Now in its ninth year, the Show Me Burlesque Festival spans two nights, giving fans a full weekend of entertainment. We dropped in on the first night of fun at 2720 Cherokee to peek in on the Van Ella Bordella, a show styled as a gentleman's club after-party. It featured 30 performers and promised a "den of iniquity" and an "unparalleled world of decadence and sin." As you can see, it delivered.

May 18, 2018

Photos by Theo Welling