Rope Rebels
Queer-friendly non-profit shibari group run by a volunteer team. It hosts jams with a beginners’ corner, full-day beginner and refresher workshops, special-format jams and private lessons, and ran a beginner workshop at the Porn Film Festival Vienna in April 2026.
Rope Rebels is a non-profit association run by a small group of friends who share a love of shibari and rope bondage. Its stated aim is to make rope events in Vienna safer, more inclusive and queer-friendly. Events are held in English or German, depending on who attends.
The group’s main format is its open practice evening, held at Libelle in Vienna’s 15th district, where there are two tying rooms, a lounge area and five to ten hard points for suspension. Per the group’s website the jams run on the first and third Wednesday of each month (its public calendar showed only the third-Wednesday date in 2026). An evening opens at 6:30 pm with a welcome and a short grounding meditation. Then come a beginners’ corner taught by the group’s teachers, an “inspiration tie” that people can follow, and free tying. From 7:30 pm the room is open for tying and socializing until a short closing at 9 pm. Many people arrive with a partner, but some come alone. Loaner rope and safety shears are available. Entry was €15, or €10 reduced for students and people on low incomes (November 2026).
A few times a year two teachers run a beginner or refresher workshop for pairs, in which both partners may switch roles. It covers shibari history, rope care, consent and negotiation, safe tying, the single column tie and double column tie, frictions, tension and moving a partner, and then a set of classic patterns. The group says it wants a relaxed atmosphere without competition. As of November 2026 the workshop page gave the price as €160 per pair, or €210 as a supporter ticket that funds reduced places. The club also sells 5.5 mm jute rope made by its members.
Other formats include rope speed dating, advanced workshops such as “Beyond Beginner – Shapes and Structures”, and private or small-group lessons for up to four people at all levels.