The Hellfire Club: First Principles

The Hellfire Club is a fetish nightclub, where fetish enthusiasts come together once a month to dress up, dance, socialise, watch shows, listen to music and generally party hard.

It also serves as an ‘entry point’ to the fetish scene for those that discover that they too prefer to walk on the wild side, but have no idea where to start.

We take a broad view of fetish, beyond the traditions of leather, latex or PVC, into ‘dressing for pleasure’ in many forms. We actively encourage everyone to dress up for Hellfire because it makes for a better club night for everyone. If you do not conform to our dress code, you will not be allowed entry into the club.

It is a very mixed club. You’ll find varying proportions of people who identify as straight, bisexual, lesbian, gay, transgender, queer, intersex and some that defy even those labels. Which is just as well because we’re not too keen on labels anyway. Celebrating human sexuality in all its weird and wonderful diversity is what we’re all about, so as long as it doesn’t involve children, animals or the unwilling then hey, let’s party, whoever you are!

We’re also a club that celebrates physical diversity, with deliciously dirty deviants of all shapes and sizes dressed to thrill.

We welcome newcomers, remembering what it was like to be one ourselves.

We play safe in the knowledge that we respect each others limits and look out for each other.

But underlying all this, The Hellfire Club is a club built around the needs of women. We came to the conclusion (after years of getting it wrong!) that the key to making a mixed fetish club night work was in making women (straight/lesbian/bi whatever) feel comfortable, safe and uninhibited.

Able to walk around the club with their breasts out, unmolested and unremarked, if they feel like it. Able to be tied up to a rack, knowing that no unwelcome hands or comments or advances will intrude on their pleasure. Able to bare their breasts without fear of someone pulling out a camera, or a mobile phone to take a picture. Able to be in a space that, though sexually charged, is also completely safe, because for once the men know how to behave themselves!

So we ask a lot of all the people who come to The Hellfire Club; an open mind, a friendly smile and a strong sense of respect for each other. But we also need you to help us keep it special by telling us when things aren’t as they should be. If there is ever anything happening at the club that is bothering you or those around you, please do not hesitate to alert Master Tom, Ultra or the Door Bitch so that it may be addressed promptly.

Let’s keep it fun together.

Photography at Hellfire

The use of cameras and mobile phone cameras is specifically prohibited in the club. We do provide an official Hellfire photographer, Emmy (PICTURED BELOW), to service any photo needs you may have in the club. Emmy will ask your permission before taking your photo, and delete photos upon request on the night. You can also ask her to take your photo! All photos are added to the Hellfire Member’s Area which has a small fee, to pay for our photographer, web designer and bandwidth.

The only other people allowed to bring cameras into the club are members of the media. If they wish to take your photo, they will identify themselves, the publication they work for (usually Sydney Star Observer, or SX – both free gay and lesbian newspapers), and ask your permission before taking your photo. They will also usually tell you where you can see any pictures that they take.