Let’s go ghouls!

Toronto Burlesque Festival is back at Buddies and things are getting hot, sticky, and a little scary. Each show is a different cast and unique experience!

From fantasy creatures to fantastic femme features, join us for four days of deliciously daring, enticingly edgy burlesque; blending dance, drag, cabaret, and circus arts into one sumptuous spectacle.

The Toronto Burlesque Festival returns November 13 – 16, 2025 at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre (12 Alexander St), a queer institution and cornerstone of our city’s LGBTQ2S+ arts scene.

Whether you're a burlesque aficionado or a first-time attendee, this year's lineup of local and international performers will be sure to bewitch you. Dust off your dancing shoes, polish your rhinestones and get ready for The Toronto Burlesque Festival – Things that Go Bump in the Night!

2025 Festival Headliners

Trè Da Marc (Minneapolis)

Foxy Lexxi Brown (Montreal)

Bettie Bombshell (Australia)

Judith Stein [FIRST Canadian Legend of Burlesque]

2025 Featured Performers

Déjà Louve (Kootenays)

Gay Jesus (Toronto)

Qween Quan (New Orleans)

2025 Featured Troupe

Les Femmes Fatales: Women and Femmes of Colour Burlesque Troupe — a revolutionary force in neo-burlesque, delivering powerful, provocative performances rooted in identity, self love, and the reclamation of POC femme bodies and sexuality.

Access measures:

-Virtual Tickets are also available for each show.

-We are pleased to offer ASL interpretation for the shows on Thursday, November 13 and Friday, November 14.

-Free N95 masks available at the door and additional HEPA filtration throughout the venue.