WEEKEND HEADLINERS 2023

FRIDAY NIGHT SHOWCASE

FRIDAY, AUGUST 4, 2023

Mecca Mwah

MECCA MWAH

Charlotte, NC

The Bourbon Beauty of Burlesque

Mecca Mwah is an international entertainer here to give you a whole lot of WOW. Her love languages are PayPal, Cashapp, and Venmo. Of course, cold hard cash works too! She is the co-founder of Luxury Burlesque, the shiniest sensation traveling the nation. Open your wallets and your hearts and give a warm welcome to the one, the only Mecca Mwah.

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Scarlet Vixen is a drag queen wearing a long blue gown embellished with rhinestones and appliqués. Her hair is dark, and her drag makeup has blue eyeshadow and bright pink lipstick. She is posed with her hand on her hip.

Scarlet Vixen

Atlanta, GA

All the way from Atlanta, Scarlet Vixen is excited to give Virginia a taste of her Georgia peach. She's been doing drag since 2015 and her mission is to be unapologetically Asian, southern and queer. You never know quite what to expect from this drag chameleon. From high glamour pageantry to low brow camp, just know she's ready to entertain a crowd. She's the Asian Persuasion of the ATL and she's ready to show you how the girls from Georgia get down.

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Ricky Rosé is a performing drag king. Wearing a shiny jumpsuit with glitter beard makeup, he is captured lip-syncing during a performance.

Ricky Rosé is an internationally known award-winning multidisciplinary artist. He was crowned DC’s very first Mx. DC Latinx Pride in 2018, voted DC's Best Drag King 2019 and most recently crowned Mr. Trans Puerto Rico 2023. This Genderful Genderfucker is out to bring a whole new meaning to Mr. Worldwide, adding a little sazón and grit to the charming glitz of the world’s oldest, finest wine. RickyRosé is more than just a performer, they’re a way of life. You can catch him representing Casa Sin Miedo, the DMV's only all Trans Latinx drag house, thottin’ and boppin’ all across the country and every third Friday at JR's Bar & Grill in DC for We The Kingz!

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Ricky Rosé

WASHINGTON, DC

GiGi is wearing long black opera gloves and is posed with her arms above her head. She is wearing a mermaid style gown that has black and white vertical stripes and black tulle at the bottom.

gigi holliday

NYC

#11 Most Influential Burlesque Performer in the World 2022

GiGi Holliday is Washington D.C.’s resurgence of glitz, glamour, and allure. Armed with eyelashes and an arsenal of glitter she has enticed audiences with her clever blend of sass and wit. Lady GiGi Holliday had her start after studying the art of burlesque in Trixie Little’s Burlesque Bootcamp and graduated in May 2010 with a double major in class and sass and a minor in tit-elation. When she is not melting her milk chocolate beauty all over the audience she uses her business attitude along with hard work she is the Entertainment Director, premier host, and dancer for the La Boum Series, owner of Studio Holliday Burlesque Studio, Owner and Creative Director of Gi² Productions and Co-Founder and Co-Producer of the InDCent Arts Festival (Formerly known as Capital City Burlesque and Vaudeville Festival). GiGi has headlined the New Jersey Burlesque Festival, Jeezy’s Juke Joint, and the 2nd Annual Texas Queerlesque Festival. 

September 8, 2016, spoke for Creative Morning’s  D.C. titled “Strip off your clothes and find your weird” which discusses the art of burlesque and the creative process.  In 2020, GiGi became a member of The House of Knyle and debuted at number 40 on the Top 50 Burlesque list. In 2022, GiGi jumped 30 spots in 365 days to number 10 on the Top 50 Burlesque list. Winner of Hottest Freshman of 2021 at the NY Burlesque Festival, GiGi Holliday is a D.C. Legend and NY’s Rising star, “D.C. Legitimate Love Child” enjoys the spotlight heating her up and showing you some “Chocolate City Tittie”. 

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