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

  • RELEASE: An Open Play Party

    SF Catalyst 1060 Folsom Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    RELEASE RETURNS! Come out and play again!   Need some release from everyday a year of pandemic stress? Need to be able to just let go and have fun remember what it was like connecting with others? Release is an open play party for kinky people. Bring your partners or meet new ones and get some release every first Friday of ...

    $20
  • 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

  • SOMA Second Saturdays!

    The event has moved to 12th Street between Eagle Plaza and Folsom Street. Come shop with some of the finest queer and kink artists, artisans, and craftspeople. The fun isn't confined to 12th Street anymore! DNA Lounge will open with guest bartender Broke Ass Stuart at the restaurant and Cip Cipriano on the decks. Beverages ...

  • LCD: Land Use Committee Meeting

    LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District

    The Land Use Committee tracks changes to real estate in the District in order to mitigate the effects of development and gentrification. Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86510850238?pwd=aTdvMFhVdjdXSDRFblpJNzc2ZDRBdz09 Meeting ID: 865 1085 0238 Password: 319931 One tap mobile +13126266799,,82017329999#,,1#,846051# US (Chicago) +16468769923,,82017329999#,,1#,846051# US (New York) Dial by your location +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) +1 646 876 ...

  • LCD: Erotic Storytelling Hour – Leather 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: Willow Jessa the Bearded Lady Wrath ...

  • 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: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1esoYitnNvDSzo3kL7h07VKXRmwboexF5FDcojOMmlCA/edit?usp=sharing You can also call 1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose) and use Meeting ID: 844 9193 7145 and Password: 005563. (Or find your ...

  • Fiestas De Las Americas

    Calle 24 Latino Cultural District 3250 24th Street, San Francisco, CA, US

    Fiesta de las Américas highlights all the different cultures, arts, and music existing in the American continent. This year this virtual event will be organized by Calle 24 Latino Cultural District in the "El Corazón de la Misión" which is known for its activism, integrity, resilience, and the Si Se Puede spirit, as the Latinx ...

  • LCD: Arts and Culture Committee Meeting

    The LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District's Arts and Culture Committee is dedicated to reactivating Folsom Street and environs as a cultural and community hub. We are actively recruiting artists, both for our art shows and other programs, and in leadership roles in our organization. Other ongoing projects include mural creation and documentation, planning for art ...

  • American Indian Cultural District’s One Year Anniversary Celebration

    As we wrap up California Native American Day please join AICD for our first in person event and American Indian Cultural District's One Year Anniversary and Cultural Hub Grand Opening! For the safety of our elders and community members face masks will be required.

  • MEGAHOOD 2021 – Bringing Folsom Street Fair Back to Our ROOTS!

    BRING YOUR VAXXX CARD. BRING YOUR MASK. Folsom Street is taking you back to basics. Bringing you into the future. Giving you a vision of where we were and where we’re going on this journey of sexual liberation for ALL. The first Folsom Street Fair in 1984 was called MEGAHOOD. A stand against gentrification. An ...

  • LCD: Erotic Storytelling Hour – Megahood Recovery 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: Eager Beaver Dicey Grenor Penelope Flynn ...

  • Walking Tour Subcommittee Meeting

    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 ...

 

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/