BIRMINGHAM FETISH WEEKEND 2024 YOU WERE EPIC!

THREE DAYS, FIVE EVENTS, ONE WEEKEND

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PART 1: FRIDAY LAUNCH NIGHT

Our launch night play party was the perfect way to start the weekend. We loved seeing your gorgeous outfits making their way through the doors, greeted by our large ground floor dungeon sponsored by __ALF__ featuring a community kit sponsored by Bignbuff. You made use of all they had to offer! The social area was buzzing before the first brave folks entered onto the dance floor, soon to fill out for the rest of the night. Bodies and paddles moving to the music was a fabulous sight to see! 

Our Dj’s kept the energy going all night, opening and closing the show we had PaulDA_thatdjguy with a middle spotlight on GloriaSync. The camera was flashing all night over at Kink_Focus photo studio, capturing your outfits and your energy through those lenses. The media team of MyWifeIsADominatrix misspoisoncandi and DanVandal were an energy all of their own interviewing hosts and attendees alike. We cannot wait to see the footage, especially the outtakes!

The spotlight scenes caused quite a stir from the audience as we displayed beautiful rope scenes with -Ran- and Akkapus. Taking the second spotlight we saw erotic bootblack and all its seductive sadism from DKLeather and LeatherHiraeth. Finally the spotlight fell on Will_Hunt, RedRidingBrat and cherryblossomx where we saw RRB tied, tortured and teased much to the audience's delight.

Our mega team of sponsors and hosts hit the weekend hard! Mingling through our crowds we had the community support, love and advertising power of 

aloralux, JJ Jewel, Texaspete, Tara_Red, Mae-daze, latex-devotion, kikka_jennie, Slutmuffin95, KnotForSofties, RogueEvents, BDSMay, Echo-Wood, mistresskirsty1

The night flew by in a blur of latex, dancing and floggers, we loved every minute of it!

PART 2: SATURDAY COMMUNITY DAY

Bright eyed and bushy tailed we rolled into our Saturday community day. A day jam packed with workshops, human library, socialising, bootblacking, coffee and cake!

We expected a busy day and were excited for everyone involved. What we did not expect was just how big the ripple of community spirit would be. The knowledge shared, time given, passions explained, the introductions made, the friendships created. We were all absolutely blown away by the feelings we walked away from that day. Thank you so much to everyone involved! 

To our workshop hosts! Our first round went to BelleDeSM, Knotforsofties and violetincredible. Round two featured Tara_Red and TexasPete, LadySelena and Mist3rBee and Echo-Wood . Round three we welcomed DKLeather, Hypnohedonist and SinisterDenial and Slutmuffin95. Round four was made up of Tara_Red, Texaspete, Will_Hunt and RedRidingBrat.

Settled into our mini living room we also  welcomed our human library! Covering everything from pro subs to bootblack, queer living, leather lifestyle, submission, switching and wealth of kinks! Huge thanks to Kali_Ma, DkLeather, _Pine_, BDSMay and RedRidingBrat

The day was once again supported by a mass of sponsors and hosts, representing themselves as well as their events, projects, experiences and knowledge. aloralux, JJ Jewel, Mae-daze, latex-devotion, kikka_jennie, RogueEvents.

Between rounds and on lunch we had the caffeine-tastic Kinkoffee to keep us all going, sponsoring our crew and hosts to fuel the day and helping perk up those who hit Friday a little too hard! Bringing the cake and another healthy dose of community support Bignbuff joined us, ditching their usual bespoke leather for all the cakey goodness! Thank you both for keeping our sugar levels up!

From here it was onto the BBBAwards night!

PART 3: SATURDAY AWARDS NIGHT

The glitz and glam of the awards was on full display at Saturday's awards night. You all took fetish finery to a new level! The third floor looked fabulous after our decorating demons had been let loose and with the hype for who’s taking the trophies was running throughout the atmosphere was electric!

PaulDA_thatdjguy took to the decks for the whole night and kept bringing bodies back to the dance floor with club classics rolling all night. Kink_focus hit his second shift with a queue mostly from the crew to begin with but swiftly followed by your gorgeous selves!

The team from MyWifeIsADominatrix misspoisoncandi and DanVandal were kept equally busy capturing our performers and what you all hard to say about the weekend so far!

Our stage shows were filled with such diverse talent we are still vibrating from them! Allouetta La Zouch opened the night with a brand new hot under the collar classic burlesque piece! BambiBangBang brought all the laughs and all the high notes with her stunning rendition of nine inch nails closer, made even greater with your input…maybe not the toaster. The heat got well and truly turned up with a stunning double fire act with pyro pixie MikaKittenx and partner LadyMidnight. Bringing his own brand of kinkcomedy we welcomed LaughTillItHurts, who we can confirm, did attend the BBB on sunday! The headline performance of the night surpassed all expectations and became the single most talked about moment of the weekend within the space of about twenty minutes. If you were there, you know, if you weren't, you will never know. The deafening applause at the end said it all. Bless us father, we have all sinned! Will_Hunt, RedRidingBrat and cherryblossomx. 

It was an honour to give out the trophies at this year's BBB Awards and we want to congratulate all our winners once again! This year's winners were:

FAVOURITE PRO: GoddessCalathea

FAVOURITE PERFORMER: DominusVonVexo

FAVOURITE WORKSHOP: Will_Hunt and RedRidingBrat

TOP 3 TRADERS:

2ND RUNNER UP: SkullyCandles

1ST RUNNER UP: KinkyKrakenUk

FAVOURITE TRADER: WhipsAndSticks

FAVOURITE CREW MEMBER: Neoteric

BEST DRESSED: WE NEVER GOT YOUR NAME! Please pop us a memo so we can tag you in!

Helping to keep the dance floor full and the social areas buzzing we welcomed even more sponsors and hosts to Saturday night! aloralux, JJ Jewel, Texaspete, Tara_Red, Mae-daze, kikka_jennie, Slutmuffin95, KnotForSofties, RogueEvents, BDSMay, Echo-Wood, mistresskirsty1, Ronelle_Chambers, Roomorgue, Mist3rBee.

With the awards and performances finished for the evening our DJ took the night exactly where it needed to go with banger after banger, that last half an hour…*chefs kiss* 

PART 4: SUNDAYS BIRMINGHAM BIZARRE BAZAAR.

_The_BBB_  Leather and Latex month is one of our most popular months added into the series of events that make up Birmingham Fetish Weekend meant we had one of our busiest months since relaunch!

An all star line up of traders alongside elevated stage shows meant the previous night's energies were matched on sunday! 

DJ PaulDA_thatdjguy supported our stage shows throughout the day as we enjoyed an introduction to whipboxing with DKLeather, LeatherHiraeth and LeatherParker. We stole this opportunity to present DKLeather with the BBB award for Community champion. Congratulations to an undeniable community champion, decades of time, energy, passion, knowledge, support, love and guidance, that is without every support you have given us personally! SevenSinLatex brought their A game to the BBB stage with a fashion show worthy of the BFW, incredibly creative designs flowing down the catwalk to some killer tunes. Closing the show Allouetta La Zouch made revenge look so good!

The final stage show of the day was a surprisingly small best dressed competition considering the size of the crowd but for those of you who took to the stage we loved your outfits, the latex crowd definitely showed up! Congratulations to the two winners, pryate and Sam-SD! The final act of the day was as ever larger than life, as bizarre as they can be and just the pick me up we all needed on day three! @MarnieScarlet wow’ed us all with her famous Candyman performance!

Sundays BBB also brought the close of the BFW raffle! A huge selection of amazing prizes was up for grabs with all money raised going into the BBB’s fundraiser for Himbos Transition. From friday to sunday you raised £1486! We will be adding that into the gofundme which should raise our total up to: £9533! We cannot believe we have got so close to our target in under a year! That is all thanks to you, the community. We cannot thank you enough for your support in this. There are still a few more donations to be added into the pot so we look forward to seeing what is left to raise at December's BBB! Big thanks go to all of our raffle sponsors, bignbuff, clonezone, Freakilyunique, KinkyMoongazer, BearBite_Bondage, KinkyKrakenUk, Lanas-Allures, SpoiltKitty, Tentickle , SugarAndSpice_BJ, KnotForSofties, Latex-Devotion, -Ran- , LeatherHiraeth, Slutmuffin95, MikaKittenx, MissLadyLouisa, AloraLux, and Tara_Red.

Kink_focus took his home spot in the BBB Foyer to carry on capturing all your BFW moments! And the MyWifeIsADominatrix team misspoisoncandi and DanVandal joined us once more for a recap on the whole weekend and catching those last moments of the weekend! 

The tireless hosting team returned to enjoy all the BBB had to offer aloralux, JJ Jewel, Texaspete, Tara_Red, Mae-daze, kikka_jennie, Slutmuffin95, KnotForSofties, RogueEvents, BDSMay, Echo-Wood, mistresskirsty1.

As the BBB drew to a close it was onto the finale of the weekend! The BBB Afterparty!

PART 5: BBB AFTERPARTY!

The finale of the weekend, we start as we finish with a final play party!

The two dungeons sponsored by __ALF__ with community kit provided by bignbuff were packed all night long! Rope classes with the one and only ChristianRed followed by a rope jam meant ropes were flying throughout the evening! Wax lounge, littles corner, electrickery area and our House dommes impact stations featuring guest host MissRubyMarks were all equally buzzing throughout the night!

Whipboxing with DkLeather and the UK KRUEL Leather family was a highlight for many and brought round after round of laughter from the top floor! 

Kink_focus set up his studio one more time ready to take your final photos of the weekend. Mini photoshoots with so many of you meant the studio was even busier than normal! 

We saw many of our hosts return for the last evening and cannot thank them enough for bringing one more energy round to the whole weekend! aloralux, JJ Jewel, Texaspete, Tara_Red, Mae-daze, kikka_jennie, Slutmuffin95, KnotForSofties, RogueEvents, BDSMay.

PaulDA_thatdjguy saw us through to the final hour with his final DJ set of the weekend. Bringing a more chilled vibe to our Sunday evening was the perfect way to wind the weekend down after the whirlwind of a weekend!

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Alongside all of the hosts, sponsors, workshop hosts, performers, traders, human library as well as our DJ’s and media team who we have to give thanks to for being a part of this weekend, we also have our crew. These wonderful humans who gave their time, energy, love and passion of the community to the weekend. Whether it was one shift of the full weekend, the machine would not run without each of its cogs. We are so grateful for you all and what you give to these events. Rick_alicious kittyamory miss-mimikyu silver_light roetheboat glosstoy shaynicidal Himbo- LittleYuriOkami Infernian DaddysAddy AlwaysPurple AddysDaddy -Undead-Rose- J_Black Just_Sara -BadRabbit- skullywag Alice_Aching Tara_Red agallantdominant bratofalltrades _l0ki_  waywardson0121 manlock Lana-Goddess joshy2021 

Birmingham Fetish Weekend is about shining the spotlight on the people, places, projects and performers who make up our colourful scene. Working together with 50+ brands to showcase what Birmingham and the midlands has to offer.

We are incredibly proud and very grateful to everyone who was involved in the weekend. Without any of you it would not have been the same. We cannot wait to start planning BFW 2025! 

Massive love

Faye and beastie X