About the festival

Four days of Glamour, grace, glitter. The Bavarian Burlesque festival will take place for the fiftth time from 16. to 19. October  2025. International Burlesque stars will carry the audience into a world of fantasy and sensuality.

Like no other, Burlesque, skillfully combines the art of the tease and seduction in many ways.  Whether sensual, elegant, mysterious, explosive, cheeky or simply hilarious -  the sky is the limit.

It’s not about the strip, but about the tease. The play with the audience, the breath-taking  costumes, the music or the stories that the performances are telling.

And this year we have once again managed to secure two internationally renowned burlesque stars as headliners for the BBF:

Showgirl, maker, shaker: Miss Chrissy Kiss is known for her mesmerizing stage presence, her dazzling costumes and her eye for luxurious detail. Her acts are not just about spectacle but about celebrating empowerment and the indulgence of life’s pleasures.

The epic boylesque sensation from NYC: With Mr. Gorgeous, an international boylesque legend will be performing at this year's BBF. Cheeky and passionate at the same time - this is where humor meets top-class performance art - Boylesque at it's best! Mr. Gorgeous has already been awarded the most prestigious title in this genre: “Mr. Exotic World - King of Boylesque”

The audience will be captured by an international cast of dazzling performers in four different shows:

 The „Opening Night“ on Thursday ans th "Friday Night Tease"  take place at Theater Drehleier, Munich’s first location for Burlesque. “The Filly Follies”, Munich’s Burlesque pioneers have been running international Burlesque shows in the theatre for more than ten years. Together with Burlesque performers and promoters, Melody D’Amour and Bettie Berlin, they are also organising the Bavarian Burlesque Festival.

The pompous-baroque ambiance of the “Silbersaal” amazes with it’s awe-inspiring  paintings, gleaming chandeliers  and mystic light. The historic hall, build in 1896, provides a glamorous setting for the „Saturday Night Gala” and the "Best of Festival" show on Sunday, where you can experience once again the highlights of the three previous evenings.