Copenhagen Queer Knots Festival 2026
Slow Down to Go Deeper
This year, Copenhagen Queer Knots invites you to descend beneath the surface into depth, intention, and connection.
With more days, more space, and more time to explore, the Summer Edition expands into a 4-day immersive journey dedicated to queer shibari, community, and collective research.
Get ready for an experience that asks you to slow down, root yourself, and go deeper into rope, into practice, and into yourself, into each other.
A festival made by queers, for queers and their allies, created as a container for learning, experimentation, vulnerability, and pleasure.
What to Expect
📚 18+ Hours of Classes, Workshops & Round Tables
Two fully equipped spaces allow us to go both wide and deep:
One room dedicated to beginner & intermediate exploration
One room focused on advanced practice and research
Learn new skills, challenge assumptions, and engage in thoughtful discussions with fellow rope lovers.
🪢 Rope Jams
Open practice spaces for freeform tying, collaboration, and playful exploration.
Drop in, follow your curiosity, and connect through rope.
🌟 6 Performances
Be moved by powerful shibari performances from some of the most exciting and forward-thinking queer artists on the European scene — spanning different styles, energies, and intensities.
🎉 Play Party
A carefully held space for consensual, safer, and respectful exploration.
Come as you are, connect at your own pace, and play within a supportive community.
🍲 Community brunch & a long gentle day of rope jam
We slow things down to land together.
Share food, conversations,ropes, juiciness, and rest — closing the festival in warmth and care.
Who Is This Festival For?
The festival is designed for experienced participants.
If you are a complete beginner, please contact us before purchasing a ticket — we’re happy to guide you toward gaining some experience before joining.
Special Guests
7 queer educators and performers from across Europe
Three days of intensive study, performance, and community building with:
The detailed list of educators will be announced.
💡 Event Details
🗓 Dates: july 30-august 2
📍 Location: Shetlandsgade 3, Copenhagen
Partially accessible (2 steps, toilets not wheelchair accessible)
📅 Program Overview
To be announced
🎟 Tickets
To keep the festival as inclusive as possible, we offer sliding-scale ticket prices based on income.
Are you an high income person? Buy the supporter ticket! Every 10 supporter ticket we will offer a free ticket for a person who cannot afford it.
(10 supporter tickets cover half of the price, CQKF will offer the other half)
This Event Is Made by Queers, for Queers and Allies
Am I an Ally?
You are welcome if you can say yes to all of the following:
You take care of marginalized people and groups
You acknowledge your privilege, if you have it
You are willing to confront your biases and prejudices
You avoid assumptions about gender, nationality, orientation, relationships, or health
You know how to use and respect pronouns
Go down. Slow down. Go deeper.
Join us and let’s create some beautifully knotty memories together.