Festival Guests 2026

Shae Primus is an author, speaker, relationship expert, and entrepreneur whose work explores intimacy, identity, pleasure, and the courage to live authentically. Her forthcoming memoir, Touched: Stories of Pleasure, Power & Awakening, challenges conventional narratives about womanhood, sexuality, healing, and self-possession through deeply personal storytelling.

As the founder of Upper Echelon Matchmaking, Shae has spent more than a decade helping people navigate modern relationships while encouraging women to choose themselves without apology.

She is also the host of the Touched After Dark podcast, where she leads honest conversations about love, desire, emotional wellness, and personal freedom. Drawing on both professional expertise and lived experience, Shae invites audiences to question inherited beliefs and embrace lives rooted in intention, authenticity, and joy. Based in Atlanta, Georgia, she writes and speaks on relationships, sexuality, empowerment, and the transformative power of telling our own stories.