About ABSfest
ABSfest 2009 was our most amazing year yet! Attendance was epic, the performers were magnificent, and the afterparties were hot and heavy. A thousand thanks to all of our staff, artists, and sponsors for making this three-day festival possible, keeping Asheville freaky, and making ABSfest a national destination for stupendous burlesque and sideshow artists.
Now that the glare of sequins isn't quite so blinding, plans are cookin' in the ABSfest kitchen for 2010. Our headliners this year are Michelle L'amour & Paolo Garbanzo.
Neo-Burlesque and the flourishing Sideshow Arts are part of the Vaudeville Revival, a huge international movement with festivals around the world. Neo-Vaudeville explores women's empowerment, satirizes mainstream 'normalcy', and offers unforgettable, interactive, good old fashioned American entertainment to those bold enough to pass thru those striped curtains to the midway beyond...
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About Future of Tradition Productions
ABSfest is a Future of Tradition production. FoT has been a force in shaping and sustaining the arts in Western North Carolina since 1999. Founded as a Center for Folkarts, FoT for many years housed traditional and evolving visual, movement and music artists under one roof. Many long-standing groups in Asheville's nationally known artscene had roots there, particularly in the fire and circus arts, bellydance, African and Latin dance communities.
In 2006, FoT shifted primary focus to event production. The most comprehensive programs are Triboriginal: Tribal Dance, Music and Culture Camp, now in its fiftth year, and the Americana Burlesque & Sideshow Festival, with new projects in the works.
Visit www.hardestworkingwomaninshowbusiness.com for more information.
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