QuIRKS
QuIRKS runs 8–10 May in Vancouver, Canada.
QuIRKS, the Queer International Rope & Kink Symposium, was a three-day Studio Allegory event in Vancouver on May 8-10, 2026. Official pages describe Studio Allegory's first QuIRKS as an in-person weekend for queer kinksters with 12 workshops / classes, 3 play parties, an opening orientation, local and international queer presenters, and a resource hub with presenter, timetable and class details. documented as a standalone event because the published programme creates a visible bridge between Studio Allegory's Vancouver scene and existing Berlin / London / Chicago rope educators including Mamana, Renée de Sans, Sophia Rose, Barkas and Anoxia / Nox.
Line-up
Top of the bill
Mamana · Georg Barkas · Jilian Christmas · Renée de Sans · Soya · Sophia Rose · [Andrea Rimon + Anoxia / Nox] · Amnesia Jane · Dusty Rhodes · Shiphrah Orbach
Programme
Symposium format
Fri-Sun 8-10 May
- Three-day queer rope and kink symposium with 12 workshops/classes and 3 play parties
- Opening orientation is mandatory for participants; other sessions are voluntary
Existing-entry presenter classes
Fri-Sun 8-10 May
- Mamana & Renée de Sans: Cocoon
- Renée de Sans & Sophia Rose: Rope and Playfighting
- Mamana, Barkas & Renée de Sans: Make Me (W)Hole
- Sophia Rose & Renée de Sans: Erotic Body (Mis)handling
- Sophia Rose: Confidence for Topping in Ropes
- Andrea Rimon & Anoxia / Nox: Hammer Play and Character in Rope
Timetable
Fri 8 May
- 17:00 Registration and welcome
- 19:00 Opening session - introduction and housekeeping
- 20:30 Play party and social
Sat 9 May
- 09:00 Doors open
- 10:00 Food Play and Ecosexuality / Confidence for Topping in Ropes
- 12:00 Lunch break
- 14:00 Rope and Playfighting / Hammer Play
- 16:30 CNC: Pushing Boundaries on Purpose / Disability in Kink
- 18:30 Dinner break
- 20:00 Spicy, quirky play party
Sun 10 May
- 09:00 Doors open
- 10:00 Erotic Body (Mis)handling / Character in Rope
- 12:00 Lunch break
- 14:00 Bespoke Rope / Make Me (W)Hole
- 16:30 Cocoon / Poeti(k)ink
- 18:30 Closing ceremony
- 19:30 Calm, quirky play party