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Summer Nights: 12 UK, EU & US/Canada events for June/July
SUMMER NIGHTS: 12 UK, EU & US/CANADA EVENTS FOR JUNE/JULY
Just as German Fetish Ball Weekend — widely considered the most prestigious festival on the international fetish scene — reaches its climax in Berlin with this Friday’s FetishGuerilla party and Saturday’s headlining Ball, we find ourselves thinking about the summer nights to come that will bring more great partying opportunities over the next couple of months.
Summer in the UK — and in London particularly — has traditionally been accompanied by a reduction in pervy partying activities, engendered partly by the mass exodus of people on their summer holidays, and partly by an aversion to wearing latex, particularly, in the kind of humid summer weather we’ve been known to experience here.
However, fetish partying — albeit sometimes scaled-down — is still an option in the UK in June and July. And further afield, where warm weather doesn’t come as quite the same shock as it does to us perennially unprepared Brits, there are some undeniably enticing gatherings to be enjoyed if one can just be bothered! So below is our pick of 12 events that could provide you with summer nights to remember in the UK, Europe and North America.
Top picture, above, centre: Vancouver’s Evilyn13, shown in Libidex Princess Corset Catsuit, is co-host and DJ both at Sin City’s 23 Year Anniversary in June and Vancouver Fetish Weekend in July (photo: Zemekiss Photography). Left column, top: detail from promo image for Torture Garden’s June Ball (photo: Chasing Tigers); bottom: Zara DuRose, host of ZDR’s Blade Runner party in June. Right column, top: performer at an earlier Wasteland Summerfest (photo: Heinrich von Schimmer) which returns in July; bottom: detail from promo image for July’s LA BondXBall
June events – United Kingdom
Vicky Butterfly is due to perform at ZDR’s Blade Runner Party at Union, Vauxhall on June 1 (photo: Maria S Varela)
01 London
ZDR BLADE RUNNER
Union, 66 Albert Embankment, London SE1 7TP
This 300-capacity venue in Vauxhall will provide a dungeon playroom, shibari space, walkabout performances and kinky stage shows including Vicky Butterfly (pictured above), plus Duo Millers making their debut appearance.
13 London
TORTURE GARDEN JUNE BALL
Ministry Of Sound, 103 Gaunt St, London SE1 6DP
TG’s traditional NNYE venue hosts this year’s Torture Garden June Ball, featuring live music performance from James Indigo and more TBA. There’s also a special ticket offer to help some of those struggling to afford tickets in the current climate.
June events – Europe
ManiFest is promoting its Colorful Kink night in June with an image from this Dae Joon shoot of model Fuxi (left) in Liquid Disco latex. Right: promo image by Sarah Meunier for Nuit Dèmonia’s Neon Glow, also in June
08 Copenhagen
MANIFEST: COLORFUL KINK
Pumpehuset, Studiestræde 52, 1554 København
ManiFest hosts an evening celebrating “not just kink, but the colorful canvas of our community”. Conservative Danish pervs, this means you! Membership (free) is required, and there’s even a pre-party meet-up for newbies.
22 Paris
NUIT DÈMONIA: NEON GLOW
Yoyo – Palais de Tokyo, 13 Avenue du Président Wilson, 75016 Paris
Like ManiFest, Dèmonia wants to dial up the colour of one of its summer nights. You’re invited to “play with the dazzling nuances of this stunning environment… a secret enclave dedicated to boldness and artistry”. So, not just black, then.
June events – Canada & United States
This image evidently demonstrates the right angle to take on the Torture Garden New York Pride Fetish Ball, at Brooklyn’s Chocolate Factory in June
15 Vancouver, BC
SIN CITY 23 YEAR ANNIVERSARY FETISH EXTRAVAGANZA
236 Clark Drive Vancouver, BC V5L 3H3 Canada
Sin City’s 23rd birthday event takes place at a massive new multi-room private warehouse in East Vancouver. It’s a full fetish dresscode event, with “massive dance, social, kink and SOP play areas for electrifying consensual encounters!”
29 New York, NY
TORTURE GARDEN NEW YORK PRIDE FETISH BALL
The Chocolate Factory, 90 Scott Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11237
Jointly produced by Dances of Vice and Faustian Society, this is the fifth TG midsummer event in New York, and coincides with New York Pride. Expect dungeons and sideshows plus burlesque, aerial and kink performances.
dicefm/torture-garden-new-york-tickets
July events – United Kingdom
Inventive costume work from this couple photographed by Yasmin Teeg at one of TG’s recent Edinburgh Balls at The Caves
06 Edinburgh
TORTURE GARDEN EDINBURGH JULY BALL
The Caves, 8-10 Niddry St South, Edinburgh EH1 1HS
In parallel with its monthly London parties, TG returns to Edinburgh in July for the latest of its Scottish summer nights, featuring performances in the Club Arena, plus Cabaret Ballroom, three themed dungeon playrooms and chill-out balcony.
torturegarden.com/edinburgh-july-ball
July events – Europe
You can probably get a good sense of the post-apocalyptic style found at Wasteland’s Summerfest from this photo by Heinrich von Schimmer
06 Amsterdam
WASTELAND SUMMERFEST
Kaap Amsterdam, IJdijk 10, 1095 KN Amsterdam
Annual post-apocalyptic festival in the open air, combining “extraordinary live entertainment, art spaces and vehicles”, “spectacular shows by international performers” and DJs playing multiple music genres on different stages.
facebook.com/events/wasteland-summerfest
02-06 Sibernik, Croatia
SPICYISLAND
Private island in the Aegean near Sibernik, Croatia
Hosted by SpicyMatch, SubRosaDictum and Utopia Fetish De Luxe, this five-day “kink vacation” is primarily a swinger’s event. But given the involvement of SRD and Utopia, it could well appeal to elements of the fetish fraternity too.
July events – United States & Canada
Rubber Ball USA (left) featuring Jean Bardot (far left) reconvenes in Minneapolis in July (photo: Voida Visuall). Right: Also in July, corsetry by legendary San Francisco label Dark Garden will feature in a fashion show during Vancouver Fetish Weekend
03 Los Angeles, CA
LA BONDXBALL POST-APOCALYPTIC BASH: 23 YEAR ANNIVERSARY
The Mayan, 1038 South Hill Street, Los Angeles, CA 90015-1614
Celebrate another 23rd fetish birthday, this time in post-apocalyptic style in this iconic downtown LA venue, where the attractions in its five zones will include a fetish fashion showcase, live art performances and much more.
18-20 Minneapolis, MN
RUBBER BALL USA
Historic Concord Exchange, 200 Concord Exchange N, South St Paul, MN 55075
The headline Ball at the Historic Concord Exchange on Sat 20 is supported by a Rubber Meet & Greet at Moto-i (18) and a Fetish Dinner plus Latex & Cocktails at Walker Arts Center (19). Features Jean Bardot and other renowned scenesters.
25-29 Vancouver, BC
VANCOUVER FETISH WEEKEND
Various venues around Vancouver
Vancouver’s five-day gathering features a large-scale themed ball on the Friday, in addition to Saturday night’s Ten Year Anniversary Fetish Ball and Sunday’s legendary VIP Fetish Cruise plus Grand Finale Bondage Ball.