By Jessie Whitfield

Love Parade: Berlin, Germany - July

Although not an official sex event, one could be easily confused. Every year 1.5 million young and beautiful people strip down to their skivvies in the sweltering streets of Berlin and party from dawn 'til well past dusk while pulsating to the beat of techno in celebration of the unity and understanding following the collapse of the Berlin Wall.

Hot d'Or: Cannes, France - May

Hot d'Or. Foto: EPA PHOTO AFP/ANNE-CHRISTINE POUJOULAT

Once a year the Oscars of porn takes place on the French Riviera and the multibillion-dollar smut industry straps on their stilettos and seduces onlookers with their silicone spheres while honoring those that make the rest of us hot and bothered.

International Erotic Film Festival: Barcelona, Spain - September

International Erotic Film Festival - Barcelona, Spania. Foto: AFP PHOTO/CESAR RANGEL

Less selective than its Cannes counterpart, this awards ceremony celebrates the porn industry's hard, literally, workers by handing out awards, previewing the best of the best porno flicks and putting on a lingerie show, sex product fair and fetish party.

Nudes-A-Poppin' Pageant: Ponderosa Sun Club, Roselawn, Indiana - July and August

Bare babes line up at Indiana's most infamous nudist resort's naughty, but nice pageant in hopes of winning the Miss Nude crown by competing in competitions such as erotic dancing, exhibitionism and deliciously dirty hardcore sex acts.

Folsom Street Fair: San Francisco, California - September

Folsom Street Fair - San Francisco, USA. Foto: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

This S&M event screams leather, latex and a lovely time for those that dig domination and take pleasure in the finer things in life like titillating toys, rubber suits and leather masks.

Erotica: London, England - November

Considered the largest erotic festival in the world, this event serves you sex on a platter with live shows, a showroom filled with over 250 exhibitors, an erotic jewelry boutique and demonstration booths.

Exotic Erotic Ball: San Francisco, California - October

Exotic Erotic Ball - San Francisco, USA. Foto: Lawrence Lucier/Getty Images

25 years and still going strong, this wild and will-make-you-wet party lets the sexiest of people unleash their inner wild child by providing non-stop dance parties, strip shows and ultra-orgasmic performances.

Mardi Gras: New Orleans, Louisiana - February

Mardi Gras - New Orleans, USA. Foto: AFP PHOTO/Chris Graythen/Getty Images

Don't stop 'til you get enough - and no one does in the city that never sleeps unless of course with a stranger sporting beads. This celebration of music, costumes and culture puts the sex in sexy.

Kinky Copenhagen: Copenhagen, Denmark - October

Pain can be pleasure for some and this event that celebrates the fringe sexual subculture promises that those who like to whip it and whip it good won't be disappointed. If kink gets you in the mood - leather, chains, dildos, latex and yes, whips - and extreme body artists with outrageous piercings make you warm and fuzzy inside then this is the pornstastic kind of party you don't want to miss.

Kutemajrvi Sex Festival: Kangasniemi, Finland - July

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This super sexy sex-ed experience of sorts festival appeals to the intellectual sexual being with its educational lectures and largest display of innovative sex merchandise in the world.