The best kinky events in October – presented by Berlin Kink Calendar
Berlin invites you. In October, too.
And October packs a punch: a porn film festival, Venus, burlesque, cabaret with a riding crop and a Halloween home stretch that makes you seriously wonder when anyone is supposed to sleep. If you already leafed through Berlin’s kinky calendar with us in September, you know how this works. For everyone else: every month, we present the carefully curated Berlin Kink Calendar right here.
The Berlin Kink Calendar, published by BERLINABLE, is a curated guide to kink, fetish and queer culture. The Berlinable team doesn’t just collect dates, it looks closely: what kind of space does an event create? Which dress codes and rules apply there? Who is it meant for? And how is consent practiced?
From parties to workshops, festivals and performances, pretty much everything is covered again this month. Because an event is never just an event. It can be a first step into a new world. A place to learn. A place where you’re seen. Or a room where people come to understand something they had no words for until now.
Not simply more listings. More orientation. More context. More joy.
To learn more, head to BerlinKinkCalendar.com.
THE SUBLIME SOCIETY BERLIN
WEDNESDAY 07. OCTOBER | PERFORMANCE & SHOWS
The Sublime Society is the space for everyone who never quite knew where to start. Founder Charlie Bouquett sold out every single event in London. Now she’s bringing it to Berlin.
More information: https://www.berlinkinkcalendar.com/the-sublime-society-berlin/
COLLECTIVE CO-CREATIONS: A WEEKEND OF ECSTATIC GROUP PLAY
FRIDAY 09. OCTOBER – SUNDAY 11. OCTOBER | WORKSHOPS & LEARNING
A weekend at IKSK exploring group play through choreographed orgy scores. Somatic, sensual, playful. Open to everyone, from curious newcomers to experienced players.
More information: https://www.berlinkinkcalendar.com/collective-co-creations-a-weekend-of-ecstatic-group-play/
ECSTATIKINK
SATURDAY 10. OCTOBER | INTIMACY & CONNECTION
ECSTATIKINK begins with guided movement, breath and touch, then opens up into dance and playful exploration. At a private location in Pankow, you take part at your own pace, and only as far as you consent to.
More information: https://www.berlinkinkcalendar.com/ecstatikink/
FROM AIBUNAWA TO SEMENAWA: AS THE WATER SHAPES THE ROCKS
SATURDAY 10. OCTOBER – SUNDAY 11. OCTOBER | WORKSHOPS & LEARNING
Two days of advanced shibari with Red Lily and Ziggi. From caressing rope to tormenting rope. Focused, technical and held by a space created especially for it.
More information: https://www.berlinkinkcalendar.com/from-aibunawa-to-semenawa-as-the-water-shapes-the-rocks/
THE BIG QUEER MARKET
SUNDAY 11. OCTOBER | FESTIVALS & SPECIAL EVENTS
Independent queer makers fill Festsaal Kreuzberg with fashion, art and design. In between the browsing, The Big Queer Market makes room for drag bingo, karaoke, drawing, workshops and street food.
More information: https://www.berlinkinkcalendar.com/the-big-queer-market/
SHIBARI LIFE DRAWING: DRAW A LIVE ROPE PERFORMANCE IN BERLIN
WEDNESDAY 14. OCTOBER | PERFORMANCE & SHOWS
Every month: live drawing with shibari artist Dan Carabas and model Dorcara. Six poses, dimmed light, meditative sound. A rope class disguised as a life drawing class, and open to every technique.
More information: https://www.berlinkinkcalendar.com/shibari-life-drawing-shibari-studio-berlin/
BERLIN BURLESQUE FESTIVAL
THURSDAY 15. OCTOBER – SUNDAY 18. OCTOBER | FESTIVALS & SPECIAL EVENTS
Berlin’s 14th Burlesque Festival: more than thirty international performers across three evenings, plus live jazz from The Sazerac Swingers. Glamour with a long memory.
More information: https://www.berlinkinkcalendar.com/berlin-burlesque-festival/
PINKY PROMISE: MIDNIGHT CIRCUS
SATURDAY 17. OCTOBER | FESTIVALS & SPECIAL EVENTS
Six themed rooms across three floors at Club OST. Two dancefloors, cabaret, darkroom, FLINTA* space, workshops, shibari, jazz lounge, massage and tarot. Cirque noir between the worlds.
More information: https://www.berlinkinkcalendar.com/pinky-promise-midnight-circus/
PORNFILMFESTIVAL BERLIN
TUESDAY 20. OCTOBER – SUNDAY 25. OCTOBER | FESTIVALS & SPECIAL EVENTS
Independent, non-commercial and entirely without public funding: Pornfilmfestival Berlin turns explicit film into discourse, community and culture.
More information: https://www.berlinkinkcalendar.com/pornfilmfestival-berlin/
ADULT INDUSTRY FORUM NETWORKING EVENT
TUESDAY 20. OCTOBER – WEDNESDAY 21. OCTOBER | WORKSHOPS & LEARNING
A two-day industry forum hosted by Pornfilmfestival Berlin. Free accreditation for filmmakers, performers, producers, curators, educators and journalists working around sexuality and sex work.
More information: https://www.berlinkinkcalendar.com/adult-industry-forum-networking-event/
VENUS BERLIN FESTIVAL
THURSDAY 22. OCTOBER – SUNDAY 25. OCTOBER | FESTIVALS & SPECIAL EVENTS
Four days at the trade fair grounds: more than 270 exhibitors, live shows and meet-and-greets. Not underground Berlin, but the professional face of adult entertainment. Founded in 1997. You can read what we discovered there last year here.
More information: https://www.berlinkinkcalendar.com/venus-berlin-festival/
CABARET CRAVACHE
FRIDAY 23. OCTOBER + SATURDAY 24. OCTOBER | PERFORMANCE & SHOWS
Cabaret Cravache Berlin is not a spectacle you watch from a safe distance. Pauline Marie-Antoinette on kink, consent and cabaret as a stage for liberation.
More information: https://www.berlinkinkcalendar.com/cabaret-cravache-berlin/
QUALITY TOUCH TEMPLE
FRIDAY 23. OCTOBER | WORKSHOPS & LEARNING
At WAMOS, Raminta and haptics scientist Dan put touch in the spotlight. Pressure, vibration and stroking become shared experiments in how we give, receive and communicate through the body.
More information: https://www.berlinkinkcalendar.com/quality-touch-temple/
SOMA INTIMACY IMMERSION WORKSHOP: CONNECT & EXPLORE
FRIDAY 23. OCTOBER – SUNDAY 25. OCTOBER | WORKSHOPS & LEARNING
A weekend of somatic sexuality at Karl-Marx-Str. 275. Embodied practices, consent work and self-exploration. A warm, judgment-free space for curiosity, safety and joy.
More information: https://www.berlinkinkcalendar.com/soma-intimacy-immersion-workshop-connect-explore/
KINKY ON
SATURDAY 24. OCTOBER | PARTIES & CLUB NIGHTS
KINKY ON Berlin brings big-room techno, a strict fetish dress code and a no-photo policy to Alte Münze. A touring, sex-positive party for adults.
More information: https://www.berlinkinkcalendar.com/kinky-on/
SYMBIOTIKKA HALLOWEEN SPECIAL
WEDNESDAY 28. OCTOBER | PARTIES & CLUB NIGHTS
SYMBIOTIKKA brings Halloween to KitKatClub, with techno, house and live bondage and kink performances. Expressive fetish outfits set the tone for a queer-friendly night full of dancing and consensual play.
More information: https://www.berlinkinkcalendar.com/symbiotikka-halloween-special/
HOUSE OF LUNACY HALLOWEEN – THE DANSE MACABRE
THURSDAY 29. OCTOBER | PARTIES & CLUB NIGHTS
The fourth and final House of Lunacy of the year at Renate. Weimar decadence meets the Belle Époque Montmartre: ballroom, labyrinth, play spaces. Plus a crowd that has grown together over the course of the year.
More information: https://www.berlinkinkcalendar.com/house-of-lunacy-halloween-the-danse-macabre/
LE SALON DES PLAISIRS CHAPTER III: UNDER THE VEIL
FRIDAY 30. OCTOBER | INTIMACY & CONNECTION
In an intimate edition of Le Salon des Plaisirs, Under the Veil puts women’s pleasure at the center. Massages, bathing rituals and whispered poetry make up a menu of encounters with a hand-picked cast of givers.
More information: https://www.berlinkinkcalendar.com/le-salon-des-plaisirs-chapter-iii-under-the-veil/
KLUB VERBOTEN: HALLOWEEN SPECIAL
SATURDAY 31. OCTOBER | PARTIES & CLUB NIGHTS
Klub Verboten celebrates its first Halloween edition at ROSA. A fetish dress code and play under clear consent rules shape the night. Entry is for members or guests vetted in advance only. Last entry is at 2 a.m.
More information: https://www.berlinkinkcalendar.com/klub-verboten-halloween-special/
THE ANNUAL HALLOWEEN VAMPIRE BALL BY HOOCHIE KOO
SATURDAY 31. OCTOBER | PERFORMANCE & SHOWS
Hoochie Koo’s Halloween ball at Bi Nuu, with The Fuzztones live and playing their first Berlin show in ten years. Burlesque, go-go ghouls and a bed-of-nails act. Gothic, campy, rock ’n’ roll.
More information: https://www.berlinkinkcalendar.com/the-annual-halloween-vampire-ball-by-hoochie-koo/
THE VELVET CREEPERS: THE SHADOW BALL
SATURDAY 31. OCTOBER | PERFORMANCE & SHOWS
The Velvet Creepers turn the Ballhaus into a Halloween gathering of queer cabaret, circus and drag. Featuring L’aDios, AKASH, Dunja Von K and Fifi Fantôme, plus a night full of costumes, installations and dancing.
More information: https://www.berlinkinkcalendar.com/the-velvet-creepers-the-shadow-ball/