy burlesque house that once stood on East Ninth Street, the inaugural Ohio Burlesque Fest has drawn beauties from around the country, including St. Louis headliner Lola Van Ella (a.k.a. "the derriere beyond compare"). Also on the bill for this weekend's fan-dancing fest: Naughy Natanya from Chicago, Goldie Glitteratti from Fort Wayne, Elizabeth Couteau from Pittsburgh, and Bella Sin, the local force behind what she hopes will become an annual event. "People are going to be blown away by the performers," says Sin. "They are a true delight." Today's kick-off features a free 9 p.m. dance party at Twist Social Club (11633 Clifton Blvd.) with DJ Saint. The main event happens tomorrow at 9 p.m. at the Beachland (15711 Waterloo Rd.); tickets are $10 in advance or $15 at the door. For a full schedule and to purchase tickets, check outohioburlesque.weebly.com. — Kelly Maile
