The Bayou City Burlesque and Circus Arts Festival brings together two timeless and titillating performance arts that will defy gravity.

The event features contortionist burlesque belly dancer Kristina Nekyia (Los Angeles), whose previous clients include Lady GaGa, Margaret Cho and The Discovery Channel; the pint-sized pepper and burlesque little person crowned Miss Exxxotic Chicago, Viva La Muerte (Chicago); the moustachioed king of burlesque crowned by The Burlesque Hall of Fame in Las Vegas, Russell Bruner (Portland); the sexy trapeze duo Smolderin' Scully and Miss Malacious (Dallas); and more than 30 local and national performers.