Events

Includes LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District events, events organized by other San Francisco Cultural Districts, and other events of interest happening in SOMA.
All times are Pacific Time.
See links to additional calendar pages at the bottom of this page

  • LCD: Erotic Storytelling Hour – Black Representation Edition

    LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District

    San Francisco's LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District presents a special, 18+ only, online event: The Erotic Storytelling Hour! Come hear some provocative, graphic, sexy, titillating, and funny stories (and more) from selected writers of our community! Be 18+ Hosted by Sumiko Saulson, David Hyman, and Cal Callahan Featured Readers: Penelope Flynn Dicey Grenor Element Eclipse ...

  • Leather District: Communications Committee Meeting

    LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District

    The Communications Committee plans and guides the messaging and branding decisions for the District. Join via Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84039453815 Join by phone: 1 669 900 6833 Meeting ID: 840 3945 3815 Please contact the committee chairperson, Bob Brown with any questions: bob.brown@sflcd.org

  • Castro LGBTQ Community Hub

    Folsom Street 145 9th St Ste 105, San Francisco, CA, US

    Free COVID-19 testing, vaccines, & boosters will be offered without any appointments at the Collingwood Parking lot on 18th Street between Collingwood and Castro Street. Additional resource navigation on a rotating basis. OPEN ELIGIBILITY FOR BOOSTERS AND PEDIATRIC VACCINES NOW AVAILABLE. SFDPH, Virus Geeks and South of Market Health Center are partnering with the Castro ...

  • SOMA Second Saturdays! Game Day

    Folsom Street 145 9th St Ste 105, San Francisco, CA, US

    SOMA Second Saturdays! returns with two months of indoor events (which will pivot to Zoom if circumstances dictate) before returning to our outdoor street fair format in April. Our February event will be Game Day. Possible games are: Kinky Pictionary Taboo SOMA Trivia UNO Dare! Cards Against… Your Own Favorites! Please bring proof of vaccination ...

  • LCD: Board of Directors Meeting

    Board of Directors Meeting The meeting is free and all community members are welcome to attend. Please join us remotely via Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84789060820... You can find the meeting agenda here: You can also call 1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose) and use Meeting ID: 844 9193 7145 and Password: 005563. (Or find your local ...

  • Representation Matters: Black History Month at The San Francisco Standard

    Folsom Street 145 9th St Ste 105, San Francisco, CA, US

    You’re invited to the Standard Salon for ”Representation Matters” a night of celebration in honor of Black History Month. This event will explore Black culture in San Francisco through food and art. Attendees will get a “taste of the Diaspora” featuring small bites Radio Africa & Kitchen, Amawele's South African Kitchen, Teranga and Vegan Mob ...

  • LCD: Erotic Storytelling Hour

    LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District

    San Francisco's LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District presents a special, 18+ only, online event: The Erotic Storytelling Hour! Come hear some provocative, graphic, sexy, titillating, and funny stories (and more) from selected writers of our community! Be 18+ Hosted by Sumiko Saulson, David Hyman, and Cal Callahan Featured Readers: mollie mrPam Jconr B. Ortega Special ...

  • LCD: Arts and Culture Committee Meeting

    Folsom Street 145 9th St Ste 105, San Francisco, CA, US

    The LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District's Arts and Culture Committee is dedicated to reactivating Folsom Street and environs as a cultural and community hub. Committee members shared some great ideas at our last meeting, which we hope to develop into active projects in the coming year. We are actively recruiting artists, both for our art ...

  • 2022 Carnaval SF Mardi Gras Parklet Crawl

    Folsom Street 145 9th St Ste 105, San Francisco, CA, US

    FREE just for you! Carnaval San Francisco Mardi Gras Parklet Crawl in 15+ venues in the Mission's Latino Cultural District! Come meet your neighbors and make new friends at our 2022 Carnaval San Francisco Mardi Gras Parklet Crawl! Come enjoy live samba drummers, dance performances, and lively music from soca to cumbia and rumba, so ...

  • LCD: Walking Tour Subcommittee Meeting

    Folsom Street 145 9th St Ste 105, San Francisco, CA, US

    The LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District is creating an Internet-based Walking Tour of noteworthy past and present locations in our South of Market neighborhood. We will help folks rediscover the lost gathering spaces of the past, and appreciate the businesses and cultural institutions that now struggle to survive. We need folks help develop the content ...

  • March 2022 Name & Gender Change Legal Clinic

    BAY AREA! The Transgender District is back with our monthly legal clinics- this time with incredible support from Bay Area Lawyers for Individual Freedom + UC Hastings Law 🏳️‍⚧️❤️ If you’ve been putting off your name and gender marker changes for identify documents (state ID, real ID, court name change, birth certificates and passport)- nows ...

 

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 (On Facebook; group 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.

Folsom Street The big street fairs, and associated parties

Transform1060 An 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

The Stud  “San Francisco’s oldest LGBT bar”

Cat Club A True San Francisco Nightlife Destination

15 Association  For men who engage in BDSM

Alta California Leather Corps   Formerly the Alameda County Leather Corps

Bears of San Francisco All-inclusive fundraising, service, and socializing group

ELSE  For trans, intersex, agender, two-spirit, & nonbinary folx

The Exiles  women- and queer- centered BDSM educational organization.

ONYX Northwest  A Leather Club for Men of Color

Society of Janus  for People Interested in Learning about BDSM

Wicked Grounds  Kink Community Everywhere

Gaytravel4u Gay Fetish and Leather Events and Parties Worldwide 

Leathermen Travel List of annual leather events

See also https://sfleatherdistrict.org/resources/