2026 Class Descriptions

Explore this year’s workshops, demonstrations, discussions, and hands-on classes

Edge Play

Classes that explore the edges of kink, power, risk, and expanded resources.

  • Learn the basics of hypnokink! This beginner-friendly class is designed to demystify the art hypnokink, offering a comprehensive introduction to its principles, techniques, and applications, any how to apply for kinky people! Both hypno-kinksters and the hypno-curious welcome!

  • “Drowning for Dummies” is for anyone who wants to add water, and a lot of it, to their breath play/interrogation scenes. This class will focus heavily on biology and the safety measures necessary to get the results we want, while posing the lowest possible risk to everyone involved. Due to the nature of this class, it will be demonstration only.

    THIS IS NOT WATERBOARDING

Discussion

Conversations, education, and community dialogue on important topics.

  • Join us for a workshop on how to find and connect to people to scene with at an event. Then, once you find them, use these specific tips for safer pick up play negotiation. This class is great for new people to the scene as well as those that are shy, introverts, or just haven’t found the groove to find consistent play!

  • Should you keep your kink in the closet?  Should you come out?  To whom, when, and what are the benefits?  More importantly, what are the hazards?  Exploring these questions and more leads to living authentically.  Authenticity does not mean parading your kink down Main Street, but it does mean thoughtful self-examination and coming to terms with it.

    Part lecture and part discussion, this workshop will help kinky folk better decide how to negotiate their path in a predominantly Vanilla world

  • A raw, honest class exploring how emotional abuse hides inside “romance,” “care,” and “connection.” Using my personal lived experience, we examine how manipulation takes hold, why it feels confusing in real time, and how to reclaim your sense of reality once you begin to see the cycle clearly.

    You’ll learn to:
    - Identify early signs of emotional manipulation and coercive control
    - Understand why red flags don’t feel like red flags when you’re in them
    - Recognize the cycle of abuse and its psychological hooks
    - Rebuild self-trust, boundaries, and personal clarity
    - Support your own or someone else’s healing without shame or blame

    Trigger Warning: Emotional abuse, manipulation, drugs, ritual, hypnosis, trauma.

  • Inviting marginalized people into a space is only the beginning. This class explores the difference between diversity, inclusion, access, representation, and true belonging while examining who is heard, who holds decision-making power, and whether everyone has a meaningful opportunity to participate.

  • Sacred cows make the best burgers. A frank and honest discussion of what is being called “old Guard” protocols and the myths and reality surrounding them. Provocative and entertaining, this interactive program brings years of experience and a grasp of the true history of Gay Leather Culture into focus.

  • Let’s deep dive into how to dirty talk! How to be sultry, slutty, stern, degrading and humiliating. Learning to dirty talk, can help in turning on and turning up spice in the bedroom, over text, and With long distance. Whether you’re learning to find your voice and dirty talking, or brushing up on your improv and ad lib. Let’s make your voice heard!

  • “Managing Emergencies” is a tutorial on how to handle a variety of emergencies that can occur in the dungeon or during play just about anywhere. We will discuss heat/cold related issues, unexpected nerve injuries, burns, bruises and the odd lump & bump. We will also build a “Toy Bag First Aid” kit designed specifically to be left in your toy bag and how to use the contents.

  • Learn how you can build a BSDM toolbox without breaking the bank! We will discuss and demo different type of Play and toys that you could have or get cheaply.

    We discuss impact, bondage, CBT, electric play, flogging, nipple play, Spanking, spreader bars, food and other toys and how you can expand your toy box cheaply. Bring your ideas and we share lots of kinky ideas

  • Daniel Belum, co-author of the books Hearts & Collars and The Polyamory Toolkit, leads an interactive class on how to successfully combine polyamory and power exchange! From when the commonly accepted ideals of these relationship types seem to come into conflict, to keeping power exchange healthy in the midst of new relationship energy, as well as the issues of vulnerability and security that power exchange thrives on but polyamory can challenge.

  • Let’s deep dive into how to dirty talk! How to be sultry, slutty, stern, degrading and humiliating. Learning to dirty talk, can help in turning on and turning up spice in the bedroom, over text, and With long distance. Whether you’re learning to find your voice and dirty talking, or brushing up on your improv and ad lib. Let’s make your voice heard!

  • Addresses body image, confidence, and self-perception in kink spaces. Provides strategies for challenging harmful norms and showing up authentically in your body.

Bondage

Rope, chains, restraint, and the art of beautiful bondage in all its forms.

  • Humiliation does not have to be cruel to be powerful. In this class we explore playful degradation, absurd scenarios, and theatrical dominance that creates catharsis rather than harm. Learn the psychology behind embarrassment kinks, negotiation techniques, aftercare planning, and how to read a bottom’s responses in real time. We’ll cover tone control, improvisation, and how exaggeration can heighten vulnerability while keeping everyone emotionally safe. This is about laughter, power exchange, and consensual ridiculousness that deepens trust instead of damaging it.

  • In-line columns are so called because they are built “in the middle of the line” after the assembly of a single column. This class builds on the content taught in “Chain Bondage for Beginners,” demonstrating building in-line single columns and good practices for using them. Participants will practice each in-line column after the presenters show how to assemble them. This presentation is great for self- and partnered-bondage participants and beginners! Participants are encouraged to bring their own chain; the presenters will have plastic chain available to borrow to practice with during the workshop. If you wish to purchase your own starter chain kit ahead of time, the presenters recommend two 6-foot lengths of grade 30, 1/4-inch proof coil zinc-plated chain and six 1/4-inch stainless steel screw-pin anchor shackles.

  • The Takate Kote (TK), or box tie, is a classic shape in Japanese-inspired shibari. But there isn't one true way to achieve this shape, there are many ways to reach your end goal. And sometimes adjustments are needed to make this shape work with your rope bottom's body (because ALL bodies are rope bodies!) We will discuss a variety of TK styles, alterations that can be made, and the pros and cons of each.  Come prepared to think outside of the box!

  • A few years back, Nicole and Frankie attended a weekend intensive and learned ALL kinds of new, wonderful ideas! But a hip harness that they both wanted to like just wouldn't work for Frankie's body. So together they made a change here and an alteration there. Until suddenly the harness was completely unrecognizable from the original…but perfect for Frankie!  Join us as we share our "Frankie-stein Hip Harness." A harness that Frankie describes as the most sustainable inverted hip harness she's ever been in – and she's been in a lot of hip harnesses!

  • Chain – that cold, heavy, unforgiving material. You’ve learned to bind yourself or your partner in it. You’ve lashed them and learned tension and body manipulation. The next challenge is using chain to fly! This class includes a brief discussion of risks and safety information including chain bondage suspension safety, a demonstration of creating single columns and tensioning techniques and spreading weight through downlines. A demonstration of a simple suspension sequence will follow. Previously attending any prior introduction or iteration of Chain Bondage for Beginners is required.

  • This is the chain bondage class for sex! Voyeurism and exposure can titillate and excite, but what do I need to know to ravish, destroy, be destroyed, manipulate, succumb to, and have sex in chain bondage? This demo-based workshop will show building a folded leg cage harness, useful for sexual restraint, using in-line column techniques. The presenters will discuss tips on creating chain bondage for non-suspension dynamic movement (eg, sex or fucking), keeping the bondage in place while moving, and additional risks to be aware of when mixing sex and bondage. The presenters will demonstrate ideas on incorporating chain bondage into common sex positions (face-to-face, face down, oral-to-genital) with ideas for both the receiver and the giver to be in bondage. As time allows, the presenters will also share ideas on incorporating vibrators, toys, and other sexual novelties into the scene.

  • You've seen the beautiful pictures of rope done in seemingly public spaces.  The risk of being caught is always there making it very exciting!! But, how ethical is it to expose others who haven't consented to watching our practices?  And what happens if you do get caught? Join us as we discuss the risk, rewards, and legal implications of participating in public rope so that you can make an informed decision on whether or not this practice is within your risk profile.  We will share our experiences and how we have mitigated risk to keep this part of our rope experience.

Impact

From whips to pinches and beyond, explore the many ways to play with sensation.

  • A beginner-friendly class for new or curious whip enthusiasts. Learn safe handling, basic strikes, body mechanics, and how to practice at home without fear or overwhelm.

  • A dynamic, hands-on whip workshop focused on timing, accuracy, sensuality, and emotional connection. Learn how to create tension, rhythm, and escalation through intentional technique and body awareness.

Electrical

Violet wands, TENS, EMS, and electrifying possibilities.

  • Come learn what a Violet Wand is, how it works, and why you might like it in this hands-on talk and demonstration. Participants will explore both the sensual and painful sides of Violet Wand play through a series of demonstrations, with opportunities to try each technique for themselves.

    Have a wand sitting in the closet that you want to learn more about? Bring it! Don’t have one? That’s okay—Traveling Fool/Jay will share his toys and guide you through some hands-on fun. He’ll also discuss what to look for (and what to avoid) when buying a wand. From sensual sensation to pain and even fire play, come experience the many possibilities of the Magic of the Wand!

  • In this session Traveling Fool/Jay will take on advanced Violet Wand techniques. He will talk about, and demo, Fire Play, Cupping, and Cooking the Turkey! He’ll also talk about branding and needle play and floggers and cattle prods…all with the Violet Wand! Yes, you can cause pain for those into pain, and you can play with fire as well, but you can also create a very sensuous scene when playing with the wand. Come learn, experience and be a convert to the Magic of the Wand!

  • Humiliation does not have to be cruel to be powerful. In this class we explore playful degradation, absurd scenarios, and theatrical dominance that creates catharsis rather than harm. Learn the psychology behind embarrassment kinks, negotiation techniques, aftercare planning, and how to read a bottom’s responses in real time. We’ll cover tone control, improvisation, and how exaggeration can heighten vulnerability while keeping everyone emotionally safe. This is about laughter, power exchange, and consensual ridiculousness that deepens trust instead of damaging it.

  • Do you play with yourself to spice up your sex life? Have a ghost make love to you? Do you have sex or BDSM play with others? Do you often think about BDSM or sex with yourself or others? This class is for you! This class will focus on TENS, EMS, and Electrical Stimulation toys and how they can become part of your BDSM and sexual lifestyle. T.E.N.S., (Tactile Electro-Neural Stimulator), is an adjustable pulsing muscle simulator used in therapy from acupuncture to chiropractors to physical therapists. In the BDSM community, electrical play and TENS units are just another unique method of tactile stimulation that we perverts seek. In this class we will discuss and demo how to use TENS type units. We will go over different attachments and how Self-Use (or abuse) or play with a partner can create all sorts of wonderful sensations, both good, bad, sometimes both and sometimes even better. Electrical toys can be used either on your skin or internally. The fact that I’m in control — unless I decide to hand over the controls to someone else — gives me the freedom to feel all sorts of pleasurable feelings and create happy memories that I carry throughout the day. We will also talk about how you can possibly get your employer, medical insurance plan, or doctor to pay for one. Talk about kink on a dime…LOL!

Niche Activity

Unique, creative, and delightfully specific kink explorations

  • Let’s deep dive into how to dirty talk! How to be sultry, slutty, stern, degrading, and humiliating. Learning to dirty talk, can help in turning on and turning up spice in the bedroom, over text, and With long distance. Whether you’re learning to find your voice and dirty talking, or brushing up on your improv and ad lib. Let’s make your voice heard!

  • “Pressure Points - An Owners Manual” is a class which focuses heavily on pressure points and how to utilize them to make the most of your scene. There is a significant amount of time spent covering the anatomy & physiology of pressure points, to prevent injury that may result from poor execution. Throughout the class, there is open discussion on how to best apply each pressure point to a scene.

  • Two or more Tops, one bottom (or more), one seamless force. Most co-topping fails: clashing rhythms, split focus, ego collisions. Daniel Belum fixes that. In this workshop, those that want to will be 100% hands-on as we learn tips and tricks of active co-topping (and bottoming). You will learn and practice: 

    Non-verbal sync and micro-cues
    Clean hand-offs of toys, positions, mind space
    Layered, unified sensation torrents
    Synchronized mindfucks and aftercare

    Leave able to run flawless multi-Top scenes that hit harder than any single Top ever could. Bring your toys and lets co-top!

  • Examines how humor, playfulness, and confident defiance can coexist with authority. Focuses on communication, consent, and expressive leadership.

  • An exploration of the prostate and how it can enhance and super-charge your sex. Once thought to be just for gay men, ass play has moved into the mainstream as more and more people, regardless of sexual orientation, learn the pleasures of the "Anal G-Spot".  This class will discuss hygiene, physiognomy and techniques, and there will be demonstrations, so this is not for the shy.  Be prepared to find a few surprises.

  • Step into a world where pleasure meets play in Sploshing 101: Wet, Wild & Wonderfully Messy—a class designed to explore the art of sensory-driven kink through texture, color, and experience. From playful food fights to deeper power dynamics, we break down what sploshing (WAM) is, why it excites so many people, and how it can connect to everything from primal instincts to creative self-expression. Whether you're curious, cautious, or already a little messy at heart, this class invites you to see intimacy in a whole new way. 

    We’ll cover multiple styles of sploshing, including sensory play, BDSM dynamics, primal exploration, and even nostalgic, carefree forms of expression—while keeping safety, consent, and communication front and center. Expect a judgment-free space where curiosity is encouraged, boundaries are respected, and the goal is simple: explore, learn, and maybe leave with a new appreciation for turning a little chaos into connection.

  • Fandom meets fetish. This playful class explores how nerd culture, cosplay, and kink overlap in creative and consensual ways. We’ll talk about fantasy roleplay, character embodiment, power dynamics in fictional universes, and how to negotiate scenes rooted in shared geek interests. Learn how to avoid stereotype pitfalls, honor community boundaries, and turn your favorite tropes into dynamic, safe play. Whether you’re anime obsessed, comic coded, or just curious, this class celebrates imagination as foreplay for the brain.

  • Simple clothespins can be just a mild torment or a full blown edge play scene depending on how they are used.  This class will explore the physiological effects of compression play and specifics of how to create scenes with clamps and clothespins.  There will be audience participation and some unusual demos.