Carnival DNGN is a passion project that was co-founded by Michaela Winters in San Juan, Puerto Rico. After Michaela had been hosting conscious play parties and sex-positive education events for the previous 6 years, she noticed a huge lack in what she saw being provided in the spiritual event industry: Safe, consensual, SOBER, educational BDSM spaces; to play, to practice, to learn, to experiment, to explore. She aimed to create an event that was equal part educational and exploratory/immersive. She saw a huge need for spaces that were neutrally informative about the lifestyle of BDSM & Kink, that also integrated a more “conscious” intentional approach to sex-positive events. In December of 2022 Carnival DNGN was founded and has run quarterly since.

In November 2023, Michaela returned to Boulder, Colorado, and decided to rebrand their quarterly main event to Carnival DNGN: The Experience, bringing it to the Boulder community for the first time. Since bringing the quarterly main event to Boulder, Michaela has grown the brand to not only offer The Experience, but various 3-Day educational weekend immersions as well as a 7-Day retreat.

Carnival DNGN: The Experience prides itself on being a 150-person (120 participants and 30-40 staff) community-based event that supports local sex-positive practitioners and provides them a container in which to share their work with the broader community, participants, and potential clientele.

So what exactly IS this event?:

Carnival DNGN is an exclusive, private, invite-only, intimate, sober, consciousness-based, 6-hour immersive experience designed to take you on a journey through the recreational and therapeutic arts of BDSM & KINK.

This event is a cross between a party/social gathering, an educational workshop, an adult playground, a human laboratory, an interactive immersive experience, a BDSM/Kink Dungeon, and a performative show. You will be able to meet others in the broader local sex-positive community, watch performances & demos, participate in interactive stations and hands-on experiences with local experts, explore your deepest desires and darkest fantasies, enjoy aphrodisiac mocktails & elixirs, play with new friends and old, and learn more about your own pleasure, pain, fantasies, and desires!