Upcoming Events Recap
Upcoming Seattle Area Leather/Kink/Fetish Events – November 2022
Thanks for checking out SLSC’s first recap of upcoming queer-focused leather/kink/fetish events! November is a busy month with many classes, socials, and play events.
If you would like us to feature your queer-focused leather/kink/fetish event in our monthly posts, please fill out this form. If you know of one but aren’t the organizer, feel free to Contact Us and include what information you have.
November Events
Saturday 5 November
A Casual Introduction to Hypnosis
Noon – 4:00 p.m.
Gallery Erato, 309 1st Avenue South, Seattle 98104
Cost: $45, information about purchasing tickets is here
Link: https://visiblerestraint.com/index.php/component/dpcalendar/event/10?calid=10
Description:
Erotic hypnosis is a marvelous engine for intimacy and erotic imagineering. Hypnotic trance state is a delicious altered state all by itself, but when we stir in suggestion and storytelling we uncover an internal universe that seems limitless. This class will serve as a guide through the first steps in your erotic hypnosis journey and will cover the myriad consent issues, safety, hypnotic induction and will begin to cover applications of hypnosis to our erotic lives.
Daniel and Ben have crafted this class to be a blend of theory and practice. There will be a small bit of group work (so come prepared to take a little trip into a trance-y headspace), but mostly the practical exercises will be paired. Optimally, you’ll bring a partner to this event; if not, we will do our best to make sure everybody is paired with someone.
Fetish Night
8:00 p.m. – 2:00 a.m.
CC Attles, 1701 East Olive Way, Seattle 98122
Cost: None
Link: https://www.facebook.com/groups/CCATTLES (requires joining Facebook Group)
Description:
Every FIRST Saturday of the month is CC’s Seattle Fetish Night. Gear up in your favorite fetish attire and join your friends for a hot night of great drinks, and sexy surprises.
As always there will be two lines to enter, with those in fetish gear getting priority. Clothing check available for a donation.
Sunday 6 November
XL Bears Bear Bust
4:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
CC Attles, 1701 East Olive Way, Seattle 98122
Cost: None
Link: www.xlbears.org. Current information is more easily found in the Telegram chat group, click here to join.
Wednesday 9 November
SLSC RopeLab: Uplines
6:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
Capitol Hill, exact location revealed upon registration
Cost: None
Link: https://seattleleather.org/events-lite/rope-lab
Description:
RopeLab Seattle is a collaborative men’s rope bondage community for experienced rope riggers to workshop and practice rope techniques. This is a space for gay and bisexual men, transmen, and other male-presenting people to participate in ropework peer-learning skillshare.
There is no evaluation/requirement for proof of skill level. If you feel you have the necessary skills to participate, you are encouraged to attend. However, the focus of RopeLab Seattle will always highlight the needs of our community’s advanced riggers: RopeLab Seattle is not the place to learn your first knots, but once you have those down (having learned them at one of many great educational events such as Men Tying Men or a ropes class facilitated by SLSC) you are encouraged and welcome to join RopeLab Seattle.
Each RopeLab begins with a welcome and introduction to the evening’s topic/theme often accompanied by a photo slideshow highlighting a variety of methods or approaches to the theme/topic. Participants are encouraged to dialogue about these approaches and share examples of things they have tried, or want to try. After a short discussion, participants are encouraged to form small groups around specific interests related to the theme and then begin roping. This is very much a collaborative educational learning/workshop space and NOT a play party. Participants are encouraged to wander around the space to see other approaches to the topic/theme and engage in discussion. It is encouraged to swap/rotate your tying partner throughout the event to provide a variety of body types to practice on; however, we understand that some people may not be comfortable with a different tying partner, and that should be respected.
Thursday 10 November
Tacoma Leather Social
7:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
The Mix, 635 St. Helens Avenue, Tacoma 98402
Cost: None
Link: https://www.facebook.com/TacomaLeatherSocial
Description:
Tacoma’s twice monthly LGBTQ+ leather/kink/fetish social
Friday 11 November
SEA-PAH Meet & Sniff Social
6:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
CC Attles, 1701 East Olive Way, Seattle 98122
Cost: None
Link: https://seapah.com/public/schedule/events/40936-sea-pah-meet-sniff-social
Description:
Come be social during SEA-PAH’s monthly Meet & Sniff! Meet up with some old friends, make some new ones, and join with other members of the Pack as we invade CC Attle’s. We will have our own section to the left of the entrance-look for the logo!
Just a reminder we share the space with multiple other social groups. Please be kind and welcoming to them as well.
As always, the Board of SEA-PAH will continue to work with our venues and follow CDC guidelines. If there are any changes, we will put out an announcement and update our website.
- Vaccination and masks are encouraged
- 21+ event
Saturday 12 November
Witchy Rope Enthusiasts Group (WREG)
11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Gallery Erato, 309 1st Avenue South, Seattle 98104
Cost: $10
Link: https://fetlife.com/groups/42882 (requires login)
Description:
Important: This is a regular recurring monthly event, but please confirm with the group that this month’s event is going forward before you show up!
WREG is an 18+ peer learning space to empower rope tops who are female-identifying, genderqueer, gender non-binary, and trans. Our group allows people of these gender identities to teach and to tie other people.
Cismale and other male-identifying people are welcome to attend as bottoms. We also encourage people of these gender identities to self-tie at our events to expand their knowledge and bottoming skills.
SEA-PAH Monthly Open Mosh
2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
The Cuff Complex, 1533 13th Avenue, Seattle 98122
Cost: None
Link: https://seapah.com/public/schedule/events/40948-sea-pah-monthly-open-mosh
Description:
Our Open Monthly Mosh is back and open to the entire community! Come on down to the Cuff Dance Floor for a mosh with SEA-PAH.
IMPORTANT! Please be sure that if you bring it in, you take it home, even if the items are disposable in nature and no outside food or drinks please!
As always, the Board of SEA-PAH will continue to work with our venues and follow CDC guidelines. If there are any changes, we will put out an announcement and update our website.
- Vaccination and masks are encouraged
- 21+ event
SLSC Class: Leather Protocol & Presence with HerrmeisterD
4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Capitol Hill, location given upon registration
Cost: None, but donations encouraged
Link: https://seattleleather.org/events-lite/leather-protocol-and-presence-class/
Description:
IMPORTANT: Class has been filled; any new registrations will be added to the waitlist.
Protocol and Presence takes Leather Protocol from essential positions and procedures to exploring how Protocol can deepen personal power, mental focus, creative freedom, and intimacy between Dominant and subordinate. Together we will explore how participants can use protocol to take their erotic pleasure and power exchange to the “next level” and more fully engage our bodies, minds, and spirits.
This will be a face-to-face workshop located in Capitol Hill, Seattle. You must be 18+ and have completed the COVID-19 vaccination. This is a fully-inclusive class welcoming all individuals, all gender identities, and all skill levels. No prior knowledge/experience is required. It is not required to attend the workshop with a partner.
Best In Show: Royal Rumble SEA-PAH and PDX-PAH Talent Show
5:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
The Comeback Seattle
Cost: $5 suggested donation at the door, no advance purchase required
Description:
That’s right! After a short hiatus, SEA-PAH is happy to host our yearly tradition of Best in Show. This year we are challenging The Portland Pets and Handlers (PDX-PAH) to a talent show. The talent will be scored by a panel of judges. The audience can make donations to bribe the judges to change their scores! Money raised at this event will go towards our beneficiary, Lambert House.
Subspace Tukwila’s Pride in November Play Party
9:00 p.m. – 1:00 a.m.
Subspace Tukwila, address revealed in confirmation email
Cost: $20 members, $40 nonmembers
Link: https://subspaceseattle.com/events/47294
Description:
Just because June is over doesn’t mean we have to quit celebrating our pride! We plan on celebrating year-round. Join us at Subspace for “Pride in November”, a queer-only play party. Please come join us and let your queer kink flag fly!
This party is only for people who identify as LGBTQIA+ (i.e., anyone who is not heterosexual or cisgendered). We will have Hard Points for tying, as well as additional mattresses for sexual play.
If you’re not a current member, memberships are available through the website. For new people: There is a mandatory orientation @9:15 for new members and guests. Please be on time for this.
Message info@subspaceseattle.com with any questions you may have.
Sunday 13 November
XL Bears Game Night
4:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Phoenix Comics & Games, 113 Broadway East, Seattle 98102
Cost: None
Link: www.xlbears.org. Current information is more easily found in the Telegram chat group, click here to join.
Description:
Come join us for our monthly game night!
Wednesday 16 November
Men Tying Men
7:00 p.m. – 10:30 p.m.
Gallery Erato, 309 1st Avenue South, Seattle 98104
Cost: None, but donations are encouraged
Link: https://visiblerestraint.com/index.php/component/dpcalendar/event/4?calid=10
Description:
Our fabulous rope practice and discussion group for men and folks who have lived experience as men returns to Gallery Erato in Seattle. Facilitated in the loosest way possible by Visible Restraint. Neither a workshop nor a play party, but learning does happen, play does happen – and nudity is perfectly fine. Bring rope and your enthusiasm. This event is free-of charge, although money donations are requested and go to https://www.pan-eros.org/ – the educational and cultural non-profit that produces events such as Seattle Erotic Art Festival. This is a quarterly event. It happens the third Wednesday of the second month of every quarter. No pre-registration is required.
Saturday 19 November
HypnoKink Enthusiast Group
1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Gallery Erato, 309 1st Avenue South, Seattle 98104
Cost: $10 suggested donation
Link: https://www.pan-eros.org/event/hypnokink-enthusiast-group-3/?instance_id=4409
Description:
Have you thought about including hypnosis in your kink or sex life? Infinitely adaptable, you can use hypnosis to enhance arousal, do bondage without restraints, build fear play and mindf*ck scenes, strengthen D/s training, increase relaxation for sensual scenes, and much more!
Doors open for the Hypnokink Enthusiasts’ Group at 1:00 p.m., and we start our programming at 1:15 p.m. with introductions, icebreaker activities, and demos. For details on the theme of one of our meetings, you can visit the Seattle Hypnokink Enthusiasts FetLife group at https://fetlife.com/groups/53446 or email heg@pan-eros.org.
SLSC Class: Strappado Rope Bondage with Shibari Shawn
4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Capitol Hill, location given upon registration
Cost: $15 suggested donation includes one 15’ hank of rope. Donations encouraged!
Link: https://seattleleather.org/ropeclass
Description:
In this class, participants learn three different armbinder ties to use for strappado or predicament positions. This is a fully inclusive class welcoming all individuals, all gender identities/presentations and all skill levels. No prior knowledge/experience is required. Participants are encouraged to come with a partner, but it is not required; single attendees can negotiate their participation with other solo attendees. Note that all are expected to participate in active tying throughout the class.
Saturday 26 November
XL Bears Spa Day
Q Sauna & Spa, 17420 Highway 99, Lynwood 98037
Cost: $40 sauna & spa admission fee
Link: www.xlbears.org. Current information is more easily found in the Telegram chat group, click here to join.
Description:
Spend some time with the XL Bears relaxing at a Korean spa!
SLSC Bootblacking Class with Cinder W.
3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Capitol Hill, location given upon registration
Cost: No cost for class, but mini bootblacking kits available for purchase for $15
Link: Leather Care Skillshare 101: Bootblacking
In this class, bootblack Cinder Welpe covers just the tip of bootblacking as a practice and a fetish. Throughout the class, we’ll have hands-on demonstrations of different styles of Bootblacking itself with plenty of opportunity to ask questions about application and get your hands dirty by touching and caring for gear. No prior experience needed!
We’ll start with the basics of building a bootblack kit, including discussion on accessibility and allergens. To help you get started, we’ll have starter kits available for purchase for $15. Then, we’ll break out the gear and start identifying different types of leather. We’ll review the most frequently used products and touch on a few techniques and approaches. We will also have a brief discussion on non-Leather gear care.
Attendees are encouraged to bring whatever bootblacking/gear care materials they have AND any pieces of gear that they would like to discuss caring for. The only partner you need is a piece of gear, and we will have oodles to spare, so don’t stress if you don’t have anything! There will be no nudity, but we can always touch on the ways in which different surfaces of the body can be used in a Bootblacking scene.
WSLO Monthly Community Social
3:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
CC Attles, 1701 East Olive Way, Seattle 98122
Cost: None
Link: https://wslo.info/events/wslo-community-social/
Description:
Come join WSLO and many of Seattle’s local queer kink, fetish, leather, drag, bear organizations and businesses as we socialize and network every second Saturday of the month at CC Attle’s on Cap Hill. Members of the community interested in learning more about local orgs and getting involved with them are highly encouraged to attend!
Groups involved have included Doghouse Leather, House of Shenanigans, Knights of Mantra, SEA-PAH, SgoL, The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, SLSC, and XL Bears.
This event does not have a dress code, but org reps/members are encouraged to represent their organizations in their dress. We look forward to seeing you there!
Sunday 27 November
Hitchin Bitches
Noon – 3:00 p.m.
Location TBA
Link: https://fetlife.com/groups/78151 (requires login)
Description:
Hitchin’ Bitches is intended as a positive place for learning, practicing and sharing rope for femme and gender-nonconforming tops – and bottoms of all genders – in and around Seattle. We meet to learn, share, and experience rope firsthand based upon peer-to-peer and unconference learning and sharing concepts. Cis men are also welcome to attend as the guest and bottom of a rigger, provided they remain in bottom mode and respect the ethos of the space (sorry, no unaccompanied cis men). Potential attendees should join the FetLife group and introduce themselves before RSVPing.
December Preview
In addition to the recurring events happening in December, we encourage you to mark your calendars and register for the events below, which may fill up/sell out quickly!
Saturday 10 December
SLSC Class The Humanity of Dominance with Corso
3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Capitol Hill, Seattle (location given upon registration)
Cost: None, but donations encouraged
Link: The Humanity of Dominan(ce)ts
When it comes down to it, D/s relationships are about two individual consenting human beings – emphasis on the “human beings.” Neither individual is inherently better than the other. Neither individual is more deserving of respect than the other. Neither individual should be denied the rights to their own humanity. And neither individual is unworthy, lowly, perfect or all-knowing. As the saying goes, “nobody’s perfect”.
This Q&A/discussion is not the “one true way” of D/s: It is another perspective. Hopefully you take away some food for thought and come prepared to ask questions. Attendees can expect an engaging discussion on relationship dynamics that challenge stereotypical ideas about roleplay and empowers D/s practitioners to think about their own power exchange relationships.
Toys 4 Dungeon Party by VisibleRestraint
8:00 p.m. – 1:00 a.m.
Gallery Erato, 309 1st Avenue South, Seattle 98104
Cost: $25 early bird, $35 standard
Link: https://www.strangertickets.com/events/125420549/toys-4
Description:
Come play hard! Toys 4 is a dungeon party for men and for people who have lived experience as men.
Toys is returning to Gallery Erato, the Pioneer Square home of the Pan Eros Foundation (the nonprofit that produces the Seattle Erotic Art Festival). It’s a large, multilevel space with tall ceilings: a perfect place for our kind of party.
When you first enter the Toys party you’ll walk through the exhibition of men-in-art (curated especially for the month of December). In this same area, we’ll have several kinky tops who will be offering brief (10-15 minute) tastings in their areas of expertise. Then you’ll arrive at a suspension area and demonstration area (14′ ceilings). The main play space will be downstairs, and it’s very large, featuring many great spaces for play.
Advance tickets only. Limited tickets available. Water available. Please bring your own bottle or cup. Questions may be directed to: visiblerestraint@gmail.com. Visible Restraint can be found at http://visiblerestraint.com/ (NSFW).
Sunday 11 December
The Kloset’s Winter Vendor Fair
10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Substation Seattle, 645 NW 45th St, Seattle 98107
Cost: $5
Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/824415588681108
Description:
Mx. Pucks A’Plenty presents the Kloset’s Winter Vendor Fair 2022. Floggers, whips, and paddles?! Oh My! As well as leather goods, a wide variety of toys and other things that go smack in the night!
Vendors include Breathe Toys, Dragons Designs Impact Toys, Elevatedinfusions4u, Hammerfell Armoury, Torrid Timber, Rainie Dae Crafts, House of Wolfram, Soundkink, Rack Leather Goods, Welcome to the Weird, Lovemuscle Toys, The Self Care Square, Irish Lashes, and The Art of Lori Collins.
