Leather Week 2023 Events

We are now in the heart of San Francisco’s 2023 Leather Week, which traditionally begins with LeatherWalk and climaxes with the Folsom Street Fair.

This year Leather Week is packed with parties, programs and other activities that celebrate our queer and kinky lives.  Here is an overview of some of these joyous events, with links to more information:

Items in red are produced by the LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District.
Items in bold are free admission.  Donations or purchases welcome.

This list does not include many regular kinky weekly or monthly events (such as those listed here), nor some outside the San Francisco South of Market area.

Be sure to check out Andymatic’s Folsom Street Fair Party Guide for lots more information about the parties, and the spirit, of Leather Week.  Our thanks to Andy, and to Race Bannon for the info he shares on Race’s Bar.

Folsom Street Cleanup

The folks of TogetherSF have organized a weekly “West SOMA Cleanup”, on Saturday afternoons from 4 to 5 pm.

Volunteers meet at Driftwood (1225 Folsom St) to grab supplies and form a crew.

Stay afterwards for a free drink on the house!

Join the Civic Joy Fund, RefuseRefuseSF, Shine On, SF Public Works, and TogetherSF for this friendly neighborhood cleanup!

Kudos to Marc Morozumi of Mukunda Studios for all he’s done to make this happen.

Sign up now!.  Questions: info@refuserefusesf.org

LeatherWalk 2023 Campaign Opens


Join the LeatherWalk community!

That was the theme at the  LeatherWalk Launch Party, held on August 15, 2023 at the SF Eagle.  While munching on tasty treats from MamaBear’s Kitchen, and enjoying a performance by Ryan Patrick Welsh, guests at the free event were encouraged to sign up as fundraisers for LeatherWalk, the LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District’s annual SOMA celebration and march, to be held this year on Sunday, September 17. 

Ryan Welsh performs at LeatherWalk 2023 Launch Party

Fundraisers will encourage friends to donate to their Personal Campaigns, helping the LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District to keep SOMA queer and kinky, and helping them to win the LeatherWalk Kinky Boot Award that will go to the top fundraiser.

Click here to learn more about LeatherWalk 2023!