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ONTARIO
WED MARCH 26 - HAMILTON - The Staircase
THU MARCH 27 - GUELPH - Royal City Brewing
FRI MARCH 28 - OWEN SOUND - Heartwood Concert Hall
SAT MARCH 29 - STRATFORD - Revival House
SUN MARCH 30 - TORONTO - Revival Bar
WED APRIL 2 - OTTAWA - Live on Elgin
FRI APRIL 4 - CORNWALL - La Maison Tavern
SAT APRIL 5 - BELLEVILLE - Capers
QUEBEC
SUN APRIL 6 - MONTREAL - Cabaret de Curiosites
NEW BRUNSWICK & NOVA SCOTIA
WED APRIL 9 - FREDERICTON - Monarch Night Club
THU APRIL 10 - TRURO - Marigold Cultural Centre
FRI APRIL 11 - HALIFAX - The Seahorse Tavern (2037 Gottingen)
SAT APRIL 12 - ANNAPOLIS VALLEY - Lunn's Mill Beer Co.
See also: Sydney, NS (April 24)
NEWFOUNDLAND
WED APRIL 16 - CORNER BROOK - Rotary Arts Centre
THU APRIL 17 - STEPHENVILLE - Clancy's Pub
FRI APRIL 18 - GANDER - Quality Hotel and Suites Theatre
SUN APRIL 20 - ST. JOHNS - The Rock House
CAPE BRETON AND PEI
THU APRIL 24 - SYDNEY - Highland Arts Theatre
FRI APRIL 25 - SUMMERSIDE - Brothers 2
SAT APRIL 26 - CHARLOTTETOWN - The Guild - 6 PM
4 beautiful Babes take to the road to tease, titillate and do what they do best: bring you the babe-liest burlesque show around!
This empowering, sexy, and comedic show combines burlesque, drag, pole dancing, extravagant costumes and, of course, the art of the tease in a raucous naughty show that will leave you wanting more!
In addition to all the sultry teases, the naughty jokes, and the sparkly thongs, the Babes celebrate sexuality, LGBTQ identities, and body confidence with inspiring performances and heartfelt moments.
These babes are touring to 20+ cities between Ontario and Newfoundland this spring! So grab a ticket, grab a beverage and indulge in this special adults only evening of cabaret entertainment!
World’s #1 Babe
BonBon is a delightfully dark and sexy burlesque dancer, clown and sideshow artists. Celebrated for sense of the sensual and the macabre, she’s just as much at home under the big top as she is seducing you in a speakeasy. This whimsical entity is an international multi-award winner who has been featured twice in The Movers, Shakers and Innovators at the Burlesque Hall of Fame, a finalist on Romania's iUmor and the recipient of The Prestige Award of Imperial Burlesque Canada. These days, she's living in the country where she is building an artist retreat.
BonBon Bombay
Ruthless Babe
Wrong Note Rusty is an accomplished burlesque artist, pole dancer, and contemporary movement artist. Known for his smouldering looks and his willingness to bare it all onstage, he was once censored on Canada’s Got Talent for giving the judges too much! A mutli-talented artist, Wrong Note Rusty is also the artist behind all of the Babes promo images and likely the one responding when you slide into our DM’s.
Wrong Note Rusty
What a Babe!
Selena Vyle is Toronto's Lebanese-Mexican cabaret camp vamp of a certain age. She's done it all from host Canada's longest running drag brunch (at Glad Day Bookshop), to video games (Fary Cry 6), to cinema (Queen Tut on CraveTV), to award winning comedy shows, to award winning podcasts (Squirrel Talk). She's almost always single and only sometimes ready to mingle.
Selena Vyle
And The Babe Himself
Putting his best face backward, James captivates audiences with his raunchy stripteases, his heartfelt naked storytelling, his playful jabs at traditional ideas of masculinity, and of course, his world renowned giant…..peach. Internationally acclaimed for his clever stripteases, he is the 2x Winner of “Most Comedic” at the Burlesque Hall of Fame, the Founder of BoylesqueTO (Canada’s Premiere Boylesque Troupe), and the Venue Daddy at the Hayloft Dancehall in Prince Edward County.
James & The Giant Pasty
In mid-2019, Babes Producer James & The Giant Pasty brought together 4 stellar performers who also happened to be enormous BABES in an effort to build a world class touring burlesque and variety show that was both inspiring and entertaining. The original cast consisted of James & The Giant Pasty, Zyra Lee Vanity, BonBon Bombay and Belle Jumelles. They began building a show and had booked an 11 city tour for spring of 2020. Then the pandemic happened and the Babes’ first tour was cancelled.
Not to be deterred, in 2022 they added Wrong Note Rusty to the cast and set out on a 9 city tour, selling out multiple venues across Ontario and Quebec. In 2023 and 2024 they expanded their tour to include East Coast destinations like Halifax, Charlottetown, and Saint John and added drag to the program. Now in their fourth year on tour--and adding the supremely talented Selena Vyle to the cast--the Babes are setting out again with their most ambitious tour ever: 20+ show from Ontario all the way to Newfoundland. They hope to expand their tour even further across Canada in years to come and introduce new audiences everywhere to the empowering art of burlesque.
“FANTASTIC AMAZING HILARIOUS BEAUTIFUL ENTERTAINMENT!!! Come back to the island again!! And to a bigger venue! There was so many others that wanted to come! ❤ You all were wonderful! Good luck on the rest of your tour!”
"Glad we were in the "splash zone" 👏 Great show everyone ❤ 🔥 ”
“Thank you for amazing evening we had so much fun you put on an amazing show ❤ 💜 💜 💜 ”
“Just saw you guys at the Imperial and it was FANTASTIC!! My mom amd I were in the splash zone and she made a joke to “Keep it clean for her little boy” who is 26 😂 Made for a good gag 😂 Really hope you all come back!! ♥ ”
“Saw you in Owen Sound! Went as a spare of the moment with a friend who had an extra ticket 🎫 Didn’t know what to expect, could not stop laughing, and clapping what a fantastic show ! I hope you come back to Owen Sound, my Mom now wants to see you guys! ♥ ♥ ”
RESERVE CAST MEMBERS
On the shores of Lake Ontario, Ethan rules as the reigning queen of Prince Edward County. The lovechild of Sally Bowles and Alanis Morisette, in a single show Ethan serves up both the most glamourous drag, and the deepest grungiest 90’s nostalgia. She charms audiences with her powerful voice and gleeful renditions of classic show tunes and engages them with sing-along classic bangers.
Super Babe
Ethan: The County Queen
Voted one of the top 5 Emcees by Imperial Burlesque Canada, Belle is a fierce, fabulous, fat, queer femme who instantly commands the room. She's a talented singer, emcee, burlesque performer, producer and teacher. Her passion for burlesque goes hand in hand with her love for making other people feel empowered about their bodies, and in turn, themselves.
Belle took maternity leave for the 2024 Babes tour with a tiny adopted rescue dog. Temporarily away, but not forgotten, the Babes will undoubtedly miss Belle as their tour mom and hope to have her back in the future.
Mayor of Babetown
Belle Jumelles
Voted top 50 in Burlesque worldwide, Zyra takes elements of Afro Caribbean and hip hop cultures and mixes them with vintage burlesque glamour. She’s also a member of Les Femmes Fatales Women of Colour Burlesque Troupe and the founder of burlesque production company Lee Vanity Productions. This spring, Zyra is touring Europe, which is why she sadly can't join the Babes Tour in 2024. She's asked us to pour out some Hennesy at every tour stop while listening to Drake in her honor.
Mega Babe
Zyra Lee Vanity
Luna Matatas, sex and pleasure educator teaches 30+ classes and offers one on one sex coaching. Luna loves the sparkly butts of boylesque!
Appeeling is a boutique pastie and body jewelry company that started as a result of the founder's battles with breast cancer. Today, Appeeling thrives as a body positivity brand promoting body confidence one tassel at a time.
Marijke Bouchier is an interdisciplinary artist, originally from New Zealand, now based in Toronto, Ontario. Over the years Marijke has moved fluidly between a variety of mediums, such as performance, video, sound, writing, sculpture, painting, and drawing, but now focuses most notably on painting, illustration, and pattern design.