Thursday Night

Opening Night Extravaganza!!
 
Join us Thursday, May 14th at Elysium for the Opening Night of the Texas Burlesque Festival!
The Opening Night of the festival is now BIGGER than ever!
 
See a STUNNING burlesque show featuring performers shimmying into Austin from all around the world!
 
Enjoy cocktails, mocktails, and chaos! Fringe, feathers, and frivolity! 
 
Mix and Mingle with the 2026 TXBF Burlesque Legend Madame E as well as performers from all over the world, in town just for this weekend! 
 
Hosted by Gemmi Galactic!
8pm Doors
9pm Show
18+ ONLY
 
Headliner - Eros Sea - New Orleans, LA

National and international Headliner/feature performer, this BIPOC raised in Costa Rica is bringing his artistry and sensual movements to the stage! After traveling worldwide as a classically trained dancer , he has called  New Orleans his home for over 20 years.


Eros is a national and international headliner, who has been featured at The New Orleans Nerdlesque Festival, Midwest Burlesque Festival, Kootenay Burlesque Festival ( Canada ) and many more. He is the co-founder of Scorpio Boys Entertainment, the premiere all-male Boylesque troupe in New Orleans with regular shows at different venues, and he is also  a guest performer for other area groups, Eros also teaches classes on different styles of movement and serves as a mentor to numerous performers all over the USA and abroad. Titles include Mr. Gay Louisiana USA 2016, Mr. Gay Louisiana America 2019, Mr. New Orleans Pride 2016, Mr. Costa Rica 2000, Mr. National Apollo 2020, Best Costume at GLCC 2019, Winner of the Golden Variety Challenge Championship 2022,  Legends Choice Award 2023, and was the 2025 Saturday Night audience choice winner at our very own Texas Burlesque Festival! When brains, body, and brilliance are combined, it can only be Eros Sea!

MC - Gemmi Galactic - Austin, TX

This silly space babe lives in a glittery vortex of scifi, horror, fantasy, and fetish! 

Gemmi Galactic landed her Mothership in Austin, TX in 2010 where she studied under Coco Lectric at the Austin Academy of Burlesque. She has been performing clever and geeky burlesque, full of fun characters, sensual and silly storytelling, and a neo-classic blend of styles ever since.

She founded Frisky Business Burlesque in 2012, Co-Founded the Geekgasm Revue in 2015, and was a cast reader, turned producer, of the Austin Naked Girls Reading from 2013-2015. In 2016 Gemmi was an Austin Chronicle “Best of Austin” Finalist for Best Burlesque Performer. She began teaching at the Austin Academy of Burlesque in 2018, and started The Galactic Salon in 2023.

Gemmi has performed in 19 U.S. burlesque festivals and cosplay conventions, and has transitioned as a co-producer of the Texas Burlesque Festival to their Production Design Coordinator.     

Setting pasties to STUN, this scifi sweetheart will make you say “Hubble, Hubble!”

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Aileen Stunning

Houston, TX

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BellaDonna Dufraine

Bristol, TN

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Dahlia Derringer

Houston, TX

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Frisky Business Burlesque

Austin, TX

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Khaos

Houston, TX

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LuLu La Bijou

Denver, CO

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Poppi Tart

Houston, TX

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Rose Goldfish

Austin, TX

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Wyatt Diamond + The First Theydy

Austin, TX