2020 Festival Headliners & Feature Performers
Caramel Knowledge
Caramel Knowledge has been performing burlesque in Los Angeles for eight years. She previously trained in swing and blues dancing from various instructors around the United States, and continued pursuing her love of dance by studying ballroom, ballet, modern and world dance at Santa Monica College. Since her start in 2011, her burlesque performances have spanned over 40 national and international burlesque festivals and conferences. This award winning performer has taught both movement, lecture and costuming classes at BurlyCon and is a feature model for Dr. Sketchy’s Los Angeles branch. In 2017, she founded Caramel's Charm School for Burlesque and in 2018 began to produce her own show, Cocktails with Caramel
Lady Sapphire Noir
Lady Sapphire Noir, the dark sultry jewel of burlesque, is an award winning burlesque singer and dancer as well as a published pinup model. She is known for her big sexy sultry voice, her love of cookies, her glamorous vintage/pinup style and her signature color royal blue. She has performed in fifteen burlesque festivals across the globe and holds a variety of titles and awards. The unique voice of this sparkling dark jewel has seduced and captivated audiences internationally for over 6 years and we are beyond thrilled to have her as one of our featured performers at the 2020 Kootenay Burlesque Festival!
Miss Brawling Beauty
This Performer is one of the Pioneer's of Utah Burlesque. S You have seen her on America's Got Talent and is known for her incredible tasseling skills. She is the 2018 Master of Tassles World Champion and she was voted the #80 in the world for being one of the most influential burlesque performers of 2018 for The 21st Century Burlesque Magazine. She recently performed at The Icons and All Stars Show at The Burlesque Hall of Fame Weekender. This Performer recently won The Best Deco-Rated Award at Burlesque, Burlesque, Burlesque plus The Evil Regal and The Golden Hustler Award at The Golden Legend's Champion Challenge. Dancing her way into your hearts, this is Miss Brawling Beauty. The Mistress of Moxie.
The Dancing Legs
We are fabulous, sassy drag queens with big dreams and bigger heels. We are our own definition of gender and slay The Kootenays one show at a time with our killer heel choreo and kick ass energy. We want the people who see us to feel inspired and empowered to be whoever they want to be and to define their own gender by feeling their most beautiful. Serving face, grace and body-ody-ody we'll give you everything we've got.
Tristan Ginger
International Burlesque Performer and model,"The Queen of Boylesque," brings a vibrant vision of talent and tease to the stage with their artistic flair for dance and storytelling!