18-21 June 2026
TEAM
Here you can see some of our amazing team members for 2026 -
we’re updating step by step, so come back later for more!
OUR PROGRAM + CONTENT
We offer workshops, playspaces, dances, concerts, morning movement... All content will be related to our bodies, and nuances of getting in touch in some kind of way, with ourselves and other beings. Things like massages, performative work, dances, blindfolded encounters, playfight, kinky stuff, ropes, energetic work, queer content, emotional selfcare, playgrounds for pleasure & fun, things for depth & challenge...
The workshops may contain exercises alone, in pairs, small groups, the whole room, it may be rituals or different kinds of experimental spaces.
Our sweet DAILY GATHERINGS with everyone usually bring a beautiful sense of common ground to the experience.
Participating in anything is optional at any time! You are invited (actually even asked to) to step out or leave anything that you don't want to be in.
Everything will be presented in our program with descriptions, and also we will shortly announce every offering in our daily gatherings, so that you can see what calls you.
The actual program will be published about 2 weeks before the event.
To get an idea, you can have a look at our
→ PAST EVENT'S PROGRAMS ← !
This little archive also includes programs of PANDORA and UNFOLDING, which are other sibling festivals of ours.
Example time table to understand our event structure:
LABLES:
Our different offerings can carry the following symbols, referring to the intentions of the person offering it:
Open door = Drop in any time
Lock = Closed after beginning, be on time!
Butt = Nakedness invited
Fire = Sexual feelings or/and interactions invited
Storm = Intended to go deeper & move emotions (maybe crying, screaming, …)
ART CONTRIBUTIONS:
Our team will offer an amazing program - and we would love more ARTSY STUFF:
Concerts, live music, themed talks, shows, performances, art pieces, crafting, creative add-ons...!!
(but no workshops!)
If you want to offer something, please tell us more about it in your registration (it has a section for that). Add links if you can.
If we invite an offering of yours, we will reduce your event fee.
Limited spots, and we pick carefully, so please be aware that we might not take on your offer.
EXTRAS:
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Sauna waggon outdoors
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Small river + garden on the location site
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Beautiful nature for walks
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Soul Care Room: a space for emotional (self-)care
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Love Lounge + Love Nest: smaller spaces for intimacy/sexuality
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Free time options like playing music, chatting, resting, laying in the sun (hopefully)... :)
BACKGROUND
LOVE RYOT is happening in 2026 in its fifth edition, organized by Liisa Fatuma + Monalice (as the main organizers) and Ben (taking care of registrations + bookings),
with our amazing team of facilitators, performers, supporters.
What was the beginning of all this?
Once upon a time, we — Mona and Liisa — grew up living in the same street in Hamburg until Liisa's family moved. Many years later, life brought us back together in another city during our studies, and we became close friends.
From the very beginning we loved creating things together. Back then, it showed in our shared flat with six people: a place centered around warmth, connection, and the joy of hosting creative lively gatherings.
When life eventually led us to different cities, we were drawn to the same topics simultaneously: dance, self-exploration, bodywork, Gestalt therapy…
With this shared background, we also started working together, organizing and facilitating seminars.
Our first so-called sexpositive festival was an event in Sweden that we experienced together, though we were at different points in our life at that time:
Liisa had already been hosting a “Let’s Talk About Sex” workshop for several years, openly curious and passionate about the topic, inviting others to explore with her.
Mona, on the other hand, felt rather shy, cautious, and even scared about intimacy and sexuality with others.
That festival turned out to be deeply expanding and moving, it opened doors to new ways of connecting with others and with ourselves. It offered a space of honesty and presence, and it planted the seed for what would later become our own intimacy- and sex-positive events.
We attended more events and met more like-minded people interested in conscious places for emotions, sexuality, touch & empowerment - and at some point we started to dream of our own festival!
Liisa stormed into creating a first small version of the PANDORA festival in winter 2021, and then Monalice and Liisa co-created our first LOVE RYOT festival in summer 2022 near Cologne - welcoming around 85 people into an experience that exceeded our expectations and was pretty amazing for us!
Since then, LOVE RYOT is happening in summer, alternating between east and west Germany, while PANDORA is happening in winter near Venlo/Krefeld as Liisa’s baby, with Monalice’s support & co-hosting for most editions.
Over time, our events have grown up until 120 people — a size that feels just right to us, allowing intimacy, depth, and a strong group spirit to remain alive.
We continuously adapt our festivals based on feedback, reflection, and our own evolving perception. We feel connected to similar events such as Sexsibility (Sweden), The Intimate Revolution (Germany/Austria), and Juicy Lab (Germany).
Looking forward to many more years of new creations…
Hope to see you at our events, or somewhere else!
Love,
MonaLiisa 🦊
(updated in february 2026)