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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York;VALUE=DATE:20250919
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URL:https://coolcleveland.com/events/blackwater-cabaret-presents-a-two-nig
 ht-festival-of-bipoc-drag-and-burlesque-performers/
SUMMARY:Blackwater Cabaret Presents a Two-Night Festival of BIPOC Drag and 
 Burlesque Performers
DESCRIPTION:\nFri 9/19 &amp\; Sat 9/20 @ 9PM\nLakota Shekhar is a familiar 
 face onstage at local burlesque shows\, but she’s also a producer of sho
 ws in her own right. One of those is the Blackwater Cabaret aka BIPOC Rock
 : The Festival\, a star-studded two-night event taking place at Studio Wes
 t 117’s Muze Gastropub in Lakewood.\nIt features some of the top Black a
 nd brown drag and burlesque performers in northeast Ohio and across the st
 ate. It began life in 2021 as a Saturday night event\, before Shekhar rest
 ructured it and created a full-scale festival what she calls in her press 
 release an “annual celebration of alternative\, rock\, heavy metal\, got
 h\, emo\, and KPop music.”\nMexican-American performer from San Diego\, 
 Chica Cabra\, headlines both nights\; she performed here and wowed the aud
 ience at the Beachland Ballroom at the Ohio Burlesque Fest in August. On F
 riday she’ll co-headline with a local drag legend\, Erica Martinez\, who
  has been performing since the ’80s.\nOther Friday night performers Alex
 is Milan\, Agata Why\, Jace Blaze\, Main Void\, Hickey Hunny\, Dom Ben Bea
 r Martinezand ZaZa V. On Saturday the cast includes Saturday Lady Slay\, R
 uby Rabbit\, Soley Santana\, Dakota Cox\, PoundCake\, Kooky\, Kat Serpenti
 ne de La Muerte\, Dolly The Lover and co-header Lakota Shekar.\nThe shows 
 will be emceed by Silky The Body from Columbus. Get your tickets here.\nbl
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CATEGORIES:Drinks,Culture,Comedy,Fashion,Eats,Festival,Performance,Dance,T
 heatre,----WRITERS----,Music: Popular,Anastasia Pantsios,Preview
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