Blerdlesque & Chill

Get ready to kick off BLERDFEST! New Orleans with a night of cosplay, magic, and spellbinding striptease!

The Afrofuturistic Producers Infinity Hour and BLERDFEST! AFTER DARK are teaming up to bring you Blerdlesque & Chill - a celebration of all things magical, Black, and nerdy.

Join us at The AllWays Lounge on May 16th for an unforgettable evening featuring dazzling Nerdlesque performers from New Orleans and beyond - bringing your favorite characters to life with jaw-dropping burlesque acts. Hosted by the one and only DC Paul! Don't miss your chance to shine in our cosplay costume contest - so bring your best magical, nerdy, or enchanted looks for a chance to win prizes and bragging rights!

Infinity Hour is an AfroFurturistic Production Company dedicated to amplifying marginalized voices in the Black Performing Arts, inspiring innovative multimedia theatrical events, and forging new paths in production, while documenting Black Burlesque and Drag from today and Beyond.

We believe that Black Art. Black Expression. And Black Creativity fuels the Future and heals Community wounds and bonds - providing sustaining artistic careers, living cultural preservation, economic tourism that uplifts communitities, and most importantly, a haven for happiness.

We believe that it is important to document this artistic work through muiltimedia productions, film, and television and bridge new Black storytellers typically seen in small local spaces to the global audience.

Our mission is to amplfify these storytellers, inspire meaningful change in the media landscape, and forge new paths of Black Art and the documentation and preservation of it.

Presented by Infity Hour in collaboration with BLERDFEST! New Orleans. Sponsored by PUNK BLACK.

21+, Doors open 10:30PM, Show starts at 11:00PM

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