Come one come all to the weekender brawl!
Nudie Nubies is thrilled to host the 5th annual Nudie Nubies Nationwide Festival
Nov 20th - 21st 2026 at The Newport Theater in Chicago, Illinois.
This year, Founder Foxy Tann & Kitson Sass teams up with Honey Bee Rose & Lilly Rascal to celebrate The 2026 Nationwide Festival in Chicago!
This two day competition will bring together some of North America’s finest up and coming performers and give them the opportunity to show off their best stuff for panels of judges and future fans. We’ve brought in some of the biggest names in burlesque to
perform and judge our competition!
2026 Feature Portia Favro!
Newport Theater
956 W Newport Ave, Chicago, IL 60657
Friday November 20
2026 Nationwide Preliminaries
Showtime 7:00 PM
Afterparty 10:00 PM
Saturday November 21
2026 Nationwide Finals
Showtime 9:30 PM
Welcoming 2026 Competitors
Cherry Pit
Cherry Popper
Tarah Rising
Cherry Pit
Cherry Pit (Chicago, IL)
Cherry Popper (Madison, WI)
Dorothea DuMonde (Atlanta, GA)
Dulce Diabla (Minneapolis, MN)
Kate Beyond (Kingston, NY)
KimBurly (Hudson, MA)
Lottie Little (Cleveland, Ohio)
Mama Pipe (Chicago, IL)
Ms. Scissor (Chicago, IL)
Pearl Grey (St. Paul, MN)
Rikki Luscious (Chicago, IL)
Standing Room Luke (Chicago, IL)
Tarah Rising (Nashville, TN)
Peekaboo Pointe (Milwaukee, WI)
Portia Favro (Vancouver, CAN)
Bazuka Joe (Chicago, IL)
Jezebelly (Chicago, IL)
Lilly Rascal (Chicago, IL)
Shimmy LaRoux (Chicago, IL)
Switch the Boi Wonder (Chicago, IL)
P No Noire (Chicago, IL)
Plus a stepdown performance by our 2025 Nationwide Monarch Lilly EnVogue
Featuring PROvocateurs
Peekaboo Pointe!
Portia Favro!
Reigning Champ Lilly EnVogue!
Peekaboo Pointe!
Things to see while you’re visiting Chicago!
No Cover. Half off wings. Nice fun cool times! Looking for that 80s nostalgia hit with a run-way dancery, look no further than Logan Square’s Way Out Wednesday! First come, first serve seating! 8:30 PM Showtime! Produced by Lilly Rascal featuring Hometown Hero Dahlia Fatale, Nationwide Festival Feature Portia Favro (Vancouver, CAN), Nationwide 2025 Winner Lily EnVouge Hosted by Dr. Rocktagon with special appearance by 2026 Windy City Ultimate Winner!
Wicker Park’s hidden gemstone of speakeasies, watch the best in biz in their ultimate element of debauchery & dancery! Two seatings available 8P & 10P! Snag your stage view experience! Produced by Shimmy LaRoux, featuring 2026 Nationwide Producers Foxy Tann, Honey Bee Rose and Lilly Rascal with 2026 Festival Features Lilly EnVouge & Portia Favro