Eastcoast Bound 2026

Eastcoast Bound is Encrypted Events' first conference in the east, from the same producers as Westcoast Bound. The published conference dates are October 9–11, 2026 at the Hilton Toronto/Markham Suites Conference Centre & Spa in Markham, in the Greater Toronto Area. Thursday, October 8 has an unofficial welcome and a kickoff before those conference days.

Start with Your ECB weekend, the class schedule, and the hotel page.

Classes

The public schedule was last updated on the organizer site on September 29, 2026. Classrooms are named Willow. Confirm the latest times on the schedule before you travel. Named classes on that schedule include:

Friday, October 9, 1:30–5:00pm
- The Nervous Top's Guide To Scene Building & Negotiation, Dare Campbell
- Needle Play 101, Srg
- Discipline vs Punishment: Understanding the Difference, TheSirDee
- For the Love of Impact: Skill, Safety & Sensation, Maeve McBride

Saturday, October 10
- Reading the Body: Intuitive Topping
- The Ethics of Ownership in Power Exchange Dynamics
- Wax Play: Sensation, Control, and Temperature Awareness
- From the Sensual to the Sting: How to Make Your Dragon's Tail Do What You Mean
- Bespoke Box Ties: Basic Box
- Sacred & Profane: Exploring Christian Religious Kink
- Beyond The Basics: Elevating Your Needle Play Skill, Srg
- Getting a Little Dirty: Sex & Power in Age-Based Roleplay
- The Art of High Protocol Service

Sunday, October 11
- Bushido and Leather: Way of the Warrior, Way of the slave
- Bound in Skin: An Introduction to Suturing from a BDSM Perspective
- Dynamic Rope Play: Control & Dominance Moves
- These Bags Are Heavy – Surrender While Managing Trauma
- Step On Me: Bare Foot to Leather Boot
- Bespoke Box Ties: the Finishing Rope

The class catalog also lists Animal Role Play: Wild Canines with Wiley Wolfe, Building Our Consent Practice, and Diabolical Dearmoring.

Around the classes

Community events cover welcome socials, new-attendee orientation, play-finder, trivia, and mixers. Programming ideas go to community@eastcoastbound.ca.

Published extras on the schedule:
- Thursday, October 8: unofficial welcome munch at 6pm in the hotel restaurant, and a kickoff party at 8pm at Oasis Aqualounge
- Friday: registration at 10:00am, puppy mosh 4:00–5:00pm with Wiley Wolfe, Popping Questions 5:30–7:00pm with Maeve McBride, opening ceremonies 6:30–7:00pm, dungeon party 7:15pm–1:00am in Willow IV
- Saturday: continental breakfast 7:00–10:30am for hotel guests, registration at 8:30am, lunch 1:00–2:00pm, a tentative FemmeDomme social 5:00–6:30pm hosted by Ivy Harte, opening scene Exorcism by Wiley Wolfe, dungeon party 7:00pm–1:00am in Willow IV
- Sunday: continental breakfast 7:00–10:30am for hotel guests, lunch 1:30–3:00pm

Vendors

Vendors named on the site are Alexander Paddles, Desert Island Toys, Epic Rope, Knotty Impact, Lady Lux Design, and Morgan Thorne & Sage Noir Art. Desert Island Toys says orders can be picked up at the conference with the code EastcoastPickup.

Bootblacks and sponsors

Bootblacks will have stand hours for service, leather care, and demos. People who want to serve at a stand write contact@eastcoastbound.ca.

Sponsorship is open for financial support, prize donations, swag, and in-kind help. The page does not publish a sponsor roster yet. Notes go to contact@eastcoastbound.ca.

Tickets and conduct

Tickets are on Eventbrite. The published policy is a 75% refund through the end of July 31, 2026, 50% through the end of September 30, 2026, and no refunds or transfers after that.

Attendees are asked to be 19 or older. Etiquette keeps kink clothing inside event spaces, asks that genitals and nipples stay covered in public hotel areas, and puts consent ahead of touch, photos, or joining a scene. Phones are not allowed in the dungeon. Photos stay inside designated photo areas, and a crowd shot still needs consent from every identifiable person.