Friday, April 22nd, 2016 | 8PM—2AM
21+ only. Valid ID required.
To be enjoyed all hours: Visual Art Gallery, Interactive Installations, Audio Erotic, and the Festival Store.
6PM-8PM Artists’ Reception – by special invitation only for Artists, Art Activists, and Sponsors
8PM Doors Open
8-9PM Sehnsucht Take 1: Devin Mohr
Demonstration on the Adare Stage.
8-9:30PM FACE OFF ROYAL RUMBLE!
A painting competition and live auction of the newly painted pieces! Featuring artists Seb Barnett, Amanda Stalter, Eric Shandelmeir, Sensei23, CASH, and Robert Bellm. Located in Rm. 1618.
8PM-1AM Ambient Magic
Look for intimate and surprise performances throughout the venue.
8PM Solange Corbeau
Performance on the VIP Stage.
8PM Painting Parlour
Sensual exploration of body painting in Aaaahz!
8-8:30PM Book Event with Alex Stitt: Restraint & Revolution: The Art of Adare
Book reading and signing in the Literary Lair.
8:30PM Tennessee Tease
Performance on the Rm. 1619 Stage.
8:30PM Guided Art Tour of Interactive Installations with founding Festival Director Anna Hurwitz
Starting at the Art Buyer’s Lounge in front of the Festival Store.
9-10PM Aphrodesia
Food play and tasting in Aaaahz!
9PM Usurping Gander
Performance on the VIP Stage.
9PM On the Other Side of Brokeback Mountain… : Miss Juju Minxxx
Performance on the Adare Stage.
9:10-9:40PM Labeling Ourselves: Labels: Adare & Kimberly Dark
Interactive lecture on the Adare Stage.
9:30PM Guided Art Tour with Master of Erotic Art and Festival Founder Jim Duvall
Starting at the Art Buyer’s Lounge in front of the Festival Store.
9:30PM Maggie McMuffin
Performance on the VIP Stage.
10-11PM SensationAlley
Delight your senses with tactile sensation play in Aaaahz!
10PM – 11:30 The Chair Project
Rm. 1618 – John Cornicello shares secrets for finding your realness in a photograph.
10PM-Midnight Live Painting: Adare
In Rm. 1618.
10PM-11PM EmperROAR Fabulous; Sailor St. Claire & Fosse Jack, Lady Drew Blood, Al Lykya, Violet Tendencies, spICE!, The Lady B, Jesus La Pinga, Juju Minxxx
Performances on the Rm. 1619 Stage.
11PM-2AM La Petite Seduction with DJs: Spike Malice and burn(dream)
DJs create our late night soundscape, encouraging a celebration of the sensuousness of movement and music.
11PM Rip Stop
Indulging of the thrill of ripping off clothing in Aaaahz! and the VIP Stage.
Midnight – Crafts of another sort
In Rm. 1618 — Sexy Dice presented by Babeland. Tiaras and masks. Pornogami.
Saturday, 23rd, 2016 | 12PM—2AM
To be enjoyed all hours: Visual Art Gallery, Interactive Installations, Audio Erotic, and the Festival Store.
Noon-6PM Gallery Hours 18+ Valid ID required.
Noon-1pm Gender 101: Alex Stitt
Lecture on the Adare Stage.
Noon:30PM-2:30PM Rope Art Salon – with Life Drawing
A Beyond Nude life drawing session. Drawing supplies provided or bring your own.
Noon:30PM Guided Art Tour with Festival Artist Sally Mikulas-Serletti
Starting at the Art Buyer’s Lounge in front of the Festival Store.
1-2PM “Public Bodies” Kimberly Dark
Lecture on the Adare Stage.
1:30PM Writer’s WanderLust – Spoken-word Guided Art Tour
Spoken word performances by Festival 2016 and Guest Literary Artists, inspired by the exhibition art. Starting at the Literary Lair.
2-4PM Sehnsucht Take 2: Devin Mohr
Demonstration on the Adare Stage.
2:30PM Guided Art Tour with Festival Artist Raul Aguilar
Starting at the Art Buyer’s Lounge in front of the Festival Store.
3-4PM Letters from the Heart (and further South) with Virginia Lore
A workshop for all levels of writers. Materials provided in the Literary Lair.
3-4PM Designing a Cartoon Character with Kevin Boze
A class in Rm. 1618.
3:30PM Music Performance and Art Talk with Guitarist Damon Buxton
Starting at the Art Buyer’s Lounge in front of the Festival Store.
4-5pPM Love Army: Alex Stitt
Lecture on the Adare Stage.
4:30-5:30PM Cartooning Layout with Kevin Boze
A class in Rm. 1618.
4:30PM Writer’s WanderLust – Spoken-word Guided Art Tour
Spoken word performances by Festival 2016 and Guest Literary Artists, inspired by the exhibition art. Starting at the Literary Lair.
5-5:30pm Book Event with Jiz Lee & Tobi Hill-Meyer: Coming Out Like a Porn Star
A book reading and discussion in the Literary Lair.
5-6PM Peep Show: Tales from the Lusty Lady Theatre: Carol Queen PhD
Lecture on the Adare Stage.
6PM – 21+ only. Valid ID required.
6PM Literary Artists’ Reading
Enjoy accepted authors reading their works in the Literary Lair.
6:15-7PM Read the Revolution: Adare and guests
Lecture and book reading on the Adare Stage.
6:30PM Brush Strokes – A decadent guided painting session
Located in Rm. 1618 and requires a specific Brush Strokes ticket purchase in advance.
6:30PM Storytelling with Kimberly Dark
Spoken word performance in the Literary Lair.
7-8pPM “Feelin’ Myself with JuJu Minxxx” – A Course in Attaining Righteous Self Love by means of Ego Masturbation
Lecture on the Adare Stage.
7PM Painting Parlour
Sensual exploration of body painting in Aaaahz!
7:30PM Gale Force
Performance on the VIP Stage.
7:30PM Writer’s WanderLust – Spoken-word Guided Art Tour
Spoken word performances by Festival 2016 and Guest Literary Artists, inspired by the exhibition art. Starting at the Literary Lair.
8PM-1AM Ambient Magic
Look for intimate and surprise performances throughout the venue.
8PM Solange Corbeau
Performance on the VIP Stage.
8-9PM Sex Positive Story Slam
The Sex-Positive Story Slam is a safe space for supporting and celebrating our stories about sex, sexuality, and living in a gendered body – telling yours, and hearing other people’s in the Literary Lair.
8-8:40PM What Sex-Positivity Is—And Isn’t: Carol Queen PhD
Lecture on the Adare Stage.
8:30PM Guided Art Tour with Festival Director Sophia Iannicelli
Starting at the Docent table in front of the Festival Store.
8:30PM Sinner Saint Burlesque
Performance on the Rm. 1619 Stage.
8:40PM Binary Star. An Ode to “Orbit” – Miss Juju Minxxx
Performance on the Adare Stage.
9PM Rip Stop
Indulging of the thrill of ripping off clothing in Aaaahz! and the VIP Stage.
9PM Usurping Gander
Performance on the VIP Stage.
9-10PM JuJu‘s Pastie Palooza!
Hands-on! Craft your own pair of pasties. Supplies provided.
9:10-9:40PM Labeling Ourselves:Labels: Adare & Kimberly Dark
Interactive lecture on the Adare Stage.
9:30PM Guided Art Tour with Erotic Art Collector and Photographer Daniel McGlothlen
Starting at the Art Buyer’s Lounge in front of the Festival Store.
9:30PM Maggie McMuffin
Performance on the VIP Stage.
10PM SensationAlley
Delight your senses with tactile sensation play in Aaaahz!
10PM-11PM Lady Drew Blood, The Lady B, spICE!, Violet Tendencies, Apollo Vidra, Man Johnson, Miz Melancholy, Stella D’Letto, Juju Minxxx
Performances on the Bar Stage.
10PM-Midnight Live Painting: Adare
In Rm. 1618.
11PM Aphrodesia
Food play and tasting in Aaaahz!
11PM Shoe-Down Contest
A friendly “best dressed below the knees” with multiple prizes & different categories of footwear. A shoe lover’s spectacle! Rm. 1619 Stage.
11PM-2AM La Petite Seduction with DJs: Keith Myers and Raymond Forbes
DJs create our late night soundscape, encouraging a celebration of the sensuousness of movement and music.
Midnight – Crafts of another sort
In Rm. 1618 — Sexy Dice presented by Babeland. Tiaras and masks. Pornogami.
Sunday, April 24th, 2016 | Noon—4PM
18+ Allowed. Valid ID required.
To be enjoyed all hours: Visual Art Gallery, Interactive Installations, Audio Erotic, and the Festival Store.
Noon Doors Open
Noon-1:30PM Live Painting: Adare
In RM. 1618
Noon-1:00PM Beyond Nude
In RM. 1618, more of our slightly different life drawing. Materials provided.
Noon:30PM Brush Strokes – A decadent guided painting session
Located in Rm. 1618 and requires a specific Brush Strokes ticket purchase.
Noon:30PM Guided Art Tour with National Coalition for Sexual Freedom spokesperson Susan Wright
Starting at the Art Buyer’s Lounge in front of the Festival Store.
1PM-1:30PM Visual Art Jury Discussion Panel
VIP Stage – Festival Director, Visual Art Jurors and Curators share the process of assembling the art to make up the exhibitions.
1-1:30PM Book Event with Carol Queen: The Sex & Pleasure Book: Good Vibrations Guide to Great Sex for Everyone
Meet the author and book signing in the Literary Lair.
1:30PM Guided Art Tour with Guest Curator and Doll/Mixed Media Artist Flynn Bickley
Starting at the Gay City Art Showcase
1:30PM Guided Art Tour with Visual Art Jurors Michelle Sullivan and Charles “Dave” Kneller
Starting at the VIP Stage.
2-2:30PM Book Event with C. C. Havens: Seduced By A River
Meet the author and book signing in the Literary Lair.
2-2:30PM “Three, Two, One”: Kimberly Dark
Lecture on the Adare Stage.
2:30PM Guided Art Tour with Sexuality Activist and Educator Allena Gabosch
Starting at the Art Buyer’s Lounge in front of the Festival Store.
2:30PM Guided Art Tour with Artist and Guest Curator Rose Adare
Starting at the Adare Experience: Restraint & Revolution.
3-3:30PM Literary Art Jury Discussion Panel
Literary Art Jurors and Curator share the process of selecting the writings to create the anthology. In the Literary Lair.