Wickedest City Burlesque & Variety Festival
Wickedest City Burlesque & Variety Festival
Welcome to the Wickedest City Burlesque & Variety Fest
A celebration of fearless performance, radical joy, and rich cultural heritage in the heart of Davenport.
Once known as “The Wickedest City in America,”Davenport’s Bucktown district rose to infamy in the early 1900s with its vibrant blend of jazz clubs, speakeasies, brothels, and boundary pushing entertainment. In a time of prohibition and puritanism, Bucktown was where art, expression, and vice thrived loud, proud, and unrepentant.
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know us
Manhattan is a performer for the past 6 years. Located in the Quad Cities. They have performed around the Midwest, Vermont, and New Mexico.
Performing Festivals, producing shows and being a hand for local shows.
Applications
Thursday, April 16 - Wickedest Performer Competition at the Adler Theatre
Friday, April 17 - Fandom Showdown at the Circa 21 Speakeasy
Saturday, April 18 - Grand Showcase at the Capitol Theatre