
events

Leather Collar Workshop
Leather Collar Workshop
Saturday July 19, 8-10 pm, $50, 18+, masks required
In this beginner-friendly workshop, you’ll customize your own leather collar for fashion or for play! We’ll be joined by Caleb from Tandy Leather Grand Rapids to walk you through each step of the process until you have a collar that’s uniquely yours.
Each collar will be custom-fit, and all materials are included in the cost of your ticket. You’ll be able to choose your leather and hardware color, and then add other custom elements like spikes, studs, decorative rings, or stamp a name/phrase onto a leather dog tag!
Drinks and snacks provided, you can also bring your own food and non-alcoholic drinks if you like.
This event is free for QTBIPOC folks, and $50 for everyone else.

Hypno Con @ The RACK
Hypno Con @ The RACK
Friday, July 25 @5pm - Sunday July 27 @4pm
Join us for a full weekend of classes, socials, and a party all centered on recreational hypnosis!
This is a space for beginners and experienced players alike to strengthen their understandings of consent, negotiation, and subject agency; grow their skills as hypnotees and hypnotists; meet each other; and play!
Classes announced soon. Schedule will include things like: Hypno 101, emotion play, crafting narratives, a variety of hypnotic icebreaker games, and more.
Snacks are provided, and we ask that you bring or venture out for lunch and dinners. The con spans Friday evening, all day-through-evening Saturday, and Sunday. Sleeping arrangements in/around GR (not at the RACK) are up to you.
Sliding scale available ($+125-0). Middle price is $75 per person. Free for QTBIPOC folks, 18+ event.

(Fursuit) Friday @ The RACK!
(Fursuit) Friday August 1st, 7 - 9:45 pm
$15 per person, 18+
Join MIFurs @ The RACK for an evening socializing with the furry community! We will have board games, art supplies, snacks and good furry vibes.
Suits, pup hoods, harnesses and leashes are welcomed and encouraged if you have them - we just ask you enter in plain clothes, the venue has private spots to suit up!
All proceeds go to the RACK and the radical ways they support the local community!

SOLD OUT!!! T-Boy Wrestling @ The RACK!
WE ARE SOLD OUT!!!
Email us here to be the first to hear about the NEXT event. There will be more!
Let’s fucking go, boys!
Join us Friday August 8, 7-9:45 for a night of sweaty, full-contact wrestling fun at The RACK! Watch the excitement or be brave and get in the ring yourself and give it a go. $15 gets you in, wrestling, and gets any flavor of gatorade your heart desires.
Adaptation rounds for folks include: thumb-wrestling, arm-wrestling, and staring competitions (trust us, based on our Lesbian wrestling night that they’re just as much fun).
Raffle is $5 for three potential prizes. Cashapp, venmo and cash will be accepted for raffle tickets.
This event is free for QTBIPOC folks and a $15 suggested donation for admittance for everyone else. 18+ welcome! Tickets are delivered via pdf (with our location).

Rage
Saturday, August 23, 9 pm - 3 am
18+, $30, masks required
A trans-centered break room pop-up at The RACK! Your ticket gets you 15 dedicated minutes in our pop-up break room, a crate of things to destroy, snacks, drinks and good company. Personal protective equipment and tools of destruction are provided.
Feel free to bring your own items too! All participants will be required to to sign a waiver.
Drinks and snacks provided, you can also bring your own food and non-alcoholic drinks if you like.
Tickets are delivered via pdf (with our location).

Tarot reading for writers
Tarot for Queer, Erotica, and Sexual Education Writers at the RACK
July 17, Thursday, 6-9 pm
$15/person (sliding scale available), 18+, masks required
10-minute individual tarot readings as a secular, contemplative prompt for your writing journey, with a secular witchy blessing and some guidance for next steps.
Ivy (Kandi) Zeller (she/they) is a local, queer, and disabled writer/editor. She’s a secular-ish witch who is passionate about sex education and creativity. When Ivy’s not doing word witchery, she loves spending time with found family, doing kinky shit, and making art of all kinds (from leathercraft to pole dancing). Find more of their work at linktree.com/IvyZeller.
Drinks and snacks provided, you can also bring your own food and non-alcoholic drinks if you like.
This event is free for QTBIPOC folks, and $15 for everyone else.

Ask A Pro: Submission
Ask A Pro: Submission. Hands-on Workshop
Tickets are $50 each, 21+, masks required. Sunday July 13, 4-7.
BDSM Provider and Sex Educator, Mistress Green (they/them) will be facilitating this hands-on workshop for new and experienced individuals seeking submissive roles in BDSM relationships.
We’ll be talking about self-esteem, negotiation, autonomy, self-advocacy, subspace, aftercare, tips for choosing a partner, and YOUR questions about submission.
Each attendee will be entered to win a one-hour consultation with Mistress Green.
Drinks and snacks provided, you can also bring your own food and non-alcoholic drinks if you like.
This event is free for QTBIPOC folks, and $50 for everyone else.

Color-A-Bandana
Saturday July 12, 8-10 pm
Color-A-Bandana with Saddlesnake Custom Leatherwear
$45 person, 18+, masks required
Do you have a moment to talk about our Lord and savior, Trans Cowboy Jesus? Join us for a night of queer creativity, where you’ll color and customize your own “Glorious Body” bandana from Saddlesnake Leather, featuring artwork by @embosie. All materials included.
Drinks and snacks provided, you can also bring your own food and non-alcoholic drinks if you like.
This event is free for QTBIPOC folks, and $45 for everyone else.

Queer Dance for GRRR
Queer Dance for Rapid Response to ICE
Friday July 11, 9 pm-1 am
$13.12/person, 18+, masks required
We’re going to dance for our community together. 100% of ticket sales go to GR Rapid Response to ICE, a network of volunteers in the Grand Rapids, MI area who support members of our community targeted by ICE through mutual aid and direct action.
Add songs to our “Queer Dance” Spotify playlist here.
Drinks and snacks provided, you can also bring your own food and non-alcoholic drinks if you like.
This event is free for QTBIPOC folks, and $13.12 for everyone else.

Pitch Witchery @ The RACK
Pitch Witchery for Queer, Erotica, and Sexual Education Writers
July 3, Thursday, 6 to 7 pm
A 1-hour discussion about publishing options, pros and cons, how/where to pitch, and more, with helpful handouts.
Ivy (Kandi) Zeller (she/they) is a local, queer, and disabled writer/editor. She’s a secular-ish witch who is passionate about sex education and creativity. When Ivy’s not doing word witchery, she loves spending time with found family, doing kinky shit, and making art of all kinds (from leathercraft to pole dancing). Find more of their work at Linktree.com/IvyZeller.
Tickets are delivered via pdf (with our location). $20/person (sliding scale available).

Imagining Your Ideal Death: Queer and Trans Workshop
Sunday June 29, from 4 - 7 pm. This event is free for QTBIPOC folks, and $50 for everyone else.
We’re proud to welcome Chicago-based, Queer Death Doula, Katherine Adams (they/she). They’ll be facilitating this “empowering and connective as fuck” queer and trans workshop at The RACK.
From the community member:
“For many queer and trans folks in Michigan (many from rural, stifling and oppressed backgrounds), we’re rarely asked about how we truly WANT to live, let alone, die. Many are scared and feel isolated, and our ‘next of kin’ are sometimes NOT people we have good relationships with.”
Katherine invites us to be in community in our deaths, allowing us to turn towards one another, make plans, and build up our support systems together.
Drinks and snacks provided, you can also bring your own food and non-alcoholic drinks if you like.
Tickets are delivered via pdf (with our location). Disabled? Use code DISABILITY for 50% off your tickets.

SOLD OUT! Lesbian Wrestling @ The RACK
SOLD OUT! Lesbian Wrestling Night @ The RACK!
Join us FRIDAY, June 27, from 6-9 pm EST for lubed-up, sweaty, greasy wrestling LESBIANS.
Bakesale, raffle, mocktails too! This event is free for QTBIPOC folks and a $5 suggested donation for admittance for everyone else. 18+ welcome!
Cashapp and cash will be accepted for purchasing baked goods, raffle tickets and tipping.
Tickets are delivered via pdf (with our location).

The RACK Pride After Party
SOLD OUT!
Saturday June 21 , 10 pm - 1 am, 18+, $15
This event is free for QTBIPOC folks, and $15 for everyone else.
You celebrated at Pride, now come over and dance with us! Open to 18+. This is a mask-required event. Mocktails and snacks included. We’ll have tip jar for Triple X Mutual Aid Sex Worker Fund. Plus zines, hand-made prints, and pre-sale of our new “decriminalize sex-work” tees!

T4T Social
SOLD OUT!
Saturday June 14, 7:00 - 9:45 pm, 18+
This event is free for QTBIPOC folks, and $15 for everyone else.
This is a mask-required event
Our first ever T4T social and it’s open to 18+. Come hang, meet other trans folks.
Drinks and snacks provided, you can also bring your own food and non-alcoholic drinks if you like.
Tickets are delivered via pdf (with our location).

Print Your Own Fabric Patches
Saturday June 14, 10 am-1 pm, 18+
This event is free for QTBIPOC folks, and $15 for everyone else.
This is a mask-required event
You'll enjoy printing on fabric patches from a selection of over 60 hand-cut linoleum blocks. A simple and fun art night with all materials provided.
Drinks and snacks provided, you can also bring your own food and non-alcoholic drinks if you like.
Tickets are delivered via pdf (with our location).

Leather Collar Workshop
Saturday June 7, 7-10 pm, 18+
This event is free for QTBIPOC folks, and $50 for everyone else.
In this beginner-friendly workshop, you’ll customize your own leather collar for fashion or for play! We’ll be joined by Caleb from Tandy Leather Grand Rapids to walk you through each step of the process until you have a collar that’s uniquely yours.
Each collar will be custom-fit, and all materials are included in the cost of your ticket. You’ll be able to choose your leather and hardware color, and then add other custom elements like spikes, studs, decorative rings, or stamp a name/phrase onto a leather dog tag!
Drinks and snacks provided, you can also bring your own food and non-alcoholic drinks if you like.
Tickets are delivered via pdf (with our location).

Queer & Trans Arts & Crafts Time! (Copy)
Thursday June 5, 7-11 pm, 18+
This event is free for QTBIPOC folks, and $10 for everyone else.
This is a mask-required event
Come bring your arts and crafts projects, spread out, and make stuff with us!
Whether it’s a solo craft, or one that requires many hands, bring it!
We’ll also have community supplies for your use: scissors, markers, pens, notepads, a sewing machine, banner-making material, acrylic paint, brushes, a black and white printer/copy machine, paper and supplies to make collages and zines too.
Drinks and snacks provided, you can also bring your own food and non-alcoholic drinks if you like.
Tickets are delivered via pdf (with our location).

QTBIPOC D&D @ The RACK
QTBIPOC D&D at The RACK, 5 to 10 pm EST, free event
We’re proud to host QTBIPOC D&D every last Thursday of the month!
Introducing Farron (they/them) as DM. Farron has been DMing for 12 years in their home state of Illinois. They’re excited to meet fellow QTBIPOC D&D players and host their first campaign here in West Michigan.
12 player max for this campaign. Pre-registration is required. Our location is shared via email after approval. Cancelation is required with at least 24 hour notice so Farron can prepare accordingly.
Drinks and snacks provided. But you’re welcome to bring your own food and non-alcoholic beverages.
2025 dates: May 29, June 26, July 31, August 28, September 25, October 30 (no play in November or December)

CDNS @ THE RACK
Come explore protocol and devotion at the RACK Friday, May 23 from 9 pm to 1 am EST.
21+ only.
Doms- wear whatever makes you feel hot and powerful.
Subs- get ready to strip.
Pampering and service is on the evening's agenda, with plenty of time to socialize. Rewards for excellent behavior.
Tea, coffee, and light refreshments available.

Ask A Pro: Submission
Ask A Pro: Submission. Hands-on Workshop
Sunday, May 18
4-7 pm EST
Tickets are $50 each
Ages 21+
BDSM Provider and Sex Educator, Mistress Green (they/she) will be facilitating this hands-on workshop for new and experienced individuals seeking submissive roles in BDSM relationships.
We’ll be talking about self-esteem, negotiation, autonomy, self-advocacy, subspace, aftercare, tips for choosing a partner, and YOUR questions about submission.
Each attendee will be entered to win a one-hour consultation with Mistress Green.

Queer Dance @ The RACK
Queer Dance @ The RACK
Saturday, May 17
9 pm - 1 am
$20 suggested donation, and a rare occurrence of an 18+ event.
As an act of trans resistance, queer joy, and a celebration of our community coming together, we’re going to dance.
We’ll have mocktails, hot beats and good vibes.

QT After Party
Thursday, April 24, 2025, 10:00 pm - 1:00 am EST, event is free for QTBIPOC folks, and $30 for everyone else.
Tickets are delivered via pdf (with our location).

QT Cuddle Puddle
Thursday, April 24, 2025, 7:00 - 9:45 pm EST, event is free for QTBIPOC folks, and $10 for everyone else.
Hey you. You holdin’ up okay? Naw, me neither. You need some cuddles? A really good hug? Me too.
Bring your best stuffies and plushes and blankets. Come cuddle with alllllllll the other queer, trans folks who also need a safe environment and safe touch. We’ll provide the snacks and tea.
*Platonic touch only*
*Mask required event*
Tickets are delivered via pdf (with our location).

Impact Play Workshop
Sunday, April 20, 2025, 4:00 to 6:00 pm EST, $20 person
BDSM Provider and and Sex Educator, Mistress Green (they/them) leads this two hour workshop on impact play. Whether you're giving or receiving we'll offer safety guidelines, communication tips, and creative ways to enjoy the power of impact play.
There's a door prize, and all attendees will receive a printed informational zine about impact as well.
Tickets are delivered via pdf (with our location).

QT Arts & Crafts
Wednesday April 9, from 7 - 10 pm. This event is free for QTBIPOC folks, and $10 for everyone else.
*This is a mask-required event*
Come bring your arts and crafts projects, spread out, and make stuff with us.
Whether it’s a solo craft, or one that requires many hands bring it! Don’t have active work, but want to just be next to other creative folks (making things or just chillin’), come on over.
Our team will be doing a BIG printmaking project that we could use some support on too, if you wanna lend a hand!
Community supplies for your use: scissors, markers, pens, notepads, a sewing machine, banner-making material, acrylic paint, brushes, a black and white printer/copy machine, paper and supplies to make collages and zines too.
Drinks and snacks provided, you can also bring you own food and non-alcoholic drinks too.
Tickets are delivered via pdf (with our location)

SOLD OUT: Couples Massage Workshop
SOLD OUT
Sunday, April 6, 2025, 4:30 to 6:00 pm EST, $40 person
For our first couples massage workshop at the RACK, we welcome Massage Therapist, Loren Kay Wicksall LMT.
Check out Massage Magick GR on Instagram
We’re excited to welcome both couples and individuals. Solo attendees can pair together at their comfort. Each attendee must register themselves independently, but tickets can be purchased by one partner.
Tickets are delivered via pdf (with our location).
QTBIPOC? Enter coupon code “SOLIDARITY” at checkout for your free event ticket.

SOLD OUT! Marked: Tattoo pop-up
SOLD OUT!
Friday, March 7, 2025, 9 pm - 1am
We welcome THREE queer tattoo artists into the space for an evening of art, pain, and pleasure.
$30 cover gets you access to this sexy event, and the ability to get on an artist’s tattoo list for the night.
In addition to tattoos, we’ll have lots to watch and do:
- Body painting (by Mistress Green using black ink and brush)
- Biting (by Lady Angel)
- Paddling, slapping, and spanking
- Chicago-based professional submissive, Wet Starling, will be getting an intimate tattoo live, center stage.
- Mocktails and treats too!
Those wishing to get a tattoo:
The tattoo lists for artists are first come, first serve. Get there as close to 9 pm to get on the list!
Tattoo flash ranges from $50-$150 per piece.
Most sittings are about an hour long.
Choose from artist-created flash of BDSM themes (chains, leather jackets, rope, heels, lips, underwear etc).
Each artist has their own consent/waiver form which can be filled out on arrival.
Portfolios of artists can be found here:
@STUDIO12TATTOOS
@F.R.O.M.M.A.R.S
@T4TSTUDIO

Beginner Femme Dom Workshop
BDSM Provider and and Sex Educator, Mistress Green (they/she) leads this four hour course on the art of feminine domination. She'll give you just about everything you'll need to feel empowered in and out of the bedroom.
All attendees will be entered into a pool for chance to win two prizes:
1. An hour long, on-one-one consultation with Mistress Green
2. A chance to win an hour-long boudoir photoshoot.
PLUS, every attendee will get access to a resource library of worksheets and zines too! We're gonna be moving around and doing all kinds of stuff, so wear comfortable clothes.
Tickets are $40 each.
First time at The RACK? Tickets can purchased once you pre-register to enter the space here: Pre-registration form.
If you’ve already pre-registered, buy your ticket at secret ticket shop here, and look for that jotform email from us that included the password.
QTBIPOC? Enter coupon code “SOLIDARITY” at checkout for your free event ticket.

T4T Valentine’s Day
t4t Valentine’s Day Event
Saturday, February 8, 7 - 9 pm est
Our first T4T Valentine’s Day celebration is here!
We’ve made the sweetest, most romantic-ass event that we can imagine. We’ll have!
Cute vegan treats, mocktails
Dancin’ (for those who wanna move their bodies)
T4T photo booth (with Instax photos to take home!)
Love letters/note writing station (with custom stationery!)
We’ll be custom-engraving carabiners so you can have your sweetie’s name on your keychain
We’ll be making a collaborative heart paper chains to decorate the space for the week
And of course, lounging and vibing with as many trans babes as we can possible gather and celebrate our with.
Collaborate with us on the T4T Valentine’s Spotify list (playing during the event!) here:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/59YC8x9XCIlOLEqXbRmXQu?si=9fb1126a78d840b1.
First time at The RACK? Everyone is required to pre-register to enter the space here: Pre-registration form.
If you’ve already pre-registered, get your tickets here at our secret ticket shop, and look for that jotform email from us that included the password.

Go Piss Girl!
Saturday, January 25, 9:30 pm doors, 10:00 pm start, 1:00 am event concludes , $60
Come hydrated and horny for The RACK’s first-ever piss-themed play event! Our night starts just after Minneapolis-based artist, Aggy K.’s piss and adult diaper-fetish art exhibition.
Aggy K. came all the way from Minneapolis to use her as a human urinal. What an absolute piss s!ut, right?!
Solo players and partnered folks welcome. Pick-up play encouraged, voyeurism with consent encouragement.
21+ only event. [Pre-registration required](url). Two RACK dm’s on site. Make a safety plan with your partner/s. No firearms, open flame, alcohol or animals.
Want to use the human urinal? <3 month STI test required. Email us your sti test here therackgr@protonmail.com.
First time at The RACK? Everyone is required to pre-register to enter the space here: Pre-registration form.
If you’ve already pre-registered, get your ticket at the secret ticket shop here, and look for that jotform email from us that included the password.

Dress Up Play time: Art EXHIBITION
The RACK is pleased to present “Dress Up Play Time”, an exhibition featuring visiting artist, Aggy K, a multidisciplinary fetish artist based out of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Her work takes inspiration from her daily life, as “a stupid girl wearing stupid outfits”.
Come view her playful, 18+, comic-style illustrations, featuring themes of “Little” role-play, bondage, piss and diapers. Her stylized characters often reflect her own trans identity, and her personal kinks and fantasies.
“Dress Up Play Time” will be on display for one night only, Saturday, January 25, from 7 to 9 pm EST.
Meet the artist, view her illustrations, and purchase her work for your own growing fetish-art collection! All proceeds go to Aggy K.
First time at The RACK? Everyone is required to pre-register to enter the space here: Pre-registration form.
If you’ve already pre-registered, “buy” your free ticket at secret ticket shop here, and look for that jotform email from us that included the password.

Steamy Windows
Dress up and come for a night of steamy voyeurism as we bring an early 1970's VW Bus into our studio.
70's erotic films on the big screen, 70's fashion strongly encouraged, polaroid photo booth, fondue, mocktails and music.
First time at The RACK? Everyone is required to pre-register to enter the space here: Pre-registration form.
If you’ve already pre-registered, “buy” your free ticket at secret ticket shop here, and look for that jotform email from us that included the password.

Beginner Femme Dom Workshop
BDSM Provider and and Sex Educator, Mistress Green (they/she) leads this four hour course on the art of feminine domination. She'll give you just about everything you'll need to feel empowered in and out of the bedroom.
All attendees will be entered into a pool for chance to win two prizes:
1. An hour long, on-one-one consultation with Mistress Green
2. A chance to win an hour-long boudoir photoshoot.
PLUS, every attendee will get access to a resource library of worksheets and zines too! We're gonna be moving around and doing all kinds of stuff, so wear comfortable clothes.
Tickets are $40 each.
First time at The RACK? Tickets can purchased once you pre-register to enter the space here: Pre-registration form.
If you’ve already pre-registered, buy your ticket at secret ticket shop here, and look for that jotform email from us that included the password.
QTBIPOC? Enter coupon code “SOLIDARITY” at checkout for your free event ticket.

Gift-Making & Skill Share Fair
A free, queer, community gift-making and skill-sharing event? How freaking cool!
We'll have several gift-making stations for guests to make thoughtful presents for your loved ones (or even yourself!): a pocket first-aid kit, a match and mini candle set, zines, and hand-printed (and framed) artwork!
Then throughout the event, we'll be featuring community organizers and local mutual aid groups as they share skills and knowledge with us. Any donations offered, we'll split between mutual aid groups.
Special guests include Food Not Bombs, West Michigan Care Collective, GRPOP 616 and Triple X Mutual Aid.
First time at The RACK? Everyone is required to pre-register to enter the space here: Pre-registration form.
If you’ve already pre-registered, “buy” your free ticket at secret ticket shop here, and look for that jotform email from us that included the password.

the RACK JINGLE BRAWL
Are you having a tough holiday season? Life got you down? LET'S FIGHT IT OUT! Bring a friend to tussle with, or let us help find you a match. Open to all experience levels, or you can just come to watch too. Plus a mini maker market for kinky gifts, and get your photo taken with our sexy Santa!
Tickets are $40 each.
First time at The RACK? Tickets can purchased once you pre-register to enter the space here: Pre-registration form.
If you’ve already pre-registered, buy your ticket at secret ticket shop here, and look for that jotform email from us that included the password.
QTBIPOC? Enter coupon code “SOLIDARITY” at checkout for your free event ticket.