Upcoming events
Floor Series: Knots + Frictions
In this class, we will review the foundations and soft skills before diving into how to handle, choose, and use rope! This class focuses on the smooth and efficient handling of rope, teaching techniques to avoid twists, start and finish ties, and create simple yet effective structures.
Impact Play Time with Mary Jane
Welcome to the remix of Mistress Mary Jane’s Impact 101 workshop! We will learn about and play with floggers, canes, paddles, crops and “prevertables”. As well as how to curate a scene, different “types” of spanking, and a variety of impact techniques.
Flow Series: Pain & Pleasure
We will cover intermediate skills and patterns to challenge and grow your rope skills for bottoms and tops. In addition to you will learn hard skills, soft skills, like advanced scene building and being present in-scene, will also be covered.
Exploring The Senses: A Journey into Sensory Play in BDSM
Join us for a playful, insightful, and unforgettable evening of sensory exploration and connection!
BDSM Basics with Mary Jane
Are you new to BDSM? Are you just getting started on your kink journey and getting overwhelmed by all the vocabulary, etiquette, and types of play? Then this is the class for you! Come learn all you need to know to have a safe, satisfying and expansive time in the BDSM world.
Floor Series: Body Mechanics
Part of our Core Curriculum and the second part of our “Floor Series”! In this class, we will review the foundations and soft skills before diving into getting rope around the body, restricting movement, and moving the body around on the floor. This is designed to deepen your understanding of how to effectively wrap and attach body parts using rope. We will explore the nuances of moving a person who is tied, because they usually can’t move themselves! We will also go over hands-on techniques for adjusting and securing ties, ensuring that movement is both safe and sustainable.
Sip + Draw: Life Drawing + Wine Tasting
Sip + Draw: Life Drawing Meets Wine Tasting
Join us for a cozy evening of art, rope, and sensory delight. Featuring live figure drawing with rope bondage and a curated wine and tea tasting, this event invites creativity, connection, and play. No experience needed—just bring your art supplies and an open mind.
Being Tied in Suspension 101 with -Magnolia- (ATX)
This class is a beginner-to-suspension class about being tied. Do you have experience with floorwork and partials but have never been suspended? Or do you have experience with suspension and want more safety knowledge or tips from other bottoms? We will go over some basic steps for you to consider for your subsequent suspension. This class is a Demo and open discussion so that you won’t need a top, but tops and bottoms are welcome to attend.
Open Practice + Suspension Lab with -Magnolia- (ATX)
Following the class for beginner-to-suspension education on being tied - join us for an open practice and suspension lab space to go over concepts in action! You may also simply join this great space with our traveling artist and educator to engage in your own practice even if you do not attend the class. You may buy tickets seperately or as a bundle.
Practice Room: Collective Edition
Join us for The Practice Room: Collective Edition — a private, hands-on gathering designed for those who want to deepen their craft, explore technique, and train alongside others in a collaborative setting. This is not a play party or scene night, but a peer-led practice space for sharing, trying, and learning within a supportive circle.
Rope Botanica
A rope exploration and workshop with botanical elements - from flowers, to ferns, to herbs, and leafs: this luscious rope workshop is focused on adornment with flora.
LA REVOLUCIÓN: A Day Fest for the Arts, Craftsmanship, and Sustainable Community
THE REVOLUTION STARTS IN YOUR BODY
LA REVOLUCIÓN COMIENZA EN TU CUERPO
The latest & greatest production by The Rope Collective and our first day festival for a revolutionary human experience that brings to life our mission.
Saturday, September 27th from 2-11pm
BREAD & SALT
1955 Julian Ave, San Diego, CA 92113.
Kinky Botany: Aphrodisiacs and Chemical Play
Elevate your erotic practice with a deep-dive into botanical BDSM and sensual play. Taught by SAINT MAL, Professional Dominatrix and Clinical Herbalist, with a combined 7 years in the sex/intimacy and integrative health spaces.
Decolonized Kink
Kink did not begin in modern dungeons—it has deep, ancient roots woven into the ceremonies, traditions, and spiritual practices of cultures across the world. Join us for Decolonized Kink, a lecture and guided discussion exploring the origins and practices of kink within indigenous societies and world religions.
Together, we’ll look at how elements such as ritual pain, ecstatic states, power exchange, and ceremonial adornment have long been embraced as paths to connection, transcendence, and community. This event invites us to reframe kink not only as play, but as a continuation of practices that carry sacred, cultural, and ancestral meaning.
Bratting 101: the art of playful rebellion in bdsm
Unlock the art of bratting in this engaging and playful workshop
Kinky Botany: Aphrodisiacs and Chemical Play
Elevate your erotic practice with a deep-dive into botanical BDSM and sensual play. Taught by SAINT MAL, Professional Dominatrix and Clinical Herbalist, with a combined 7 years in the sex/intimacy and integrative health spaces.
Dark Curiosities At Scream Diego
Dark Curiosities is an immersive space that blends education, exploration, and play. By day, the room opens for classes and demos covering a wide range of practices—from shibari and rope suspensions to flogging, caning, and other forms of kink. These sessions provide opportunities for both newcomers and experienced participants to expand their knowledge, witness skilled demonstrations, and engage with the artistry of kink in a supportive environment. Guests will also find a selection of kinky curiosities available for purchase, offering unique keepsakes and tools to take home.
Rope Jam
Vibe out with us in a space of rope practice + play, smooth jams, and social connection.
Foundations of Rope
This is a foundational workshop that focuses on our fundamentals and theories on ethical practice. We will cover informed consent, negotiation, aftercare, vetting, etiquette, risk awareness, body awareness, and important anatomy.
Flow Series
We will cover intermediate skills and patterns to challenge and grow your rope skills for bottoms and tops. In addition to you will learn hard skills, soft skills, like advanced scene building and being present in-scene, will also be covered.
Prerequisite: this class is intended for those who have completed Foundations and Floor Series Classes or have a basic understanding of single column ties, basic frictions, and basic patterns.
Your instructors: Dreadheart and Mayor have been tying together since 2016. Rope and kink educators for the last 6 years, they have taught in multiple states sharing their unique perspectives on rope, kink, sadomasochism, and power exchange with an inclusive mindset. They strive to provide the community with places where everyone and every body can be seen, heard, and have a welcoming space.
Photography Policy: Photography at this event is allowed. You must obtain consent from everyone that will be in frame, whether they are in the foreground or background.
Open Practice
Our Open Practice is a mellow and intimate evening of practice and connection. All are welcome!
The Rope Lounge
Meet your local rope community and make new friends and connections! If you have been curious about the Rope Collective this is your chance to explore our space and meet some of our practicioners and instructors. New and experienced kinksters are all welcome.
Floor Series: Rope Handling
Part of our Core Curriculum and the first part of our “Floor Series”! In this class, we will review the foundations and soft skills before diving into how to handle, choose, and use rope! This class focuses on the smooth and efficient handling of rope, teaching techniques to avoid twists, start and finish ties, and create simple yet effective structures. We will show practical exercises, learning how to tie safely and maintain awareness for all involved. Throughout the session, emphasis is placed on building a solid foundation with the basics of rope movement, placement and some of the nuances of how it moves. This will make further techniques much easier to understand.
Rope Bottom's Roundtable
Welcome to Rope Bottom's Roundtable: A space for rope bottoms to share in their experience, education, and knowledge to support each other on their rope journeys. This is an open discussion space for rope bottoms to talk best practices for vetting, informed consent, negotiation, aftercare, safety, risk awarenes, body mechanics, and anything that they would like support with.
Sip + Draw: Life Drawing + Wine Tasting
Sip + Draw: Life Drawing Meets Wine Tasting
Join us for a cozy evening of art, rope, and sensory delight. Featuring live figure drawing with rope bondage and a curated wine and tea tasting, this event invites creativity, connection, and play. No experience needed—just bring your art supplies and an open mind.
Exploring The Senses: A Journey into Sensory Play in BDSM
Join us for a playful, insightful, and unforgettable evening of sensory exploration and connection!
The Leather Realm's Kinky Karnival Fundraiser Hosted by the Rope Collective
Step right up for San Diego Leather Realm’s annual Kinky Karnival Fundraiser, proudly hosted by The Rope Collective! Enjoy playful kink-themed games, activities, and experiences while supporting Leather Realm’s mission of education, community, and inclusion. All proceeds go directly toward The Leather Realm’s funds for the Pride Festival!
Floor Series: Knots + Frictions
In this class, we will review the foundations and soft skills before diving into how to handle, choose, and use rope! This class focuses on the smooth and efficient handling of rope, teaching techniques to avoid twists, start and finish ties, and create simple yet effective structures.
Spotlight Series
We’re proud to launch our new monthly Spotlight Series, a space dedicated to uplifting community voices and sharing the craft, passion, and knowledge
Taking care of leathers can be a simple task, a service, or an erotic exchange of energy. For some it is a fetish for a type of boot, an act of community service, or an expression of service to a select few people. The individuals that take on the identity of being someone that cares for leathers and boots are often called bootblacks.
This class will be an introduction to the basics of taking care of high shine and oil tan boots and leather garments with some discussion on how it can be used in different contexts.
If you would like to participate with your own supplies here’s a small list to get you started:
- Glycerin soap or saddle soap
- Horse/boar hair shaving brush or horsehair dauber brush for soap
- Spray bottle of water
Microfiber or terry cloth towels
- Hard wax polish
- Lint-free cut up t-shirts
- Leather conditioner
Optional:
- Creme polish
- Toothbrush
- Horsehair buffing brush
- Gloves
- Q-tips
- nylons
Each month, The Rope Collective opens its doors to highlight the voices of our community. The Spotlight Class gives a member of our local scene the opportunity to share their knowledge, passion, and perspective—whether through teaching a skill, leading a discussion, or exploring topics close to their heart.
This rotating series is designed to uplift community voices, celebrate diverse experiences, and create space for learning from one another. Come support your peers, expand your understanding, and be part of an ongoing conversation that strengthens our community.
Queer Rope
This queer focused rope night is for all levels and includes a jam / open practice space for those ready to dive right into their practice as well as space for new to rope queers!
The Odditoriuim
The Odditorium is a free monthly market featuring kink and kink-friendly artists, makers, and creatives. Explore unique handmade goods, from gear and fashion to art and curiosities, in a welcoming space that celebrates alternative expression and community connection.
Floor Series: Body Mechanics
Part of our Core Curriculum and the second part of our “Floor Series”! In this class, we will review the foundations and soft skills before diving into getting rope around the body, restricting movement, and moving the body around on the floor. This is designed to deepen your understanding of how to effectively wrap and attach body parts using rope. We will explore the nuances of moving a person who is tied, because they usually can’t move themselves! We will also go over hands-on techniques for adjusting and securing ties, ensuring that movement is both safe and sustainable.
Flow Series
We will cover intermediate skills and patterns to challenge and grow your rope skills for bottoms and tops. In addition to you will learn hard skills, soft skills, like advanced scene building and being present in-scene, will also be covered.
Prerequisite: this class is intended for those who have completed Foundations and Floor Series Classes or have a basic understanding of single column ties, basic frictions, and basic patterns.
Photography Policy: Photography at this event is allowed. You must obtain consent from everyone that will be in frame, whether they are in the foreground or background.
Rope Botanica
A rope exploration and workshop with botanical elements - from flowers, to ferns, to herbs, and leafs: this luscious rope workshop is focused on adornment with flora.
Open Practice
Our Open Practice is a mellow and intimate evening of practice and connection. All are welcome!
The Rope Lounge
Meet your local rope community and make new friends and connections! If you have been curious about the Rope Collective this is your chance to explore our space and meet some of our practicioners and instructors. New and experienced kinksters are all welcome.
Anniversary Rope Jam
The Rope Collective turns 7 years old and our studio turns 3 years old this year! Wow what a wild ride and journey it has been. We are so immensely grateful. Please join us in a celebratory rope jam celebrating our history, community, creations, and our future as a collective.
Queer Rope
This queer focused rope night is for all levels and includes a jam / open practice space for those ready to dive right into their practice as well as space for new to rope queers!
Melanated Rope Jam
A rope jam exclusively for Black, Brown, Indigenous, and People of Color <3
Rope Bottom's Roundtable
Welcome to Rope Bottom's Roundtable: A space for rope bottoms to share in their experience, education, and knowledge to support each other on their rope journeys. This is an open discussion space for rope bottoms to talk best practices for vetting, informed consent, negotiation, aftercare, safety, risk awarenes, body mechanics, and anything that they would like support with.
Floor Series: Rope Handling
Part of our Core Curriculum and the first part of our “Floor Series”! In this class, we will review the foundations and soft skills before diving into how to handle, choose, and use rope! This class focuses on the smooth and efficient handling of rope, teaching techniques to avoid twists, start and finish ties, and create simple yet effective structures. We will show practical exercises, learning how to tie safely and maintain awareness for all involved. Throughout the session, emphasis is placed on building a solid foundation with the basics of rope movement, placement and some of the nuances of how it moves. This will make further techniques much easier to understand.
Rope Jam
Vibe out with us in a space of rope practice + play, smooth jams, and social connection.
Darkwave Matinee
An afternoon of rope with a Darkwave soundtrack in an all-inclusive space.
Open Practice
Our Open Practice is a mellow and intimate evening of practice and connection. All are welcome!
Flow Series: Patterns & Play
Whether you are looking to advance your ground skills or want to level up before you start to fly, Tying Toolbox is for you.
Foundations of Rope
This is a foundational workshop that focuses on our fundamentals and theories on ethical practice. We will cover informed consent, negotiation, aftercare, vetting, etiquette, risk awareness, body awareness, and important anatomy.
the Odditorium
The Odditorium is a free monthly market featuring kink and kink-friendly artists, makers, and creatives. Explore unique handmade goods, from gear and fashion to art and curiosities, in a welcoming space that celebrates alternative expression and community connection.
Rope Botanica
A rope exploration and workshop with botanical elements - from flowers, to ferns, to herbs, and leafs: this luscious rope workshop is focused on adornment with flora.
Practice Room: Collective Edition
Join us for The Practice Room: Collective Edition — a private, hands-on gathering designed for those who want to deepen their craft, explore technique, and train alongside others in a collaborative setting. This is not a play party or scene night, but a peer-led practice space for sharing, trying, and learning within a supportive circle.
Flow Series: Exposed and Entwined
In this class, we’ll explore the layered experience of exposure in rope—where eroticism meets vulnerability. Through intentional placement of the body—arms bound behind, chest lifted, hips open—we create shapes that stir feeling, sensation, and psychological response.
Floor Series: Body Mechanics
Part of our Core Curriculum and the second part of our “Floor Series”! In this class, we will review the foundations and soft skills before diving into getting rope around the body, restricting movement, and moving the body around on the floor. This is designed to deepen your understanding of how to effectively wrap and attach body parts using rope. We will explore the nuances of moving a person who is tied, because they usually can’t move themselves! We will also go over hands-on techniques for adjusting and securing ties, ensuring that movement is both safe and sustainable.
Neon Bound Rope Jam
Rope jam: UV edition! Vibe out with us in a blacklight/UV lit space with a sensual BDSM music playlist.
Herbalism 101: Discovering your Practice
Even in the hectic humdrum of modern life, working with plants remains a cornerstone of being human. From grinding and brewing coffee in the morning, to winding down with our favorite nightcap of choice, we create rituals for ourselves that revolve around plants and their various potencies– From the clinical to the cozy, the esoteric to the practical, and every combination in between.
Exploring The Senses: A Journey into Sensory Play in BDSM
Join us for a playful, insightful, and unforgettable evening of sensory exploration and connection!
Sip + Draw: Life Drawing + Wine Tasting
Sip + Draw: Life Drawing Meets Wine Tasting
Join us for a cozy evening of art, rope, and sensory delight. Featuring live figure drawing with rope bondage and a curated wine and tea tasting, this event invites creativity, connection, and play. No experience needed—just bring your art supplies and an open mind.
Floor Series: Knots + Frictions
Floor Series: Knots & Frictions
Master the essential building blocks of rope bondage in this beginner-friendly workshop focused on knots, tension, lock-offs, and frictions. Designed to strengthen your foundational skills, this hands-on class prepares you for more advanced ties and suspension work. Ideal for those working toward the Fly Series, and a great opportunity to deepen control, technique, and confidence in your rope practice.
Knot Sorry Intersectional Rope Jam
Knot Sorry is a ropes jam for BiPoC joy — no code-switching, no apologies, no pressure.
High Protocol Power Exchange Workshop
Discipline with a capital D and lowercase s. Learn how to create a strict and loving D/s dynamic. From rules to rituals- this class will guide you on creating a high protocol dynamic between Dominant and submissive that is uniquely curated. We will cover the foundations of BDSM and power exchange- vetting, informed consent, negotiation (and continued negotiation), aftercare, safety + risks, and how to practice ethically. We’ll then take a deep dive into different protocols and processes and how to enforce and uphold your dynamic while keeping an emphasis on compassion and care. We’ll cover different ideas for praise, rewards, punishment, discipline, and honoring each other. By the end of this class- you’ll know how to be the goodest sub (and able to decide when to be bad)
Queer Rope jam
This queer focused rope night is for all levels and includes a jam / open practice space for those ready to dive right into their practice as well as space for new to rope queers!
Impact Play Time with Mary8Jane
Welcome to the remix of Mistress Mary Jane’s Impact 101 workshop! We will learn about and play with floggers, canes, paddles, crops and “prevertables”. As well as how to curate a scene, different “types” of spanking, and a variety of impact techniques.
Rope Bottom's Roundtable
Welcome to Rope Bottom's Roundtable: A space for rope bottoms to share in their experience, education, and knowledge to support each other on their rope journeys. This is an open discussion space for rope bottoms to talk best practices for vetting, informed consent, negotiation, aftercare, safety, risk awarenes, body mechanics, and anything that they would like support with.