Kinky Camps
We collect kinky campouts and retreats of interest to Northern California kinksters.
There are also some more private events, not listed here.
This list also excludes the many indoor conferences.
It is in approximately chronological order.
All these are residential, with some outdoor and/or retreat feel. Some are rustic, others in cabins. Some are potluck, others are catered. Some have a process for vetting attendees. Most/all require advance registration, and many fill up.
M/s Retreat.
Focuses on Master/slave identified people and relationships.
Inclusive. About equal numbers gay or straight. More couples / partnered folk than single.
March or April, Fri-Sun.
Saratoga Springs (2 hours north of SF).
Since 2011. Usually sells out.
Wonderful for those living power dynamic, M/s, or D/s relationships.
Cabins, or bunkhouses.
MsRetreat.org (was MasterSlaveRetreat.org hijacked)
fetlife.com/groups/31858
Our notes are at http://edukink.org/annual#MsRetreat
Golden Gate Guards: Springtime in Yosemite.
In May.
Mostly gay male.
GGGuards.com
Back to Nature (BTN).
Apparently straight or pansexual.
May - September; about six monthly weekend events, 2-3 days.
75 miles NE of Sacramento.
Attendees are vetted.
fetlife.com/groups/17975
groups.yahoo.com/group/backtonatureparties
Camp Crucible.
Pansexual.
May - June, Memorial Day week, nine days of camp for four days vacation.
Has lots of theme sb-camps, including Pony Camp.
Philadelphia - Washington DC area.
CampCrucible.com
fetlife.com/groups/1427
Boot Camp.
All gay male.
June, 3-4 days. Since 1989.
Saratoga Springs (2 hours north of SF).
Must be a member or guest of The 15 Association.
A relaxing, intense, challenging, fun and transformative time.
Boot Camp has its own traditions, histories, running jokes and legends.
Great players, great play equipment, great food.
Cabins, bunkhouses, or tents.
The15association.org
Desire.
All women.
June, Fri-Mon.
Palm Springs. Hotel.
DesireLeatherWomen.org
fetlife.com/groups/2109
Dark Odyssey: Fusion.
Pansexual.
June.
Northern Maryland.
fetlife.com/groups/756
DarkOdyssey.com
fetlife.com/groups/30606
Howl, by TGIFresno.
Women only. Twisted Cedar Estate, near Portland, Oregon. Started 2011. 1-2 nights.
pdxBadGirls.net/howl
fetlife.com/events/172940 2013 event
leatherati.com/2013/04/bad-girls-of-portland
Camp Perv, by TGIFresno.
Apparently straight or pan.
Late July, Thu-Sun.
Outside Oakhust, CA.
fetlife.com/groups/6391
TGIFresno.org
Camp Spanky.
Pansexual.
July.
Southern California.
fetlife.com/groups/8199
groups.yahoo.com/group/Camp_Spanky_of_Southern_California
Gear Up.
All gay male.
July, Thu-Sun. Since 2011.
Saratoga Springs (2 hours north of SF).
Similar to LLW, except all male.
Reputation for drawing many younger guys, both new and experienced.
A lot of cruising and sex.
A welcoming brotherhood. Very popular.
Cabins, bunkhouses, or tents.
GearUpWeekend.com
fetlife.com/groups/33203
TransCampOUT.
Focuses on the trans spectrum - people outside the gender binary.
July.
West Virginia.
TransCampOut.org
fetlife.com/groups/8761
fetlife.com/groups/2633/group_posts/2786300 one fan's notes
Dirty Playground.
Queer/trans. Outside Portland, Oregon.
Tent camping or floor crashing.
Summer camp tarted 2013, bi-monthly in-city party started 2012.
fetlife.com/groups/45850
fetlife.com/users/1247609
fetlife.com/events/175845
TwistedCedarEstate.com
LLW (Leather Levi Weekend).
All queer (LGBTIQ).
Four days (Thu-Sun), usually second weekend of August. Since 2001.
Saratoga Springs (2 hours north of SF).
Welcoming, relaxed, diverse, accepting, hot. Very popular.
Cabins, bunkhouses, or tents.
Our extensive personal notes are at edukink.org/Events/LLW.
LeatherLevi.org
fetlife.com/groups/6144
facebook.com/groups/180156858715554
Paradise Unbound.
Near Seattle. Usually early September.
Pan sexual. Six days.
ParadiseUnbound.com
fetlife.com/groups/59354
Adult Community Camping Club ~ Southern California.
Queer-centric. Tenting.
Proposed for August 17-19 2012, but cancelled.
fetlife.com/groups/45977
fetlife.com/events/84025
Fox Hunt.
Typically more than half LGBTIQ, but welcoming of anyone interested in animal role play.
Furs/Furries/Fursuits who are comfortable around bdsm are very welcome.
One or more weekends per year.
Various private SFBA and NorCal locations.
Focus on prey, ponies, pups, their handlers and admirers.
Cabins, bunkhouses, or tents.
fox-hunt.info
fetlife.com/groups/39435
fetlife.com/groups/6684
fetlife.com/groups/15439
LeatherWoods.
Pansexual.
Mid-August, 3-4 days.
8 miles east of Salem, Oregon.
Since 2002.
Clean and sober.
LeatherWoods.org
Burning Man.
Huge. Straight and pansexual, vanilla, with large islands of kink and/or queer space.
End of August to first weekend September: The week ending in Labor Day.
Black Rock City, NV, NE of Reno.
Includes several kinky camps, such as Camp de Sade, Suspended Animation, Temple of Atonement;
and several queer and gender camps, such as Beaverton, Comfort and Joy, and Camp Gender Blender;
and adult themed camps like Slut Garden;
amid many non-kink, non-queer activities.
A world unto itself.
BurningMan.org
Burning Man
Black Rock City Personals
In The Woods.
Apparently straight or pan.
Late July, up to 8 days.
In NW Washington State; location varies.
Not held in 2011 due to lack of venue.
On Hiatus?
ITW.Triskeli.org
fetlife.com/groups/21211
fetlife.com/groups/39186
Dark Odyssey: Summer Camp.
Pansexual.
September.
Northern Maryland.
fetlife.com/groups/756
DarkOdyssey.com
fetlife.com/groups/30606
Golden Gate Guards run (name/theme changes annually).
Mostly gay male.
An autumn weekend, varies Aug-Oct.
Location varies in Northern California.
GGGuards.com
Weekend in the Country, by SF Defenders.
A leather spirituality retreat. casual, warm, fun, hot.
An autumn weekend, usually October; Fri-Sun.
Spirituality interests include both mainstream and alternatives.
Inclusive of everyone. Historically it has been entirely, or primarily, gay male.
Location varies: Saratoga Springs or Guerneville (The Woods, or Wildwood).
Cabins.
www.SFDefenders.org
Black Leather Wings.
Retreats and rituals several times per year.
At the intersection of sprituality (neo-pagan), queer, and leather.
Invitation only.
The name is credited to Harry Hay of the Radical Faeries.
BlackLeatherWings.org
Liliane Hunt's Training Camp.
Pansexual. For animal role play and military fetishists.
Held in 2012.
fetlife.com/events/122101
The Billys.
Gatherings for gay and bi men, only.
3-6 per year.
Playful. Mostly leather-friendly.
Clean and sober.
Cabins, bunkhouses, or tents.
BillyClub.org
SF TNG.
Proposed camping for 18-40 year old group.
fetlife.com/groups/47797/group_posts/2824500
N.E.S. Camping.
Annual, private, rough tenting. Based from Sacramento. Mainly straight/pan.
fetlife.com/groups/59153
fetlife.com/events/183505 (2013 event)
Alberta Fetish ReTreat.
near Calgary, Canada.
fetlife.com/groups/51936
WyldeGroup.ca
The Alaskan Kinky Campout.
Alaskan Kinky Campout III
There are lots of other smaller, more distant, or more private events. Let us know of any others that specifically should be in this list.
Some other links:
fetlife.com/groups/8719 California Kinky Campers
fetlife.com/groups/30672 Bay Area Kinky Campers
fetlife.com/groups/1861 outdoor kink
fetlife.com/groups/2628 outdoor bondage
fetlife.com/groups/15512 kinky camping
fetlife.com/groups/8188 PDX Outdoor (Portland)
fetlife.com/groups/43515 Los Angeles Mountain Trips
fetlife.com/groups/49483 San Diego Kink Camp at Potrero War
fetlife.com/groups/19116 WoodsStocks Camp (Western Pennyslvania)
fetlife.com/groups/46 TEASE (Ontario)
fetlife.com/groups/10646 Dark Moon Rising
PaganBDSM.org/dmr.html multiple camps, including September
fetlife.com/groups/605 Twisted Tryst
TwistedTryst.com Indiana and Wisconsin
https://fetlife.com/groups/1861/group_posts/30223 a worldwide venue list