Saturday August 20 * 7pm * MASKS, VAX REQUIRED * TICKETS
The Erotic August Festival shows you what you didn't know you needed, or totally knew you craved....
Femcee burlesquer Shortstaxx is psyched to be part of Erotic August bringing her new mission - being a Crone sex symbol - to the public. Shortstaxx is a 30+ year veteran of the DC and Baltimore underground performance scenes. As actor Kris Ruff, she busted her cherry squirting liquids (not that kind!) and bared her first breast (yes singular) on stage with DC's "only theatre company dedicated to smut" Cherry Red Productions. A decade-long member of DC's experimental, physical theater company Theatre du Jour, Kris co-created original plays with the ensemble and director. She has also played in a myriad of alternative/DIY productions in the DMV and Baltimore. Prioritize your pleasure women!
Lilbearboii Hi! This is Shane aka lilbearboiii (on instagram). I have been writing and performing poetry since 2013. My work centers around the experiences of being a Black, nonbinary, queer, kinky, southern single caretaker in today's world. New to the DMV, I am extremely excited to get down and dirty with a whole new community of gays and theys! With a background heavily influenced by being in the frontline of many BLM movements and wrestling against anti-trans and LGBQ legislation since the early 2000's, each poem is barbed with rage against an unjust system but is still enveloped in love and tenderness. Soft, strong and sweet, yet a fierce protector, they don't call me little bear for nothing! www.patreon.com/LilBearBoi
GHØST DIAMANTÉ (They/Them) - A DC metropolitan area Black, Queer/TransFemme performance artist who uses Drag, Dance, Rituals, Witchcraft, the Mystére, and other visual elements as a form of expression. They use elements at their disposal to help interweave and manifest a reality (meaning) which like many things in life fluctuates between the lovely spectrums we often see that free us yet limit us in the limitless. Hard/Soft, Lace/Leather, Dark/Light. Thus connecting, bringing you into the hyper-surreal fantasy of the things we Lust and obsess over in life. Our desires, our fears, the joy and pain we Experience in this communion. www.instagram.com/ghost.diamante
Waldo Gloria Strange is a writer of queer erotic romance, among other things. They host an erotica podcast called "Midnight, Softly" where they read love letters written just for you.
Come with your questions and conundrums about sex and love! Artist and tarot reader Skye Marinda will be giving live tarot readings to audience members! Tarot cards are a deck of 78 playing cards that are traditionally used for fortune telling. Now Skye, along with many other modern practitioners, uses tarot as a tool for self reflection and growth. This is an opportunity to be reminded of who you are and to affirm it. Join me to light a fire under your passions and goals. www.skyemarinda.com/