The exact location, at the venue’s request, is sent out only to ticket holders - but, we’re about three hours north of San Francisco, a bit inland, in a venue with tons of shady camping, fresh water on tap, free outdoor showers, bbq grills and a giant man made lake. It’s pretty great.

There’s a small town about 10 minutes from the venue with hotels and grocery stores. There’s very spotty to no cell reception on site, but it’s available in town, so get your internet and ice before you arrive!

Gate Hours are:
Thursday 5pm-11pm
Friday noon-11pm
Saturday 10am-4pm

No in’s and outs.

If you arrive when the gate is closed, you’ll have to turn around and wait for the next time the gate is open. Please arrive on time!

The event ends Monday July 24th, and if you’re not off site by noon we’ll conscript you into our cleanup crew. I hear there are whips.

This is a camping festival! We have amenities like running water, showers, a food vendor and glamping tents, but you’ll still want to make sure that you have a tent, sleeping gear, whatever food you want to make for yourself, drinks, etc. Don’t forget sunscreen!

Safer sex supplies are provided, though if you have a preference on brand, please bring it!

There will also be vendors on site for festival clothing, jewelry, IV rejuvenation and sexy toys.

Bring cash!

Suggested packing list

• Camping supplies - tent, sleeping bags, camp stove

• Food

• Sunscreen

• Trash bags

• Bug spray

• Tecnu/poison oak scrub

• Towels

• Floaties

• Camping chair

• Yoga mat

CTC is an annual event where a ragtag bunch of wonderful weirdos meet up to create a magical outdoor playscape. Over the course of 4 jam-packed days, our 500 campmates unite in a diverse, collaborative, and consent-forward community to build a *very* adult playground filled with art, music, and deliciously absurd experiences. Campmates come together in this ephemeral fantasyland to frolic in nature; explore their pleasure, sensuality, and creativity; and connect more deeply with each other’s hearts, minds, and bodies.

Not at all! While many of our campmates practice consensual non-monogamy in some form, all relationship orientations are welcome. CTC is a great place to connect with a current partner(s), meet new folks to add to your polycule, or simply hang out with friends.

Not exclusively. For the kinksters among us, we have a scintillating dungeon stocked with floggers, rigs, crosses, and more, hosted and staffed by professionals to help guide you in your exploration. Since we’re out in the woods together, all play is a bit public - as such, we ask that more extreme kink play doesn’t happen at CTC.

Nope. All relationship structures and consensual play agreements between partners are welcome. For some campmates, that means playing with lots of new partners or playing with a monogamous partner or group play or not playing at all. Whatever (and whomever) you want to get into is between you and that person or people.

CTC is for single folx too! We have lots of great experiences and events throughout the weekend where campmates can meet each other and form their own special connections. We also have a great lineup of happy hours throughout the year where you can meet other folks planning to attend and begin to form those bonds in advance.

That said, we do encourage entering the main play spaces with a partner and there is zero tolerance for harassing people, “cruising” or non-consensual sexual behavior. Specifically, that means:

• You need to ask to watch others play. Catching a glimpse of campmates in the throes of passion is to be expected, but voyeurism, intently or intensely watching others, or self-gratification that intrudes on someone else’s scene requires consent.

• No cruising! Don’t hang around the play spaces asking random people to play with you. If people are on their way to enjoying themselves, the last thing they need is other people pressuring them to tag along.

• If it’s not a “fuck yes,” it’s a “fuck no.” If you ask someone to play with you and they don’t say yes, do not ask them again. If they say “maybe later,” ask if it’s okay to ask them later or if they would prefer to come to you.

• Connect on Bloom

• Join the Discord once you’ve been approved to attend

Attend a KinkUp Happy Hour at Azucar Lounge in San Francisco

• April 12, 7 - 10 pm

• May 13, 7 - 10 pm

• June 7, 7 - 10 pm

Not at all! CTC is a fun space for exploring your pleasure, not just getting laid.

There is never pressure to play, and our goal is to create a weekend that is amazingly fun for someone who chooses to stay fully clothed the whole time (There are dozens of us!)

• Discuss consent openly and often

• Ask before touching anyone and wait for a response

• Disclose STI status and testing practices with partners before play

• Go to meetups with femme, LGBTQIA, BIPOC campers

• Learn skills

• Dance

• Judging by last year, conceive (intentionally!) your first child while surrounded by your best friends.

No pictures without consent or phones in play spaces

No harassment

No bigotry or microaggressions

No body or STI shaming

No outing Campmates to others

No blood play or questionably safe[k][l] sexual activity

No touching without clear enthusiastic consent

No violent play[m] in communal spaces

No race play

No open flames

No styrofoam of any kind on site

No smoking or vaping outside designated areas

It’s a long story, but the general gist is that we aspire to create a world where everyone feels free and can explore their own pleasure. We wanted to make a space where people could express and act on their desires, free from the gaze, biases, and pressures of mainstream society. We started CTC as a place for us– all of us– to connect and collaborate. It’s one weekend of the year when we do our damnedest to bring more joy, passion, and love into the world, with the hope that we can spread that energy around.

From exhibitionists to introverts, kinksters to vanilla fuckers, CTC is an event committed to diversity, inclusion, safety, and belonging. Campmates come from a world of different backgrounds and walks of life, but what we all have in common is:

Consent: A deep commitment to consent culture and prioritizing the personal safety of all Campmates

Inclusivity: Respect and appreciation for people from different races, ethnicities, gender expressions, sexualities, abilities, socioeconomic statuses, and body types

Care: Compassion, care, and consideration for our fellow Campmates[b][c]

Action and Immediacy: A bias toward action and immediacy, striving both to live in the moment and to pitch in to make that moment amazing[d]

Self-Exploration: A healthy sense of curiosity about our own physicality, intimacy, and desires

Sexy Good Times: A fondness for naked people and playing with and/or near our friends[e][f]

While we welcome everyone, all campmates are screened to ensure they share those values before attending. Using interviews and referrals to vet new campmates, we lean heavily on our friends, their friends, their friend’s friends, and so on to keep this temporary community safe and accountable to each other.

Nothing, duh!

Just kidding - while prancing around naked is very much welcome, we want you to be safe from the elements. We are fucking around in the woods, after all. CTC is a great place for sexy self-expression, from fabulous furs to glossy gimp suits. We encourage you to whatever ridiculous, silly, sultry, or straight-up comfy outfits you want to be seen in. For more inspiration, check out our CTC style guide.

Here are a few notes to help you pack:

• Comfy shoes are highly recommended. There’s a lot of ground to cover when you’re not on your back ;)

• Leave the glitter and other moopy accessories (e.g. feathers, loose rhinestones, loose beading, etc.) at home. This is a Leave No Trace event.

• Skip the cultural appropriation and hate symbols. Save your ceremonial headdresses, afro wigs, and other culturally insensitive attire for the MAGA march. Or just burn them.

• Body paint is super sexy, but be sure to bring along body wipes to clean up before jumping in the showers. Leave No Trace means no dyes in the water supplies.

Mendocino Magic in July gets super hot during the day and super cold at night. Be prepared to do a costume change at sundown.

This is a leave no trace, pack it in pack it out event! Please be prepared to take care of your own trash!

At the venue, you’ll find easily accessible drinking water, awesome enclosed outdoor showers, tons of great, flat, shady camping spaces, and a huge lake! There is a food vendor with tacos, fresh pizza, breakfast bowls, smoothies plus vegan and GF options, as well as ice for sale.

There isn’t power available in the camping areas. You will be able to charge phones at the Info Booth.

You can also bring your own generator, but you MUST have the Placement team check your setup before you turn it on. Seriously, it’s fire season. Don’t put your gas next to your exhaust. People have done that. It’s explosive.

Enthusiastic consent is required at all times for everyone involved at any play-appropriate location on the property. I’m sure we’re all aware of what enthusiastic consent is, but as a refresher of what we’re looking for; we want “Yes!”, “Fuck yes!”, “Absolutely!”, “Yes Please!”, anything of that nature. Everything else is, of course, considered a “No”. Things like “Sure”, “Okay”, “I guess so”, or “Alright” simply are not enthusiastic enough for us. Please remember that consent is required at all times for every action that takes place. This is a different environment than many people are used to, and something that may not require consent in the safety of your own spaces might feel different in front of dozens of other people. Check in with on another.

We are not the Sex Police. We have no interest in restricting anyone’s preferences for play. And people accept some amount of risk by coming into a play space. You will be around dozens of other people having sex, and you may see and hear things that aren’t to your personal taste. You have some reasonable expectation of personal space. We are asking people to be good citizens, to be good members of a community. You get to do whatever you want in the privacy of your own spaces 364 days a year. So we won’t tell you what not to do, but be mindful of how your actions within a play space like ours can impact the people around you. Your actions, your words.

For more information, check out our Community Standards.

While we have a number of spaces custom built for play - for instance in Club Orgy, you’ll find the Dorm, a group play space and the Dungeon - the entire event (with the exception of areas with a “No Play” sign) are open for you to frolic, experiment, play or get weird with excited and consenting partners.

Whoa, slow down there, Hoss. There’s a little bit of fluffing involved before purchasing a ticket. If this is your first encounter with CTC, start with our application. If everything checks out, our team will reach out for a 30 - 45 min interview to learn more about you, your character, and your values.

If we offer you an interview, you’ve got a week to complete it. If all goes well, you’ll receive an email invitation with a code to purchase a ticket. Assuming we’re not sold out, you’ll have 5 days to buy a ticket with that code.

Ooh, look at you Mx. Popular! If an existing Campmate in good standing offers to vouch for you, please include that information on your application!

While a referral from an existing Campmate is the quickest route to ticket land, it also comes with a major responsibility. By referring you for an invitation, your sponsor is taking on responsibility for your actions - if you were to violate our community standards, both you and your sponsor would be removed from the event.

Finally, buying a ticket doesn’t make you immune to our safety and community standards. If those standards are violated, we reserve the right to revoke your ticket, remove you from the campsite and/or rescind your ability to attend future Campouts.

If you’ve previously attended, or you’ve already been approved to join, you’ll have a Secret Party ticket link in your email. We’re releasing tickets in batches, with the next (and last if we sell out!) batch going live on April 28th.

If you haven’t, get yourself over to the Application Page - we’d love to get to know you and get you involved!

From blanket forts to 4 am twerkshops to Squish Heaven to Sex Olympics, the moments you'll never forget come from our Community. Campmates are welcome to get involved in whatever creative, random, or sexy ways they would like, including:

• Building an experience

• Hosting a workshop

• Organizing a meetup

• Sharing a fantasy

Be part of the magic by submitting a Community Creation application!

From DJs to dancers to producers, we want to create a space for you to share your art with our community!

Drop your info here, and we'll reach out - we're especially interested in

• Dance, flow and Burlesque performers (we'll help find a show to highlight you!)

• Producers who want to create a 30-90 minute experience

• Live musicians

• DJs

• Live painting

• Other magical experiences!

https://forms.gle/EqqjK3w1kqEvHHtM8

Creating a safe container is the first step in creating a community where Campmates are free to express and explore themselves. We take this seriously, going to serious lengths to create the safest space we can.

Specifically, that means:

• Screening all potential Campmates before they’re able to buy tickets to the event, using applications, interviews, and referrals from Campmates in good standing to ensure a good fit;

• Medical staff on-site to provide care for minor injuries and ailments;

• Emotional support to help Campmates with difficult experiences;

• Trained harm reduction teams offering testing supplies and helpful information;

• Mandatory consent education for all Campmates on arrival, in addition to consent-focused content and experiences before, during and throughout the event;

• Established reporting protocols to address violations of consent or community standards and remove unsafe participants from the community;

• Easily accessible safer sex supplies provided throughout the event;

• And, of course, a serious campaign to eliminate poison oak;

There are a few things that are not allowed on site. Please do not bring:

Styrofoam of ANY kind. We’ll face a HUGE fine. If there’s styrofoam in your car/at your camp, we will remove you. Seriously, something really bad involving styrofoam must have happened here. Just don’t.

Your pets. Like, the animal kind. Please leave your non-human furry friends at home.

Please do not bring any illegal drugs.

There is absolutely no fire allowed on site. Please do not light a fire anywhere.

Do not smoke outside of the designated smoking areas.

Consent means asking before taking photos of others! Please do not take photos unless you have the explicit consent of all parties in the photo. If someone says no, say “thank you” and respect their boundaries by not taking a photo. If someone asks you to delete a picture with them in it, please do so immediately.

Additionally, we’ll have a photographer, Jeremie Frémaux, on site at CTC. Our photographer will have model release forms for people to sign. By opting in, you are giving consent for photos to be taken of you (the photographer will still ask). Once you sign the model release form, you will get a wristband signifying that you have signed it. The photographer will not take pictures of anyone who does not have a wrist band. If you want a private set of photos, find Jeremie and negotiate a package - he can do amazing custom work.

There will be no phones allowed in the dedicated play spaces (the Club Orgy spaces the Dorm and the Dungeon). Please leave them in your tent, or on the table before entering. If someone asks you to put your phone away, please do so without question. If someone believes you were taking pictures and asks to see them, you can either show them your phone, or be escorted out of the event. We want this space to feel safe and accessible to everyone, and part of that means respecting other privacy.

Should you need help, we have medical professionals on site. If in doubt, seek them out! You will be able to find medical at the Mill Pond House on the south side of the entrance road. Look for the medical sign, it is close to the central festivities.

If you see something, help if you can and say something. This only works when we all show up for one another. Find an organizer if you think someone is in trouble or hurt, and we can radio medical to come get them.

Upon arriving, every attendee will go through an orientation - you’ll have a talk about consent and what it means in this space, about the experience you’re about to go into, how we keep the campground safe and running smoothly, what’s happening when, and how to get help if you need it. You’ll get your entry wristband, and a set of Red/Yellow/Green wristbands.

We have a new addition that we’re excited to bring to the Campout this - Availability wristbands!

You’ll get these at the gate (with more available around the event should you need them) in three colors, each denoting a different level of openness for flirtation. No one is required to wear them; they’re simply an additional tool for navigating conversations about play - or not.

Green band, which says “Ask me!” - This means that anyone wearing this band is open for flirtation and potentially open for play, with consent first. This is not, however, an invitation to simply walk up to someone and ask to fuck them. Consent is about the spirit of keeping each other safe. It’s about intention, not simply abiding by the letter of the law.

Yellow band, which says “I’ll ask you.” - This means that the wearer is not open to being approached with flirtation at this time, but may ask others with a green band.

Red band, which says “Don’t Ask.” - This does not mean that the wearer intends to avoid all human interaction, merely that of a sensual or flirtatious nature.

Now you might ask, “What happens if there are two people both wearing yellow, and there’s obvious attraction?” Well, someone’s going to have to make a move…but all that has to be is changing your wristband’s color or removing it entirely. For example, someone might say, “FYI, I’m changing my wrist band to green now,” and leave it at that. In this way, you’re not violating their consent, and you’re giving them an out in case they still don’t want to ask.

While we as an event and as a community do our best to create a safe space, it’s important to be prepared for the hard or hurtful things that can happen. Should you have a situation where you feel your or another’s boundaries were violated or an interaction left you feeling icky, come to the Staff House (it’s on the map!) and knock on the door - there’s a diverse list of community members who’ll hear you out (and if those folks aren’t around, one of the staff will find you one). We’ll take a written report - it can be anonymous - and try to find you the conversation and care that you need. From there, our team will meet to decide the most appropriate next steps, and take action where needed.