Silk and Spice Rising is a new pan-Asian performance arts festival and the first offering from Silk and Spice Arts, a Tongva/Los Angeles County nonprofit performance arts organization specializing in the celebration of the cabaret and nightlife arts.

Conceptualized in the spring of 2021 by Tas Al-Ghul, the executive producer of Vamptastic Productions, the Silk and Spice Rising festival will be debuting in May 2024 and will be a celebration of pan-Asian cabaret and nightlife performance artists.

All members of the pan-Asian (AAPI/AAPIDA/AANHPI) performance arts community are encouraged to apply (including but not limited to: burlesque artists, drag artists, exotic dance artists, traditional dancers, pole artists, aerialists, sideshow performers, comics, magicians/illusionists, musicians, storytellers, etc) with priority given to community members who are Black Asian, black/kalo Asian, South Asian, plus size, trans, queer, and/or disabled.

We are currently in the process of filing for official 501(c)(3) status and are conducting all business in accordance to those regulations in order to expedite the approval of our filing status.