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2015 ABSfest: Americana Burlesque & Sideshow Festival

NINE years into bringing the Vaudeville Revival to Asheville, ABSfest offers a three day immersion that no lover of these arts can afford to miss.

PURCHASE TICKETS TO THE SATURDAY NIGHT PRANGE PEEL SHOW AT THEIR WEBSITE, at WWW.THEORANGEPEEL.NET

Nominated for Best Show in the Mountain Xpress Readers Choice Awards, ABSfest has attracted renowned circus and burlesque artists from across the US, as well as Scotland, Germany, and Japan. Damn right.

We search the world for talent, and lure them to Asheville with the promise of YOUR LOVE. Bring it!

In a world now brimming with Burlesque Festivals, from Vegas to Amsterdam, ABSfest embodies the true spirit of Vaudeville, offering driven artists a supportive environment to network, and for a community that nurtures raw, boundary-pushing creativity.

The festival is one of several annual productions of Future of Tradition, a seminal force in the underground Asheville arts community since 1999. Producer Lauren 'Onça' O'Leary also is the force behind the all-new Virginia Burlesque & Sideshow Festival, in Richmond, VA, May 31-June 2, 2013.