GERMAN FETISH BALL 2023: USER GUIDE

Note that the ticket for the Fair covers both days of the event.

During its final booking period, the Fair boosted its exhibitor total from 26 to 32 stands, allowing the venue’s first floor to be opened up to some stands once again.

The exhibitor list correct at May 14 is displayed in the panel below. All stands are on the ground floor unless tagged F1, indicating a first floor location.

The Fair is a non-dresscode event, but fetish attire is welcome, and a proportion of visitors always seem to enjoy the opportunity to wear their kinky hearts on their sleeves by dressing up for this daytime shopathon.

store The Code, hosting its Dark Disco Prisma-Floor with DJs B777, Lupo Manero b2b Tomer Almog, and Freudenthal.

There will be performances at KitKat by: Superfly 1.3% (suspension), Martini Cherry Furter, Lolita Va Voom, Princess Tweedle Needle and Mademoiselle Opossum.

One controversial change FGR host Martin Pelzer has announced for this year is that no photography at all will be allowed inside the party venue.

“We’re all getting photographed enough at GFB weekend,” he told us, “and we had the feeling that we need a party where you can get shitfaced or do the naughty stuff without being photographed and published for everyone to see.”

Authorised photographers this year will only be able shoot the queue outside if they want to document partygoers and their outfits. It will be interesting in due course to learn how workable this turns out to be! 

A special mention must also go to Dan Miga Designs, the Dallas-based latex and leather label making its European debut at this year’s Ball. Americans who show at these events tend to go large or not at all, and Dan and his partner, legendary fetish model/designer/fetish promoter Angela Ryan, have assembled a catwalk crew that pretty much guarantees that large is how will go.

With personalities like Ginger Page, Jean Bardot, Evilyn13, Johanna Constatine, DJ Panemonium, Ruby Alexia, Tish Marie and Brent Man joining Dan and Angela on the runway, how could it not?!

In addition to the designers, the three solo performers appearing on the Ball stage are FetishGuerilla cabaret favourite Evilyn Frantic, circus performer/poledancer Eva Clumsy and dancer/aerial acrobat Tania Giovo.

The shows will be introduced this year by new mistress of ceremonies Dea Levina (aka Lady Tara), an experienced hypnotherapist and longtime BDSM scenester who styles herself a ‘mental dominatrix’. Here’s hoping for a mesmerising appearance!

As usual, the Ball will have two dancefloors, with Hedo providing electro in the Main space and DJ Alf and his personal DJane serving up ’80s and gothic sounds in the Club space.

And fingers crossed for warm weather on Saturday 20, as it will make all the difference to the potential enjoyment of the outdoor bar and seating areas that have always been a major attraction of the Spindler & Klatt offering.

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