QuIRKS

Vancouver, Canada🇨🇦· Studio Allegory Past

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

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