• The Calendars Page carries Links, Featured Events, & Regionial Concerts.
• Our Main Calendar 2018 offers a FULL listing of all regional events.
• Major National Events are listed here & on the Main Calendar.
• Weekly Recurring Events are now listed on their own page (theme nights will be listed here).
• For News regarding recent developments in the scene, please see News & Notes.

Major Events for the Regional & National Stage (2018):

April:

Sun 1st - Easter Sunday / April Fools.

1st-14th - National Cherry Blossom Festival (CherryBlossomFestival): A national wonder & highlight for the area.

Thu 5th - First Contact (Vulcans establish first contact w/ earth).

5th-8th - Bears, Bikers, & Mayhem (BearsBikersandMayhem): Jam packed weekend for bikers & leathermen in Gettysburg, Pa.

Sat 7th - The Metro Spring Formal Presents: "Studio 54" (MetroEvents): Please join us as Richard A.D. & Metro Events host “Studio 54.” Offering a throwback to the 70’s & 80’s, we can't think of a better way to raise the bar for glitz, desire, & absolute possibility!  Hosted at our new venue on Capitol Hill, we now carry 3 full levels with beautiful accommodations, metro access, & plenty of parking. No doubt, THIS is a night you Won't want to miss!

12th-15th- Flame Festival (FlameFestival): Southeast gathering of fire & flow arts. Held in Layfayette, Ga.

Sat 14th - Tabu's 14th Anniversary (TabuLife.com): Lifestyle Social & Play Party hosted On-Premise in Catonsville, MD.

Thu 20th - National Cannibis Day (4/20).

20th-22nd - The M/s Gathering (MsGathering): Master-slave conference hosted in Wilmington, Delaware.

26th-29th - The Great Philadelphia ComicCon (PhiladelphiaComicCon): at the Philadelphia Convention Center.

                 - Rocky Mountain Poly Living (LovingMore): National poly conference located in Denver, Colorado. 

                 - C.L.A.W. (ClawInfo.org): The Cleveland Leather Awareness Weekend takes place annually in Northern Ohio.

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May:

2nd-6th - Fire & Flow Arts / F.Fl.Arts (Facebook): Smaller regional burn offering daily instruction & evening parties / spin jam.

              - The Beltane (TurtleHillEvents): Pagan Festival meets erotic possibility at Ramblewood Retreat Center.

4th-6th - May Day Fairie Festival (Spoutwood): The last year the festival will be held at Spoutwood Farms.

             - Steampunk World's Fair (SteampunkWorldsFair):  Cancelled.

             - Baltimore Tattoo Convention (VillainArts): At the Baltimore Convention Center.

             - Colorado Leatherfest (ColoradoLeatherfest): Hotel takeover hosted in Denver, Colorado.

Fri 4th - Star Wars Day: "May the 4th be with you."

Sat 5th - Cinco de Mayo.

             - Chicago Non-Manogomy Conference (ChicagoConference): National gathering for open & non-monogamous relationships.

9th-13th - Kinetic Fire (KineticFire): Providing a holistic flow arts experience w/ world class instruction. College Corner, Ohio.

               - DomCon L.A. (DomconLA): West coast gathering of professionial dominants & those who serve.

               - German Fetish Ball (German-Fetish-Ball): One of Europe's premeir fetish events, hosted in Berlin.

               - Power eXchange Summit (PowereXchangeSummit): A 3 day gathering w/ comprehensive schedule in Columbus, Ohio.

Sun 13th - Mother's Day:  call your mother, she misses you!

18th-21st - Wave Gotik Treffen (Wave-Gotik-Treffen): The worlds largest Gothic Festival takes place in Leipzig, Germany.

                - Frolicon (Frolicon): Swingers meet kink for this long running convention in Atlanta, Ga.

Sat 19th - Tabu presents "Freakness" (TabuLife.com): Lifestyle Social & Play Party hosted On-Premise in Catonsville, MD.

25th-28th - Over Memorial Day Weekend:

                - Balticon (Balticon):  One of the nation's largest & most reconized con's for fantasy & science ficion. Now in it's 52nd year!

                - Playa Del Fuego (PlayaDelFuego): East Coast Burning Man affiliated event. Currently seeking a new host venue.

                - AniMinneapolis (AniMinneapolis): Three day celebration of anime, video games, & music. Hosted in Minneapolis, Minn.

                - Camp Crucible (CampCrucible.com): Fetish retreat at Ramblewood. Also hosting the largest pony play camp in America.

                - Fetish Factory Anniversary Weekend (FloridaFetishWeekend): Hosting 4 days w/ over 9 parties in Ft. Lauderdale, Fl.

                - RopeCraft (Ropecraft): From the ashes of Shibaricon, Ropecraft Chicago has risen to fill the void. 

                - BoundCon (Boundcon): European Fetish Convention in Munich, Germany.

                - International Mr. Leather (IMrL.com): Hosted in Chicago, Il.

27th-3rd - Fantasies Island (NaughtyIsland): Complete Lifestyle Takeover off the coast of Berlize.

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June:

1st-3rd - Dreamscape (Dreamscapefestival): But alas, one of the East Coast's largest music festivals is no more.

             - Fire Drums (Firedrums): Fire, flow, & tribal drums in Calaveras County, Ca.

             - Figment NYC (Figment): Held on Governors Island, NY, Figment is an interactive art festival drawing thousands.

             - Northeast Fire & Arts Festival (NEFireandArts): Hosted in Oxford, Conn.

             - Atlanta Poly Weekend (AtlantaPolyWeekend): Full weekend schedule for non-monogamous relationships. Kid freindly!

Sat 2nd - Rubber Ball USA (RubberballUSA): Grand latex fetish ball in the heart of St. Paul. Minn.

2nd-9th - CMEN Southeast Gathering (Cmen.com): Cal Men Enjoying Naturism hosts 3 major events throughout the nation.

8th-10th - Fahrenheit (Flowarts.com): 4 day fire & flow retreat w/ daily workshops & nightly performances / spin-jam.

               - Wickerman (WickermanBurn): Regional burn meets spiritual retreat / music festival at Four Quarters Farm, Pa.

               - Nomadico (NomadicoFestival): Music/Art/Burner Festival by Meso Creso in Gore, Va.

               - Maryland Faerie Festival (MarylandFaerieFestival): Hosted at Ramblewood Campground. Darlington, Md.

               - Boundless (BoundlessEvents): 4 day kink retreat just north of San Francisco.

               - DC Pride Weekend (CapitolPride): A full weekend of events & parades celebrating gay pride in the nation's capital.

               - Debauchery! (DebaucheryNC): Gay, Bi, Transgender gather w/ a focus on fetish in the heart of North Carolina.

12th-17th - The Free Spirit Gathering (Free-Spirit.org): Gathing for Wiccan, Pagan, & Pantheist Spirituality. At Ramblewood Retreat.

14th-17th - Southeast Leatherfest (SELeatherfest): Pansexual educational & kink social convention in Atlanta, Ga.

17th-24th - Pagan Spirit Gathering (CircleSactuary): Billed as America's oldest & largest Pagan spirituality festival.

                 - Swinger's Cruise (TheSwingerCruise): Luxury lifestyle Alaskan cruise.

                 - Rhine River Cruise (ToplessTravel): Lifestyle river cruise running from Amsterdam to Switzerland.

Sun 17th - Father's Day.

                - Philly Pride Parade (PhillyGayPride): Celebrating gay pride in the city of brotherly love.

21st-25th - Electric Forest (ElectricForest): Beloved rave format music festival over the last week of June in Rothbury, Michigan.

                - Fusion (DarkOdyssey): Sex positive fetish focused camp retreat at Ramblewood. Darlington, MD. 

                - Toronto Gay Pride (PrideToronto): Seriously, America can't be this open w/ what's going on. Go north lads! Go North!

29th-2nd - PEX Summer Festival (PEXSummerFestival): Magic meets music festival at Camp Ramblewood. Darlington, MD.

                - TESfest (TESfest): Premier sex positive kink-fest for participants of all levels. Hosted in Piscataway, NJ.

                - Bearfest (AtlantaBearfest): All male "Bear" convention in Atlanta, Ga.

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July:

3rd - L.A. Bondage Ball (BondageBall): One of the nation's largest fetish balls, now celebrating its 15th year!

4th-8th - Naughty in Nawlin's (NaughtyNawlins): Massive couples con & hotel takeover in New Orleans. Dates to be confirmed.

4th - Independence Day (4th of July).

6th-15th - IMEN Gathering (Imen4allmen): One of the nation's largest gatherings for all male nudists. Hosted at Camp Ramblewood.

10th-16th - Starwood Festival (StarwoodFestival): Magical week-long Pagan festival at Wisteria Campground, Pomeroy, Ohio.

20th-22nd - Thunder in the Mountains (ThunderintheMountains): Fetish convention & hotel takeover in Denver, Colorado.

Sat 20th - Caliente Eyes Wide Shut (CalienteResort): Hosted by Caliente On-site Resort, Tampa, Fla.

22nd-29th - Boom Festival (BoomFestival): A fusion of music, mind, spirit, & space in Portugal.

26th-29th - Big Dub (BigDubFestival): Rave format music festival at Four Quarter Farm in Artemas, Pa.

                 - Nova Con (NovaComic-con): Northern Virginia comic & gaming convention in Tyson's Corner, Va.

                 - Vancouver Fetish Weekend (VancouverFetishWeekend): Offering 4 nights of pervy perfection in British Columbia.

                 - Southeast Leather Alliance (SoutheastLeather): Regional Con in Charleston, SC. Awards for Sir, leatherboy, pup & trainer.

                 - CMEN Northwest Gathering (Cmen.com): Cal Men Enjoying Naturism hosts 3 major events throughout the nation.

Sun 29th - Up Your Alley (FolsomStreetEvents): Alley party for hard players. From the creators of Folsom Street Festival in San Fran.

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August:

28th-11th - Pennsic w/ Die Fledermaus (MetroEvents): In coordination with Clan Die Fledermaus, Richard A.D & The Metro Underground co-hosts a number of the most well recognized parties for all of Pennsic:  Swampfest, Mardi Gras, & Naked Spaghetti.

2nd-5th - Rocky Mountain Rebellion (RMRebellion): Leather, Kink, & Fetish Convention in Salt Lake City, Utah.

              - Weekend Reunion (WeekendReunion): Weekend fetish convention oriented to African American culture but open to all.

9th-12th - Otakon (Otakon): East coast convention dedicated to all things anime. Held at the Washington Convention Center, NW DC.

               - FetishCon (Fetishcon): Industry Fetish Convention hosted in St. Petersburg, Fla.

               - Kink Camp (CampHardWood): Weekend retreat for gay, bi, & transgender men. Based out of  Minneapolis, Minn.

11th-12th - Moonrise Festival (MoonriseFestial.com): Rave format music festival at Pimlico Racetrack in Baltimore.

17th-20th - Key City Steampunk Festival (Facebook): Hosted in Frederick, Md.

                 - Potterverse (Potterversecon): Maryland's Wizard Convention at the Bethesda North Marriott.

                 - Monster Mania (MonsterMania): Philly's Horror & SciFi convention in Cherry Hill, NJ.

                 - Endless Poly Summer (CFNC.us): Weekend camp, retreat, & educational summit for the poly lifestyle in West Va.

                 - The Gathering (GayNaturists): Gay Naturists Interational host one of the nation's largest gatherings for gay nudism.

Sat 18th - The Pittsburg Bondage Ball (Facebook): Hosted by Phoenix Lagoon at Cruze Bar (1600 Smallman St. Pittsburg, Pa).

24th-26th - Faerie Worlds (FaerieWorlds): The world's largest gather of mystical enchantment. Hosted near Portland, Oregon.

                 - Opening Weekend for the Md. Renn-Faire (rennfest.com): One of the nations largest & well recognized Faires.

                 - Florida Power Exchange (FloridaPowerExchange): Hosted in Clearwater, Fla.

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11th-14th - Flashpoint (Facebook): Regional burn w/ classes by day & performance/spinjam at night. Located in Stuart, Va.

18th-21st - Viking Con (VikingsCon): Encampment & reenactment w/ celebrity guests from "Vikings." Held in Charles County, Md.

                - Super Megafest (SuperMegafest): New England’s Super-Fun Comic & Celebrity Pop Culture Fanfest.

                - Prague Fetish Weekend (FetishWeekend.cz): Full fetish flair in one of Europe's most historic cities.

26th-28th - L.A. Comic Con (StanLeesLAComicCon): The nation's largest & most recognized Comic Convention.

                 - Va. Celtic Festival (VaCelticFestival): Celtic heritage festival & Highland games, in Richmond, Va.

                 - Nightmare Festival (NightmareFestival): Rave format music festival at Ramblewood Campground.

                 - Steamposium (Seatle-Steamposium): West coast gathering of all things Steampunk. Hosted in Seattle, Wash.

27th-3rd - Hedonism Halloween Week (HedonismII): Celbrating Hedonism's anniversary w/ one of its biggest weeks of the year! 

               - Desire Vampires & Virgins (ToplessTravel): Themed Lifestyle week in Cancun, Mexico.

Sat 27th - Endless Night Vampire Ball (EndlessNight): Elegance & Decadance in the heart of New Orlean's.

              - PEX Halloween Ball (ThePhiladelphiaExperiment): The "Battleship Ball" is one of the region's most amazing affairs.

              - Fetish & Fantasy Haloween Ball (HalloweenBall): Hosted in the heart of Sin City - Las Vegas, Nevada.

              - Nuit Demonia (Nuitdemonia): An incredibly elegant fetish affair in the heart of Paris.

Tues 30th - DC High Heel Race (Facebook): As close as DC comes to Mardi Gras. Open to all & draws thousands.

Wed 31st - Halloween.

TBA - 'Fall' into Poly (CFNC.us): A welcoming gathering of all sexual lifestyles, amid the fall colors of West Virginia.

         - Wicked Wildcat's Oktoberfest (Hedonism / Wildcats): Weeklong excursion to Hedonism II.

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