BightNight e.V.
Non-commercial association of rope enthusiasts that runs one of Munich’s larger rope jams, open to all styles and levels, with registration by email so the mix of newcomers and regulars stays balanced.
BightNight e.V. is a registered association in Munich that organizes rope events. Its website says the group formed because the city had no proper rope jam, so its members decided to build one themselves, drawing on other rope communities and sex-positive venues. The stated aim is a safe(r) space for anyone who enjoys rope, whatever their style or level. Jörg (InkJokey), who also runs Project:Rope, is a founding and board member.
The jam
The core event, also called BightNight, is an evening jam on a Friday or Saturday. The association calls it monthly; its 2026 calendar lists dates in January, February, April, June, July, October and November, usually from 18:30 to midnight. Places are requested by email once a date has been announced on FetLife or the group’s Telegram channel, which lets the team balance newcomers and regulars and run a waiting list. People who cannot pay the full entry fee are asked to say so when they register. Solo guests and people who only want to watch are welcome.
The FAQ sets out the house rules: photos only with the consent of everyone who could appear in them, no attending under the visible influence of alcohol or drugs, and no dress code beyond keeping underwear on. Other play is allowed, but the focus stays on rope. Guests bring their own rope, as there is no loan rope for hygiene reasons. The venue is a dance studio with a wooden floor on a fourth floor reached only by stairs, and the organizers state that it is not wheelchair accessible.
Workshops and labs
Twice a year the association invites international teachers for a workshop weekend; community members teach smaller workshops, and there is a summer workshop day. The 2026 program included an introduction to Yagami-ryū with Ludvig and Neli, short introductions to semenawa and to predicaments, a weekend called “Bodies under pressure”, and an August weekend with Zoe 963 on tying bigger bodies, Postrope on tying in movement, and Aniya on nerves in upper-body ties and on TK shoulder locking and sustainability. Through BightNight, Jörg hosted Discover Kinbaku’s “Rigger in Residence” program with Alexander MA and Natasha NawaTaNeko in Munich in August 2025 and June 2026, and he taught his first workshop, on uplines, at a BightNight workshop day in July 2023.
The association also runs a RopeLab and themed labbing groups, occasional rope speed-dating and discussion rounds. It says it has no beginner workshop program at present.