Rubbout is the longest running gay rubber weekend in North America (possibly the world). The first Rubbout in 1992 was billed as “A weekend of Rubber Events” and included a Friday meet & greet, a Saturday play party, and a Sunday Pot luck dinner with demo. This successful format continues today with a few minor improvements. In 1994, brunch replaced Sunday’s potluck dinner and over time additional events were added like a swap meet (1994), puppy play (2008) and workshops (2019).

Attendance has grown to around 150 weekend passholders and over 200 people at the Saturday night party. Rubbout takes another leap forward in 2019 using a host hotel for all the events except the bar night and play party.

Rubbout is a non-profit community group with no paid staff. Any annual surplus is put towards making next year’s Rubbout even better. A team of volunteers contributes to its success. Past and current team leaders are:

1992 to 2003 Bill “Northwind” Houghton

2004 to 2011 Mitch Kenyon

2012 to 2016 Reid Dalgleish, Rob Pont, Doug Mitchell

2017 to 2018 Andy Cook

2019 to 2022 Mitch Kenyon and Javier Rodriguez-Martin

2023 Rubber Muppet and Badz

Rubbout is held in Vancouver, BC around the first weekend of April. While sex is a big part of the weekend, the best part of Rubbout is making friends from around the world.