Well done the Journal. Unusual for such a festival to get mainstream media attention with it sounding smutty. Keep up the good work.

Careful now!

down with this sort of thing

Sounds like its being run by a bunch of chancers. I looked at the web site and Facebook page and the early bird tickets are €55, normal tickets cost €75. All over the website there is a donate button and it doesn’t even tell you anywhere where it’s on. I’ve seen illegal beach party’s advertised online that looked less iffy than this.

Diego – the address is on the ticket page .

South William Space 27 South William Street Dublin 2
Saturday, February 25, 2012 from 12:00 PM to 11:00 PM (GMT)

For this type of event it’s pretty normal not to be told the venue until you book your ticket due to not wanting
pressed sneaking in or right wing and religious protesters turning up, which has happened at other alt events.

Yes this is being billed as the first festival, but there have been sexuality events/conferences run in this country going back years. Last year was the first Kink conference http://www.onewithknots.com/twisted-leprechaun-2011/ which rang a range of workshops and activities.

In 2009 Dossie Easton http://www.eros-mutiny.com/ ran a two day conference on where kink and Tantra intersect.

And then there are several Tantra schools which have been running events and workshops going back over 15 years. The only difference is this Festival is the first to be courting mainstream press.

Is it gonna be like the ‘taste of Dublin’ food festival?….free samples on every corner….confirm the sex samples and its sure to be a success….

“The metaphysics of sexual energy.” Hmmmm. Sounds like a bit of snake oil.

I would want ‘the works’ for 75 euro.. :)

55 blips, pricey, you’d want some “real” sampling for that!!

I think it’s great value considering it goes late into the evening and you have a whole bunch of different presenters to choose between. That Dossie Easton weekend cost €180 in 2009 for two days, so €55 or even €75 full price is pretty low in comparison.

Generally, tantra workshops are costing around €60-80 per day minimum depending on who is presenting.

I believe in this festival and think it’s a great way to promote sexual health and freedom in Ireland. That’s why I am proud to be both a sponser and presenter as One Heart Tantra.