DIVA or Die: Things that Go Bump (and Grind) in the Night - SF

Schedule

Sat, 25 Oct, 2025 at 07:30 pm

UTC-07:00

Location

988 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, CA, United States, California 94133 | San Francisco, CA

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$40 General Admission
Doors at 7:30pm.
Show from 8:15-10:30pm with one intermission

$3 off each ticket when you use the code earlybird11 at checkout.
Offer ends October 19th.
Promo Codes are not applicable at the door.
Codes are not case sensitive, but must be typed as one word.
Trick or Tease? …. Why pick just one, when you can have both!
When the nights begin to get longer and leaves start to turn, you may feel a chill. It could be the San Francisco fog chilling your bones or it could be the chill of excitement when the monsters come out to play. At DIVA or Die this October, desire meets dread as the monsters come out to play… and they’re sexier than you remember. Ghouls grind, witches wiggle, vampires vamp, and creatures of the night tantalize in a sultry celebration of the spookiest season.
Our show is a goody bag filled with all the best tricks, treats, and temptations. It’s spooky, it’s sexy, and it may be the most fun you can have without selling your eternal soul to the damned.*
This show will provide you an array of eerie elegance, sultry scares, and enough bumps (and grinds) to keep your heart racing. This isn’t your neighborhood haunted house—it’s a decadent den of dark delights featuring the best in Halloween magic with assorted ghosts, goblins, and glitter pasties.
Featuring:
Rosie Fingers
Ray Hoey
Ashanti Altovese
Vixen, the Forbidden Magician
Ripley D’Mileaux
Calliope Quaint
Duchess
The Quainted Ladies
Gigi D’Allure
Dress in costume or just come as you are—our coven of dazzling performers will leave you bewitched, bothered, and begging for more.
Let yourself be lured by sirens, devoured by demons, and seduced by creatures who thrive when the moon is full. You’ll leave trembling… from more than just fear.
Get your tickets now!
https://www.calliopequaint.com
https://www.facebook.com/DivaOrDieBurlesque
https://www.instagram.com/divaordie
DIVA or Die Burlesque is a produced by Calliope Quaint and with Assistant Producer Rosie Fingers!
Calliope Quaint is an accomplished musical theatre performer and lifelong dancer. Calliope first brought her sparkling repertoire of captivating caricatures to the world of burlesque in 2008. Her solo acts have won awards at the Arizona Burlesque Festival (Judge's Choice in 2019) and the Great Burlesque Exposition (Most Humorous in 2014, and Most Classic in 2016). Other notable appearances include The Texas Burlesque Festival, London Burlesque Festival, Ohio Burlesque Festival, Toronto Burlesque Festival, Panama Burlesque Festival, and Hollywood Burlesque Festival. She changed her name in June 2024, previously performing under the name Red Velvet. She has been the head diva of DIVA or Die since its inception in 2012. In addition, she has co-created five theatrical burlesque/cabaret productions. She is also the director of the San-Francisco based cancan and burlesque troupe, The Quainted Ladies (previously known as The Velvettes). She’s no saint, she’s Calliope Quaint.
Rosie Fingers is a union-made maker of misery and mayhem for the agents of capital. Co-founder of Bay Area wrestling show Full Queer: Wrestling for Rights. Rosie is new to the burlesque stage, but not new to MCing. Be nice to her. Or don't. She's into that. Or at least she knows when to hit back and when to ask for more.
Recommended if you like: Dita von Tease, Dirty Martini, Hubba Hubba Revue
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988 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, CA, United States, California 94133

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