BurlyCon

Bettie Blackheart's BurlyCon 2014 Diary
Bettie Blackheart’s BurlyCon 2014 Diary

The Lean, Mean Glitter Machine: BURLYCON! You stole my heart! Ever since the first BurlyCon…

Jo Weldon: BurlyCon 2013
Jo Weldon’s BurlyCon 2013 Diary.

A fantastic report from BurlyCon 2013, by BurlyCon Board Member and Vice President Jo ‘Boobs’…

Sydni Deveraux' BurlyCon Diary 2012
Sydni Deveraux’ BurlyCon Diary 2012

BurlyCon V: November 2012 Every year, strippers from all over the world come to BurlyCon…

Karmen Sutra's BurlyCon Diary
Karmen Sutra’s BurlyCon Diary

Karmen Sutra presents her BurlyCon 2012 diary… My name is Karmen Sutra. I started as…

A look back at BurlyCon’s record breaking 'Largest Fan Dance'.
BurlyCon’s record setting ‘Largest Fan Dance’.

Last weekend saw the close-out of Seattle’s 5th annual BurlyCon, ‘a community-oriented professional growth and…

Blue Morris: A Man in Burlesque
Blue Morris: A Man in Burlesque

It was four years ago that I first stepped onto the stage in a burlesque…

Miss Astrid: State of the Union Address
Kate Valentine: State of the Union Address

A Note from the Editor This is a compilation of two speeches given at BurlyCon…

BurlyCon 2008 to 2010: A Retrospective, by Sydni Deveraux
BurlyCon 2008 to 2010: A Retrospective.

I have been a part of planning BurlyCon in different ways since its beginning three…

BurlyCon: Past, Present and Future
BurlyCon – Past, Present and Future.

I really can’t say enough about BurlyCon. I feel positively gleeful with excitement every time…

Sydni Deveraux: Get Thee to a Mentor!
Sydni Deveraux: Get Thee to a Mentor!

“Find that person who will tell you what your strengths and weaknesses are. Who will give you feedback. Who will tell you that there’s spinach in your teeth and that your g-string is ill fitting. That you might not want to bend over that way … it’s hard. And you don’t always want to know. And yes – you might cry.”