Von Gutenberg Fetish Ball Weekend San Francisco

March 11th – 13th 2010 sees the big fetish event in San Francisco. Von Gutenberg Fetish Ball is three nights of partying at three locations in the heart of the city.

Von Gutenberg Fetish Night will be on Thursday, March 11th and will be a meet, greet and play night at Mission Control, 2519 Mission Street. Dress to impress. The first night of festivities will feature live model casting for Von Gutenberg Magazine, special performances and the sounds of DJ Xris Smack from NYC.

The Von Gutenberg Fetish & Burlesque Night will be on night number two, Friday, March 12th. Headlining will be burlesque superstar, Ava Garter and locals The Hubbahubba Revue, along with the hottest Burlesque talent from the Bay Area and beyond. DNA Lounge located at 2519 Mission Street will be the spot for the evening with DJ Netik spinning.

The festivities end with a bang on Saturday March 13th at the Glass Kat Club located 520, 4th Street. Fetish superstar and performer, Jewell Marceau, will host the Von Gutenberg Fetish Ball. Alternative couture queen Emilie Jerard will be showing her latest edgy designs in a spectacular fashion show. Attendees should dress to impress and can participate in live model casting for Von Gutenberg Magazine or have some fun in the upstairs play area. Music for the evening will be DJ Shatter and DJ Xris Smack spinning house, trance and industrial.

Tickets are available for each night, or as a three-day pass. General admission three-day passes are $95 until February 28th and will be $105 thereafter. Single evening tickets are $35 for Thursday and Friday, and $45 for Saturday night.

Tickets may be purchased at www.vongutenbergfetishball.com or at retail shops Stockroom/Syren Retail Boutique in Los Angeles, Stormy Leather Retail Boutique, Mister S & Madame S Retail Boutique and Darkgarden Corsetry in San Francisco or The Baroness in NYC. All attendees must dress to impress—you MUST be attired in rubber, leather, vinyl, gothic, fetish glam, cyber erotic, kinky drag, sexy uniforms, Victorian, ultra formal (tuxedo), steam punk, fantasy costumes or pin-up burlesque to gain access to the event.

For more details on the event or dress code or to purchase tickets, go to www.vongutenbergfetishball.com

Vampire Ball of New York, Sunday 14th February

This is the 14th year of the legendary Vampire Ball of New York;  the NYC Vampire Ball starts the countdown to the Endless Night Festival in New Orleans on October 30th, 2010. This event served as the first ever vampire event on the East Coast and is featured in Katherine Ramsland’s book “Piercing the Darkness”.

The New York Vampire Ball has been held at legendary venues such as Limelight, Mother, Coney Island High and the Bank (the original name of Element) and since 2006 has returned to its original home of Element NYC, located at 225 E. Houston St. NYC. This amazing three floor completely renovated venue has an amazing sound system and great dungeon space in the basement called the Vault.

Tickets are $15 in advance via Paypal and will be available at Gothic Ren at 104 4th Avenue on Feb. 1st. Door tickets (if there are any left) will be $20 in dresscode and $30 out of dresscode. $25.00 Couples (2 people advance only, limited number) They have to limit the attendance to 999 patrons, so  this event will sell out. Tickets are only valid until 1am and require ticket holders to be 21+ with government issue photo ID and in dress code.

This is a formal Vampire’s Ball with an atmosphere worthy of a Halloween in New Orleans, so  keep to the highest standards of costume. Be creative! Suggestions: Marie Antoinette, King Louis, Marquis de Sade, French Revolutionary Zombies, Victoria, Steampunk, Drag, Vampyre, Hellfire Demons, Carnivale Freaks, Silent Horror Film Characters, Victorian Asylum Lunatics, Hospital Horror, Dark Fairy Tales, Pagan Horned Gods, The Great Beast, Satyrs, Anton LaVey, Sacrificial Virgins, Witches, Warlocks, Sex Magick, Satanic Sluts, Zombies, Evil Clowns, Halloween Masks, Horror Circus… etc

Plus usual Fetish, SM, Body Art, Burlesque, Berlin Cabaret, Moulin Rouge, Uniform, Medical, Boudoir, Militaria etc Please adhere to dress code : No Casual Street Wear / Regular Club Wear / No Cotton T-shirts

Father Sebastiaan will be making fangs in the FangShop on Feb. 10th-14th,so if you like to make an appointment please email him at father@sabretooth.com

The best place to shop in NYC for all of your needs is the one and only Gothic Renaissance and Halloween Adventure, located at 104 4th Avenue in NYC, right near the FangShop. You will get a 10% discount with your advanced tickets.

For full info and to get tickets, go to…
http://www.sabretooth.net/newyorkvampireball

Boston Fetish Fair Fleamarket

The New England Leather Association’s Fetish Fair Fleamarket began in Boston in 1992 and it’s been held twice yearly since then. The founder of the event, Cecilia Tan, has now joined forces with other activists, including Danny of Leather by Danny, to bring the FFF to other parts of the USA, including Atlanta and Charlotte. The event is low-cost and brings together kink-curious newcomers, old hands and vendors.

The larger of the two Boston events is in Winter. Several thousand leather loving, paddle happy kinkos make their way to the mecca of SM merchandising in the Boston area.

Cecilia Tan, author, editor, baseball addict and friend of fetishists, has been the feminine principle of the Fleas these many years. And it has not been an easy job.  At one time the grand dame of Boston hotels, the Boston Park Plaza Hotel played host to mustachioed men in leather lederhosen and women with large breasts on display with only strips of black electrical tape crisscrossed on their nipples.

Along with many booths selling wares such as handmade canes for caning, carefully constructed and constricting corsets, and BDSM publications aplenty, there were educational classes and fundraisers for folks who had been convicted of enjoying an alternate lifestyle. And people had fun being exhibitonists in fancy surroundings.

But some nagging and complaining Boston bluebloods made it impossible for the Park Plaza to host the Fleas forever. This Winter’s FFF will take place on February 12-14 at the Westin in Providence, Rhode Island.

Find the information on the New England Leather Association website here… www.nelaonline.org/fff.php

Also check the FFF website… www.fetishfairfleamarket.com

By George Weinstein

Dallas Fetish Ball – Tenth Anniversary

It was time to polish your nipple clamps and crack your bullwhips as the 2009 Dallas Fetish Ball descended upon Dallas, Texas. Held in the Lizard Lounge, this year’s event included a latex fashion show from Torture Garden UK, featuring international models. The model walk included British fetish queens Viktoria Modesta and Roxy Velvet, along with Dallas favorites Angela Ryan, Athena Fatale and adult film star Anna Mills. The 10th anniversary event also included a performance from perennial favorite, Rubberdoll vs. FAQ.

Patrons took their chance and spun the Amazing Wheel of Pain – you never know what you might win. The Wheel was in the capable hands of Dallas’s most demanding dominatrices. Interactive attractions included an electrical play station, lube station, photo booth and dungeon.
Review by Hansel von Quenzer

Website: www.DallasFetishBall.com

Gallery of Photos by William Lamoreau

The Baroness’s Christmas Party, New York Thursday 3rd December

Help naughty Santa and the sexy latex elves decorate the human Christmas tree. Then test your gift wrapping skills in the Christmas bondage competition! Your hostess, The Baroness, (armed with her candy-striped bullwhip) will be checking her list to see who’s been naughty or nice.

New York’s longest running fetish party, The Baroness’s Fetish Retinue, invites you to partake of the revelry at Batista Lounge (formerly 40C), a wickedly seductive location, with a sinfully decadent back room play space, filled with equipment. Doors open at 9 pm. DJ Jen-E-Voltz spins. Drink specials from 9:00-10:30, and the champagne flows all night long.

Always the first Thursday of each month, this intimate fetish soiree is held at Batista Lounge, 40 Avenue C, between 3rd and 4th streets, New York City. Dress in full Fetish for $5 admission, $20 in all black, $30 in street clothes, and absolutely NO blue jeans or sneakers. FREE ADMISSION if you look absolutely fabulous. …and remember, bring your toys and come prepared to play! For more information call 212 529 5964 or visit www.Baroness.com

Von Gutenberg Fetish Ball San Francisco, Saturday December 5th

Erik von Gutenberg presents the Von Gutenberg Fetish Ball, in association with Marquis America, Mister S and Madame S. There’s a special pervy Santa from local fetish stars Kinky Salon and performances by RubberDoll, Anastasia Pierce and Athena Fatale, Mistress of Mayhem.

Your MC is KingFish from Hubba Hubba revue and great music is assured from DJ Xris SMack from NYC. Also featuring DJs Netic from DNA lounge and Shatter from Bondage a Go Go, as well as live model casting with fetish photography legend Charles Gatewood.

Be there, at Supper Club, 657 Harrison Street, SF  in the SOMA district. Doors open at 9 pm. More information on the website…

www.vongutenbergfetishball.com

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