This Week with Wicked Grounds (4/23 – 5/3)
April 23, 2026Howdy kinksters – I recently got to take part in an interesting interview to help build new mental health resources for kinksters in the Bay Area, and promised the researcher I’d let y’all know about it too. If you are in the SF Bay Area, qualify for the research, and take part in the online interview, you’ll receive a token honorarium of a $10 gift certificate to thank you for your time and more importantly you’ll have a say in helping create better resources for kinksters. Here’s the information: Val Garcia (Social Justice Fellow at The Wright Institute) is conducting exploratory research about the intersection of group therapy and kink or alternative relationship structures. If you would be interested in doing a one hour anonymous remote interview to support this research please fill out this short 6 question multiple choice intake form. Interview participants will be compensated with a $10 gift card to their choice of Safeway, Trader Joe’s, or Amazon. We have some great classes for you this week both online and live in the San Francisco Bay Area. (And, speaking of getting out there: Are you a neighbor in Arizona? Mark your calendars! I’ll be teaching live in Tucson 5/28 and in Phoenix 5/30 – 6/1, and we’ll have ticketing information available for you very soon!) As we close out April, we’d also like to close out our annual scholarship fundraiser and membership drive. If you haven’t yet made your contribution, please take a look! Every single contributor and member makes a big difference our our ability to develop new kink education and keep it accessible to the widest possible audience. Now, let’s take a look at this week’s events. This Week! Thursday, April 23 Online: If you enjoy cannabis and love kinky play, you’ll want to keep consent and communication at the forefront to be safe and have more connection and fun. Tonight, we hope you’ll join Lilithfoxx online for Blunt Talk: Boundaries and Consent While Using Cannabis. Attend live or through the recording with you advanced tickets from Forbidden Tickets or Plura. Friday, April 24 No live classes today, but you can check our all our digital downloads on Teachable. Saturday, April 25 Online: Join Mel & Memi online today for a special three-hour workshop on Erotic Humiliation! You’ll need advanced tickets to attend this class either live or through the recording. Don’t be too embarrassed to get yours through Forbidden Tickets or Plura. Mendocino, CA: Are you in northern coastal California? Looking to find your people? Our own Miriam Green hosts a monthly Mendocino Munch, usually in Mendocino or Fort Bragg, CA. This month we’ll meet from 1-3pm on the back deck of The Waiting Room in Mendocino (with a slight possibility of relocation if the weather forecast changes to rain – so far so good!). Find out more and RSVP here! Online: Good boundaries are key to excellent negotiation and consent, but we’re not always brought up knowing ours. Join Buzz Stingyear online this afternoon to explore yours in Badass Boundaries: The Discipline of Power: The Zero-Defect Protocol for Interpersonal Leadership. This class is particularly geared toward the guys in the room, but all are welcome to attend. Learn more about the class and sign up to attend live or through the recording with your advanced tickets through Forbidden Tickets or Plura. Sunday, April 26 Online: Whether you are autistic, love someone who is autistic, or just want to create better kink communities, we invite you to join us today for Autism & Kink, a popular online class with UK educator John Pendal. Please note that this popular class is never recorded, so you’ll need to mark your calendars and plan to attend live. Get your advanced tickets for the class through Forbidden Tickets or Plura and we’ll see you there! Online: Curious about position training as another way to enhance D/s play and relationships? Join Hannah The Scribe online this afternoon for Creating Practical Slave Positions. Whether you already use position training or you’re simply curious about what these can do to enhance your play, we’d love to see you there. You can join live or through the recording with your advanced ticketing from Forbidden Tickets or Plura. Monday, April 27 Online: Our annual Kink Class Incubator launches today and it’s our first live session tonight. All brand-new instructors need to be registered by today! (Experienced instructors have the option to skip the first live session and can register through 5/4). If you’re curious about the incubator and whether it’s right for you, learn more and register here. Online: Interested in learning more about the fun, thrills, and safety behind CBT? Join Miss Mackenzee online tonight for Handling Their Precious Bits: CBT for Beginners and Beyond. You may attend live or through the recording with your advanced tickets from Forbidden Tickets or Plura. Tuesday, April 28 No live classes today, but you can check our all our digital downloads on Teachable. Wednesday, April 29 Online: Cowprint & cows have become all the rage in fashion & even in the bedroom in recent years. Let’s learn about how to bring it all into the dungeon in tonight’s Holy Cow! Intro to Hucow Play with Lady V. Whether you’re an experienced hucow player looking for new ideas or curious about what all the fuss is about, join us live online tonight or through the recording all week with your advanced tickets from Forbidden Tickets or Plura. Thursday, April 30 Online: We at Wicked Grounds honestly believe the single best way to improve your play, have more fun and be safer it to bet involved in the public kink scene. Curious about the world of kinky play parties but not sure how to get started? Let Princess Rara show you how in tonight’s Dungeons Demystified: Navigating Etiquette, Attire, and Atmosphere in BDSM Spaces. Attend live or through the recording with your advanced tickets through Forbidden Tickets or Plura. Friday, May 1 No live classes today,