Fetish Con Unveils Fetish Awards Nominations

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Fetish Con has unveiled its 2018 Fetish Awards nominations as well as details about the ceremony, now in its third year 

Winners will be announced during a ceremony Sunday, August 12 at the Hilton St Petersburg Bayfront Hotel. Jewell Marceau and Anastasia Pierce return as hosts.

Categories include Favorite Fetish Live Stage Performer, Favorite Fetish Clothing Company, Favorite Fetish Adult Toy Company, Transgender Webcam Performer and Fetish Performer and Favorite Male and Female Webcam Performer and Fetish Performer.

The night’s festivities are set to begin with a Kinky Red Carpet and conclude with the 18th Annual Fetish Ball and Bash, where Love Bots, featuring Mio Hikaru, Apollo Infiniti and Lilith Black, and the Reverend B. Dangerous Freak Show are scheduled to entertain.

Chaturbate is sponsoring both the Fetish Ball and the awards ceremony itself.

The awards “highlight and honor those who have been integral to the overall growth of the fetish and alternative industry,” Event Promoter Genesis Lynn said.

Pre-show excitement has been “amazing."

“From the rush of initial nominations, through to the mad dash of last-minute votes, so many people took part in shining a spotlight on their fetish favorites this year.”

Lynn said event organizers have expanded the event’s roster of entertainers as well as the after-party 

Click here for a full list of nominations and find the event on Twitter here.

For travel and hotel details, click here.

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