CHEERS: Adele Lisa waiting patiently for Le Boutique Bazaar at London Fetish Weekend 2019 (Photo: Gothic Image, from the Spring edition of LBB)
London Fetish Weekend 2019 preview: 11 events over four days
London Fetish Weekend 2019 arrives at the beginning of October with a four-day, 11-event programme of old favourites and new additions. As this September cover preview reveals, events include a new play party, two nights of Fetish Theatre, two Fetish Archive dates and two fairs – London Alternative Market and Le Boutique Bazaar – boasting a total of 80 exhibitors! Saturday night’s main event, the LFW Dollhouse Ball at Scala, is a collaboration between Team Absolute and ZDR. Read on for detailed schedule plus full LAM and LBB exhibitor lists to help you shop! Banner image by Chasing Tigers: Zara DuRose at June’s Pleasure In Atlantis party
London Fetish Weekend returns on the first weekend of October to provide a programme of eleven events spread across four days from October 3 to 6.
This year’s programme combines some familiar events with some new additions brought about by changes in the fetish events landscape since last October’s LFW.
LONDON FETISH WEEKEND 2019 OVERVIEW
The popular Fetish Theatre kicks off this year’s festivities with a show on Thursday (and another on Friday) at The Hen & Chickens Theatre, Highbury Corner.
Both nights will include video highlights of the award-winning movie shorts from the first London Fetish Film Festival, which took place at the same venue back in June.
Club Subversion’s closure in November (after the loss to cancer of close collaborator Dave PlayPenz) means that Friday’s traditional Subversion LFW Special has gone.
In its place is a new Friday play event called the Absolute Mischief Play Party, taking place at a secret London SE1 venue.
This year, there will only be one official LFW Saturday night party — the London Fetish Weekend Ball: Dollhouse at Scala, Kings Cross, in collaboration with Zara DuRose’s ZDR Events.
Main event of the weekend, Dollhouse will feature top fetish scene DJs, plus performances by Mistress Amrita and Giada Da Vinci, Constance Peach, Topanga Love and more.
LFW’s organisers have asked us to point out that any other London fetish parties advertised for Saturday Oct 5 are not part of London Fetish Weekend.
Following fetish scene contributions to the Fetish Archive at Bishopsgate Institute, London Fetish Weekend 2019 is hosting two events at the Institute.
First, on Friday, is Fetish Archive Kinky Drinkies, an evening of archive-related fun and a chance to test your knowledge of UK fetish scene history.
Among the quiz questions are brain-teasers on fetish and celebrity from The Fetishistas!
The following afternoon sees a Fetish Archive Kinky Drop In at the same venue — handy for those who couldn’t make it on Friday.
In a move that some may view as controversial, London Alternative Market (LAM), which traditionally happens on the Saturday afternoon of London Fetish Weekend, has now spread its wings to include Sunday too, meaning its second day will run in parallel with Le Boutique Bazaar (LBB).
At publication time, the two fairs are listing around 80 exhibitors between them. Of these, 32 are showing only at LAM, and 30 are showing only at LBB.
Most of LAM’s 40 exhibitors are showing on Saturday, with only about half as many showing on Sunday, including seven that are there on Sunday only.
In addition, eight of the brands showing at LAM on Saturday only then move to LBB on Sunday.
In the interests of clarity, at the end of this article you will find exhibitor lists (correct at publication time) for both markets so you can see exactly which labels you can catch on which days at which venues during the weekend.
Incidentally, the two venues are only 10-15 minutes apart (walking and taking the Northern Line two stops from Bank to Old Street) so it’s perfectly feasible to spend some time at both fairs on Sunday afternoon if you can’t fit LAM in on Saturday.
LAM’s LFW expansion means it is now offering fetish vending and (free) workshops on both days, as well as a new Cabaret evening on Saturday before the LFW Dollhouse Ball kicks off at 10pm.
LAM’s Revolution venue will also be the location for the LFW winding-up After Party on Sunday 6.
Six different weekend passes are available for various combinations of dates, tastes and budgets, all of which offer savings compared with the cost of buying individual tickets for the same events.
Prices for the packages range from £37 for the Rag Doll Pass which gets you a day at both fetish markets plus a night out at Saturday’s Ball, up to Poly-Anna’s Primary Pass at £160, which covers everything.
Individual ticket prices range from free for the Fetish Archive Drop In, and £5 for a couple of the Revolution Bar events and Le Boutique Bazaar (if reserved via the LBB Facebook page), up to £60 for a couple’s ticket to the Ball.
All weekend passes and individual event tickets are subject to booking fees.
GLADIATRIXES: Mistress Amrita and Giada Da Vinci will perform at LFW Ball (photo: Tony Mitchell)
FULL LONDON FETISH WEEKEND 2019 SCHEDULE OCT 3-6
And now, a breakdown of the full LFW 2019 programme, in date/time order…
THURSDAY OCTOBER 3
FETISH THEATRE at LFW 2018 (photo: Bobette)
Fetish Theatre #14: The House
(First night)
They say: ‘A dramatically kinky, deviously playful and beautifully voyeuristic fetish stage production, for kinksters who appreciate the theatre, art and aesthetic of fetish culture’
Times: Doors 8.30pm; Show 9.30pm–11pm
Venue: Hen & Chickens Theatre, 109 St Paul’s Rd, London, N1 2NA
Nearest tube: Highbury & Islington
Tickets: £15 plus £1.50 membership in advance
Dresscode: Optional
Bonus feature: A short video with highlights of the award-winning entries from the first London Fetish Film Festival will be screened before and after the performance, and in the interval
FRIDAY OCTOBER 4
KINKY DRINKIES includes quirky quiz time
Fetish Archive Kinky Drinkies
They say: ‘Be part of fetish history! Browse the Archives, deposit items in the ‘Archive Amnesty’, sign up to record your stories for the oral fetish history collection and test your kink knowledge to win some wonderfully kinky prizes’
Times: 6.30pm–9.30pm
Venue: Bishopsgate Institute, 230 Bishopsgate, London, EC2M 4QH
Nearest tube: Liverpool Street
Tickets: Advance £4.50 (includes entry, welcome drink and booking fee); door £5
Dresscode: optional
Bonus feature: Kinky Quiz questions set by Fetishistas editor Tony Mitchell, Ishmael Skyes of The Firm, Mistress Absolute and Archive curator Stef
Fetish Theatre #14: The House
(Second night)
They say: ‘A dramatically kinky, deviously playful and beautifully voyeuristic fetish stage production, for kinksters who appreciate the theatre, art and aesthetic of fetish culture’
Times: Doors 8.30pm; Show 9.30pm–11pm
Venue: Hen & Chickens Theatre, 109 St Paul’s Rd, London, N1 2NA
Nearest tube: Highbury & Islington
Tickets: £20 plus £1.50 membership in advance
Dresscode: Optional
Bonus feature: A short video with highlights of the award-winning entries from the first London Fetish Film Festival will be screened before and after the performance, and in the interval
Absolute Mischief Play Party
They say: ‘A deviant, intimate play party over two floors, not suitable for first-timers. Lots of equipment but bring your own toys. Play will be debauched and filthy and there will be dungeon monitors keeping an eye on the proceedings ’
Times: 10pm–3am
Venue: Secret address in SE1
Nearest tube: London Bridge
Tickets: Advance only £20 – £28
Dresscode: Strict fetish or minimum all-black. No jeans/cotton suits/streetwear/fancy dress.
DJs: Simon Iridium and Mr X
SATURDAY OCTOBER 5
VINTAGE: see Second Coming at LAM, Sat (MGB)
London Alternative Market (LAM) Day 1
They say: ‘Shopping, free workshops and socialising. An opportunity to see the latest fetish and alternative clothing and accessories’
Times: 12pm–7pm
Venue: Revolution, 140-144 Leadenhall Street, London, EC3V 4QT
Nearest tubes: Bank, Monument, Liverpool Street & Aldgate
Tickets: £10 in advance (incl booking fee); £10 on the door; ) £14 advance supersaver for both days.
Dresscode: Optional
Exhibitors: See separate exhibitor list. Note: there will be more vendors on the first day, with some moving to Le Boutique Bazaar on Day 2.
Bonus feature: Screening of a Fashion Video shot around famous London landmarks by Hyder Images and Dani of Elegance and Violence, featuring seven LAM designers and various models
SATURDAY OCTOBER 5 CONT’D
Fetish Archive Drop In
They say: ‘If you missed Kinky Drinkies on Oct 4, pop in between 1pm and 6pm today to peruse the collection and drop off any items for the Archive Amnesty’
Times: 1pm–6pm
Venue: Bishopsgate Institute, 230 Bishopsgate, London, EC2M 4QH
Nearest tube: Liverpool Street
Tickets: Free — no ticket required
Dresscode: Optional
LAM Cabaret: Kabaretkönigen
They say: ‘Cabaret from the Weimar Republic to the present day, featuring Polly Hardon – a fun, bawdy and sexy evening, with audience participation’
Times: Doors 7pm; performances from 8pm; drinks until 9.30pm
Venue: Revolution, 140-144 Leadenhall Street, London, EC3V 4QT
Nearest tubes: Bank, Monument, Liverpool Street & Aldgate
Tickets: £5 standing/unreserved seating; £10 in advance for guaranteed seating
Dresscode: Optional
BALL Mistresses Absolute & Zara DuRose (DM85)
London Fetish Weekend Ball: Dollhouse
They say: ‘Main event of the weekend, co-hosted by Zara DuRose’s ZDR Events and Team Absolute, with dollhouse theme. Four floors of kinky debauchery’
Times: 10pm–6am
Venue: Scala, 275 Pentonville Road, Kings Cross, London N1 9NL
Nearest tube: Kings Cross
Tickets: Couple £60/70; Single £33/37
Dresscode: Fetish — make an effort! No jeans/trainers/streetwear/office suits/full nudity.
DJs: Heleness, Rocket Riyad, Peter Von Sleaze, Jamie Moon.
Performers: Mistress Amrita & Giada Da Vinci, Constance Peach, Topanga Love
SUNDAY OCTOBER 6
London Alternative Market (LAM) Day 2
They say: ‘Shopping, free workshops and socialising. An opportunity to see the latest fetish and alternative clothing and accessories’
Times: 12pm–7pm
Venue: Revolution, 140-144 Leadenhall Street, London, EC3V 4QT
Nearest tubes: Bank, Monument, Liverpool Street & Aldgate
Tickets: £10 in advance (incl booking fee); £10 on door; ) £14 advance supersaver both days.
Dresscode: Optional
Exhibitors: see separate exhibitor list. Note: there are fewer LAM vendors today than Saturday, with some moving to Le Boutique Bazaar for Sunday.
Bonus feature: Screening of a Fashion Video shot around famous London landmarks by Hyder Images and Dani of Elegance and Violence, featuring seven LAM designers and various models
Le Boutique Bazaar
BERLIN label Foguelina debuts at October’s LBB
They say: ‘LBB will play host to designers (including many new ones) specialising in custom latex, corsetry, extravagant millinery, handmade lingerie, luxury leather and avant-garde couture. A fashion-focused atmosphere and many ‘on the day’ discounts’
Times: 1pm–7pm
Venue: For Your Eyes Only, 23 City Road, London EC1Y 1AG
Nearest tube: Old Street
Tickets: £5 in advance (within Weekend Pass or via LBB’s Facebook page), or £10 on door
Dresscode: Optional
Exhibitors: See separate exhibitor list. Most exhibitors are unique to LBB but a few move here today after doing Saturday’s LAM.
After Party
They say: ‘The closing party for the weekend — a little soiree in the basement in the old bank vaults. Have a little play or just meet up for a drink with new and old fetish friends’
Times: 7pm–11pm
Venue: Revolution, 140-144 Leadenhall Street, London EC3V 4QT
Nearest tubes: Bank, Monument, Liverpool Street & Aldgate
Tickets: Advance £5 with LAM ticket/£10 w/out. Door £10 with LAM ticket/£15 w/out
Dresscode: Smart all-black at minimum
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Individual event tickets can be purchased via each event’s page on the LFW website
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