Upcoming Events
Check out our upcoming events, here at 1208 Surf Avenue!
The Cyrque Revue - Canceled
This event has been canceled. Pre-sale tickets will be refunded.
FROLIC: Black Burlesque Revue
FROLIC, an all Black Burlesque Revue is coming to Coney Island this summer!
Under the Boardwalk
A variety show featuring burlesque, drag kings, sideshow, and more!
Magical Girl Burlesque Presents: Fanfic in Motion
Nerdlesque at its best should give you similar feelings to reading a great fanfiction: delight at seeing a piece of media you know and love come to life in a new way, and then being taken on an emotional and mental journey as the story unfolds (or in this case, undresses) before you.
Boombox Burlesque Presents: A Hip Hop Burlesque Fundraiser!
A celebration of Hip Hop through the art of Burlesque! We are raising funds for our larger showcase in September. All acts will be to hip hop music.
Hot Fix Sideshow presents Something Wicked
As the air chills and the veil between worlds thins, Hot Fix Sideshow returns to bring you Something Wicked. Watch us dance with death on this night of fire, aerial, sideshow, live music, and burlesque.
Dress in your best costume for a chance to win our costume contest.
SOLD OUT! Thank You!
Bambi The Mermaid Presents: The 20th Annual Miss Coney Island Pageant
Don’t miss the eye-popping spectacle as 12 burlesque beauties turn the traditional beauty pageants of boardwalk lore into an ironic showcase of their love for weird, wild, wonderful CONEY ISLAND! Anything goes and everything will ‼️ And best of all YOU the audience will decide who will wear the coveted crown for 2023!
Theater Tickets are Sold Out! Thank You!
Click Here for Freak Bar Tickets- $15
Neil O'Fortune's Endless Summer!
It might be September, but who else is ready to keep the summer going with the kind of epic, "you had to be there" night you can ONLY have with Burlesque at the Beach??
15 years ago, Neil O'Fortune first set foot on the legendary Coney Island stage, for his first night as a burlesque producer--and the first of many fantastic nights he's spent on New York's most magical stage!
Mi Gente Burlesque Festival
All presold tickets will be refunded.
The LatinX Burlesque Fest is now the MI GENTE BURLESQUE FESTIVAL!
Brought to you by Miss Coney Island 2022 Miss Frankie Eleanor and Coney Island Circus Sideshow emcee Kita St Cyr. Featuring a cast of the best LatinX burlesque performers from NYC and beyond!
The Ides of MAN: A TEASE! XV: HAIL to the HOSTS
Due to a leak in the building we’ll be postponing tonight’s Man A Tease. Stay tuned for future show date!
"Friends, Romans, Coney Islanders – lend me your ears! Beware The Ides of MAN: A TEASE! XV"
Tigger!s 15th annual Coney celebration is a Tribute to our brilliant Burlesque Hosts. All Hosts, All Night!
Wilfredo's One Night Stand
Lock up your pets — he's back! With big teeth, tight pants and a vibrato to die for, the iconic lothario is back at the beach with a stellar line-up of burlesque legends, performance artists and budding starlets. Expect pasties, panties and extravaganties.
Hosted by: Wilfredo
Cathouse III: The Sexegenarian
Jo Weldon, Headmistress of the New York School of Burlesque and author of The Burlesque Handbook, invites you to turn over the clock with her as she enters her 60s! She’s been celebrating her birthday at Burlesque at the Beach every year for over a decade, but missed the past two years, so she’s returning with a bang. She’ll be toasting the end of her 50s with a baker’s dozen of Coney Island’s favorite burlesque stars!
Surrealist Burlesque Presents: NEO
NEO is a celebration of and a love letter to the neo-burlesque revival in New York City! Featuring legendary nightlife performers and neo-burlesque innovators.
This show will bring to the stage performers and concepts discussed in Lynn Sally’s recent book about the neo revival in New York City, Neo-Burlesque: Striptease as Transformation. Copies of the book will be available for purchase and signing at the show.
Bambi the Mermaid Presents: A Night In Bangkok!!
Have you wondered all your life what actually happens in a PING PONG SHOW!? We’ll travel together for to see things we can never unsee! TRIGGER WARNING‼️ This show is going to EDUCATE and TITILATE the most jaded voyeurs who think they’ve seen it all!
Cherry Hellodies III “The Unholy Trinity”
For the first time since the before-times, Miss Cherry Delight and Coney Island USA proudly present the loudest, wildest, and most salacious show to ever grace the sacred stage of Coney Island USA.
Starring Miss Cherry Delight, the most Sacrilicious host of all time, providing all live music accompaniment with her 6 piece hard rock band through the entire evening.
Cherry Hellodies III The Unholy Trinity will feature a generous mouthful of some the most untamed boundary-pushing burlesque and death defying sideshow stunts the business of show has to offer.
Click Here for Tickets- $25
Tickets are $30 at the door
EAT ME! A Variety Show: A Clownwork Orange
Welly, welly, welly, welly, well! The Brides are back live in gorgeousity flesh you’ll feel through your guttiwuts.
Join The Outlaw Clowns of Coney as we turn the Freak Bar into the Milk Bar for EAT ME! A Variety Show: A Clownwork Orange! We’re unleashing a Clown car of dazzling droogs for a horrorshow of Circus & Sideshow! Enjoy amazing Aerial, Acro-Duo, Fire Performance, Contortion, Human Pincushion and more!
Miss Coney Island Presents: Ode to the Coney Queens
Reigning Miss Coney Island 2022 Miss Frankie Eleanor is proud to present a showcase honoring the Queens before her. Join us for a night of reflection and cures of FOMO as we celebrate this tradition with some of her favorite Queens. Did you ever miss that pageant to see who won .... Do you miss your favorite Coney Queen ... Do you just want to celebrate one of our most treasured Coney events .... Well this show is for you! Get ready for a night of sizzling variety entertainment from the Coney Queens of before.
Coney Island Circus Sideshow Schedule
Coney Island USA’s Sideshows by the Seashore Theater is home to the last permanently housed, traditional ten-in-one circus sideshow in the USA. That's ten great acts for one great price.
Our family friendly shows feature classic sideshow acts and cirque feats presented by New York's finest and most talented sword swallowers, fire eaters, glass walkers, aerial and variety artists.
Our 2023 season is over but you can book our performers!
Our awe-inspiring performers and entertainers can be booked for celebrations and happenings of all kinds, whether you’re planning a Halloween Party, Sweet 16, Bar/Bat Mitzvah, Holiday Party, Communion, Wedding, Private Party, or Corporate/Brand Event. Get further info here!