Events
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SOMA Origins: Bars, Bathhouses, & Beyond
July 21 @ 12:00 pm PDT
Join us on our free walking tour: SOMA Origins: Bars, Bathhouses and Beyond
Now a world-wide leather/kinky/queer destination, SOMA (South of Market) began attracting leather bars in the ’60’s. Find out why!
Learn about the raucous exploits of the ’70’s when motorcycles lined the streets outside popular bars.
Hear about today’s bars and clubs and what they used to be, including one on Folsom with a swimming pool.
The tour starts at the corner of Ringold Alley and 9th Street (i.e. on 9th, halfway between Folsom and Harrison Streets). It ends at 8th and Ringold.
The tour runs one hour and 45 minutes. There are no hills.
it is free, but registration is required. https://sfleatherdistrict.org/soma-tours/
Would you like to be trained as a Walking Tour Guide? Contact us!
To add your event(s) to this calendar, please write to Web@sflcd.org.
Additional Event Calendars:
Race’s Bar Events for Kinky Gay Men of the San Francisco Bay Area (Facebook membership required)
EROBAY SF Bay Area Community BDSM Events Calendar
Fetlife A Social Network for the BDSM, Fetish & Kinky Community. (Free membership required)
Gay Agenda SF What’s what for the gay in you.
The 15 Association For Men who Engage in BDSM.
ONYX Northwest A Leather Club for Men of Color
The Exiles A BDSM group for Women and Nonbinary Folks.
Society of Janus for People Interested in Learning about BDSM
Wicked Grounds Coffee, Kink, Community
Transform1060 A community-run non-profit educational and social space, serving the leather, kink, and fetish communities.
SF CumUnion Sex Parties for Men
442 Events Play Parties for Men
SF Catalyst (See Transform1060, above)
SF Oasis Internationally Acclaimed Drag Show Nightclub / Cabaret
Powerhouse South of Market’s “No Attitude” Cruise Bar
SF Eagle SOMA’s Historic Meeting Place, Welcoming All
Lone Star Saloon Bear Bar USA
Hole in the Wall Saloon Your Friendly Neighborhood Gay Bikers Bar
Cat Club A True San Francisco Nightlife Destination
Gaytravel4u Gay Fetish and Leather Events and Parties Worldwide
Leathermen Travel List of annual leather events