The First Montreal Burlesque Festival will take place Thursday, September 17th to Sunday, September 20th at The Studio Juste Pour Rire located at 2111 Sainte Laurent Boulevard. The Montreal first edition will feature top international burlesque entertainers and outstanding artists, both exotic and mainstream. Scheduled to appear: Miss Exotic World ‘09 Kalani Kokonuts; Michelle L’amour (Miss Exotic World ‘05, America’s Got Talent); Dirty Martini (Miss Exotic World ‘04) Scarlett James (Montreal Burlesque star and Festival founder) and 20+ of the world’s top neo-burlesque acts.
Burlesque has become a truly worldwide phenomenon, Back in the 1920’s until after Prohibition (early 50’s) here in Montreal, there was lots of Cabarets, theatres, lounges, all offered live shows, live music and Montreal was known to be “THE” glamorous city of all north America and Europe. It was a pre-television Era when people would come out for live entertainment and Burlesque was the highlight of the red light district. Montreal’s flourishing nightlife made the city all that much more attractive! Burlesque was a big part of the entertainment with headliners like Josephine Baker, Lili St Cyr, Rosita Royce, Tempest Storm and many more

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