RASPBERRY FIELDS FOREVER

Last weekend we threw one of our Open House & burlesque second hand market--days at out studio, Raspberry Fields. This time we also  joined in on the restaurant day, by turning Raspberry Fields into a small café for the day, with raspberry sweets in different forms.

 
 Raspberry ladies! Tinker & Cherry with Sandy and Gigi from Thee Dizzy Daisies, who are among those we share the studio with.

Keep your eyes and small ears open for the next time, which will be sometime during this year still!

EVIL VOODOO SKA GHOST SKELETONS

Straight outta Ghost Town!

At some point some more photos -backstage mostly- will be coming up from yesterday's Finnish Burlesque Gala night!

2011 WITH A KICKSTART!

Just a tiny little bit more than a month to go until the fourth annual Helsinki Burlesque Festival!

And the second one with Itty-Bitties performing. Yes, we were there in 2009 and now we´ll be there again, shimmying our way into your hearts on the stage of Gloria. It´s one hell of a line-up this year as you can see! You´re treated to shows by Princess Farhana of Hollywood - Alotta Boutté - Trixie Little & The Evil Hate Monkey - Cherry Typhoon - Kitten on the Keys - Miss Astrid - Mimi Le Meaux - Lucky Penny - Velma Voluptuous - Virginia Valentine and AlexiXXXCarpentieri! And those are just the guests from far away lands - our Finnish line-up is equally impressive. You´ll see Bettie Blackheart, Kiki Hawaiji, LouLou D´Vil, Welma Jackpot, the fantastic all-boylesque group HellMonty, aerial acrobatics by The Silk Sisters and rather exciting pick-up show by Helsinki Womens´ Society. There´s music by Asta Share, swingin´ tunes played by DJ´s Fiona Timantti, Pussy Power and Miroslove Satan, Pin-Up-O-Matic by Black Peider; warm-up clubs, art shows by Kerttu Malinen and Adam Monaghan, and workshops by Princess Farhana, Cherry Typhoon and Trixie Little & The Evil Hate Monkey. Whew! Takes my breath away by even listing all of this.

AND THERE ARE STILL TICKETS LEFT! In contrary to "the word on the streets". Yes there are tickets, and if you haven´t got yours by now, then hurry, because seriously this is The Party you don´t want to miss.


And as for us, we´ll treat you with three brand new routines, seen nowhere before...

So buy that ticket and start preparing your dress for the party of the year! I can tell you that we are definitely busy with our preparations. For your pleasure only, darlings. Happy New Year!

OUR CALENDAR : NOVEMBER

Wedesday 3rd
Glitter Grill goes Cold War @ Ravintola Wäiski
For more info, check the post below! That's tonight folks, don't miss this!

Friday 5th
Pro bono twirling for charity : Cherry & Vera at Kalevankadun Nenäpäivä @ Base
Also performing are the Finnish Blonde Burlesque Troupe!
For more info visit kalevankatu.fi

Saturday 6th
Tinker Bell performing at SMFR Halloween + Tuntematonmaa.net 10v @ Ravintola Wäiski

Friday 19th
TInker Bell & Cherry dee performing at the Bomber-party @ On The Rocks

Saturday 27th
Lola, Jackie and Cherry head up north to perform at Ravintola Dyyni in Kalajoki!

SUnday 28th
Tinker Bell heading over to Tallinn with the Hula Pirates to perform at Feministid Tulevad Kell Kolm!

BITTYFEST!

We have been practising a lot lately for the world's first Bittyfest! The Universal Premiere of the Bittyfest is next Saturday 16.10, and we are slightly nervous, but mostly very, very exited. At the festival the Bitties are timetraveling from the stone age to the future, from Africa to the Moon! We got some old numbers as well as brand new ones, some solos as well as group numbers. You'll also Laura Kansanen-Stavale's and Rik Stavale's burlesque themed photo exhibition during the break!

You can get the tickets to the event from Tiketti.



The event takes place at the small and cozy Kokoteatteri theater.


We were lucky to get the gorgeous Bettie Blackheart to host the show!

OUR CALENDAR : OCTOBER

Gigs & Events for October 2010:

Friday 1st

Performing at Le Bonk with The Urban Voodoo Machine and Lady Ane Angel form the UK and miss Lalla Morte from France.
Ticket from Tiketti. Don't miss this!
(ps. did you spot Missy and the Baron in the video? :)


Saturday 9th
Blues Trash Cabaret at On The Rocks, together with the bands Mystery Gang (from Hungary) and Rockin'Blue Collars.


Saturday 16th, the one and only:
Hold your horses! Book your calendars! See you there! Our very own Bittyfest!
Tickets available from Tiketti, and more info on this to come.


Tuesday 26th
Our in-no-time-fully-booked Burlesque Beginners Class start!


Friday 29th
Performing at the Stockholm Burlesque Festival at Berns Salonger.

OUR CALENDAR : SEPTEMBER

Summer is over, fall is here, we are keeping busy as usual!

First of all, our site is now up and running!
Check it out : www.ittybittytease.com

Second, our limited edition T-shirts will be available soon!
Keep up with the news trough our Facebook-group or start following this blog right here, right now :)

And then onwards to the shows; here is our schedule for September:

Friday 10th & 11th

The second annual Psychorama Psychobilly & Burlesque Festival!
The event takes place at Korjaamo , stay tuned for more info on that soonish.


Saturday September 18th


The week thereafter we will perform at the Helsinki Vintage Warm Up Club at Belly along with Sweet Jeena & Her Sweethearts.


Thursday 23rd
Cherry Dee and Jackie O'Lantern will grab Hula Pirate's Sally Vanilla along and do a show for Maailman Matkailupäivä.

Updates will be added if needed.

WE WERE THE ART THAT WENT TO KAPAKKA

Bitty-sheikkausta Bottalla (Ylen Aamu-TV:n koosteessa) Art Goes Kapakka-festareilla 26. elokuuta 2010. Reippaat ja raikkaat viitisen minuuttia asiaohjelman keskellä, noin kohdassa 0:25-0:30 minuuttia. :)

LOLA AND THE GRAVEMEN / BLUES TRASH CABARET

The Gravemen : Let's Dance. Shot at the Blues Trash Cabaret club at bar Loose in June this year. You can see bits of Lola's shaking her behind in her Big Bottoms number!

We perform regularly at the Blues trash Cabaret-club. The monthly club started were Club Wanted, Finland's first -and only- monthly burlesque club ended. Were Wanted focused on rockabilly and burlesque, BTC gives a wider range of interesting music -past performers have been such as Reverend Beat Man, Hola Ghost and Dead Elvis. And it's not your everyday portion of burlesque offered either!

The club started out in Lepakkomies and then moved on to Bar Loose. From August on until the end of the year the venue will take place at On The Rocks. As said, we perform as the "in-house burlesque group", but at September's gig we'll let Missy Macabre take over the stage.

Blues Trash Cabaret is the first Saturday of every month.

ART GOES KAPAKKA

THere are still a few days left of the Helsinki City Festival Art Goes Kapakka, and we will once again contribute and add a little sparkle to it. To be more exact: tomorrow night, Thursday August 26th, at Manala! Our show will be at 00:30. Before that you can see drag artist Pola Ivanka perform with her band.

The video of our performance above was shot at last year's AGK.