Welcome to the Montreal Burlesque Festival

Bonjour and welcome to the 3rd edition of our prestigious Burlesque Festival! This year we are presenting 3 nights of pure entertainment, at Club Soda (1225 St Laurent, Montreal) The venue is offering seating for everyone, Cabaret formula (meaning we have tables too) where you can sip on Champagne & Cocktails while you enjoy the shows! See picture HERE. Visit our schedule for details about the weekend, we offer workshops & classes that are open to the public and you can reserve your spot Here.

Thursday we will open the festivities with a fashion show vintage and pin up inspired followed by and all Canadian showcase, every performer will be our own stars right here and from every corner of our vast beautiful country.

Friday night is our international showcase with artist from all over the world, no boundaries Asia, Europe, America etc...

Saturday is the gala night, featuring headliners, faces that you know and some that you will discover. All 3 Shows take place at Club Soda, 1225 St Laurent Montreal, August 25, 26, 27, 28th 2011

Welcome to Lhotel Hotel Montreal, Official house of the festival.
Located in the heart of Old Montreal, Our four star luxurious boutique hotel offers a comfortable but refined accommodations within a historic setting and is ideally situated in the center of Old Montreal while being steps away from shopping areas, restaurants and the business district.
All the modern amenities of Montreal hotels within a beautifully renovated "French Second Empire" building, one of the kind contemporary art collection within it's premise, a museum like experience to enjoy during your stay. Lhotel Hotel Montreal has raised the bar for your next stay with us!
Please call us at 1 514-985-0019 to have the festival's special rate!

Burlesque today is the revival of the traditional burlesque performance. Though based on the traditional Burlesque art, the new form encompasses a wider range of performance styles; Burlesque acts can be anything from classic striptease to modern dance to theatrical mini-dramas to comedic mayhem. As with the earlier feeling, Burlesque is more focused on the "tease" in "striptease" than the "strip".
New Burlesque tends to put the emphasis on style and tend to be sexy rather than sexual, often involving humor. Burlesque gals all have tremendous costumes and props.
Performers will often strip down to pasties and g-strings. Burlesque as a sensation was brought to America from Britain in the late 1860s by Lydia Thompson and her British Blondes, a troupe who spoofed traditional theatrical productions and featured ladies performing men's roles, in costumes considered revealing for the time period. Since that time it has assimilated vaudeville, minstrel shows, striptease, comedy and cabaret to evolve into the follies of the twenties and thirties to the girlie shows of the 40s and 50s. Burlesque, in its various forms, is a unique traditional American Folk Art.
Today's Burlesque revival has found homes throughout the United States and the world, There are also thriving Burlesque scenes in Canada with Scarlett James and locale troupes and organizations.

           

Welcome to the Montreal International Burlesque Festival, a fabulous evening with Music girls and lots of fun! This is a cabaret night in the spirit of the 30s 40s and 50s where ladies in the audience have as much fun as the girls on stage and give our city a entertaining show, a memorable evening.
We are reviving the art of the tease in Montreal with all the glamour and the dazzle you need to dream for the next century to come.