The German Fetish Ball is Germany’s premier fetish event, enjoying a good reputation all over the world. The weekend in Hamburg sets and  points out fashion trends and offers a worthy atmosphere to celebrate this great fetish subculture. It already becomes apparent, that in 2010 the Ball will prove again why it is the fetish event in Germany and among the few big ones worldwide. The guest can happily look forward to an unforgettable weekend full of attractions.

Like the last years, we were able to win some of the best designers and fashion labels worldwide, to present their fashion in unique shows, starring some of most wanted fetish models. There is no better way to find out on where fetish fashion is currently developing to.

International show acts complete the program of the German Fetish Ball and will entertain the guests on the various stages. There is much to see and to discover, even a full size bdsm playroom.

Fetish is more then just a headline, it is fashion and it is a lifestyle, it is colourful and versatile. The German Fetish Ball Weekend reflects this variety and is set to bring this lifestyle to people, enjoy your time in Berlin and celebrate this wonderful world of fetish.

The weekend kicks of with a cocktail party on Wednesday, for Thursday is a public holiday in Germany (Father's Day) and finds its highlight with the actual GERMAN FETISH BALL, as the main event, on Saturday. In between and afterwars there are events and parties for every taste, wild nightlife at the KICK OFF COCKTAILS and the PreParty FETISH DECADENCE, the sensual bdsm play night SWEET SURRENDER at a gorgeous venue on Thursday as well as the big GERMAN FETISH FAIR on Friday and Sunday.

Alongside the official schedule Hamburg is the perfect meeting place for the fetish scene from all over the world. There will be get-togethers of various fetish communities, photo shootings, workshops and so on. We will collect all the information of what is going on and publish it on this website, in order to give you a full overview on what is going on.


How it all started:

In 2003 a couple of friends (who earned their merits by hosting exclusive bdsm events at old castles and palaces) wondered, why Europe and especially Germany is home of the most vivid fetish scene world wide, but that there are hardly bigger events and except one, non with international impact. So they planned enriching the European scene by adding an international event with a different emphasis to it. The time-honoured Skin Two Rubber Ball was of course a role model; however the intention was clearly not to copy something already existing, but instead to create a modern interpretation of what they believed to be a real cool fetish event.

A special venue for the German Fetish Ball was long searched and with the Matrix in Berlin it was found. By booking it along with the adjoining clubs and lounges, the German Fetish Ball is offering nothing less then 5 music floors and a huge capacity for over 1500 guests. The German Fetish Fair was the attempt to establish a real international trade exposition for the industry in Germany, something most people in the scene believed that would be useless and it would not being honoured or well attended. The same was being said about the plan to combine a fetish audience with high-class show acts, live music and a five star menu at the Xklusiv Fetish Dinner.

It turned out, that the first German Fetish Ball Weekend 2004 was more then a great success and the sceptics were all wrong. The goal to create something unique and new was achieved. The German Fetish Fair was fully booked and absolutely crowded, so that since then each year a bigger venue had to be found. The Xklusiv Fetish Dinner was voted best fetish dinner ever from the Skin Two Publisher Tim Woodward and the Ball itself was the best-visited fetish event in Germany ever.

The various numbers of copycat events in the following years and the boom of so called fetish weekends is a good sign on what impact the German Fetish Ball had on the scene. And since this first event, the entire weekend developed more and more, setting the standards for a first-class fetish event higher and higher. So even in its sixt year and being surrounded by other (sometimes wannabe big) fetish events, the German Fetish Ball Weekend clearly stands out.

Of course some changes and improvements took place in the past years:
The German Fetish Ball venue was equipped with lots of flat screens and projectors, so that the big shows could be seen all over the venue. A big indoor swimming pool was installed and unfortunatly vanished. The dungeon area was cancelled on purpose for the past years and came back in 2009. Live music was added instead of the play area but will play a smaller role in the future, there is also a cosy area, to chill and talk, something missing at most other parties. In addition a pure play party was established, so that the BDSM aspect of the weekend survived, now at a much better place, allowing more erotic and intense play, than a playroom at a dance party could ever provide. The first day of the long fetish weekend starts with a cocktail party, which is no VIP only party nor has a cover charge; it is free for all guests and performers and mirrors the structure of the scene. Be honest and look around, most better known people (no matter if models, performers, promoters, or whatsoever) are not feeling like stars or VIPs and are not demanding a special treatment or seeing themselves as something better then the usual fetish crowd. That is the spirit of the German Fetish Ball Weekend: A weekend where you go because you want to go to, where you meet old friends and simply have good time. It is not a must-attend event because you are part of the fetish industry, you don’t go there because you are on the guest list or get paid for, instead you go simply for fun and because it is worth attending. We are one community and we shall feel as one.

That is what the German Fetish Ball is committed to. The fans of the GFB (how they call it) and we, the creators of this weekend, look forward to a new and very special event in 2010: The seventh German Fetish Ball Weekend, this time in HAMBURG with new improvements, more days, more venues and so the GFB will be even better then the ones before, which the majority already considered the best fetish event ever. So look forward to it and join us for a walk on the wild side!