FESTIVAL LINEUP 2024

Headliners (Joy Rider & Kozmic Skater)
Montreal
joyriderburlesque.com
Joy Rider IG | Kozmic Skater IG Kozmic Joy IG

Performing
Oct 4 (Joy Rider solo) &
Oct 5 (Kozmic Joy duet)

Sapphics, striptease and skates - all rolled into one. Kozmic Joy is a queer performing arts duo that creates innovative and boundary-pushing performances by combining burlesque and rollerdance.

This collaboration with 4-time world-champion roller skater/Cirque du Soleil movement artist, Kozmic Skater and 3x Burlesque Hall of Fame Winner, Joy Rider, is multi-award winning and has been invited to perform as headliners across Canada, the U.S. and the United Kingdom.

Headliner
San Antonio, Texas
IG

Performing
Oct 4 & 6

This chica sabrosita has been bouncing and swaying across the country since 2012, bringing her chicana sangre y fiebre to stages and audiences everywhere. In 2015 she captured the title of queen at the San Antonio burlesque festival. Then in 2018 she claimed the title of queen of the Texas burlesque festival. She was voted top 50 most influential Burlesque performers in the world by 21st century Burlesque. With her former dance troupe, Fat Bottom Cabaret, she helped take the title of Best Large Group at the Burlesque Hall of Fame Weekender in 2022. Currently, she is the reigning queen of the Noire Pageant in New York City. Hold onto your chones, cabrones! She is Chola Magnolia!

Headliner
Montreal / Toronto
IG

Performing
OCT 3 & 5

Zyra Lee Vanity is an award winning burlesque entertainer who started in Toronto and is now based in Montreal. She’s been invited to headline several festivals, cruises and conventions throughout North America, Central America and Europe.

In 2018 she won “Best Burlesque” at the Arizona Burlesque Festival and in 2019 was crowned Panama Burlesque Festival’s Queen. Zyra also performed at the prestigious Burlesque Hall of Fame Weekender (2022, 2023, 2024) and toured Europe (2024). She was voted “Burlesque Top 50” worldwide ( 2020, 2022, 2023) via 21 Century Magazine.

Zyra Lee Vanity is known for mixing Afro, Caribbean & HipHop cultures with vintage burlesque glamour.

Burlesque Legend Headliner
Hawaii / New York

Performing & Talkback
OCT 6

Dramatic and diverse are the islands of Hawaii, born of fire and water, when the volcanoes burst from the sea. Rich and varied is the land itself…and from the people who live upon it…comes the beautiful Ka'ena! Ka'ena began her burlesque career in Hawaii in the 1950s, quickly becoming an international marquee performer, working throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, the Caribbean and Japan. She captured audiences with her performances and dances of the traditional past and stimulated them with those of the present. An exciting highlight of her performances was her dangerous knife and fire dance, a feat performed by few. However, Ka'ena’s performance skills exceed burlesque alone. She also maintains her practice as a traditional Polynesian performer to this day. Impossible to duplicate, get excited to meet the beautiful Ka'ena!