2018 events
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.
US rope-focused kink convention with events in Austin, New Orleans, San Antonio, and Chicago
Top of the bill
+14 more · full line-up (22 people)
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)
New England / Boston-area rope-bondage convention and workshop series centered on Shibari / Kinbaku-style rope education
Helsinki rope community founded in 2015
Dallas educational bondage event, active since 2013
Long-running Seattle erotic-art and performance festival with a durable rope-relevant scene connection
2010s slice of Russia's first and largest shibari festival, first held in Saint Petersburg in 2012 and developed through the ArtCo / RopeSc
Pre-2020 / 2010s slice of BoundCon Munich, the international bondage and fetish fair that has taken place in Munich since 2004
US rope-focused kink convention with events in Austin, New Orleans, San Antonio, and Chicago
Prague / Czech shibari performance event produced in the Hell Events orbit
2010s slice of Russia's first and largest shibari festival, first held in Saint Petersburg in 2012 and developed through the ArtCo / RopeSc
Kyiv international shibari festival organized in the Ukrainian Soul Shibari / Tati Limati orbit
Italian bondage festival / event series in Rome
2010s slice of Prague Shibari Festival, a three-day rope event held twice a year in Prague since 2016
European Rigger & Model Exchange — Berlin's bi-annual gathering for international rope artists, founded by Felix Ruckert in 2012
US rope-focused kink convention with events in Austin, New Orleans, San Antonio, and Chicago
Tokyo-based annual female bakushi festival / high-skilled amateur and professional kinbaku stage founded and produced by Yoi Yoshida since