Jeezy's Juke Joint

We have TWO on sale dates happening this week! Coming up January 12th in Minneapolis (on sale Wed 12/5), and our 8th annual festival in Chicago March 14th-16th (on sale Fri 12/7)! Don't miss your chance for premium VIP seating at both events. Check our website www.jeezysjukejoint.com for ticket links. . . . #jeezysjukejoint #blackburlesque #burlesquefestival #minneapolis #chicago #Midwestburlesque #drag #comedy #sideshow #cabaret #burlesque #mplsnightlife #chicagonightlife #hydeparkchicago #queerburlesque #queercabaret #blackentertainers https://www.instagram.com/p/Bq7yl7WFShR/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1i5opstzw3rui

Our big Indianapolis show is just two weeks away and we're bringing back some faves! Get your tickets in advance! . Known as “Chicago’s Own Community Chest”, Cruel Valentine is an award-winning, international burlesque entertainer. Valentine is an independent performer, producer and teacher of burlesque, as well as an alt model with Zivity.com and GodsGirls.com. A dedicated story teller, they are never afraid to go there, or to make a mess with their art! 📸 by Black Pearl Photo . #jeezysjukejoint #Indianapolis #blackentertainment #blackburlesque #comedy #drag #striptease #pole #sepiasquad #indybq #blackartists #Chicago #blackandqueer #netflix #netflixeasy #ebonymagazine #autostraddle #whiterabbitcabaret #bestofchicago #chicagomag #bestinburlesque #indynightlife #do317 #eventbrite #nuvoindy (at The White Rabbit Cabaret) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bq2cMEUFI3e/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=se4cd45bg4ah

Coming up in #Indianapolis on December 15th is Chicago's traveling Black Burlesque Revue featuring Alexander Cameron from Cincinnati! Tickets are only $15 - link in our bio! . He's been named one of the top 25 drag kings in the world by the folks from dragkings.net. For the past 6 years, he's performed all over the midwest in drag and just over a year ago, slipped his toe into the glittery waters of burlesque. Love drag? Love burlesque? Alexander is your guy! . jeezysjukejoint #Indianapolis #blackentertainment #blackburlesque #comedy #drag #striptease #pole #sepiasquad #indybq #blackartists #Chicago #blackandqueer #netflix #netflixeasy #ebonymagazine #autostraddle #whiterabbitcabaret #bestofchicago #chicagomag #bestinburlesque #indynightlife #do317 #eventbrite #nuvoindy (at The White Rabbit Cabaret) https://www.instagram.com/p/BqbARt5lNby/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=138w1az0drc94

We are one short month away from returning to Indianapolis for Jeezy's Juke Joint on December 15th! Joining us is the incredible CORVIN ROSE! Tickets are on sale NOW for this one night only cabaret featuring Black and Queer entertainers from the Midwest! 📸 by Jose Hernandez . . . . #jeezysjukejoint #corvinrose #Indianapolis #blackentertainment #blackburlesque #comedy #drag #striptease #sepiasquad #indybq #blackartists #Chicago #poledance #blackandqueer #do317 #indyevents #indynightlife #blackindy #eventbrite (at White Rabbit Cabaret) https://www.instagram.com/p/BqP2FmPFFMJ/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=163awcx8e6tua

As seen on Netflix, Ebony Magazine, and Autostraddle Jeezy's Juke Joint: A Black Burly-Q is a night of entertainment, magic, laughter, beauty, and power featuring performers from Chicago, St. Louis, Indianapolis, and Bloomington for ONE NIGHT ONLY in #Indianapolis Saturday December 15th at The White Rabbit Cabaret. Visit our bio for tickets before prices increase at the door! 📸 by @davidlawrencebyrd 🎨 by @cubanmissilecrisis . . . #jeezysjukejoint #Indianapolis #blackentertainment #blackburlesque #comedy #drag #striptease #pole #sepiasquad #indybq #blackartists #Chicago #blackandqueer #netflix #netflixeasy #ebonymagazine #autostraddle #whiterabbitcabaret #bestofchicago #chicagomag #bestinburlesque #indynightlife #do317 #eventbrite https://www.instagram.com/p/Bpz6vKRl5U_/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=dudx9lxreroo

*HEADLINER ANNOUNCEMENT* Coming all the way from London (originally hailing from Germany) is MisSa Blue, the variety star who has gained international recognition through her highly skilled sword swallowing performances! After launching her career in 2010 in London she now continuously headlines Gala events, Variety shows and Burlesque festivals around the world. Besides the intensive world wide touring, MisSa is playing a leading role in Germany’s GOP Variety production ‘Freaks’, is frequently interviewed and seen on TV and recently spoke on TEDx. In recent years she has developed an active voice globally supporting black Performance Art and is pioneering in the Burlesque world with her invitation to perform at The Burlesque Hall of Fame in Las Vegas. 📸 by Verena Gremmer . . . #jeezysjukejoint #blackburlesque #MisSaBlue #variety #swordswallower #sideshow #blacksideshowperformer #performanceart #internationalartist #queerburlesque #blackqueerartists #chicago #london #do312 #hydepark #blackentertainers #burlesquefestival #chicagoburlesque #tedxgermany (at Chicago, Illinois) https://www.instagram.com/p/BnUc04cBGkB/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=cuucdt9b7286

Your first headliner announcement for 2019... known as The Tower of Power... Isaiah Esquire from Portland! . Isaiah Esquire is one half of the dynamic duo Izohnny, producers of the hit show, BOYEURISM at Bossanova. Isaiah has graced many stages throughout the United States, Canada, Finland,and Austria since 2007. You may have even seen him on "America's Got Talent" with Portland’s own gender fluid cabaret troupe, the Caravan of Glam, one of the Top 10 traveling queer performance groups in the US traveling to mostly red states and spreading the gosspel of glitter! You can also catch him now on Netflix in the documentary "Glitter Tribe". This exciting entertainer has a unique performance style that's intensely emotive, athletic, and explosive incorporating elements of dance, burlesque, and drag. Often referred to as a "Glamazon", his tall statuesque physique alone demands attention. That, however, is certainly not the only reason why Isaiah Esquire is a force to witness! . #jeezysjukejoint #blackburlesque #blackentertainment #burlesquefestival #sepiasquad #drag #burlesque #cabaret #chicago #queer #nightlife #blackartists #queerartists (at Chicago, Illinois) https://www.instagram.com/p/BnRmPo-BVJQ/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1eegjhu1oas0m

If you haven't been crushing on @billrbullock yet, you will on Friday! Get to know him and get your tickets for Jeezy's Juke Joint this weekend! . Bill Bullock has been performing all over Chicago and beyond for over 7 years. Bill's brand of comedy revolves around raucous, confessional, and personal (sometimes very personal) storytelling. Mix that with a neurotic self-awareness and an extremely opinionated wit, and you have a comic who can appeal to all types of audiences. He has been accepted into the Arch City Comedy Festival in Columbus, OH, Gilda's Laugh Fest in Grand Rapids, MI, and The Chicago Nerd Comedy Festival. He has headlined the Drop Comedy Club in South Bend, IN, and has opened for Brandie Posey, Myq Kaplan, Stewart Huff, and hosted the recording Shane Mauss' latest special. Bill was named "Best Comedian in Logan Square 2015" by LoganSquarist.com. Bill made his television debut on WCIU’s “Chicago’s One Night Stand-up” 2016 and made a featured appearance in Netflix's "Easy" in 2017. (at The Promontory)

You know her...you LOVE her...and we can't wait to have her! This Thursday night Chicago's Bearded Beauty graces the space at The Hot Box - Entertainment & Dancery at @vamstudioofficial! Get your tickets NOW and get your freak on with the cast of Jeezy' Juke Joint! Featured performances, cocktails, catering by Taylor's Tacos, music, dancing, and more . . . #jeezysjukejoint #chicagodrag #lucystoole #thehotbox #Chicago #chicagoartists #blackburlesque #chicagoevents #chicagonights #do312 #humboldtpark #Chicagoartists #dragqueen #beardedbeauty #blackartists #burlesquefestival #VAM  #queerartists #queerchicago #blackchicago #gaychicago

FRIDAY 3/16 Jeezy's Juke Joint: A Black Burly-Q Revue returns to The Promontory featuring Koffee from New York! . Tickets at www.jeezysjukejoint.com . Illuminating Black dance to tackle social issues, Koffee is an assertion of Blackness, Black pride and Black excellence. Inclusive of age, dance levels, and gender identities, the core members are all New Yorkers who reside in Brooklyn. MF Akynos (creator), Cece Brown Sugah and Hoodoo Hussy, all bring their various flavors to make up a dance ensemble that always aims to slay. . #jeezysjukejoint #chicagoburlesque #hydeparkchicago #blackburlesque #blackartists #blackentertainment #blackchicago #queerchicago #do312 #chicagonights #blackbusiness #promontorychicago #koffee #mfakynos #hoodoohussy #cecebrownsugah #chicago (at The Promontory)

THURSDAY 3/15 The Hot Box - Entertainment & Dancery featuring Elle du Jour from San Antonio! . Ticket link in our bio! . Known as "The Contemporary Tease", Elle Du Jour has got the dance technique of your dreams atop the sultry smolder of your worst nightmare. This AWARD-WINNING International showgirl and Texas native has been dazzling burlesque audiences since 2012 as a premier member of the Viva Dallas Burlesque Showgirls-“The Biggest Burlesque Show” in Texas. She recently was named “Biggest Tease” at the 7th annual San Antonio Burlesque Festival! Miss Du Jour’s International accolades include headlining the 2014 “Wild West Undressed” Tour in Basel, Switzerland. As well as solo performances in Paris, Berlin, and at the 2014 Amsterdam Burlesque Weekend and the 2014 International London Burlesque Festival! You can catch one of Elle Du Jour’s captivating performances this season as a member of “Best Burlesque” troupe in San Antonio, Texas- “The Pastie Pops”. (at VAM)

Jeezy's Juke Joint: A Black Burly-Q Revue FRIDAY 3/16 at @promontorychicago featuring Sylvie Onyx from Nashville! 📸 by @laphotographi.e . Born and bred in Nashville, TN, Sylvie Onyx is the sugary southern treat you can't wait to eat! A 2016 GRINDuate of Music City's only burlesque finishing school Delinquent Debutantes, Sylvie burst onto the scene ready to shake things up and shimmy 'em out. From kittening it up as a local favorite for wrangling the stripper droppings to throwing it down as the smilingest showgirl you ever did see, Sylvie regularly graces the stages of Delinquent Debutantes, the Rhinestone Cabaret, and Wasabassco at City Winery Nashville. When she's not mooning the audience, Sylvie is also known for her activism as a warrior for diversity and inclusivity in the Nashville burlesque community. (at The Promontory)

THURSDAY 3/15 The Hot Box - Entertainment & Dancery featuring Joyce LeeAnn from New York! Tickets available in our bio link. . . . Joyce LeeAnn- Brooklyn, NY Joyce LeeAnn is an archivist and interdisciplinary artist whose work aims to redefine the archive as a space for healing and transformation. She is a Denver, Colorado native based in New York City. In 2011, she self-published her first archival text, somethymes grief goes for a walk. In 2013, she co-curated The Finding Aid: Black Women at the Intersection of Art and Archiving event at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. She has been a Create Change fellow with The Laundromat Project, a member of the Hemispheric Institute of Performance and Politics’ EMERGENYC cohort, and an associate artist during the Betty’s Daughter Arts Collaborative’s Body Ecology intensive. Joyce LeeAnn is also a graduate of Brown Girls Burlesque’s Broad Squad Institute, and a recipient of a mentorship program with Perle Noire. She has performed her work at House of Yes, Shades of Burlesque shows, Brooklyn Museum, and many other places. Recently, Joyce LeeAnn emancipated her labor through the cultivation of her own archival services business. Currently, she is developing an artistic project that explores the idea of embodying the archive while examining the meaning of home. (at VAM)

Tickets at hotboxchicago.eventbrite.com

Saturday 3/15 RedBone teaches "Art of Freestyle" at @chicagoartdept 1:15-2:15pm! Learn how to bring confidence to your movement and play with improv on the dance floor. Registration at jeezysjukejoint.com! . #jeezysjukejoint #Chicago #chicagoartists #danceclass #chicagodancers #chicagoartdepartment #blackburlesque #chicagoevents #freestyledance #improvdanceclass #chicagonights #pilsen #Chicagoartists #blackartists #burlesque #queerchicago #blackchicago #burlesquetop50 (at Chicago Art Department)

Thu 3/15 - The Hot Box at @vamstudioofficial (ticket link in our bio) featuring REDBONE! @redbonempls . Bursting onto the scene in 2005 as 1/3 of Foxy Tann and the Wham Bam Thank You Ma'am's, this worldwide burlesque sensation returns with a bevy of solo accomplishments under her belt!  RedBone was voted #10 in 21st Century Burlesque Magazine’s Top 50 of 2017, one of The National Top 8 by Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend in 2013, Judges choice 2016 and had the honor of competing for Queen in Miss Exotic World at the 2015 and the 2017 Burlesque Hall of Fame Weekender. Internationally known, Minnesota grown is also the Executive Producer The 510 Shakedown, The Nudie Nubie Show - An Amateur Reveal & Nudie Nubie’s SF -- a show designed to support & elevate the up coming generations of teasers. Recently, she has made it a priority to glamorously & naturally hydrate the skin of humans across the globe with her new product Glam Jam -- an all-natural glitter lotion stick aka “Glo-tion For Your Motion”. This free-styling & classic, dancing machine (The Cyclone of Burlesque) combines the all cultures that raised her for a one of kind, whirlwind performance experience. . . . . #jeezysjukejoint #redboneburlesque #redbone #Chicago #chicagoartists #blackburlesque #chicagoevents #chicagonights #do312 #humboldtpark #Chicagoartists #livemusic #blackartists #burlesquefestival #cabaret #VAM  #queerartists #queerchicago #blackchicago #burlesquetop50 (at VAM)