Just like in past years, PLAY! will take place Friday to Monday of Memorial Day weekend. The dates for 2026 are May 22 at 3pm to May 25 at 11am. 

Deloro Valley in Tuolumne, CA, is almost exactly the same driving distance from the Bay Area as is Saratoga Springs (our previous venue) except you’ll be driving east instead of north.

Be sure to check out this amazing drone video of the venue to get a feel for why we love it so much!

Please do NOT contact the venue with questions about PLAY!

Our accessibility manager, Amande, is happy to discuss any specific accessibility needs with you directly. She will follow up with you if you indicate that you’d like us to in your Eventbrite checkout. We are committed to giving attendees as clear a picture as we can of the venue’s commonly understood accessibility challenges and our accessibility infrastructure so that you can make informed choices about whether this venue will meet your needs. While we may not be able to accommodate all needs, we are excited to do what we can.

For a full description of the venue’s accessibility challenges, please see our Accessibility page.

Only active Bonobo Network members are allowed to attend PLAY! If you resonate with what you’ve seen of our principles, values, and overall vibe, we heartily invite you to apply to join our community. To attend, just follow these steps:

1. Apply for membership.

2. If your application is accepted, purchase a membership. There are options for low-income folks to pay a little less, or for those of greater means to contribute a little more for added benefits.

3. Complete our new members’ orientation. There’s about 2 hours of video content where you’ll learn more about the community and our culture. This helps to ensure that you’ll understand the rules of the road and what our expectations are of participants in our community.

4. Join our private social network, where you’ll find the link and password to purchase your tickets.

If you’re new to attending sex-positive events, you’ll be delighted by our “High Possibility, Low Expectations” consent culture. You have complete agency to say yes or no, and we have an affirmative consent approach: only yes means yes. You should never feel pressured to do anything.

We honestly believe that PLAY! is the very best way for new members to experience our community. This festival is designed to broaden relationships and deepen context. From shared experiences like workshops and “speed friending” to breaking bread over luxurious meals, we hope you’ll leave having planted or sprouted the seeds of meaningful friendship.

This is pretty different from your average single-day party, where, despite our best efforts, it’s just a little easier to be goal-oriented, or to focus on people one already knows. Structurally speaking, there’s just less relaxed time for deepening context at any given party than there is at PLAY! And that’s why we think it is an experience every new Bonobo should have.

Can it be hard? Yes. Can you have moments of loneliness or similar challenging feelings? Absolutely. Is the experience worth it? For many people over the years, the answer is yes.

If you’re not yet a Bonobo Network member, complete our membership application today.

It can definitely be hard to go into a vulnerable and potentially intense new experience where you don’t have the comfort of familiar faces.

We’ve designed PLAY! to make it easier to meet new people. There are “speed-friending” events and icebreakers, plus identity-based meetups in addition to the rest of the workshops and activities we have planned.

If you have the time and capacity to invest in building relationships over time, we strongly recommend attending some of Bonobo Network’s happy hours, potlucks, virtual angel rooms, online book club meetings, virtual Bonobo Connect events, and/or parties ahead of PLAY!

We’ll host a pre-event mixer for ticketed and prospective attendees on Tuesday, May 5 to help folks get to know each other before the main event.

Attending Bonobo Network’s parties, meetups, and other events in the months leading to the festival is another great way to connect with attendees.

You can also take advantage of Bonobo Network’s private online community, hosted on Mighty Networks, to post questions and start conversations with your fellow community members.

Finally, you can follow the event via our public event listing on the Plura app!

Every attendee must be a Bonobo Network member and have an event ticket.

Apply for Bonobo Network Membership Here

Every purchased ticket includes:

• Camping pass (see separate FAQ regarding lodging upgrades)

• A welcome snack on Friday afternoon and nine meals from Friday dinner to breakfast Monday morning

• Classes and workshops led by world-class educators

• Entertainment provided by Fou Fou Ha! and an incredible lineup of DJs and musicians

• Access to all community-led activities

• Invitations to our pre-event mixer for ticket holders and prospective attendees on Tuesday, May 5, and our decompression gathering on Sunday, May 31

Add-ons for vehicles! Every vehicle parking anywhere on site will require ONE of these:

• A parking pass

• A car camping pass (vehicles under 25')

• An RV spot with electricity hook-ups

• An RV spot without hook-ups (vehicles 25' and over)

Camping is included in every ticket. You also have the option to purchase vehicle camping when you buy your ticket.

Want to upgrade your accommodations? Upgraded lodging will be sold separately from tickets and will be handled directly by Deloro Valley!

Look for our announcement about when upgraded lodging will go on sale soon! Those who purchase their tickets in 2025 will receive first dibs on housing options!

The venue is renovating housing since last year to make your stay even more comfortable. We will have updated information and pictures of your options coming soon.

Upgraded lodging options will include: 

• Glamping Tents (base camp and mid camp), which are 2-person tents with a bed provided by and set up by the venue

• Cabins (upper camp), which have both individual beds and private rooms

• Lodge Rooms (base camp), which have both individual beds and private rooms 

• Poolside Suites (base camp), which are private rooms with an ensuite shower

• Private Houses (behind base camp), which have private rooms, kitchenettes, multiple bathrooms, and other amenities

Yes! One of our favorite things about PLAY! are the times we gather to break bread together while nourishing our bodies with delicious food. Every ticket includes meals from Friday dinner to Monday breakfast, and midnight snacks. Please bring your own favorite snacks for noshing in between.

Yes! Payment plans are available if paying for your ticket/vehicle all at once would be a hardship.

Use the promo code PAYMENTPLAN in Eventbrite, which will allow you to check out without payment upfront.

(PrimeMates have a different payment plan code! Check your email.)

A Bonobo Network team member will then set up a payment plan for you through PayThen depending on your total ticket/vehicle cost and when you purchased the ticket.

Emails will go out weekly. Please be sure to start your payment plan on PayThen within 7 days after you receive our email. Otherwise your reservation will be subject to cancellation.

Yes, absolutely! We love and appreciate all the volunteers who help make our events possible. Volunteers offer wonderful contributions to our community through their time, expertise, and effort.

There are important changes to note this year! With the continuing growth of our organization and staff, this year we are doing volunteerism a bit differently. Please purchase your ticket FIRST and then APPLY for a volunteer role. Attendees who are accepted and complete their volunteer shift/s will receive a REIMBURSEMENT after the event.

If purchasing your ticket in advance would be a financial burden, payment plan options are available. If payment plan options are insufficient, please still apply for a volunteer role without purchasing your ticket, and indicate that you have not purchased your ticket in your application.

Different roles carry different reimbursements to reflect the variance of responsibilities completed. The range of reimbursements is from $100-$300.

Apply for a volunteer role here.

We want PLAY! to be an option for every Bonobo Network member. Due to the cost of producing this event, unfortunately, we are not able to offer our usual NOTAFLOF ticketing policy. However, alongside our payment plans and volunteer reimbursements, we are also in the process of creating a Scholarship Fund to provide further financial assistance to those in need. We will be building that fund via donations and through our scheduled ticket price increases.

More information about the Scholarship Fund to come!

Tickets can be transferred to any Bonobo Network member in good standing who has completed orientation by May 22, 2026. 

Our refund policy (which applies to both tickets/vehicles and upgraded lodging):

• Cancel by 4/22 for a full refund

• Cancel by 5/15 for a 50% refund

• NO REFUNDS AFTER 5/15

Yes! We have a wonderful returning professional medic who knows the venue and our community from last year. She will be located at the medic station outside of the Event Center during the evening and nighttime. Medical supplies will be available at that station even when she is not present, and she will be on call during the day.

We will require daily COVID checks for everyone on site. Please bring a physical antigen or molecular test with you for each day you are attending. We will check test results in person upon your arrival and then each subsequent day.

We’re also adding air filtration to indoor gathering spaces. 

We've also significantly streamlined our escalation procedures so that core leaders will be aware of – and able to communicate – changes in COVID risk early and quickly.

Bonobo Network members live around the world, not only in the San Francisco Bay Area. Our past events have had guests from New York, Hawaii, Southern California, Australia, South Africa, and Europe. Wherever you live, we encourage you to apply for membership and join in the fun.

Yes! Let’s make the journey part of the fun. Whether you’re driving and have extra seats or you’re looking to hitch a ride, use our carpool link to connect.

Yes! We can’t pull off a Festival like this without lots of help! Check out our work (and volunteer!) opportunities here.