Valencia

The Valencia scene

In December 2021 the group Akai Ito Valencia listed Fundamentos del shibari, a three-hour beginner workshop at La Escuela de Ruzafa. Its listing covered safety, the history of the practice, natural hemp and jute rope and its care, communication, basic knots, friction and tension, rope handling, simple floor structures and the takate kote, and said that some parts were taught to people who tie and people who are tied alike.

Reisei Studio

Many later listings found for this page come from Reisei Studio. In January 2025 it hosted a four-hour introductory workshop, aimed at couples but open to individuals, that went from basic knots to floor work ties. In July 2025 it held a Tardes de shibari afternoon: drinks and conversation first, then two short rope performances, one a partner piece by Pablo (RopesSculptor) and Mimi, the other a self-suspension. A rope jam listed at the studio for Sunday 27 September 2026 opened with a mini-workshop on a basket tie harness, followed by open practice, watching and socializing; members of Akai Ito got a discount, and the studio lent and sold rope for the jam.

A festival

In May 2026 the Shibari Valencia Fest was listed as a three-day program at Vaivé in Bonrepòs i Mirambell, in which three international educators taught workshops for beginners and experienced practitioners and performed. Reisei Studio is named as the organizer of its performance night, and the studio’s link page also pointed to the festival’s workshops and Saturday rope jam. Another edition is announced for 21 to 23 May 2027, again with three invited educators, workshops at two levels and informal practice meetups. The festival format is explained in rope festival.

A BDSM association

Rope also has a regular place in Valencia’s wider kink community. The BDSM association Jardín Secreto lists a weekly Tarde de cuerdas, a rope afternoon on Fridays from 18:00, next to its Saturday nights, markets and themed meetups.

What the city offers now

Past listings show several ways in: a studio workshop, a jam that opens with a short workshop, or Jardín Secreto’s rope afternoons. Listings for studio events and the festival are in Spanish, and the festival’s performance night was also described in English. Spain’s larger scenes are covered on the Madrid and Barcelona pages, and the wider European story in Kinbaku in Europe.