BTS Flashback to our shoot with David Clifton-Strawn for KDS Weekend 2024!
Get your tickets for KDS Weekend 2026 at KDSWeekend.com today!
📸: @masonwardphotography
#kinkdownsouth #gear365 #kinkcommunity #queerevents #queerphotography
Let us have k!nk! 🖤
Fet Gala: Age of Revolution takes over @resonant.studios for a night of fashion, fet!sh, live performances and more!
Dress in your most stunning leather, fet!sh, or fantasy attire and experience an unforgettable evening!
📸: @masonwardphotography & @ames_studios
LOAD ATL is coming back! Once just wasn’t enough!
We are ecstatic to officially say LOAD ATL is returning once a quarter to @HereticAtlanta!
🔥 Saturday, June 6th
🔥 Saturday, September 12th
🔥 Saturday, December 19th
📸: @masonwardphotography
444 pieces of loved gear found a new home today! A new Gear Swap record!
Thank you to everyone who came out, shopped, volunteered, or sold gear! We can’t wait to see y’all wear (or play) with your new pieces!
Special thanks to our host, @atlantaeagle!
📸: @masonwardphotography
Get ready to shop till you drop! Gear Swap is tomorrow at Atlanta Eagle from 2 PM to 5 PM!
Shop hundreds of pieces of pre-loved gear or sell your own to earn some coin! We
Sellers: be sure to register online to save time at check-in at KinkDownSouth.com/Gear-Swap
📸: @masonwardphotography
GEAR NIGHT IS THIS WEDNESDAY (4/8) | 8 PM @ Atlanta Eagle! No matter your kink, it's time to gear up and go out!
Gear Night is your go-to event for every type of gear that moves you - every 2nd Wednesday at Atlanta Eagle! No judgment, just freedom to be k*nky.
We’re ready to take doubles…room reservations that is!
Our host hotel has updated the booking link so there are now Double Rooms available to book at our $139/night rate!
Book your room before they sell out!
➡️ KDSWeekend.com/Hotel
Have you cleaned out your closet yet? Gear Swap is just a few weeks away!
Sellers can pre-register at: KinkDownSouth.com/Gear-Swap [link in bio]
The Logistics:
📅 Saturday, April 11th
📍 @atlantaeagle | Upstairs Bar
🕐 2 PM – 5 PM
🛠️ Seller Setup: 1 PM – 2 PM
🚨 NEXT GEAR NIGHT: 4/8 | 8 PM @ Atlanta Eagle
Gear Night is your go-to event for every type of gear that moves you - every 2nd Wednesday at Atlanta Eagle! No judgment, just freedom to be k*nky.
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🛡️ We believe in paying people for their time and expertise. We don’t want to pay in "exposure."
🥃 The Perk: Your $5 gets you a FREE @DeepEddyVodka cocktail (or soda) to kick off the night.
⚡ The Purpose: Every cent goes back into the scene. Similar to other events, this will help us pay for demos, invest in new equipment, and pay the artists who keep our culture alive.
📢 CHANGE TO GEAR NIGHT DOOR POLICY EFFECTIVE 4/8
Starting April 8, 2026, we’re changing how we sustain our events. @KinkDownSouth Gear Night at @AtlantaEagle will now have a suggested $5 cover from 8PM – 11PM.
🖤 No one will ever be turned away for lack of funds.
Let us have k!nk! The Fet Gala returns May 16th! We’re pairing family heirlooms with industrial latex to dance in the wreckage of the old world.
✨ Tickets: Link in bio // Kinkdownsouth.com/FetGala
Photos by: @ames_studios
KDS was built on a foundation of belief—and Jay “Mother” Malloy was the first to believe in us. We are proud to open applications for the 2026 Jay “Mother” Malloy Equity Scholarship. We believe that financial barriers should never stand in the way of belonging.
KDSWeekend.com/Equity-Scholarship
🏨 KDS 2026 BOOKING IS LIVE (With a small "oops"!)
The link for the Courtland Grand is active, but the hotel has a glitch: currently, only King rooms ($139) are showing. We are working to unlock Doubles now.
Want a King? Book now! Need a Double? Hang tight!
👉 KDSWeekend.com/Hotel
The wait for KDS 2026 hotel rooms is almost over! Tonight, we officially open the hotel block for our brand-new host location: The Courtland Grand.
We’re staying in the heart of the action, within 10 minutes all venues and a quick walk from Marta, but with some massive upgrades for the weekend!
Have you secured your tickets for THIS SATURDAY, as LOAD™ #Atlanta returns? You don’t want to miss it 😈
We're taking over Heretic to turn the lights out and the volume up all the way up with @philipwebbmusic (Dallas) and @ryancwilling (Chicago)
🎟️➡️ Tix Link In Bio
🚨 GEAR NIGHT: TONIGHT 3/11 | 8 PM @ Atlanta Eagle
Come out for everyone’s favorite monthly gear event at @AtlantaEagle!
🎵 DJ Rob Reum is on the decks in Bar II! Throw down with house beats all night long.
#KinkDownSouth #AtlantaEagle #GearNight #GayNightlife #KinkCommunity
AUSTIN: WE’RE BRINGING THE BUZZ. 🐝✨
Now, we’re bringing Spelling Bee(DSM) to Austin Kink Weekend—and we want you to join us.
It’s high-camp, high-energy, and the only place where being a "cunning linguist" actually pays off.
[Tix Link in Bio]
📸: @photosbypupdante
🚨 GEAR NIGHT: WEDNESDAY 3/11 | 8 PM @ Atlanta Eagle.
Come out for everyone’s favorite monthly gear event at @AtlantaEagle!
🕯️ 9:30 PM | MUMMIFICATION DEMO: @thatmanryan is ready to wrap @_gimpmax tighter than a drum until there’s nothin’ left but a shiny restrained object
THE RAVE’OLUTION IS HERE
Time to get loud and rave like no one is watching! TOMORROW, Kink Down South joins forces with @wolftones, House by Definition, and Technosexual Order (@technosexualorder) and @saturn.atl.
Kink Down South x Organized Grime are back together for the return of LOAD™ #Atlanta! 😈
THE SOUNDTRACK:
@philipwebbmusic (Dallas) - Headliner
@ryancwilling (Chicago) - Opener
L.O.A.D. (Lights Off And Dance)
➡️ Saturday, March 21, 2026
Kink Down South x Organized Grime are back together for the return of LOAD™ #Atlanta! 😈
THE SOUNDTRACK:
@philipwebbmusic (Dallas) - Headliner
@ryancwilling (Chicago) - Opener
L.O.A.D. (Lights Off And Dance)
➡️ Saturday, March 21, 2026
Good pets get treats! So don’t miss out on securing you Early Bird Weekend Pass! There’s less than 20 left and once they are gone - they’re gone!
Tix at: KDSWeekend.com (Link in bio)
📸: @masonwardphotography
#KDS2026 #KinkDownSouth #KDSWeekend
📢 Calling all presenters and k!nk educators! Applications for KDS Weekend 2026 are officially OPEN!
We’re looking for educators ready to help beginners and advanced k!nksters push their boundaries. Apply today at KDSWeekend.com
📸: @masonwardphotography
#KDS2026 #KinkDownSouth #KDSWeekend
*throws corporate laptop out window*
Who else needs this weekend to start…like now. Time to gear up and find trouble 😈
📸: @masonwardphotography
#kinkdownsouth #gear365 #kinkcommunity #queerevents #gaynightlife
KDS Weekend is proud to offer complimentary spaces to k*nk & f*tish-focused organizations and clubs in our Community Alley! ✨
If you’re a community organization/club in the k*nk and f*tish world - apply for a spot today! Spaces are limited!
👉Apply at: KDSWeekend.com
⏰Applications close May 1st!
⚠️ LOW EARLY BIRD PASS WARNING - WE’RE 85% SOLD OUT!
Early Bird weekend passes are going fast and we’re already 85% sold out!
🎟️: KDSWeekend.com (link in bio)
📸: @masonwardphotography
#KDS2026 #KinkDownSouth #KDSWeekend
