ABSFest 2010!
Blast-Off is heading up to Asheville, NC again this year for the Americana Burlesque & Sideshow Festival. We’ll be offering a preview of our show opener for The Future of Tomorrow during the Saturday night showcase on June 12th, and there’s a special bonus of Dickie Van Dyke’s Sharp Dressed Man act. Yay!
Sunday, we’ll be [...]
All About Vag Fundraiser
Our good friend Vagina Jenkins has been accepted to perform at the prestigious London Burlesque Week, and she has put together one hell of a show to help defray the expenses required to get there. It’s Thursday, April 8th at Eyedrum.
Performances from folks like:
Burlesque Bernadette Cinders
Burlesque Drag Queen Fonda Lingue
Puppetry from Tim Monteith
King of the [...]
Syrens of the South’s Vroom Vroom Valentine Show
Usher in Valentine’s Day with Dickie and Sadie at the Syrens of the South’s Vroom Vroom Valentine show. It’s Saturday, February 13th at Little Tree Studios in Avondale Estates. To make your life even easier, there are TWO shows: 7 and 10 PM. It’s $15 at the door.
If you’ve never been to one of [...]
Blast-Off Burlesque Brings SciFi-A-GoGo to Asheville
Blast-Off Burlesque is bringing its acclaimed stage show to Asheville!
SciFi-A-GoGo will be January 8 & 9, 2010 at North Carolina Stage Company. This two-night, two-hour spectacular features a wide range of burlesque and vaudeville performances inspired by popular culture – including science fiction, television, and the economy.Blast-Off brings a broad range of ensemble and solo [...]
The Big Freeze
Vagina Jenkins and Johnny Drago are putting on The Big Freeze, December 18th and 19th at Eyedrum. Her last show, The Big Tease, was a packed house. Don’t miss it!
Dickie Van Dyke and Sadie Hawkins will be there. Dickie’s doing a Christmas act, and Sadie’s doing a bit of a Hanukkah aerial act.
Here are the details:
Come celebrate–and [...]
Post-Turkey Day Thrills
Friday, we’re going to be at Project 96.1’s Under the Covers with Aly Pajama Jam at The Loft/Vinyl. Doors are at 7:30, and the show starts at 8. We will be doing acts in between the bands – Wrong Way (Sublime tribute), Eulogy (Tool tribute), Human Magic Marker (Incubus tribute) & Eleven Standing Still (”performing [...]
Thank you!
Thanks to everyone who came out to East Atlanta Icehouse to experience Primetime! And a super-big thank you to Renea’ Le’Roux, Vagina Jenkins, Hoopsy Daisy, Turnin’ TriXXX, Mr. Bigfoot, and our amazing host… we couldn’t do this crazy thing without every one of them.
We had so much fun, we almost wish we could do it [...]
Primetime!
This weekend! It’s Primetime!
We’re paying homage to TV, especially the wacky shows and commercials of our youth, with our next SciFi-A-GoGo show. It’s a tribute to the boob tube: Primetime!
Friday, November 13th and Saturday, November 14th at East Atlanta Icehouse. Doors at 9, and the show begins at 10. You can get advance tickets up [...]
Calu's Going Away Show…
Come say goodbye to one of the hottest performers in Atlanta burlesque! Our pal Calu is heading back to London, and we’re going to be a part of her sendoff. It’s “The Return of Calu’s Peepshow” at Smith’s Olde Bar this Saturday, July 11th.
ABSfest!
The team is psyched to be heading up to Asheville, NC for the third annual Americana Burlesque & Sideshow Festival, or ABSfest. We’ve cooked up a little something for Friday’s Red Carpet Gala and we’re doing one of our alien encounter acts on the main stage Saturday night. It’s at the Orange Peel, one of [...]
We've Been Stimulated!
What a weekend! Both Friday and Saturday nights were a tremendous success, and we’d like to thank everyone who came to the Stimulus Package shows – over 200 people each night! We had a great time, and it sounds like y’all did, too…
We’ve found some photos on the ‘ol Flickr.
Derek Jackson
Mister Wombat
Habarbi (slideshow below)
A big [...]
Have You Gotten Your Stimulus Package?
Our big Stimulus Package show is right around the corner… and we just can’t wait. We’ve got discounted pre-sale tickets right here or you can get them from one of Team Blast-Off if you see us out and about. Save a couple bucks – it’s $10 instead of the $12 door price.
(It’s kind of a [...]
Stimulus Package!
The big Stimulus Package show is right around the corner – May 8th and 9th at East Atlanta Icehouse. From what we’ve seen, this show will have some total awesomeness. Acts are all touching on themes of money and work, and we’ll have some funny, some sultry, some absurd, and some titillation. The entire Blast-Off [...]
The Big Tease
We’re coming out to Eyedrum this Saturday (March 21st) to support the marvelous Vagina Jenkins. It’s The Big Tease! Our Sadie Hawkins is also performing with the amazing Katya, as Guerrilla Aerial, in the event.
Just Added: Rock In Peace Benefit
Nashville Pussy will be at the StarBar for Rock In Peace, a Benefit for the Family of Laura Hardee, Thursday the 26th of January. We’ll be there opening for them and the Rock City Dropouts. It’s at 9PM and is only $15.
Blast-Off Burlesque Investigates Mysterious Mysteries of the Unknown
A Performance Event Celebrating the Supernatural & Surreal
December 28, 2008 – Atlanta, Ga. – The world premiere of Mysterious Mysteries of the Unknown launches Blast-Off Burlesque’s 2009 SciFi-A-GoGo series at Alcove Gallery, January 16 and 17, 2009. Mysterious Mysteries of the Unknown is one part paranormal investigation, one part spy thriller, and one part urban [...]
We're Up for a Party, Are You?
Well, our next show – Mysterious Mysteries of the Unknown – is fast approaching. We’re on for two nights: a Friday night preview show with a limited audience and a Saturday night feature show. Tickets are $10 and you get your fill of burlesque, side show action, sketch comedy, singing, dancing, some other stuff (like [...]
Pre-Halloween Fun
The Syrens of the South kicked off Halloween season with the Boolesque show on October 4th, and the rest of October is going to be a blast!
October 18th, join us at the Little Five Points Halloween Parade, of which the Silver Scream Spook Show’s Professor Morte is the host/grand marshall.
The following weekend is the Silver [...]
Boo-lesque! Blast-Off Visits the Syrens of the South
Saturday, October 4th, we’ll be performing a guest spot with Syrens of the South for their October Boo-lesque spectacular at Relapse. Come join the fun!
It's the last weekend of September…
… do you know where your Blast-Off is?
Sure you do! We’ll be in the Silver Scream Spook Show this Saturday, then Sunday we’re part of the PUSH fundraiser at Five Spot.
Creative Loafing’s 2008 Readers’ Pick
Best Film Series: Silver Scream Spook Show
Kids’ Matinee @ 1:00… Kids 12yrs and under get in free, everyone else is $6; [...]
Just Added! Faster Mustache Race
Yesterday, we booked a show for next Saturday at Elliott Street Pub. It’s one of the staging places for this year’s 24-hour Faster Mustache ride. Blast-Off Burlesque regulars Barbilicious, Dickie van Dyke, Chinita, Mysteria, and Sadie Hawkins will be performing a 30-minute set at about 9PM.
The guys at Elliott Street are great friends, and we’ve [...]
Thanks, Moxie! & Upcoming Shows
We had a great time at Pride! Celebrating July 4th with Moxie was fantastic. The acts were creative and the performers were great.
Next up for us is the July Silver Scream Spook Show at the Plaza Theater on July 26th.
And don’t forget Blast-Off Burlesque: Go West on Saturday, August 2nd at Alcove Gallery! We’ll post [...]
Forbidden Planet & Vote for Us!
This month’s Silver Scream Spook Show is Forbidden Planet. It’s nuts. Please come join the fun.
Also, please support us and our pals in Creative Loafing’s Best of Atlanta 2008 voting. Vote Blast-Off Burlesque for best burlesque troupe; and remember the Plaza and the Spook Show, too!
Lastly – the Burlesque Atlanta blog has a silly interview [...]
Monster Bash!
We haven’t caught up in a while, have we? We’ve got so much to share, but for now… let’s talk about Monster Bash.
Sunday, June 1st. Great bands, great movies. And we’re happy to have some amazing guests in the Syrens of the South and Renea LeRoux. We hope to see you there!