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Mixing interactive instruction with captivating performance, the Twisted Windows and Wicked Grounds Bondage Lounge manifests the risqué rope experience that always gathers a huge crowd on the streets of the Folsom St Fair, and modifies it for our digital space.

Our outstanding bondage practitioners represent the best of the Bay Area and far beyond; you’re welcome to stop by just for a few minutes, or spend the afternoon with us! Some portions feature optional tie-along instruction – bring your rope kit and get involved if you like, or observe and ask questions of our always-live hosts.

Event schedule (Pacific Time):

1 – 1:30 Shay, Lynn, & Wicked Grounds

1:30 – 2 Tomfoolery

2 – 2:30 T-Corns

2:30 – 3 Anya Demure and Marceline VQ

3 – 3:30 Lee Harrington

3:30 – 4 BlkDiamond & The_Miss_E

4 – 4:30 Madame Posh

4:30 – 5 BallerinaGoddess

5 – 5:30 Lief Bound and Icarus

5:30 – 6 Wrap up

Ascend into a classic stone cathedral for an epic evening of fantasy, flight, and fashion. Partake in forbidden fruit and be led unto temptation surrounded by beautifully painted vaulted ceilings and stunning stained glass, where preeminent fetish creators Twisted Windows and Dark Garden Unique Corsetry combine their magic to manifest an environment of scintillating shows and fascinating fantasy. Performances spotlight suspension bondage, elaborate fetish fashion, pole dance, contortion, and more.

A fetish ball would not be complete without guests in lavish dress. Attire should be high fetish and inspire worship. Appearing in your most divine corsetry, angelic outfits and devilish dress is strongly encouraged. Effort is mandatory. Note that attendee photos are allowed at this event – we will have elegant masks on hand as an option for those who want more anonymity.



This exquisitely erotic, delightfully decadent, and particularly perilous evening will feature incredible artists and alluring apparel you won’t see anywhere else! Our events invite you to create a unique experience exploring concurrent ambient acts, interactive activities, and sexy main stage spectacle.

Features include:

* Fashion show by Dark Garden & Lust Designs Latex

* Music by DJ FACT.50

* Bar by Stookey’s Club Moderne

* Suspension by the incredible bondage artists of Twisted Windows

* Attendee photo booth

* Bootblacks

* VIP service by Carter Brûlée

* Winsome wares by Wicked Grounds

Tickets here: https://syndicateofsin.com/events/27803

Ticket types: The only difference between Tier 1 and Tier 2 tickets is price (ticket prices go up over time, as we sell out and get closer to the event). VIP is the only ticket type that includes seating, as well as other perks like drink service, coat check, and more. Tickets always sell out weeks in advance, so don’t try to wait till the last minute to get yours.

This event is 21+, ID required.

Only VIP tickets come with a reserved seat. This event will be ASL interpreted. Please contact the producers for accessibility questions and accommodations.

Main image photo credit: Photographer Max Johnson, models Alotta Bouteé and Edie Eve @ The Alembic

Past Events

Ascend: NYE 2020 at Mission Control

Soar into the new decade at an event that has it all — dancing, kink, performance, midnight countdown, music, and space to be your sensual selves! Hosts Shay & Stefanos (of BENT, The Upper Floor, Bondage-a-Go-Go, and Twisted Windows) invite you to dance among the stars and explore intimate corners.

Savor live music by the incomparable Unwoman, midnight bondage disco ball countdown and toast, and performances by Fox & Faye, Nil, and Shay! Hindsight is 20/20 — don’t miss celebrating a debaucherous decade of NYE at Mission Control!

Twisted Windows producer Shay will be back to curate the bondage and aerial stage for another amazing year at Seattle Erotic Art Festival, and we would love to have you as part of it!

On April 24th and 25th, the massive Seattle Center Exhibition Hall turns into an incredible showcase for erotic art of all kinds (visual, interactive, performance, literary, and more). If you make art that explores eros, sexuality, gender, identity, orientation, or how any of these elements interact with society, this event is for you!! More details here.

Folsom Friday, Sept 27th of 2019 at SOMArts

As of 9/20 we SOLD OUT! Join our mailing list to be the first to hear about future events!

Twisted Windows surrounds you with scintillatingly sensual shows on four simultaneous stages, featuring incredible international artists and unique acts you won’t see anywhere else! Performances spotlight suspension bondage & shibari, while also celebrating other kinky artistic expression (and even participatory shenanigans). Exquisitely erotic, sensually subversive, and particularly perilous – kick off your Folsom weekend at this unique and indelible event at spacious SOMArts in the heart of San Francisco!

Preview the event schedule here!

This year’s featured acts include:

Synchronized bondage by Conroy, ShesANatural, Minna, & RionRiot (Portland)

Sensual aerial and acrobatic acts by Myles Higher (lyra), Andreas Fenix (straps), Ally (pole), Minow (silks), Joey the Tiger (trapeze), Mikal (pole), and Bramani Quinn (chains)

Saki Kamijoo (one of Japan’s most renowned performance riggers) & Hibiki

Contortion, ballet, and self-suspension fusion by BallerinaGoddess (New York)

Cyr wheel by the incredible Sving

Seduction with rope and movement – a combination of aerial, dance, and bondage with Sophia Sky & Jim Duvall (Seattle)

Seventeen suspension bondage performances on three simultaneous stages, with bondage experts representing the best of the Bay Area and far beyond (Israel, New York, Baltimore, Denver, and more)

Dance and rope fusion by LaughingDragon & Feinix (Vancouver)

Art gallery and live painting curated by Lynn, featuring PinUps by Keegan and more

Gender diverse artistic self-suspension masochism by Nil (Denver)

Bootblacking station with Teagan, former International Ms Bootblack titleholder

…and much more, all produced & hosted by Stefanos & Shay!

What to expect at Twisted Windows:

Our events invite you to create a unique experience exploring concurrent ambient performances, innovative interactive activities, visual art, and sexy main stage spectacle. The event is intended to be enjoyed by moving about the space rather than as a seated audience. After our formal performances wrap up, you can stay and make use of our suspension points for your own scene, meet our performers, get your picture taken in our photo booth, and enjoy served chocolates (or you’re welcome to continue to socialize and watch). Read some comments from past attendees here!

Need some toys or rope for your Folsom weekend? We have you covered, with vending by Wicked Grounds! Fancy some visual art? We’ll be featuring a gallery curated by Lynn, with artists including PinUps by Keegan and prints for sale! Keegan will also be painting live at the event.

Ticket types: The only difference between Tier 1 and Tier 2 tickets is price (ticket prices go up over time, as we sell out/get closer to the event). VIP is the only ticket type that includes seating, as well as other perks like (non-alcoholic) drink service, coat check, and more. This event is 18+, ID required.

Schedule: Doors open at 8pm, performances from 8:15-11:30pm. Bring your rope if you like, because after the performance wrap up, you can stay & play till 1am! Doors close for entry at 10:30pm.

You have questions? We have answers! Check out our FAQ! Accessibility info here

Only VIP tickets come with a reserved seat. Please contact the producers for accessibility questions and accommodations.

*As always, the performer line-up is subject to change!

Ascendency: Bondage & Aerial Showcase Seattle Erotic Art Festival “We fly to feel grounded, push physically to release emotionally, and are bound to feel free. This showcase features exquisitely erotic, sensually subversive, and particularly perilous performance art exploring intimate curiosities of human connection, lustful intention, catharsis, and the power of the ever-tempting unknown.” Don’t miss “Ascendency: Bondage & Aerial Showcase” at Seattle Erotic Art Festival 2019, April 26th-28th ! We have performances at 9pm on Friday and Saturday night — check out our performers here

Opel Presents Deep Red

at the SF Mint!

Opel Productions is re-creating the sensual, opulent environment of the Upper Floor of the Armory in the incredible spaces on the vault level of the historic SF Mint on Saturday, Feb 16th. Deep Red features amazing DJs and deep house beats, as well as a taste of kink with performers including Shay Tiziano, Rodeokitten, SatineAngelic, SweetMisfit, Fox & Faye, Danarama, Bonnie Day, and more. Tickets available here!

Gods x Monsters :: Twisted Windows x Manarchy

at Dark Odyssey: Surrender

Saturday night at Dark Odyssey: Surrender you can ascend with the Gods or fall prey to the Monsters at our divinely deviant performance event! The first half of our show brings you exquisitely erotic, sensually subversive, and particularly perilous performance art from Twisted Windows; the second half features a new kind of male revue, with the talented troupe of Manarchy giving a middle finger to toxic masculinity! Polish your latex, fasten your collar, and get out your halo (or horns) to join us for this epic showcase of sexy, diverse, boundary-pushing entertainment!

Dark Odyssey is a weekend-long event in a proven scene friendly hotel in downtown San Francisco. Come learn, explore, and play in a no holds barred, sexually charged atmosphere. Interactive workshops fill your days, while at night you’ll explore dark playspaces, powerful rituals, passionate scenes, and mind-blowing ecstasy all under one roof!

Join us for the whole weekend, Saturday all day, or just Saturday evening! An evening pass, which includes the performance event, playspace open till 3am, the Rope Buffet, Queer O*gy, and more is just $60… add a full day of Saturday classes for only $50 extra! Check out all the details on the draft schedule, then go get registered!

Friday, Sept 28th 2018 (Folsom weekend) at SOMArts

Tickets sold out—join the mailing list to be the first to hear about future events!

Twisted Windows surrounds you with scintillatingly sensual shows on four simultaneous stages, featuring incredible international artists and unique acts you won’t see anywhere else! Performances spotlight suspension bondage & shibari, while also celebrating other kinky artistic expression (and even participatory shenanigans). Exquisitely erotic, sensually subversive, and particularly perilous – kick off your Folsom weekend at this unique and indelible event at spacious SOMArts in the heart of San Francisco!

Featured performers include Saki Kamijoo (one of Japan’s most renowned performance riggers) & Hibiki, Ryder Burton (Reno), Nil (Denver), Zoe Spiro, Mlle Kate (Montreal), Endza Adair (Seattle), Linworth (Ohio), Zahava Griss & ZigZag (Seattle), Soms_Iets & Meymoon (DC/Baltimore), Sadira, Myles High, CelesteLucia (DC), and many more, all produced & hosted by Stefanos & Shay!

Location: SOMArts, 934 Brannan St, San Francisco, CA 94103. Accessibility info here.

Ticket types: The only difference between Early Bird, Tier 1, and Tier 2 tickets is price (ticket prices go up over time, as we sell out/get closer to the event). VIP is the only ticket type that includes seating, as well as other perks like (non-alcoholic) drink service, coat check, and more. This event is 18+, ID required.

Schedule: Friday, Sept 28th. Doors open at 7:45pm, performances from 8-11pm, stay & play till 1am. Doors close for entry at 10:30pm. View the full event draft schedule here!

What to expect at Twisted Windows:

Our events invite you to create a unique experience exploring concurrent ambient performances, innovative interactive activities, visual art, and sexy main stage spectacle. The event is intended to be enjoyed by moving about the space rather than as a seated audience. After our formal performances wrap up, you’ll be warmed up and ready for the play portion of our event (or you’re welcome to continue to socialize and watch). Read some comments from past attendees here!

Need some toys or rope for the play portion of the event? We have you covered, with vending by Wicked Grounds! Fancy some visual art? We’ll have PinUps by Keegan on display, with prints for sale! Keegan will also be painting live at the event.

You have questions? We have answers! Check out our FAQ!

Pink Flamingo Poolside Performance Extravaganza at Dark Odyssey: Fusion

Exquisitely erotic, particularly perilous, and astonishingly amusing – join us for an evening of revelry at the legendary Pink Flamingo, where we’ll pay homage to 20 years of kinky camp in the only way we know how – with a huge fucking party! Hosts Stefanos & Shay present a fierce line-up of perfectly pyretic powerhouses in a high-energy poolside extravaganza that will leave you flushed & fired up, followed immediately by an all night pool and play party with the Indecent Enterprises event team. Ring in 20 years of kink, sex, and spirit in full Dark Odyssey & IE Style!

Our performers will fascinate, fly, and fire off fetish flourishes for one night only! During intermission, Stefanos will host a Show-Off Stripper Strut – bring your pizzazz and come shake your tail feathers. Pink Flamingo featured performers include Spiral, Gigi Holliday, Kinkerbelle, Pyrate, Ode2Joy & BDSLR, Shay, Spinny Bitch, Ropeboi, Coryn, and more!

After the performances get you going, stay by the pool for an all night play party with additional dungeon furniture, exhibitionist play scenes, fire performances, sybian races, sexy servers, and perhaps even cake!

Performers who have participated in Twisted Windows, including Myles High, Jessie Sparkles, Shay Tiziano, and more, are also appeared at Seattle Erotic Art Festival on April 27th – 29th!

Once Upon a Time at Dark Odyssey: Winter Fire

A fairy tale extravaganza with a happy ending… if you like that kind of thing! Hosts Stefanos & Shay have orchestrated an epic evening of astonishing acrobatics, jaw-dropping neo-burlesque, bodacious bondage, campy shenanigans, delectable dance, and much more. Corrupt and kink-ify your favorite bedtime stories, fairy tales and nursery rhymes for a night of adult fantasy, debauchery, and naughtiness!

Our incredible performers include Morgana, soms iets & Meymoon, Spiral, Parker, Gigi Holliday, Curious-One & Kinkerbelle, Cherry Bomber, JDSilver, Rosalie Ash, Lucky Charming, and more!

Button up your ball gown (or big bad wolf suit, or doublet) and tighten your tiara – just don’t arrive after the stroke of midnight and miss this evening of sexy, diverse, boundary-pushing entertainment!

This show is included with your entry to Dark Odyssey: Winter Fire. Can’t stay the whole weekend but still want to check out the show? Keep an eye on the events page for day and evening-only pass information!

Kinbaku Opening Show by Subay (緒本子) & Dani at Dark Odyssey: Winter Fire

Our Saturday night fairytale extravaganza Once Upon a Time will open with a kinbaku-style suspension bondage performance featuring Hong Kong-based international kinbakushi & kinbaku model & rigger Subay (緒本子) and artist, teacher, & LGBTQ+ youth advocate Dani!

Join us for a kinbaku performance about exploring fantasies, creating a story with emotions, connecting hearts and extending compassion. Subay’s Naka-sensei-influenced kinbaku features a feminine and inclusive approach to eroticism and semenawa – Subay’s kinbaku is soft but intense, and allows space and freedom for Dani to explore her inner self.

New Bohemia NYE 2018 at the Mint

New Bohemia NYE 2018 is back at the beautiful Mint, for people looking for something special on this too easily over hyped party night. At the Mint, you’ll ring in the New Year with SF’s most eclectic community of Dj’s, performers, live musicians, thespians, dancers, artists and beautiful and comical characters.

Fetish and bondage performances will scintillate and seduce as Twisted Windows brings international rope artists and interactive kink entertainment to the decadent environment of the Mint. This elite group of artistic exhibitionists bring extensive experience in the adult industry (including Kink.com, HardTied, Pink & White, Skin Two, Cum & Glitter, and many more) and performing arts (from dance to circus acrobatics to theatre). Seriously subversive, particularly perilous, and exquisitely erotic – Twisted Windows will bring your darkest fantasies into reality. Performers include Shay & Davey Faye, True Blue, Evie Vane & MrKiltYou, Rodeokitten & The Patient One, and more! Facebook event listing here, tickets here!

Phantasm

We were excited to bring a taste of Twisted Windows to the Upper Floor VIP area at Phantasm, a huge Halloween event at the Armory on Saturday, October 28th! Seriously subversive, particularly perilous, and exquisitely erotic – it’s where you want to be for Halloween in SF! Check out the line-up here!

Seduction

Performers who have participated in Twisted Windows also appeared at Seduction in Seattle on Friday, October 27th!

Twisted Windows at SOMArts

Our last sold-out event was on Friday, Sept 22nd. Join our mailing list to be the first to hear about future events!

Twisted Windows combines a scintillatingly sensual show with a participatory event, all at a stunning & spacious SF venue! Performances embrace more traditional manifestations of BDSM showmanship (with a focus on bondage & suspension), while also celebrating other artistic expressions of kink and sexuality. Detailed draft schedule can be viewed here!

Performance schedule:

Main Stage Acts of Audacious Kink-ery:

Fuoco (Vermont) — Aerial Lyra

Saki & Mayu (Kobe, Japan) — Shibari Suspension

Figaro, Shay, & Jade—Kink-ified Opera Singing & Topless Harp

David & Alyssa (Seattle) — Bondage Dance

Parker RopeBoi (New York City) — Shibari Self-Suspension

Zoe Spiro — Cyr Wheel & “4 Strands” Aerial Acrobatics

Ryder Burton (Reno) — Pole

Shay & KinkySphinx – Suspension

Snatch Adams — Neo-Burlesque

Abbystract — Self-Suspension

Uncle Princess — Dance

Geoff Millard – Bootblack Stripper

Kel Bowie (Portland) & nano_bites — Suspension

Ambient Suspension Bondage, Going Hard All Night Long:

TrueBlue & Jack Hammer

BoatBabe & SweetMisfit

Magnoila & Gentleebrutal (Austin)

Parker RopeBoi (New York City)

Meymoon (DC/Baltimore) & ChastityInChains

Fuoco & justanotherknot (Atlanta)

Evie Vane & MrKiltYou

Kel Bowie (Portland)

T-Corns

RodeoKitten & ThePatientOne

Abbystract & Quinn

Riss & Ryan

Kinkerbelle & Kel Bowie (New Hampshire & Portland)

sweetzephyr & satineangelic

KnottyWordz (Portland) & Moxie

… & more!

Interactive Activities & Inappropriate Shenanigans:

Sadira — Belly dance

Rain DeGrey & Devilynn — Blasphemous Beat-down

Boss Boar & Impossible Pain — Pressure Points

Mellionaire — Ambient silks & LED lyra

Wicked Grounds — Vending

— Vending Teagan — Bootblacking

Davey Faye — Body paint

Senta — Ambient Lyra

Ember Atwell — Interactive silks

Auntie Vice — Wax

Video installation by Jessie Sparkles featuring Endza Adair (Seattle)

Spanking booth with Barbary Rose

Music by DJ Aural Incarnation

VIP area hosted by Tessen & Willow

Mocktail service by Wickedly Kinky & team

Host & MC Extraordinaire Stefanos

Check out all our performer info here!

Fancy some visual art? We’ll have PinUps by Keegan on display, with prints for sale! Keegan will also be painting LIVE at the event and available to discuss their art and answer questions!

Bring your toy bags, because after the performance wrap up at about 11pm, you can stay & play till 1am!

Schedule: Friday, Sept 22nd. Doors open at 7:45pm for VIPs, 8:15pm for general entry. Performances from 7:45-11pm, stay & play till 1am.

Location: SOMArts — 934 Brannan St, San Francisco, CA 94103. Venue accessibility information can be found here.

Ticket types: The only difference between Early Bird, Tier 1, and Tier 2 tickets is price (ticket prices go up over time, as we sell out/get closer to the event). VIP is the only ticket type that includes seating, as well as other perks like (non-alcoholic) drink service, coat check, and more. Get your tickets here!

What to expect at Twisted Windows:

Twisted Windows invites you to create a unique experience exploring concurrent ambient performances, innovative interactive activities, visual art, and sexy main stage spectacle. Very minimal seating will available outside the VIP area – the event is intended to be enjoyed by moving about the space rather than as a seated audience. A coat and bag check will be available. After our formal performances wrap up, you’ll be warmed up and ready for the play portion of our event (or you’re welcome to continue to socialize and watch)! Twisted Windows is proud to showcase & advocate for folks who work in the adult industry, and all performers are compensated for their contributions.

Some performers will be having photographs or video taken of their performances. No audience members will be recorded.

Only VIP tickets come with a reserved seat. Please contact the producers for accessibility questions and accommodations.

Our events sell out weeks in advance, so be sure to join the mailing list to be the first to know when tickets are released.

You can apply to perform at our events here!

Previous events:

2017 September – Performance schedule and event info

2017 February – Performance schedule and event info

2016 September – Performance schedule and event info

2016 June – Performance schedule and event info

2016 February – Performance schedule and event info

2015 August – Performance schedule