Montreal Fetish Weekend
The Montreal Fetish Weekend is a yearly event held in Montreal, Canada, during Labor Day Weekend (ending on the first Monday of September). It is one of the biggest latex fetish events in North America, and is attended by people from all over the world. Montreal is a city unlike any other and the Fetish Weekend is a round the clock celebration featuring themed events, free activities, workshops, an expo and some fabulous social fun in an open, fetish-friendly city!
The Fetish Weekend welcomes hundreds of enthusiasts and talented artists, models and designers from around the world.
Festivities include workshops, an expo, a kinky lounge, after-parties, the exhibitionist photo tour and kinky bowling, dining, lounging and features a selection of affordable hotels mere steps from our host venue.
Join us where fantasy meets the city!
History
HIGHLIGHTS:
1994 - Montreal's Fetish Café, a club dedicated exclusively to the purpose of alternative arts and fashion is co-founded by "Fetish Weekend" producer Eric Paradis
1996 - The first edition of the Montreal Fetish Weekend takes place as the "Fetish Festival".
2004 - Club Sin, a group showcasing the local performers finds a permanent new home at Montreal's legendary Cabaret Cleo.
2005 - A revitalized "Montreal Fetish Weekend" draws well over 1000 attendees and features a bevy of international performers.
2006 - Highlighting emerging fashions trends, the "LATEXTACY" fetish fantasy ball is launched as part of the Fetish Weekend festivities.
2007 - The Night of Masks brings a gothic alternative to the "Fetish Weekend" and brings the event's draw to over 2000 attendees.
2008 - The Montreal Fetish Weekend expands and adds workshops to the celebrations. The event draws over 2500 attendees.
2009 - Expanding the a 5 nights schedule with a film festival and a city photo expedition, the event draws over 3000 attendees making the largest of its kind in America.
2010 – Featuring 300 participating designers, models, photographers and artists, the Kabaret Kink fashion gala firmly establishes the event as an international visibility platform for avant-garde fetish fashion. 3 consecutive nights are held at Montreal’s famed Olympia Theatre.
2011 - The Expo Kink is launched with 15 vendors while the fetish photo tour, a highlight of the “open to all public” activities, grows to 150 participants. Both were featured on Canadian television.
2012 – Week-long attendance augments by 260% with a 20% hotel room sales increase. International visitors increase with solid repeat attendance.
2013 – A street fashion show/vendor fair component is added public demos. The event is showcased to 15 million viewers by HBO Latina!
2014 – Celebrating its 10th anniversary, the event attracts an ever-expanding international clientele and designers visiting from Japan, Australia and Germany as well as the USA, France and England.
2015 - For its 11th annual edition, the Montreal Fetish Weekend ups the momentum with full-on street presentations and fashion shows and continues to attract hundreds of local and international participants. Our attendees mirror an ideal of new and seductive avant-garde fashion consumer trends creating ripple effects and drawing a whole new generation of clients to your product both at and after the event. Showcasing your creative forces within an emerging alternative scene, the "Montreal Fetish Weekend" is the ideal happening where one's desire to celebrate his or her diversity becomes a reality.
GUESTS:
The Montreal Fetish Weekend appeals to a wide audience, from 18 to over 65 yeas old. Based on the numbers of last year’s attendees, we are expecting over 2000 individual local and international guests to attend the 2010 Montreal Fetish Weekend’s different events.
The people behind it
The main organizer and founder of the Fetish Weekend is Eric Paradis. The event features established as well as up-and-coming designers with hundreds of models for their Kabaret Kink Friday night fashion gala and shows. The team is rounded-up by Candace Chartrand, production assistant and fashion show management [1], Ivan Koso, production manager and security chief [2], Mistress Irony, artistic coordinatrix [3], DJ Kommandandt, head-DJ and technical supervision [4], Velma Candyass, welcome hostess, Kinky Kabaret hostess [5], Eve Blue, hotel hostess and coordination [6], Mistress Hellkitty, fashion show assistant [7].
The event has also involved the participation of several noted fetish personalities, such as the internationally acclaimed shibari/kinbaku rope artist and model Mistress Hibiki [8], Japanese latex artist Kurage [9], celebrated designer Patrice Catanzaro [10], Bianca Beauchamp, Jean Bardot (who has often been Mistress of Ceremonies for the event), Susan Wayland, Rubberdoll, THE Richard, and many others. Several fetish photographers such as Belgium Marc, Martin Perreault, "Fuckin Gerry" and others regularly attend the event. The weekend also serves as a gathering spot for many members of facebook group, facebook page and Fetlife group & event page.
The Fetish weekend is notable for the heavy promotion on youtube, Montreal's mainstream media, and Facebook. Also of note is the filming of the "Bianca Beauchamp All Access" documentaries during the weekend as well as solid partnerships with magazines such Marquis and Von Guttenberg, Skin Two, Massad, Taboo and countless media, tv and radio reviews.
External links
2014 Edition Special Thanks
MISTRESS HIBIKI : https://www.facebook.com/pages/Mistress-HIBIKI/173900219427241
KAREN : https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100004692904031
GLAM FREAKSHOW : https://www.facebook.com/glamperforming
JEAN BARDOT : https://www.facebook.com/pages/Bardot-Studios/141215602641920
VELMA CANDYASS : https://www.facebook.com/velma.candyass.1
ONNA SAKURA : https://www.facebook.com/onnasakurafetishmodel
MiMi CHERRY : https://www.facebook.com/MiMiCherryPerformer
THE RICHARD : http://www.therichard.ca/
BIANCA BEAUCHAMP : http://www.biancabeauchamp.com/
MARTIN PERREAULT : http://martinperreault.com/
ISABELLE HANIKAMU : https://www.facebook.com/Hanikamu
DOMINA ELLE : https://www.facebook.com/domina.elle.7
MISTRESS MIKO : https://www.facebook.com/DominaMiko
CONTESSA ALURA : https://www.facebook.com/pages/Contessa-Alura/283646441663291
KURAGE : https://www.facebook.com/pages/Kurage/181698381868931
CATANZARO : http://www.patricecatanzaro-leblog.com/
DAWNAMATRIX : https://www.facebook.com/DawnamatrixDesigns
SALIENT SEVEN : https://www.facebook.com/SalientSeven
MAD DUCK DESIGNS : https://www.facebook.com/madduckdesignslatex
VENGEANCE DESIGNS : http://www.etsy.com/shop/vengeancedesigns
MISTRESS IRONY : https://www.facebook.com/devi.irony
MISTRESS HELLKITTY : https://www.facebook.com/archduchess.vonhellkitty
LUK PERVERSIONS : https://www.facebook.com/masterluk.black
PRIAPE : https://www.facebook.com/chezpriape
EUDOXIA'S LATEX : https://www.facebook.com/EudoxiasLatex
IL BOLERO : https://www.facebook.com/pages/IL-BOLERO/304196132927714
FANTASTIC RUBBER : https://www.facebook.com/fantasticrubber
KINKY CRAFT : http://kinky-craft.com/
ANEMONE BAGS : https://www.facebook.com/pages/Anemone-Bags/108102845926700
DÉESSE MAI : https://www.facebook.com/DesseMai
MISTRESS SANDRA CLAROS : https://www.facebook.com/sandra.claros1
SOUL FOCUS STUDIO : https://www.facebook.com/soulfocusstudio
AEINDEL : https://www.facebook.com/pages/Aeindel/157187564294996
ERIC VON GUTENBERG : http://vongutenberg.com/
KINDRED'S MUZE : https://www.facebook.com/kindreds.muze
PINUP PARTIES : https://www.facebook.com/Montreal.Glamour.Parties
DOMINA ELLE : https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100008246530202
DJ RON HAMELIN : https://www.facebook.com/DJRonHamelin
DJ PLATIK PATRIK : https://www.facebook.com/plastikpatrik
DJ KOMMANDANDT : https://www.facebook.com/D.J.Kommandandt
DJ ROCKET BOI : https://www.facebook.com/djrocketboi
DJ XRIS SMACK! : https://www.facebook.com/Xris.SMack
VJ ATHANORE : http://www.athanore.com/
DOMME JAGUAR : https://www.facebook.com/dommejaguar
PHILIP FAITH PHOTOGRAPHY : https://www.facebook.com/PHILIPFAITHPHOTOGRAPHY
PASCAL MARTEL : https://www.facebook.com/pascal.martel.9
MISTRESS GRIMM : http://www.thegrimmboutique.com/
MARQUIS MAGAZINE : https://www.facebook.com/pages/Marquis-Fetish-Magazine/125309177592221
APOLLON : http://apollonmtl.com/
GET VANDALIZED : http://getvandalized.ca/store/
ALTCUIR : http://berlazarus.com/
LA MOUCHE : https://www.facebook.com/LamoucheBoiteDeNuit
ALCC : https://www.facebook.com/groups/139860716068918/
2014 Designers and Performers
Mistress HIBIKI (Japan) . Kurage (Japan) . Bianca Beauchamp Official fan page (Montreal) . GlamFreak Show (France) . Onna Sakura Fetishmodel and Performer (Germany) . Velma Candyass (Montreal) . Domina Elle (USA) . Dawnamatrix Designs (USA) . Patrice Catanzaro (France) . Salient Seven (Canada) . mad duck designs Latex Factory (Austria) . Vengeance Designs (USA) . Priape (Montreal) . Eudoxia's Latex (Austria) . IL BOLERO (Montreal) . Latex Nemesis (USA) . Fantastic Rubber (Germany) . Mistress Miko Do (Vancouver) . Isabelle Hanikamu (Montreal) . Contessa Alura (Vancouver) . Archduchess Von Hell-Kitty (Montreal) . Mistress Devi Irony (Montreal) . Luk LeMaitre Perversions (Montreal) . THE Richard (Montreal) . MiMi Cherry (Montreal) . Mai Karen (Japan) . Mistress Sandra Claros (Montreal) . Mai Duong (Montreal) . Mistress Shi (USA) . Mira Dom (France) . Dome Jaguar (Mexico) . Oddvar Wolf (Norway) . DJ Plastik Patrik . DJ Rocket Boi . DJ Kommandandt . DJ Ron Hamelin . DJ Xris SMack! . VJ Athanore
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