Name: Solstice Snuggles Dec 20th
Start: 2025-12-20T18:50:00-05:00
End: 2025-12-20T23:00:00-05:00
Location: Asheville

Please note- If you want to attend this event you need to purchase a ticket- We advertise in many places and only paid tickets will reserve your space.[ ](https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/community-cuddles-dec-20th)**[Click HERE to register!](https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/community-cuddles-dec-20th)**

**This is a non-sexual touch based event that invites participants to explore platonic intimacy in a safe environment** with like-minded people. We respect personal boundaries and through a supportive framework of mutual agreements that maximize safety and create a space of easy openness and compassionate connection.
At this event we have the chance to normalize touch with clear boundaries; this is a space for respectful, consent-based touch. We allow ourselves to be seen. We have fun.
We welcome people of all backgrounds, genders, ethnicities, relationship styles, sexualities, sizes, and ages (18+).

**THE RULES**
1\. Clothes stay on for the whole event\.
2\. You do not have to touch anyone at this event\.
3\. You must receive a verbal YES before you touch anyone\.
4\. Take care of yourself and those you choose to interact with\.
5\. Speak up if you have a question\, concern\, or if you need assistance with anything during the event\.
6\. All emotions are welcome\- we love vulnerability\.
**WHY CUDDLE?**
Touch is a basic human need, and many of us do not get enough; most people don’t even know they are missing touch, or have a way to ask for touch without sexualizing it. We believe deeply in the power of touch, and the importance of communication and consent in creating a safe space for touch.
CUDDLING WITH STRANGERS
Cuddling with strangers sounds weird or scary to most people. “Will I like it?” “What if someone wants to touch me and I don’t want to?” “What if I say yes and it’s not what I want?” “What if I really want to touch someone and they say no?” These are all normal questions. The answer is that this is a space created to ask for exactly what you want, and receive NOTHING you don’t want. Many people start out nervous at a cuddle event & most are really glad they came.

**Schedule:**
6:45-7pm: Arrive with snacks to share! Get comfortable, meet, mingle, & snack.
7:05pm: Welcome Circle- its mandatory. We will set our container, talk about personal boundaries, communication, & consent.
7:15pm: Icebreakers and connective activities.
8:00pm: Open cuddling! You MUST ask and get a verbal ‘yes’ before touching or cuddling with anybody at this event. If you are not sure how to do this – great! – we will talk about it during the welcome circle.
10:50pm: Closing Circle, cleanup and head home.
**ETIQUETTE**

* ARRIVE ON TIME: It is important that all participants arrive before the Welcome Circle. The Welcome Circle serves the purpose of creating the safe space for consensual, non-sexual touch between participants and making sure that everyone is informed about consent.
* Please arrive clean & as scent free as possible.
* BE SOBER: Please do not drink or smoke before or at this event.

**WHAT TO BRING:** personal water bottle and snacks to share, a friend, a date – whatever cuddle accessories you like! The only thing that you are required to bring is a clean and sober you.

These events are not "gender balanced".

**We take individual and group safety seriously!** If you experience, see, or know that one of our participants is not safe to be at this event we want to know about it. We are committed to doing our best to create a safe environment which means that if someone is causing harm (physical or mental) that person is not welcome here (this includes harm that takes place outside of our events). We stand behind survivors and know that some of our participants are here to heal from touch based trauma.

\*refund policy-
Full refund if you cancel 7 days before the event or you cancel due to illness, emergency, or direct exposure to covid/flu.
Credit towards a future event if you cancel more than 3 days before an event.
No refund if you cancel within 2 days of the event or no-show.

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