ROPECRAFT

ROPECRAFT, which also calls itself Rope Event, is a rope-focused kink convention whose motto is that rope is for everyone. It aims to bring rope enthusiasts of every experience level together to learn, enjoy and create rope bondage, and it describes itself as inclusive, sex-positive and kink-positive.

Its site traces the event back to Austin, Texas, in February 2016. Between 2016 and 2019 editions ran in Austin, New Orleans, Chicago and San Antonio; in 2020 the convention moved online with two editions called Homebound, and a further online edition, Homebound Winter Warmer, ran in January 2023. After a two-year pause it returned to Chicago in 2022 under the name Rebound and has been held in the Chicago area every year since. The 2026 edition took place over Memorial Day weekend, May 22–25, and sold out; no 2027 dates were published as of November 2026.

The program covers skills for tops, bottoms and switches across Western rope, kinbaku and shibari, with topics such as power exchange, solo tying, health and wellness, bottom-focused classes, fusion bondage, predicament play, performance and advanced self-suspension. Ropenspace is a facilitated peer-education track run on the Open Space Technology format, attended by all instructors. The 2026 edition included a cabaret, The Flow Erotic Cabaret: Neon Sugar, hosted by Shay Tiziano and Shakti Bliss; the convention also advertises parties every night, a practice space, a dedicated self-suspension space and a vendor bazaar. The 2026 presenter list had about 31 entries, including Midori, and the program included a panel of Asian American women in rope.

A Peer Support Team acts as first responder for consent incidents and offers negotiation support. The site publishes guiding principles, a consent policy, event rules, a photography policy and an accessibility page, and states support for the decriminalization of sex work.