fwb mini con passes
Come meet sex-positive people, learn from top notch educators, socialize, and play in one of the most unique spaces in downtown LA! The Mini-Con is a weekend of community, connection, education, and pleasure! The event features nine classes on embodiment, arousal, sensation, erotic communication, and sexual techniques. Your nationally known, award-winning presenters are Sarah Tomchesson, Hannah, Ashley Manta, Nadege, Tristan Taormino, and Tina Horn. Explore what you’ve learned, connect, and play at two sexy parties. Then Jordan Wolan will lead a wonderful sound bath to close out the weekend. A delicious lunch and refreshments will be served both days. Please let us know if you have dietary restrictions or accessibility needs.
Schedule
Saturday, April 25
10:00- 11:30 Workshop with Sarah Tomchesson
BREAK 15 min
11:45 - 12:45 Communication and Negotiation with Hannah
BREAK 1 hour
1:45-2:45 Workshop with Ashley Manta
BREAK 30 min
3:15-4:15 Dirty Talk with Tina Horn
BREAK 30 min
4:45-5:45 Play Party Etiquette with Tristan Taormino
8:00 - 1:00 Play Party
Sunday, April 26
10:00- 11:30 Embodying Your Sexual Power with Sarah Tomchesson
BREAK 15 min
11:45 - 12:45 Workshop with Ashley Manta
BREAK 1 hour
1:45-2:45 The Art of Flirtation with Nadege
BREAK 30 min
3:15-4:15 Workshop with Tristan Taormino
BREAK 30 min
4:45-5:45 Sound Bath with Jordan Wolan
Pricing
2 Day Pass
Includes snacks & lunch
$249 – Early Bird (5 available before March 15) ($20/class + food + fees)
$299 – General (before April 15) ($25/class + food + fees)
$349 – Last Call (before April 24) ($30/class + food + fees)
Saturday Day Pass
Includes snacks & lunch
$169 – General (before April 15)
$189 – Last Call (before April 24)
Sunday Day Pass
Includes snacks & lunch
$169 – General (before April 15)
$189 – Last Call (before April 24)
2 Day Pass + Play Party
Includes snacks & lunch both days and a ticket to the play party on Saturday evening
$299 – Early Bird (10 available before March 15)
$339 – General (before April 15)
$379 – Last Call (before April 24)
VIP
Includes 2 day pass with reserved seating in our most comfy chairs, snacks & lunch both days, a ticket to the play party on Saturday evening, and a gift bag worth $150
$329 – Early Bird (2 available before March 15)
$369 – General (4 before April 15)
$399 – Last Call (before April 24)
Detailed Descriptions
Saturday, April 25
Sensational Sex: Arousal, Desire, and Sensory Exploration with Sarah Tomchesson
Sensory exploration heightens the body’s responsiveness to pleasure. This class is grounded in the science of desire and offers sensory tools for increasing arousal, teasing and enticing thru sensation play, hand techniques that heat things up and breath for savoring every touch.
Communication and Negotiation with Hannah
Do you feel curious about how to negotiate desires with play partners? Do you want to continue to learn about your boundaries and communicate with comfort? Tapping into what you want and sharing it with others is an ongoing practice and skill that benefits us in all areas of life. Join us for an experiential workshop, where you will learn about communication, boundaries and negotiation. Together we will practice sharing desires, feel into our “yeses” and “nos” and learn a fun game that can be used with new friends or existing partners.
Life-Changing Pussy Massage
No more guessing. Learn the landscape, build the heat, and keep the connection. We’ll cover external and internal pleasure with techniques that honor the body and cultivate nervous system safety. Inclusive, practical, and very usable. Taught by certified sexologist Ashley Manta. You’ll learn: Vulva and clitoral anatomy, pressure and pace that work for your partner; Hood lifts, circles, and “magic triangle” touch; when to go inside; Mapping the pussy for maximum pleasure; Toys vs. hands vs. mouth, and common myths; Check-ins, lube strategy, and the Ashley's famous "reclining diamond" position
The Art of Flirtation
Did you know there are ten ways that people flirt, and you have a unique flirt style? Join sex scholar Nadège for a playful, interactive workshop where you will discover how you naturally attract and connect with others. Whether in dating, business, or social settings, understanding your flirt style enhances confidence, deepens connections, and sets you apart. Join us for an evening of insight, intrigue, and elevated conversation.
Play Party Etiquette with Tristan Taormino
Are you curious about sex and play parties but don’t know where to begin? And what do you do once you get to one? What should you expect? It’s common to have anxiety about going to a sexy party, so Tristan Taormino created this online workshop just for you!! We’ll talk about confidence building and how to ask for what you want. We’ll do some icebreaker exercises (which are not mandatory). This is a consent-focused event open to people of all genders and sexualities. It’s designed for folks who are party-curious, party newbies, or shy folks looking to up their game at parties.
Sunday, April 26
Embodying Your Sexual Power with Sarah Tomchesson
Embodied choice is the foundation of empowered and expansive sex. This class supports you in discovering your authentic “yes” — and your honest “no” — through guided, body-based practice. By building awareness from the inside out, you’ll increase your receptivity to pleasure, cultivate sexual confidence, and expand your capacity for self-trust and self-care. You’ll leave with practical practices for connecting to pleasure in everyday life, amplifying arousal, embodying your sexual power, and creating a personalized toolbox of pleasure ignitors you can return to again and again.
Penis Pleasure
Turn good into unforgettable. This class blends anatomy, technique, and playful confidence so you can give hand, mouth, toy, and prostate pleasure that actually matches the body in front of you. Expect clear demos, safer-sex tips, and easy language you can use tonight. Taught by "Hand Job Queen" and certified sexologist Ashley Manta. You’ll learn: Strokes and grips for different shapes and sizes, plus tempo and edging; Hot spots to focus on for maximum payoff; How to dazzle the foreskin; Communication scripts, lube know-how, and aftercare that connects.
Use Your Words: Dirty Talk for Everyone with Tina Horn
Sexual language, well deployed, can deepen intimacy, heighten fantasy, and accentuate everything you love about sex! So why do so many people feel inhibited when it comes to talking dirty with their partner/s, and what can we do about it? Join Tina Horn, long-time pornographer, journalist, and podcaster, for an inclusive workshop on erotic nouns, verbs, adjectives, sentences, scenarios, and more! You’ll learn to develop the dirty dialog style that’s right for you, whether that’s exploring the deepest taboos or bringing more imagination to your romance. Tina’s classes are always inclusive of all gender identities and relationship styles.
Anal Sex for Everybody with Tristan Taormino
Welcome to the wonderful world of anal pleasure! In this funny, educational class, Tristan covers a wide variety of topics, including: myths about anal sex; anal anatomy, the G-spot and the prostate; basic preparation and hygiene; lubes, anal toys, and safer sex; anal penetration for beginners, and much more! Learn the facts about this exciting, yet often misunderstood, form of pleasure and get all your questions answered.
Sound Bath with Jordan Wolan
Join us for an immersive sound bath to slow down and reset together. Using crystal bowls, the gong and other instruments, this sound bath will help you quiet the inner chatter and outside noise and reconnect with your body. You’ll be guided into a restorative state where stress melts away and the body can recalibrate on its own.
Nothing to perform or process, just a shared pause held with care. You’re welcome to lie down or sit. Bring an eye mask to go deeper.
About the Presenters
Ashley Manta (she/her) is a certified sexologist and relationship coach offering practical, consent-forward guidance. Trained by Betty Dodson as a Bodysex® coach, she blends pleasure-based education with approachable communication skills to help people build confidence, expand erotic capacity, and strengthen connection. She works with individuals and couples through private coaching, writing, and teaching around the world. Her mission is simple: to give you the skills and self-trust to create magnificent sex on purpose, again and again.
Hannah holds a MA from California State Dominguez Hills in Negotiation and Conflict Resolution with a thesis in conflict-avoidance in interpersonal relationship. Her experience in education, community organizing, art, and personal development training shapes her views on how we communicate and relate to those around us. In addition to her day job, Hannah is a mediator with the LA City Attorney’s office, teaches art journaling and collage workshops, is writing a conflict-avoidance workbook, and hosts Bi Sensual at fwb! She is available for relationship and communication coaching, mediation, and generative conflict workshops. In her free time, you can find her lying in the sun like a lizard, floating in the ocean like a sea otter, or seeking pleasure in all other ways it exists.
Jordan Wolan (she/her) is a Certified Hypnotherapist and Sound Healing Facilitator in Los Angeles. She is known for creating safe, inclusive, and transformative healing spaces. In her hypnotherapy practice, Jordan works with high performers, individuals and creatives in the areas of anxiety, phobias, confidence, and habit change. Her group offerings, which include immersive sound baths, cannabis-assisted journeywork, and past life workshops, invite participants into expanded states of consciousness for personal growth and emotional healing. Jordan’s work bridges the mystical and the practical, offering grounded pathways to inner transformation. LGBTQ+ and kink affirming.
Nadège (she/they) is a sex scholar, bestselling author, and the founder of Pleasure Science, where she changes how you love and feel loved with the power of sex. On an average day, you’ll find Nadège in her home office, hair in a power ponytail, as she uses her nerd powers for good. Watch new episodes of the Pleasure Science Podcast on YouTube — your backstage pass to the juiciest discoveries on sex, relationships, science, and history.
Sarah Tomchesson started her career at an organization serving incarcerated parents and their families. This is where she was first exposed to community-based sex ed, informally answering questions and offering support. She eventually went on to get certified as a sex educator and later a sex and relationship coach. She has 18 years experience working with individuals and couples. Her definition of pleasure integrates the erotic, but she does not view sexual pleasure as the end all be all. If the erotic is not your main source of joy or daily satisfaction, you are not alone. For many of us, cultivating simple daily pleasures is the best way to expand the joy in our lives. In addition to her client work, she works with the Magic Wand brand, co-hosts the feminist podcast F*ck Yeah, and volunteers her time with SIECUS - Sex Ed for Social Change. In her “me” time you can find her hiking around California, lifting heavy weights at the Y, cooking for friends and fam, chasing hot springs, and cuddling her fam and our crew of furry rescues.
Tristan Taormino (she/her) is an award-winning writer, sex educator, speaker, filmmaker, and podcaster. She is the author of eight books, including the groundbreaking The Ultimate Guide to Anal Sex for Women and the editor of 25 anthologies including The Feminist Porn Book, The Ultimate Guide to Kink: BDSM, Role Play and the Erotic Edge and Opening Up: A Guide to Creating and Sustaining Open Relationships. Her most recent is A Part of the Heart Can’t Be Eaten, a memoir. She has directed and produced twenty-four sex education and porn films that have won more than a dozen awards. As a speaker, she is widely regarded as an expert on a diverse range of topics from sexual empowerment and LGBTQ sexuality to non-monogamy and feminist pornography. She keynotes, lectures, and teaches workshops around the world. Her podcast, Sex Out Loud was produced for eight years (2012-2020). She runs a coaching and consulting business for individuals, couples, groups, and sexuality professionals. She is the Director of Education at fwb.
Tina Horn is a writer, educatrix, and media-maker. She is the author of Why Are People Into That?! (Hachette), a book of fetish cultural criticism based on her long-running indie podcast, and Deprog, a detective thriller comic book series (Dead Sky). Tina is also the creator/writer of the sci-fi sex-rebel comic book series SfSx Safe Sex (Image) and the hostcowriter of the phone sex podcast Operator (Wondery). Her reporting on sexual subcultures and politics has appeared in Rolling Stone, Playboy, Hazlitt, Glamour, Jezebel and elsewhere; she is the author of two nonfiction books and has contributed to numerous anthologies including We Too: Essays on Sex Work and Survival, which she also coedited.
The Play Parties
All kinds of pleasure and sex are welcomed and encouraged at our Play events. For more information on what to expect, read through our manifesto and ground rules.
Tease: BDSM as Foreplay hosted by MF Dom
Friday, April 24 at 8P
Tease is an evening of sensual power and pleasure. If you think BDSM is all whips and pain, allow us to introduce you to the softer side. Experience floggers that feel like a massage, vampire gloves that gently stimulate the skin, and blindfolds that invite surprise and tension. Here, every touch is about service and connection.
Whether you’re curious, experienced, or simply craving a night of sensual discovery, our host MF Dom curates a safe, welcoming environment to learn, watch, and indulge in the art of soft power and playful surrender.
Playdate: An Evening of Sensual Pleasure hosted by Jess
Saturday, April 25 at 8P
Step into an evening designed to awaken the senses and invite playful connection. Playdate is a guided exploration of sensual touch and sensory delight, where participants are invited to slow down, tune in, and discover the art of giving and receiving pleasure through texture, temperature, scent, and movement.
Throughout the night, you’ll experiment with gentle touch exercises, playful sensory activities, and moments of curiosity designed to spark connection and embodied awareness. Between explorations, indulge in a spread of decadent desserts—rich chocolates, luscious fruits, and sweet treats that make pleasure something you can taste as well as feel.
Play events require an application and interview. You will receive an email with additional information once you purchase your pass.