ONLINE: Honk! An Intro to Clown Kink with Killmeat Nick
2026-08-09 14:00 - 16:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Coulrophilia? I hardly know ya!
Whether it’s erotic humiliation, unserious antics, childish whimsy, or frightful fear play you’re after, the clown’s got your tongue, so let’s banter about it!
Join as we:

Brief the history and philosophy of clowning
Take a peek at archetypes across genres
Explore crossovers into other kinks
Discuss real clown tricks and tips
Build your clown-sona!

Across the world and for centuries, clowns have mesmerized, terrified, and tantalized folks. Let’s break down what exactly makes them so fascinating and learn how to implement their uncanny high jinks into your next scene. Gaze into the fun-house mirror, confront the clown in you… it might be staring right back!
PRESENTER:
Killmeat Nick (he/they/it/she) is a queer trans gender transcend-er, sex educator, erotic scholar, and events manager at the BDSM education resource, Wicked Grounds. With a B.A. in cinema followed by experience in stand-up comedy, character acting, and clowning, they infuse their kink services with humor to entice those intimidated by perceived seriousness. He’s been active in the SF Bay Area scene since 2018, a sex educator since 2021, and active in the LA scene since 2023.
In vanilla life, Nick is a Community Restoration Specialist and conflict mediator. You can connect with Nick on social media via @killmeat6 across platforms. If you are interested in teaching with Wicked Grounds, you may email them at nick@wickedgrounds.com.
TICKETING:
$30 suggested. We offer multiple price points, so that cost is not a barrier to attendance. Choose the level you can comfortably afford.
https://forbiddentickets.com/events/wicked-grounds/18000aeee4

ONLINE: When No Means Yes: Exploring Consensual Non-Consent with Jamie Joy
2026-08-10 18:00 - 20:00
Consensual Non-Consent (CNC) is an exhilarating and often misunderstood facet of sex and kink. This interactive workshop delves into the psychological dynamics, ethical considerations, and practical tools that make CNC play consensual and fulfilling for everyone involved. Together, we’ll discuss how to negotiate boundaries, build trust, and maintain safety while embracing the power of surrender and control.
Learn how to explore all the diverse styles of CNC play, including physical resistance, role play scenarios like kidnapping and interrogation, orgasm control, medical fetishes, coercion, blackmail, forced intoxication, incest play, cuckholding, bimbofication, fuck toys, service, seduction, and more. Whether you’re curious about incorporating CNC into your dynamic or looking to deepen your understanding, this workshop offers insights and guidance to approach this edge play with confidence and care. Come discover how BDSM can be used as a powerful tool for healing!
PRESENTER:
Jamie Joy (they/them) is a queer trans Jewish certified sex educator and hungry slut for freaky fantasies. Their life and work is committed to spreading joy, consent, and pleasure through community orgynizing. They have been educating on a wide range of topics related to sex and sexuality for the past 10+ years with experience in K-12 schools, health clinics, college campuses, adult sex shops, national conferences, BDSM dungeons, non-profits, community organizations, and more. Jamie Joy loves to stay up late, throw an unforgettable party, and teach people about the wonders of fisting and fire play. They are always excited to connect and collaborate – find them on Instagram @thebadjewboy or their website www.jamiejoy.com
Jamie Joy (they/them) is a queer trans Jewish certified sex educator and hungry slut for freaky fantasies. Their life and work is committed to spreading joy, consent, and pleasure through community orgynizing. Jamie Joy loves to stay up late, throw an unforgettable party, and teach people about the wonders of fisting and fire play. They are always excited to connect and collaborate – find them on Instagram @thebadjewboy or their website www.jamiejoy.com
TICKETING:
https://forbiddentickets.com/events/wicked-grounds/0723e71917

SF: Improv for Kinksters with Psychokitty
2026-08-11 19:00 - 21:00 | Trellis Coworking and Events, 981 Mission St, San Francisco, CA, 94103, United States
Have you ever been ready in a scene, fully decked out in a sexy costume along with your partner, but you had trouble making up words to say? Then this workshop is perfect!
After a short introduction, we will explore improv exercises to build and develop skills that you can bring back to your own scenes. Character play builds upon words you can bring. These are exercises to start you on the road to the right sexy words for your scene.
This is a learning-by-doing workshop. Class participation is highly encouraged.
PRESENTER:
Ryan PsychoKitty is a performance artist and improv actor, starting at the Annoyance Theater of Improv of Chicago in the late 90s and has performed in New York, San Francisco, London, Kobe, and Osaka, with performance images in Skin Two. He has presented classes at the SF Citadel, Shibaricon, TNG4, Boundless, and others.
He is the host of the new Dirty Talk Game Show here in San Francisco, a former host of Shibaricon in Chicago, is one of the founders of Wicked Grounds.
TICKETING:
Space is limited to no more than 20 attendees, so advanced ticketing is strongly recommended.
Tickets: $20 – $40 in advance, or $30 – $60 at the door. Please pay at the level you can comfortably afford.
https://forbiddentickets.com/events/wicked-grounds/17b04b7219

ONLINE: Sharp Sensations: The Art of Straight Razor Shaves with Eva Heart
2026-08-12 18:00 - 20:00
Unlock the intimacy, precision, and thrill of straight razor shaving! From the satisfying glide of the blade to the trust built between partners, this class covers technique, negotiation, safety, and aftercare to create a smooth and exhilarating experience.
PRESENTER:
Miss_Eva (She/Ella) has been rooted in the UT kink community since 2019. A sadistic switch with a tongue sharper than her eyeliner, she brings humor, precision, and intensity to every space she teaches in. As a Disabled Latine woman, she is fiercely committed to intersectional, accessible, and inclusive kink education. She has taught a wide range of classes across Utah and is widely recognized as a community leader, organizer, and educator.
She has organized skill-shares, countless mutual aid projects, facilitated peer groups, and consulted for local orgs on accessibility and event safety. She is also the creator of a community access kit, an ever-growing set of tools venues can rent to make their spaces more inclusive for attendees of all ability levels.
Above all, Miss Eva teaches from the belief that kink is a place where power becomes possibility; a space where laughter, risk, tenderness, and desire shape something holy at the edges of our bodies.
TICKETING:
https://forbiddentickets.com/events/wicked-grounds/38532ea7ec

LA: Welcome to the LA Scene with Killmeat Nick
2026-08-14 18:00 - 20:00
New to the Los Angeles scene? Perhaps you’re just getting started adventuring into the public kink scene or kink overall?
This new Kink 101 class gives you the basics on the LA-area BDSM scene, and is perfect whether you’re new to kink, new to the public scene, or want to learn more about local BDSM play and education. Join us for this quick orientation to the local kink scene. This session is perfect for folks who are making their first brave steps into the local scene. This class is also a perfect intro to etiquette and protocols if you’re planning to get involved with local play parties and organizations.
INSTRUCTOR:
Killmeat Nick (any pronouns) is the Events Manager for Wicked Grounds, educator, and host offering Emcee-ing, kink tasters, and performance. Dungeon Monitor with kink-aware CPR and bloodborne pathogen training. A queer trans gender transcend-er, erotic scholar, actor, model, legacy clown, and Emotional Support Animal. Entranced by kink via Folsom Street Fair in 2015, active in the SF Bay Area scene since 2018, educator since 2021, and active in the LA scene since 2023. With over 10 years of navigating kink and the queer community, their direct communication and connection driven practice has developed into a Community Restoration Specialist role.
TICKETING:
https://forbiddentickets.com/events/wicked-grounds/068f5b0977
Tickets: $20 – $50 in advance, or $30 – $60 at the door. Please pay at

LA: Wicked Grounds Play Lab: Spark! with ​Electro Girly
2026-08-14 20:00 - 22:00
Wicked Grounds Play Lab: Spark!
​Play Lab is a kinky skill share, come indulge in your passions or learn something new!
​This month’s topic: Spark with Electro Girly
Step into the charged world of everything electro play— from mesmerizing violet wands that blends sensation, sound, and light into one electrifying experience, to invigorating E-stims, to crackling Tazzappers, and beyond. Get to know the range of sensations electricity can offer. Transforming touch to be wicked, seductive, and just the right kind of cruel—offering a range of sensations that are as playful as they are intense.
​An immersive experience for all skill levels.
Join us for this community-forward collaborative space where we tackle a different topic each month.
​Bring your favorite gear, tools and toys if you have them. If you don’t have a thing or are just starting out, bring an open mind and a willingness to soak it all in.
​We welcome those of all experience levels! Curious newbies and seasoned kinksters alike can come together to build knowledge and practice in a casual setting. To keep things open to folks at all experience levels, this space will be both sex positive and sex free.
​Our hosts and space monitors will be present to provide assistance and create a safer container for us to play and explore. (If you are an experienced kink practitioner interested in volunteering for free or reduced entry, contact nick@wickedgrounds.com for vetting.)
​Here’s a look at our schedule:

6:30: Doors open
7:00: Host presentation
7:15: DOORS CLOSE (Please pre-plan for transport and parking, see below for more info)
7:15 – 7:30: Review of rules and guidelines, toys and gear show-and-tell
7:30 – 8: Group negotiation
8 – 9: Conversation, mingling, practice, kinky games, demos, and more!
9:30: Lights on, clean up, everyone out

​Rules & Guidelines

Advice and feedback require consent granted unless it is a safety concern, in which case inform a space monitor or host
No critique without a compliment, stay constructive without judgement
Sex (any sort of hand, mouth, genital, etc. to genital contact with intent to arouse) is not permitted (at this event)
We ask that genitals be covered, however uncovered nipples are permitted
No phones or photography allowed for the duration of this event
Voyeurism is permitted, please watch and expect to be watched!
FWB space etiquette review

ABOUT OUR HOST:
​Electro Girly is an Educator, performer, event coordinator and Pro Dom at Sanctuary Studios in Los Angeles whose specialty and passion is electro play. She entered the kink scene in 2017 and discovered electro play in 2021, quickly dedicating herself to the craft with intensity and focus. Starting with demo and taster booths, she fell in love with introducing people to the spark of electricity—the way their curiosity turned to excitement and understanding as sensation transformed into connection. That joy now fuels her work as a teacher, where she leads classes on the violet wand with a blend of technical skill, embodied presence, and femme Dom power. Her approach balances precision and creativity with safety and care, creating space for students to explore the charged interplay of pain and pleasure, push their limits in consent-forward ways, and tap into kink as a language of empowerment and intimacy.
​TICKETING:
​Tickets: $30-$50 in advance or at the door. Please pay at the level you can comfortably afford.
https://forbiddentickets.com/events/wicked-grounds/a6abca925d

ONLINE: Sustainable Dominance: Managing Capacity in Long-Term Leadership with Aidan Sunassee
2026-08-15 11:00 - 13:00
Long-term dominance asks a great deal of a person. While maintaining a dynamic is a shared responsibility, many Doms choose to carry a significant share of the structure, planning, co-regulation, and day-to-day care that keeps it running. Over time, that responsibility can become exhausting, particularly if they feel expected to remain endlessly capable, composed, and available.
This class focuses on the emotional and practical work of sustaining authority over time, without falling into the dreaded pit of burnout. We will discuss decision fatigue, Dom drop, resentment, inconsistent capacity, unrealistic expectations, and the pressure to be “the stable one” through every demand life places upon you and yours.
You will learn ways to communicate boundaries and capacity clearly, receive support, and build systems that involve submissive partners in maintaining the relationship they are also part of. If you’re a D-type who loves holding responsibility (perhaps a little too much), an s-type who wants to learn more about D-type burnout, or anywhere in between, this is the class for you!
PRESENTER:
Aidan Sunassee (he/him) is a certified sexologist, educator, researcher, and active member of the kink community. His facilitation style is trauma-aware, grounded in inclusive practices, and informed by both personal experience and academic research. He is dedicated to bridging the gap between academic knowledge and lived experience, creating spaces where community voices are centered, respected, and empowered. Aidan is affiliated with the APA Division 44 Taskforce on Kink and BDSM, serves on the board and research team of TASHRA, and teaches with the Center for Positive Sexuality. His independent research explores how pleasure and power exchange intersect with healing in kink spaces and dynamics. Beyond his research, he has developed and led community education programs on kink, consent, trauma awareness, and ethical non-monogamy.
At the core of his approach is a belief that academic knowledge and lived truth must meet and challenge each other.
TICKETING:
$30 suggested. We offer several price points, so that cost is less of a barrier to attendance. Please pay at the level you can comfortably afford.
https://forbiddentickets.com/events/wicked-grounds/f1689c15e9

ONLINE: DIY Power Dynamics with Empress Oxblood
2026-08-15 14:00 - 16:00
When you hear the term “Dominant/submissive relationship” a specific image may come to mind: a leather-clad domme with a high-heeled boot on her bound and gagged submissive’s back or perhaps a handler leading their masked pet around on a leash made of heavy chains.
There’s a reason these aesthetics captivate. They’re sexy, dangerous, intriguing, and spark something deep and primal.
But what if none of that works for you? Where do you fit in? Join Empress Oxblood as we strip away the leather, unhook the leash, remove the collar, and explore the core skills you actually need to DIY a dynamic that’s unique to you. Whether you’re casually interested, completely new, or an experienced player, you’re invited to discover your own power (or lack thereof).
PRESENTERS:
Empress Oxblood (she/her) brings a bright, nurturing touch to even the most sadistic of scenes. She’s a pervertable witch, Trickster Goddess, and mischievous dominant who fucks a lot of trans women. She is the proud owner of her service dog, nadya oxblood, and serves as the treasurer for Sex Positive Portland, operations lead for Carnal Abyss, and an educator for Hitchin’ Bitches PDX.
nadya oxblood (she/her) is a writer, activist, submissive, and all-around dumb slut who seeks stillness through bondage and calm through pain. when she’s not serving on her knees or exploring the outer limits of what trans bodies can do, she likes to gaze longingly out the window and wonder why she’s like this.
TICKETING:
$30 suggested; sliding scale available for accessibility. Please pay at the level you can comfortably afford.
https://forbiddentickets.com/events/wicked-grounds/b0b8b0c076

ONLINE: What Now? Responding to Consent Injuries with Sir Panda
2026-08-16 14:00 - 16:00
We talk a lot about what consent is, and how to reach good consent in play and with partners. Yet consent injuries happen all the time. What happens after things go wrong, and a consent incident shakes up a person, a couple, or a community?
This class will briefly touch on what consent is and how to secure it – then go beyond and examine how to best react when a consent incident touches us. Let’s consider how we handle it as a stranger, a friend, or an event host. We’ll look at some recommended responses including caring for the harmed, incident reporting, and consequences such as apologies, punishments, and restorative justice.
PRESENTER:
Sir-Panda (he/him) is a polyamorous Dominant living in the Kansas City metro area. He has been a kink educator since he began teaching consent and BDSM basics at Seattle’s Center for Sex Positive Culture (CSPC) in 2011. Today he especially focuses on the mental and relationship aspects of kink, drawing on over 17 years of experience and a passion for research. Sir Panda has taught for Leather Reign, the Kink Center, Pragmatic Kink, Wicked Grounds, and the Venusian Society. He has served in various community roles over the years including event planner, party host, house top, support group facilitator, and Program Lead for KinkFest 2023. Sir Panda is a lifestyle coach, a consent advocate, a Mental Health First Aider, and a member of the Social Psychology Network.
Find him on FetLife as Sir-Panda or Instagram and Substack as RealSirPanda. To learn more or book a personal consultation, please visit www.dsoutreach.com.
TICKETING:
$30 suggested. We offer multiple price points, so that cost is not a barrier to attendance. Choose the level you can comfortably afford.
https://forbiddentickets.com/events/wicked-grounds/8b356d2ce2

ONLINE: Hypnokink 101 with Faun
2026-08-17 18:00 - 20:00
Get to know the kink that is limited only by your imagination, hypnosis! Requiring no physical interaction or any equipment aside from your very own mind, hypnokink is highly accessible, tailored especially to your desires, and can be done solo or partnered. Hypnosis can be entirely non-sexual and Safe For Work, while also resulting in euphoric levels of pleasure. If this tantalizes you, allow me to introduce you to the beauty that is hypnokink!
In this class, we’ll discuss basic hypnosis practices and how they can benefit you, while exploring specifics about how we can interact with hypnokink from any position or role without compromising boundaries or comfort levels. The class is open to all, so if you or a loved one is curious about hypnosis or just want to explore something new, please come join us!
PRESENTER:
Faun (he/him) is a smut writer and kink educator from the Pacific Northwest. Despite knowing he was firmly on the ace spectrum in his teenage years, he always felt that something was missing. One day, he stumbled upon a website chock full of hypnokinky stories, and the rest is history. Now, he hopes to help others find their own niche in the kink community by sharing what he’s learned through study and experience. You can find him on AO3 and tumblr as spiraledfaun, and on Fet as deerfaun.
TICKETING:
$20 – $40 in advance. Please pay at the level you can comfortably afford.
https://forbiddentickets.com/events/wicked-grounds/f162c58926

ONLINE: Bottom Responsibility: Agency, Accountability, and Risk Literacy in Kink with Sarai
2026-08-18 18:00 - 20:00
Bottoming is not passive, and submission is not a waiver. This course confronts the cultural tendency to outsource responsibility to Tops while treating bottom education as optional. Using psychological frameworks including learned helplessness, authority bias, and cognitive avoidance, alongside real-world scenarios, we examine how unexamined conditioning, deference to erotic authority, and avoidance of risk literacy contribute to unsafe dynamics, misattributed harm, and repeated community conflict. We also address the distinction between regret and consent violation, how harm narratives get distorted when decision-making is omitted from the story, and why an educated bottom is significantly harder to exploit than an uninformed one.
This class is designed for bottoms who are willing to show up informed, self-aware, and accountable. It is not a validation space and does not center comfort. Participants may find their assumptions challenged and their feelings tested. Come prepared, or don’t come at all. Growth requires honesty, and honesty can sting, but it also saves lives, relationships, and communities.
PRESENTER:
Sarai311 (any/all) is a BIPOC kink educator, poet, and event organizer with a decade of experience across classroom and community learning spaces. She brings eight years of formal teaching and three years of active kink engagement into her work, blending curriculum design, emotionally grounded facilitation, and embodied pedagogy. A doctoral candidate, her research on identity development and culturally relevant pedagogy directly informs her kink education practice.
Within the kink community, she has served as a Dungeon Monitor, demo bottom, and board member for Whippersnappers TNG, and is the founder and lead organizer of BIPOC at Frolicon. She presents across the Southeast at events including Frolicon, Southeast Leatherfest, and Dark Odyssey, and has been published thrice in Black Leather in Color Magazine. Sarai311 is also the author of ‘What We Could Never Be’ and ‘Unholy Attachments’, and is known for creating spaces where kink, identity, and intentional self-exploration can safely coexist.
TICKETING:
$20 – $40 in advance. Please pay at the level you can comfortably afford.
https://forbiddentickets.com/events/wicked-grounds/6c953c13eb

ONLINE: Grounding and Centering for Kinksters: An Introduction to Defining Space and Self with HG Wyndell
2026-08-19 18:00 - 20:00
There is deep power in being rooted with purpose, with intimate awareness of yourself and the currents of the intended scene. In the bedroom, creating a container separate from the doldrums of daily life can create more meaningful and satisfying play. At a public play event, it is particularly important to be able to define the boundaries of both ourselves and the space for a scene, to keep that which is outside the scene outside, and mind your splash zone.
In this class, we will learn techniques for being present within your own body for better play and creating containers for fulfilling scenes.
PRESENTER:
HG Wyndell is an activist, educator, and Spiritworker who is driven to facilitate accessible ritual spaces for folks seeking access to more deeply nourishing relationships with themselves and others. They are committed to living life through a lens of wonder, and in our experience, they don’t mess around when it comes to embracing the complex beingness of whoever is blessed to be in their presence and consideration. They weave their lived experiences with intentional relationship, genuine gender expression, ceremony, creative arts, chronic illness, and embracing pleasure seamlessly with a whole lot of love and a good bit of magic into the rich curriculum they offer.
TICKETING:
https://forbiddentickets.com/events/wicked-grounds/adc5102b17

Diving Deep Discovering and Voicing Erotic Desires - A Six Week Course with Miriam Green
2026-11-01 18:00 - 2026-12-14 18:00
The first step in negotiating is voicing what we want. But many of us run into challenges: What do I want? As I figure that out, how do I feel safe talking out loud about my desires?
This six week course is designed to help kinksters and other erotic adventurers get un-stuck around our evolving desires and how to ask for them. This work is perfect for anyone launching a new phase in their erotic journeys (or feeling stuck in an old phase).

Engage in a journey of self-discovery

This six week course is designed to help kinksters and other erotic adventurers get un-stuck around our evolving desires and how to ask for them. This work is perfect for anyone launching a new phase in their erotic journeys (or feeling stuck in an old phase).
Together, we’ll explore:
Discovering and honoring what turns you on
Safely exploring kink and other edgy forms of eroticism
Trying new skills in the bedroom and beyond
Deepening your insights into your own desires
Disentangling from others’ erotic projections
Finding your voice and speaking freely
Sharing the desires you’re afraid to voice

About Miriam Green

Miriam Green has been in the public kink scene for over twenty years in the Austin, Houston, and San Francisco scenes. They teach a series of KINK 101 classes on the SF kink community, BDSM negotiations, and dating while kinky. They also are the owner of Wicked Grounds, San Francisco’s leader in BDSM education and community building.
How we’ll engage
The six week course will run live from November 1 – December 14, 2026.
This class will include six total weeks of content and homework, three 90-minute live online group sessions on Monday evenings (all recorded for later participation if needed), and at least one half-hour individual consult with instructor Miriam Green. (Our class tiers include the option to add more consulting for your own journey.)
Our three 90-minute live group sessions will be offered via Zoom on Monday, November 2; Monday, November 23; and Monday, December 7 – all at 6pm Pacific time.
Sessions will be recorded for later viewing or for those who cannot attend the sessions live.
Is this course for you?

Do you get stuck when asked “what do you want in intimate relationships?”
Are you uncomfortable telling partners about your desires and kinks?
Have you been doing the same thing for a long time and want to find new routes to eroticism?
Do you want a deep understanding of the physical and psychological responses you have to kink?
Do you want to connect deeply with others?

Then yes: this course is for you!
Previous students say …
“Knowing why you do kink is the most valuable asset any kinkster can have, moreso than any technique or toy on the market. Mir’s inclusive framework and expansive knowledge base create an amazing sandbox for players to explore what makes them tick and how to better pursue it. Whether you’ve been playing for five minutes or fifty years, this class is a game-changer!” – Ari Can-Do
TICKETING:
https://wickedgroundsannex.teachable.com/p/diving-deep-discovering-and-voicing-your-desires_2026
