Monday, December 14, 2009

New Events: Monday, December 14th through Sunday December 20th

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18th 2009

The Next Element at Ground Zero














Ground Zero
15 4th St. NE - Minneapolis
$6/21+ & $8/18+ - 10pm to 2am
Cameos by performers from the Midnight Muse Revue! Giza Sangria, Lil Lush Fuchsia & Luna Rouge
www.midnighmusepresents.com


Le Cirque Rouge Holiday Extravaganza

501 Club
501 Washington Ave S ~ Minneapolis
Free! 10pm

Tuesday, December 8, 2009

New Events: Monday, December 7th through Sunday December 3rd

Friday, December 11th 2009

The Midnight Muse Revue presents:
The Bad Santa Burlesque Bonanza!

Ground Zero Nightclub
15 4th Street NE
Minneapolis, MN
Doors: 10pm, Show: 11pm 
$6/21+ and $8/18+

www.MidnightMusePresents.com

There are dancers, prancers, and vivacious young vixens; Jokesters, romancers, and dashing musicians;

Aerial acrobats, suspended in air, in hopes that Bad Santa soon will be there;
Amazing feats, of magic and tricks, in wishes of gifts from Naughty St. Nick.

Our stockings are stuffed with the tastiest tarts!
Our humor will warm the chilliest heart!

Tis' the season, tis' the event, for the Midnight Muse to present:
The Bad Santa Burlesque Bonanza!

Monday, November 30, 2009

NEW EVENTS! Monday, November 30th through Saturday,December 5th, 2009

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009: 
Fuck Knights/G-Biz Release Party


Nomad World Pub
501 Cedar Ave S
Minneapolis, MN 55454
9pm - 21+ - FREE


Burlesque by:
Giza Sangria
Lil Lush Fuchsia
Musette









Friday, December 4th, 2009: 
Lili's Burlesque presents: The Underpants Show!







Bryant Lake Bowl
810 West Lake Street, Minneapolis, MN
10pm - $15 - 21+
Tickets available here


Friday, November 20, 2009

NEW EVENTS! Sunday, November 22nd through Saturday, November 28th, 2009

Dr. Sketchy's Life Drawing Cabaret

Saturday, November 22nd
331 Club
331 13th Ave NE, Minneapolis
2pm - 5pm, $10

Hello fans of Dr. Sketchy's Twin Cites,
I hope you can join us for our next session Sunday, November 22nd! This month will feature the delightful Musette of The Midnight Muse Revue. We've got some great sponsors including Blick Art Materials, Dr. Sketchy's, Baby Tattoo Books, The 331 Club and more. The fun begins at 2 so get there early and get a good seat, Looking forward to a fun event and thanks for your continued support!

Cheers,
Ophelia Flame
Dr. Sketchy's Twin Cities

www.sketchystwincites.com
www.opheliaflame.com



 Burlesque Bowling

Saturday, November 28th
Memory Lanes
2520 26th Ave S
Minneapolis, MN

10pm - Free! 

Friday, November 13, 2009

Events! Sun Nov. 15 through Sat Nov. 21st, 2009

Cabaret Pandemonium Medicine Show!

Thursday, November 19th, 2009
10pm - $5
Bedlam Theater
1501 S. 6th Street, Minneapolis, MN 55454

Hosted by Daniel Polnau with Dr. Tinkerpaw
Featuring Sweet Lilly B and INFIAMMATI
Mystics, freaks, and magicians from around the cities converge for this monthly event. you must see it to believe it. and you must believe.


Circus Tricks! Snake oil salesmen! Escape Artists!! Burlesque!! Belly Dancers!! Crazy Sufis and Aborigini Dancers!! Live bugs!! ... and so much more!!!
Bedlam Theatre

 

Moustache Jim & The Straight Razors

Thursday, November 19th, 2009
9:30 pm
Kitty Cat Klub
315 14th Ave SE
Minneapolis, MN 55414

Abrasive Old Time Music
Burlesque and Dancing Girls
Fortunes Told by Lady Magpie
Sideshow Oddities

  







The Midnight Muse Revue

Friday, November 20th, 2009
10pm doors, 11pm showtime
21+: $6 and 18+: $8
Ground Zero Niteclub
15 4th St. NE
Minneapolis, MN

WELCOME TO THE MIDNIGHT MUSE REVUE! Enjoy our small cast of odds and ends that create a delightful event hosted by Ring-Mistress of Mischief MUSETTE! Watch as our capering Midnight Muse minions bring you Live Music, Comedy, Death Defying Human Tricks, Dancing Girls and Fortunes Told!!! AND Folks - the entertainment doesn't just stop at the main stage!!! Each event is inoculated with a great, big dollop of CARNIVALE FUN as we invite one & all to partake in our floor show: Try yer luck at "Pin the Feather on the Fanny" or "The 3-Legged Ring Toss!!" have your palms read by one of our fortune tellers and much much more!! Romp with us as we salute with tipped glasses to all the pretty ladies and dashing gents as we encourage one and all to kick up yer heels while indulging in a naughty snicker or two!!!




Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Events: Sunday November 8th - Saturday November 14th 2009

Sunday November 8th, 2009
Kajal Belly Dance Company Presents:
A Belly Burly Benefit Show

Station 4
201 E. 4th St., St. Paul, MN 55101 
8pm - 21+ - $8


Join Kajal and friends as they celebrate Minnesota's primer tribal belly dance troupe's anniversary and raise money to send the dancers to Tribal Fest in California!





Performances by:
Musette of the Midnight Muse Review
Jonah the Destroyer - Guzzlemug
Theodora Brass - Sweet Lilly Bee
Bjorn Ludkonduct - Dr. Tinkerpaw
Robbie Cruz - Abbie Rhode
Zyra of the SavvyQatZ Aerial Troupe - Various Jugglers
And of course group and solo performances by us Kajal ladies! 
An Auction of donated items will also be held!
KajalBellyDance.com


Lili's Burlesque Academy's Student Showcase!


The Ritz Theater
345 13th Ave NE, Minneapolis, MN
Doors: 6pm/Show: 7pm


Lili's Burlesque Academy presents their fall showcase featuring five new talented burlesque beauties.You won’t want to miss these fresh faces! Hosted by Nadine Dubois. Featuring Ophelia Flame, plus special guests. A must see!
www.lilisburlesque.com/








Friday, November 13, 2009
The Libertine Asylum presents: 
Children of the Revolution!
Vivent la vie de Bohème!


 Suburban World Theater

3022 Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, MN
7:30pm - $15 in advance/$20 at the door
VIP available! $50-75 - Preferred seating, a bottle and gift bags!

Beauty! Freedom! Truth! Love!

Montmarte, Paris, France 1899 - artists, Bohemians, poets, artists, Decadents, lovers, and dreamers.

The Libertine Asylum brings you a night of fashion, music and decadence to celebrate winter. They encourage fancy dress for this event.

Showing their new fall/winter collections will be Apatico, Scoundrelle's Keep, Blasphemina's Closet, KMKostumes and Megan Maude.
Performing that night will be the talented women of Kajal Belly Dance, burlesque performer Tomahawk Tassels and local band Sawbones. Your master of ceremonies will be Dr. D. Volos Tinkerpaw. Charity Auction to be held with all proceeds benefiting the Civil Society.


Pretty clothes are encouraged. Period dress is appreciated. Fanciness is applauded.
Vivent la vie de Bohème!


Foxy Tann presents: Twin Titties Burlesque!

















Ritz Theater

345 13th Ave NE, Minneapolis, MN
9pm - Tickets $15 in advance, $20 at door
Tickets available at: www.ritzdolls.com/tickets


Your emcee of choice, Foxy Tann, brings Minneapolis’ finest neo-burlesque troupe a-teasin’, a-twirlin’, and a-tempting you to no end! They’re sassy! They’re sexy! They’re over the top and out of hand! Puppets, circus acts, fire, inappropriate commentary, booze, boobs and bootie...Twin Titties Burlesque has something for everybody! They’re organic! They’re local!
Sweet Lilly Bee
Theodora Brass
Barbara Gordon
and a couple more...
Support your hometown homegirls

Events: Sunday November 1st through Saturday November 8th

Sunday, November 1st, 2009
Lili's Burlesque Revue Presents Moulin Blue

A Bourbon Street Style Cabaret Show of Jazz and Burlesque
At the Dakota Jazz Club 
1010 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis, MN
6pm

Scintillating! Scandalous! Sizzling !
Take a step back in time to the old burlesque of Bourbon Street.
Join us for an evening of satisfying southern cuisine complimented by sultry singing, vintage tease and classic New Orleans street jazz featuring Lili’s Burlesque Revue accompanied by the South Side Aces.
Dinner & Revue tickets $45 - Main Floor 
Seating Revue tickets $25 - Mezzanine Seating




Thursday, November 5th, 2009 
The Midnight Muse Presents
The Naughty Nickel Peepshow & Open Cabaret!


Station 4
201 E. 4th St., St. Paul, MN 55101 
9pm - 21+ - $5

Come on out and show off your finest exhibitionist qualities, folks! Grab a drink, pick a song and give us a tease at the Naughty Nickel where the thrills are a plenty and people are friendly! Our stage is open to all burlesque entertainers and cabaret cuties! With different guest performers from about town each month it's a night where the novice meets the notorious as they both share a stage! Naughty Nickel participants can also try some of our naughty contests! Win a prize for our "Tassel Twirl Off" or "Shimmy Shake Down!" It's always a load of laughs for one and all! So, come to be seen or come on out to share a naughty giggle or two with your favorite fiends at The Naughty Nickel Peep Show & Open Cabaret!

Show up early to reserve your time on stage with our host “The Mistress of Mischief” Musette of The Midnight Muse Revue. Some costuming and props available. Burlesque attire recommended.




Friday, November 6th, 2009 
Lili's Burlesque Revue Presents:
The Underpants Show!

Bryant Lake Bowl
810 West Lake Street, Minneapolis, MN
10pm - $15 - 21+
Tickets available here


Lili's Burlesque Revue has been delighting audiences for the last five years doing what they do best: hot jazz, bawdy comedy and vintage tease. According to the critics, "Lili's Burlesque Revue rolls out the talent, and it keeps coming...." (mnartists.org), and "The singers are great, the band bumps and grinds with the beat and the dancers have just the right tongue-in-cheek attitude" (Star Tribune).
The Underpants Show features a new bevy of beauties and burlesque antics EVERY MONTH! Every show is chock full of hilarity. It's Minnesota Naughty at its finest!

Friday, October 9, 2009

Saturday, October 31st, 2009 HALLOWEEN!: Carnivale of the Bizarre!

Halloween! Carnivale of the Bizarre!


Saturday, October 31st, 2009 HALLOWEEN
Hell's Kitchen
80 South 9th St. Minneapolis MN 55402
9 PM, FREE!

Live Music by APOX and Recovery
Hosted by Dr Tinkerpaw and the Pandemonium Monster and Freaks show!
Perfomances by Giza Sangria, Lil Lush Fuschia and Kadijah Vishali of the Midnight Muse Revue and Kajal Belly Dance.
With DJs spinning in the Fire Place Dinning Room.

Friday, October 30th, 2009: The Midnight Muse Presents: A Zombie Cabaret!

The Midnight Muse Presents: A Zombie Cabaret!

Friday, October 30th, 2009
Ground Zero Niteclub
15 4th St., Minneapolis, MN
11pm showtime - 18+/$8, 21+/$6

The cast of the Midnight Muse Revue invites all of the living dead and other awful creatures of the night to come on out to our Halloween cabaret! With new acts full of the macabre and performers fresh from the grave we will be please to tease with our usual cast of odds and ends! New nightmarish songs! Decadent burlesque acts to raise the dead! And much, much, more!


Dancing Girls - Live Music - Comedy - Circus Acrobatics

Thursday, October 29th, 2009: The Naughty Nickel Peep-Show and Open Cabaret!

Midnight Muse Presents: 
The Naughty Nickel Peep Show & Open Cabaret!


Thursday, October 29th, 2009
9pm - FREE! - 21+
331 Club
331 13th Ave NE., Minneapolis, MN 55413

It's time to come on out and show off your finest exhibitionist qualities, folks! Grab a drink, pick a song and give us a tease at the Naughty Nickel where the thrills are a plenty and people are friendly! Our stage is open to all burlesque entertainers and cabaret cuties! With guest performers from all about town and prizes our Naughty Nickel participants, come to be seen or come to share a naughty giggle or two with your favorite fiends at The Naughty Nickel Peep Show & Open Cabaret!

Show up early to reserve your time on stage with our host “The Mistress of Mischief” Musette of The Midnight Muse Revue. Some costuming and props available. Burlesque attire recommended.



www.MidnightMusePresents.com

Sunday, October 25, 2009: Dr Sketchy's Featuring Summer Clearance!

Dr Sketchy's Featuring Summer Clearance!














Sunday, October 25, 2009
331 Club
331 13th Ave NE, Minneapolis, MN
Doors @ 1pm, show @ 2pm - $10

 This month will feature the cheeky and adorable Summer Clearance! We've got some great sponsors including Blick Art Materials, Dr. Sketchy's, Baby Tattoo Books, The 331 Club and more. The fun begins at 2 so get there early and get a good seat, Looking forward to a fun event and thanks for your continued support!
 www.myspace.com/drsketchys_twincities

Saturday, October 24th, 2009: Le Cirque Rouge Cabaret & Burlesque

Le Cirque Rouge Cabaret & Burlesque
Memory Lanes 
2520 26th Ave S., Minneapolis, MN 55406
10pm - Free!!
www.lecirquerouge.net

Tuesday, October 20th, 2009: Moustache Jim and the Straight Razors!

Moustache Jim and the Straight Razors!



Tuesday, October 20th, 2009
Lee's Liquor Lounge
101 Glenwood Ave., Minneapolis, MN
 9:30pm, 21+,

Abrasive Old Time Music!

With Burlesque performances by:
Giza Sangria
&
Musette!

Monday, October 19, 2009: Jonah the Destroyer!





Jonah the Destroyer!
with Autumn Electric and Mouth Babies
Big V's
1567 University Ave. W., St. Paul, MN
9:30pm, 21+, $5

Midnight Muse Revue's Jonah the Destroyer!
Comedic songs!

October 7th - October 18th: Vaudeville Extravaganza!

Vaudeville Extravaganza!


A Cancer Benefit for Minnesota Entertainer: Mikael Rudolph
Two Weeks Only • A Different Show Every Night
Lowry Lab Theater
350 St. Peter Street
Saint Paul, MN 5510
info line: 651-222-0149

WEBSITE DIRECTIONS 

Friday, October 16, 2009: ROCK & ROLL CIRCUS!


ROCK & ROLL CIRCUS!
October 16, 2009
7pm-12am, 21+, $10

Music Box Theatre
1411 Nicollet Ave, Minneapolis, MN
Step right up for a night of rock & roll spectacle...
Dancing Ladies! A Marching Band! Hula Hoopers! Flying Stuntmen! A Dance Party!
With Ringleader Ian Rans [Drinking with Ian], Lili's Burlesque, DJ Dig Dug, Ned the Magnificent, and more...
Carnivale dress strongly encouraged

Thursday October 15th, 2009: Cabaret Pandemonium Medicine Show

Cabaret Pandemonium Medicine Show!

October 15th, 2009
10pm - $5
Bedlam Theater
1501 S. 6th Street, Minneapolis, MN 55454

Hosted by Daniel Polnau with Dr. Tinkerpaw
Featuring Sweet Lilly B and INFIAMMATI
Mystics, freaks, and magicians from around the cities converge for this monthly event. you must see it to believe it. and you must believe.

http://www.bedlamtheatre.org/display.php?event=265

October 9th, 2009: Last Night of the Living

Tonight! October 9th, 2009


The Last Night of the Living!
A Punk Rock and Zombie Burlesque Extravaganza!
Suburban World Theater
3022 Hennepin Avenue - Minneapolis, MN 55408
9:30pm


Live Music by:
Fuzzy Machete
Mercy Kill

Burlesque Performances by:
Sweet Lilly Bee
Musette
Lil Lush Fuchsia
of the Midnight Muse Revue

Friday, October 9, 2009: The Sirly Girly Show


The Sirly Girly Show
Friday, October 9, 2009
Ritz Theater
345 13th Ave NE, Minneapolis, MN
9:00pm, $15 Advance/$20 Door, 18+

The Sirly Girly Show is back! And @ The Ritz Theatre in NE Mpls! Giving you two nights of burlesque with balls, tassels a twirlin, and the cheekiest of the cheeky. Starring The Gentleman King, Foxy Tann, Dickie Van Dyke, Switch the Boy Wonder, Puss Puss, Cee Cee Russell, and Eddie The Gay Butler! This cast is a once in a lifetime achievement and not to be missed ladies and germs!
Welcome to the Minnesota Burlesque Blog where I would like to post all burlesque, vaudeville, cabaret and circus happenings in the Minnesota area. If you'd like your event posted, please send full details in an email and include the flyer if you have one. My address is: gizasangria (at) gmail (dot) com!