Samantha's Place

Samantha's Place appears to have permanently closed, most likely in late 2016 or early 2017. The club's website has not been updated since November 2016, its last posted event was November 12, 2016, and a structured audit by swingersontario.com in April 2021 listed it among clubs presumed closed. Founded in 2000 by a London-area couple known to members as Samantha and Greg, it billed itself as Southwestern Ontario's longest-running lifestyle club and for most of its life the only such club west of the GTA. The founders sold to Skye and Todd, a younger London couple who had been regular attendees, with the handover taking place around 2016. Both ownerships maintained the same format and pricing structure through to the final events. Samantha's Place ran as a strictly off-premise club, meaning no sexual activity or genital nudity was permitted at events — a policy stated prominently on the site and central to its identity as a venue for meeting, dancing, and flirting rather than a play space. Monthly themed Saturday nights were held at a private licensed venue in east London, just east of the Highbury and Dundas intersection; the specific address was disclosed to registered guests by email only, never listed publicly. Doors opened at 9:30 pm with an early-bird discount window until 9:45 pm, and guests were asked to arrive by 11 pm. The crowd spanned the late twenties to early fifties, with a core demographic in the 30–45 range, and first-timers made up at least a quarter of any given evening. Themes were encouraged but not required — Halloween drew near-total compliance, other themes considerably less so — and the general dress expectation was smart-casual to sexy. Music was top-40 with a seasoning of eighties and nineties tracks. A licensed bar operated at upscale-bar prices, door prizes sponsored by adult retailers including the Stag Shop and Love Shop were drawn around 11:30 pm, and occasional sponsored demonstrations — rope work, wax play, lap dancing — added variety to certain events.