As the sun sets over West Michigan, the dancers and band members of this month’s Shimmy Shack Burlesque Troupe have something truly remarkable in store for those who will venture out into the city’s westside.
Like a full solar eclipse, it is really very rare that we have an alignment of burlesque and live genre music in an alt-music venue of our city devoted to all things rockabilly. What makes this style of music so intriguing and fun is because rockabilly is one of the earlier musical genre styles of rock and roll music.
Our local Shimmy Shack Burlesque Troupe, who has been, as they describe on their website, presenting “Raucous Ribaldry in an intimate setting since 2009,” will welcome Dangerville to create a live accompaniment for the performers.
Joining guest burlesque performers Ms. B LaRose (Chicago), Felina Distemper (Ann Arbor), Vivacious Miss Audacious (Grand Rapids), and Jax Nippleson (Grand Rapids), the rockabilly foursome of Dangerville (established as a three piece act in 1995 that became a four piece in 1998) will raise your core body temperature with classic original tunes like “Lament of a Serial Killer,” “Torpedo Bra,” and “Find me a Woman.”
Be sure to pack a handful of singles to hand off to the dancers as well as the band who will present a program hot like July. You will not want to miss this special night of live dance and rockabilly music in one of my favorite venues in the city.
Get tickets in advance to this special edition of Shimmy Shack Burlesque Troupe
here.
As with nearly every Shimmy Shack event, earlier in the day is the international
Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art School event. Dr. Sketchy's is a very unorthodox live model drawing class that is one part arts education/instruction with the rest a full on comic improv performance fueled by drink specials as hosts Vivacious Miss Audacious and Sarah Jean Anderson welcome the art monkeys to this hilarious drawing school event. Even if you are not an artist, this is an experience welcoming all.