2018 events

Past schedule 17 confirmed

Shibari and kinbaku festivals, camps and conferences that ran in 2018. Each row links to the edition page, the official site and the recurring lineage entry with roster context. The current-year schedule lives at events.

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Mar 2018
March 2018
San Antonio, TX, United States 🇺🇸 · Hilton San Antonio Airport

US rope-focused kink convention with events in Austin, New Orleans, San Antonio, and Chicago

Top of the bill

aerabelle · BoundPunk · Evie Vane · Giotto · honey_bare
+14 more · full line-up (22 people)
Jake Wing · PainfullyKnK · [knot_head + Coner of Aardvark Fetish] · Graydancer · Lizard · Lochai · -magnolia- · [Meymoon + soms_iets] · Naiia · Okienawa · Ri Dickulous · [Secondfloor + gaping_lotus] · ShatteredPulse · Sterling
Berlin, Germany 🇩🇪 · Saelchen / Holzmarkt

European Rigger & Model Exchange — Berlin's bi-annual gathering for international rope artists, founded by Felix Ruckert in 2012

Top of the bill

+6 more · full line-up (15 people)
Warwick, RI, United States 🇺🇸

New England / Boston-area rope-bondage convention and workshop series centered on Shibari / Kinbaku-style rope education

Line-up to be announced
Apr 2018
April 2018
Helsinki, Finland 🇫🇮

Helsinki rope community founded in 2015

Sans Blague · [Tamandua + Gestalta] · Nicolas Yoroi
Dallas, TX, United States 🇺🇸

Dallas educational bondage event, active since 2013

Seattle, United States 🇺🇸 · Seattle Center Exhibition Hall

Long-running Seattle erotic-art and performance festival with a durable rope-relevant scene connection

Line-up to be announced
May 2018
May 2018
Saint Petersburg, Russia 🇷🇺

2010s slice of Russia's first and largest shibari festival, first held in Saint Petersburg in 2012 and developed through the ArtCo / RopeSc

Munich, Germany 🇩🇪

Pre-2020 / 2010s slice of BoundCon Munich, the international bondage and fetish fair that has taken place in Munich since 2004

Chicago, IL, United States 🇺🇸

US rope-focused kink convention with events in Austin, New Orleans, San Antonio, and Chicago

Line-up to be announced
Jun 2018
June 2018
Prague, Czech Republic 🇨🇿 · P.M. Club & Cocktail bar

Prague / Czech shibari performance event produced in the Hell Events orbit

[Billie Rose + Kitty Rea] · [Ardent + Kata] · [Justin Rvt + Gwen Shi] · [Kirigami + Martha]
Riga, Latvia 🇱🇻

2010s slice of Russia's first and largest shibari festival, first held in Saint Petersburg in 2012 and developed through the ArtCo / RopeSc

[Tatiana Stillness + Taiis] · [Frater + Manako] · [Experimentator + Renata]
Aug 2018
August 2018
Kyiv, Ukraine 🇺🇦

Kyiv international shibari festival organized in the Ukrainian Soul Shibari / Tati Limati orbit

Line-up to be announced
Sep 2018
September 2018
Rome, Italy 🇮🇹 · Largo Venue

Italian bondage festival / event series in Rome

Line-up to be announced
Prague, Czech Republic 🇨🇿

2010s slice of Prague Shibari Festival, a three-day rope event held twice a year in Prague since 2016

Kasumi Hourai · [RopeMarks + Spring] · [Pilar Aldea + Nehra Stella]
Oct 2018
October 2018
Berlin, Germany 🇩🇪 · Holzmarkt / Saelchen

European Rigger & Model Exchange — Berlin's bi-annual gathering for international rope artists, founded by Felix Ruckert in 2012

Top of the bill

+4 more · full line-up (12 people)
Austin, TX, United States 🇺🇸

US rope-focused kink convention with events in Austin, New Orleans, San Antonio, and Chicago

Line-up to be announced
Nov 2018
November 2018
Tokyo, Japan 🇯🇵 · Studio KCL Tokyo

Tokyo-based annual female bakushi festival / high-skilled amateur and professional kinbaku stage founded and produced by Yoi Yoshida since