Saturday Night – Texas Burlesque Festival

The Texas Burlesque Festival returns to The Rollins Theatre in the Long Center Saturday, May 3rd!

Doors 7pm
Show 8pm Reserved Seating
Full Bar and Vendors!

Dress to impress in your Burley-Q Best! There will be ASL interpreters all nights of the festival.

Saturday night tickets available now: https://my.thelongcenter.org/3901/3903

Congratulations to our Audience Choice winner: Eros Sea

Legend of Burlesque - Lovey Goldmine - Las Vegas, NV

Lovey began her career at age 17 as a singer with The Scatman Crothers Trio. By age twenty one she was hired by Chuck Landes, of the famous Hollywood Largo, as a featured exotic dancer and mistress of ceremonies. She immediately became known for her love of musical theater and her focus on dance with storylines. Lovey traveled to Paris, France where she performed in “The Crazy Horse Saloon” for Alain Bernardin and later joined a ballet from Paris to do a world tour. Upon returning to the states, she took a job as lead dancer and line captain at The World Famous Losers Niteclub and later moved to Las Vegas where she performed at the Cabaret Burlesque Palace. She appeared repeatedly on The Merv Griffin Show while the show was filmed at Caesar’s Palace. Lovey was inducted into The Burlesque Hall of Fame in 2014 and currently travels to appear in Burlesque Festivals nationwide.

Featured - Ray Gunn - Chicago, IL

Ray Gunn is one-third of the award-winning Stage Door Johnnies and the reigning 2013 King of Burlesque. He’s been headlining and touring internationally in the burlesque arena for 10 years and dancing professionally for 20 years thoughout Chicago and other major cities in the United States. In addition to dancing professionally himself, Ray has 16 years of experience as an artistic director and choreographer for professional dance companies. In 2006 was awarded “Choreographer of the year” by the Black Theatre Alliance and is the creator and Artistic Director of The Vertical Side Show.

MC - World Famous BOB - Austin, TX

World Famous *BOB* is a Queer Draglesque Star with a combined 33 years of stage time. From the gay clubs in S.F. to the catwalks in NYC she has graced stages and the silver screen worldwide filling them with big hair, big gowns, and tiny underthings. Now *BOB* finds delight in connecting with the audience as much as possible and is an exclusive event hostess/emcee. She is also the proud Mother of the House of Famous, a worldwide point of stars queerating the constellation of love. She moved to Austin in 2017 where she lives in the Pink Poodle Palace with her Husbear and Poodles. Her reason for leaving the Big Apple ~ to co-lead a Queer Elders Revolution and is the Program Coordinator at Rainbow Connections ATX which they co-founded. In between cups of tea on their days off you can hire *BOB*’s BINGO Parties to make your next event World Famous! An Ultimate Self confidence Coach *BOB* has presented at the On Aging Conference (2024) and the Creating Change Conference (2023), Westminster Medical School, Churches, nonprofits and more highlighting the one thing we all share, the desire to be safe and loved. For more info visit theworldfamousbob.com