BalkanBound

BalkanBound, 2025-, is a Serbian event in the bakushi / kinbaku ecosystem.

2025-

Era: 2020s

Belgrade-based international shibari festival presented as the first shibari festival in the Balkans. BalkanBound's public Telegram archive and Instagram profile frame the festival as founded by Vlada Vedmovskaya in Spring 2025 and list NekoNeko Studio as an organizer / Belgrade shibari-studio partner. The Spring 2025 programme lists March 20-24 FestiveWeek workshops and the March 23 KC Grad festival, with Sarca & Manul, Mikhail Karlson & Marina, RomKnots & NatNata, Ludvig Rigger & Frostslavee and Vlada Vedmovskaya & Ksenia in the public programme. The public Fall 2025 archive preserves the November 15-16 SKC Baza edition with a wider November 12-16 festival-week program at AdultLand and KinkyLab, plus workshops, rope jams, talks and performances by RopeMarks & Keira, Vlada Vedmovskaya & Katya, RomKnots / Ded Mazai & NatNata, Andrea Ropes & AngieZiv, Nikita Ropekit & LianaKnot, Karol Soulrope & Kwistis, Goldie Sunshine & Nina, WisDomme & NyxRope, CatsCradle / RopeRat / Feuertänzer, Jaeger & Orsa and others.

People associated with BalkanBound: Vlada Vedmovskaya, Nikita Ropekit, RopeMarks, Karol Soulrope, Andrea Ropes, Angie Ziv, Goldie Sunshine, WisDomme, NyxRope, Sarca Martello, Mikhail Karlson, Ludvig Rigger, Frostslavee, RomKnots, NatNata, Inna Krauze.