Four Play at KitKatClub Berlin started in spring 2016 as an answer to a specific problem. Someone looked at Berlin's kinky scene and found it too serious. Too rigid. Too exclusive for anyone who hadn't already memorized the unwritten rules. Four Play was the corrective: a party built to break through those walls and invite the curious, the inexperienced and the creatively dressed into a space that was safer, warmer and considerably more colorful than what came before.
A corrective that became an institution
Ten years later, Four Play celebrated its anniversary at KitKatClub on June 5th. What started as a corrective has become one of Berlin's defining kink parties. Not the loudest. Not the most exclusive. But one of the few that has stayed true to what it set out to do, month after month, year after year.
Longevity in Berlin nightlife is rare. Longevity without losing the plot is rarer. Four Play has managed both.
Closer to a festival than a party
To call it a party is to undersell it. With five or six dance floors spanning Techno, House, Disco, Psytrance, Jazz and Soul, plus performances, interactive stations, and a carefully curated awareness team from kollektiv b_aware moving through the space all night, Four Play operates closer to a festival. Each edition draws thousands. Each edition is built from scratch.
The scale changes how the night feels. You do not stay in one room. You wander. You lose your friends and find them again three floors up. You come out of a Psytrance basement and end up dancing to Soul at 4am. That kind of architecture is the whole point.
Consent as design principle, not disclaimer
What has stayed constant over a decade is the ethos. Four Play has always been loud about consent. Not as a disclaimer, but as a design principle. Guests are expected to interact. They are also expected to ask first, every time.
The awareness team is not decoration. Kollektiv b_aware is present, visible and trained. If something goes wrong, someone is there. If you need to leave a situation, someone will help you leave it. That infrastructure is what turns a room full of strangers into a space where strangers can trust each other for one night.
The dress code is a signal, not decoration
The dress code (latex, leather, lingerie, naked with tape, ancient Rome, glittery festival chaos) is not aesthetic vanity. It is a signal. If you can wear it casually on a Tuesday, it does not belong here. Leave the denim at home.
More on the outfit styles:
- Kinky style: latex, leather, PVC, vinyl
- Sexy style: lingerie, mesh, sexy swimwear
- Natural style: naked or naked with tape, Garden of Eden style, ancient Rome style
- Creative: wild costumes, super-heroes, glittery festival style. Please avoid police, military or other uniforms associated with authority and force
A balanced room by design
The party actively works toward a balanced, safer space, with men admitted more carefully to ensure the room feels right for everyone inside. This is not a rejection. It is a curation. Ten years of getting this right has earned Four Play its reputation as one of the most genuinely inclusive kink events in a city that has no shortage of competition.
The anniversary edition promised everything the format does best: multiple worlds within one building, music that moves between genres without apology, bodies that do the same.
Ten years. Still playing.
Practical information
- Date: monthly, check organizers for the next edition
- Location: KitKatClub, Koepenicker Strasse 76, 10179 Berlin (Mitte)
- Format: kink party across five to six floors
- Dresscode: latex, leather, lingerie, naked with tape, ancient Rome, glittery festival style. No street clothes, no uniforms of authority
- Awareness: kollektiv b_aware on site throughout the night
- Tickets and entry: via the organizers
Before you mark your calendar: always double-check dates, location, and ticket info directly with the organizers.
Even the best promises come with fine print.