Howdy kinksters -

Leather season is upon us! The last Sunday of the month is Up Your Alley in San Francisco, and many of San Francisco's Leatherati will be out on the SOMA streets making it happen. We won't personally have a booth this year, but several of our favorite vendors will be there. If you're looking for two of them right in one place, you can find the Rough Cut Leather pop-up booth right with our friends at ByrdBeaks. If you're looking for Rough Cut Leather and other Wicked Grounds gear, you can also find us vending at the AfterSHOCK party next Friday night to kick off Up Your Alley weekend. Use the link above to get a special discount courtesy of our friends at Kink Y Communidad!

We are going into our last couple of weeks in our post-Pride, pre-Up Your Alley sale! Hit us up at both WickedGrounds.com (for class passes, rope, gear, and books) and WickedGroundsAnnex.com (for coaching, multi-week courses, and digital downloads). Use code onlinepride24 at either site to get 20% off anything on those sites!

Events Roundup!

Friday, July 19

There are no live classes today, but we have video classes and digital downloads available for you at Wicked Grounds Annex! Learn more and take advantage of our 20% discount this month at WickedGroundsAnnex.com with code onlinepride24

Saturday, July 20

Hey friends in EMEA! We have some classes this weekend that you can easily attend without staying up into the wee hours!

Join us online at 2pm Pacific for Determining Your Risk Profile Workshop with renowned kink educator vahavta. In this workshop, we will use a framework based on how we want to leave our kink scenes to determine what our priorities should be, as well as discuss how we make sure our partners have thought about the same. Get your tickets on Forbidden Tickets or Plura.

Sunday, July 21

Join us online at 2pm Pacific for The Littlest Sub: Balancing Multiple Dynamics with HypnoStory and PandaPet. Daddy/little, Master/pet, Master/oblate, nesting partners, household management…these are all aspects of HypnoStory and panda’s relationship that coexist on a daily basis. Join them as they discuss their relationship journey and exploration of balancing their multiple facets in ways that fill both their cups. Then, they’ll share tools and techniques for developing and deepening your own combination of dynamics. Get your tickets on Forbidden Tickets or Plura.

Monday, July 22

Join Wicked Grounds and Miss Mackenzee online at 6pm Pacific for Heavy Impact and Rough Body Play! If you want to learn more about how to be safe and have fun even (and especially!) when playing hard, this is your class! Get your advance tickets on Forbidden Tickets or Plura.

Tuesday, July 23

Want to consider going much deeper? Have a very personal question or a niche topic to explore that you haven't seen represented in our typical classes? Consider a personal consult! You can find out more and book here.​

Wednesday, July 24

We will host part two of our Self-Care as Spiritual Practice with HG Wyndell. This class is closed to new attendees, but we look forward to seeing those of you returning from Part 1!

Thursday, July 25

Interested in kink? Are you neurodivergent, or interested in improving your negotiations with neurodivergent partners? Join us Thursday, July 25 for Getting Freaky in the Spreadsheets: Negotiating With Neurodiversity with Lilith Foxx! This class will discuss ways to negotiate play and dynamics with neurodiversity in mind! Get your tickets for this 6pm Pacific online class through Forbidden Tickets or Plura.

Friday, July 26

Wicked Grounds is pleased to vend tonight at AfterSHOCK — Emo & Metal Themed Play Party at Stopgap, hosted by Mooooo LLC in collaboration with @HuffleRough & @MariCherry -- so come out and see all our floggers, slappers, restraints, rope and more! Space for this party is limited and tickets are selling fast, so get yours here! Using that link, you'll get a special discount from our friends at Kink Y Communidad.

Saturday, July 27

There are no live classes today, but we have video classes and digital downloads available for you at Wicked Grounds Annex! Learn more and take advantage of our 20% discount this month at WickedGroundsAnnex.com with code onlinepride24

Sunday, July 28

It's Up Your Alley Sunday, so many of San Francisco's leather folk will be out at the kinkiest street fair you've ever seen. Think Folsom Street Fair, but much smaller, and much more intense. Find out more here!​

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Mir & The Wicked Grounds Team

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