North Bay Rope Lab
A community skill-share and jam in Sebastopol for all experience levels, held monthly on fourth Saturday afternoons. Entry is on a sliding scale, and people can come with or without a partner.
North Bay Rope Lab is a community-run monthly shibari skill-share and jam in Sonoma County, focused on Japanese-inspired rope bondage. It serves the North Bay and welcomes every level from newcomers to experienced tyers, with or without a partner. The website names no individual organizer.
Format. Sessions run on a weekend afternoon from 2 to 5 pm; the website gives the fourth Saturday of the month, though the ticket page lists the August and October 2026 sessions on Sundays. Participants learn from one another and share or teach techniques, then use the time for open tying. Consent, safety and mutual respect are named as the group’s core principles.
Venues and history. The group’s ticket history goes back to February 2025, when it met monthly at Soft Medicine Sanctuary in Sebastopol. In spring and summer 2026 it moved to House of Flow in Santa Rosa, and from August 2026 it met at a private studio in Sebastopol, which the website announces as its new home. Its ticket page also listed the 2025 and 2026 anniversary parties of North Bay Babble On at the Arlene Francis Center in Santa Rosa.
Price. Entry is on a sliding scale of $20 to $45 (as listed in November 2026). The organizers ask people to pay at the highest level they can comfortably afford and turn no one away for lack of money. Proceeds cover venue and promotion costs and fund community rope education in the North Bay.
Status. The most recent listed session was on Sunday 25 October 2026. In November 2026 neither the website nor the ticket page showed a next date, so check the group’s channels before going.