We are now approaching San Francisco’s 2024 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: [NOTE: Info is from a variety of sources, including this ad from The Leather Journal. Please verify before relying on this list!]
Items in red are produced by the LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District.
Items in bold are free admission. Donations or purchases welcome.
- September 12-28: Baloney Does Folsom @ Oasis
- Friday, September 20: Dancing Ghosts: Leather & Lace Ball at Cat Club 9:30 pm to 2:30 am
- Friday, September 20: Mr. S Leather Customer Appreciation Party 5 to 8 pm
- Saturday, September 21: RAKEHELL Fetish Gear Swap at The Stud, 4 to 8 pm
- Saturday, September 21: Mr. SF Eagle Leather 2025 Contest 5-8 pm
- Saturday, September 21: Lewd @ Lone Star Saloon 9 pm
- Sunday, September 22: LeatherWalk! 11 am to 3 pm
- Sunday, September 22: Leather Pride Fest @ Eagle Plaza 12 to 7 pm (right after LeatherWalk)
- Sunday, September 22: Saddle Up Beer Bust @ Lone Star Saloon 4 to 8 pm
- September 22 through 30: Leather Week!
- Monday, September 23: Anniversary Party at Powerhouse, 6 to 9 pm
- Monday, September 23: KINK IS – National Book Launch at Oasis 7 pm
- Tuesday, September 24: Plaque Unveiling for Rachele Sullivan at Eagle Plaza, 6 pm
- Tuesday, September 24: Trans-Francisco Mama Kat’s Trans ENBY Happy Hour at SF Eagle, 6 to 9 pm
- Tuesday, September 24: “LeatherWeek: Cruising” @ Roxie 6:30 pm
- Tuesday, September 24: Surrender: A Night of Kink at Powerhouse, 8 pm
- Wednesday, September 25: Yellow and Black Group Strip Poker San Francisco Rules 12:30 pm
- Wednesday, September 25: Book Reading w/Race Bannon & Carol Queen at SF Eagle 6 to 7:30 pm
- Wednesday, September 25: “LeatherWeek: Folsom Forever” @ Roxie 6:30 pm
- Wednesday, September 25: SFLDG and ONYX NW present House of Leather, 7:30 to 9:30 pm
- Wednesday, September 25: Dirty Alley: Folsom Edition at Powerhouse 9 pm to 2 am
- Thursday, September 26: Kink Education Classes at Stopgap 1 – 6:30 pm
- Thursday, September 26: Book Reading w/David Lauterstein at SF Eagle 6 to 7:30 pm
- Thursday, September 26: Red Hanky Social at SF Eagle, 6:30 to 9 pm
- Thursday, September 26: Jock Strap Auction at Powerhouse, 7 to 9 pm
- Thursday, September 26: SF Rubber Slick Sushi Night Out at Wasabi Bistro, 7:30 pm
- Thursday, September 26: GLBT Historical Society Happy Hour at SF Eagle 7:30 to 9:30 pm
- Thursday, September 26: Cigars and Guitars Social at SF Eagle 8 pm
- Thursday, September 26: HEAT All Gender Pup/Furry Party at Transform1060, 8 pm to 1 am
- Thursday, September 26: “LeatherWeek: Puppies and Leather and Boys!” @ Roxie 8:40 pm
- Thursday, September 26: In N Out – Underwear Night · Folsom Weekend at Oasis 10 pm to 2 am
- Friday, September 27: GearedUp Alley Party, at Mr. S Leather, 12 to 6 pm
- Friday, September 27: Kink Education Classes at Stopgap 1 – 6:30 pm
- Friday, September 27: IML Alpha Pup Savage’s Fetish Carnival at SF Eagle 5 to 9 pm
- Friday, September 27: Horse Market at 181 Eddy, 5 pm
- Friday, September 27: Twisted Windows: Folsom Foreplay at SOMArts, 7:30 pm to 1 am
- Friday, September 27: Cumunion at 1060 Folsom, 8 pm to 2 am
- Friday, September 27: Dirty Boots: A Cowboy and Workwear Party at The Stud 9 pm to 2 am
- Friday, September 27: Horse Meat Disco at Public Works, 9 pm to 3 am
- Friday, September 27: Fetish Friday at Power Exchange, 9 pm to 4 am
- Friday, September 27: Big Boy Folsom Weekend at Lone Star 9 pm to 2 am
- Friday, September 27: Tom of Finland XL at SF Eagle 9 pm to 2 am
- Friday, September 27: Young Hearts x Provocateur at 620 Jones, 10 pm
- Friday, September 27: BRÜT at the Great Northern 10 pm to 4 am
- Friday, September 27: Stank x Folsom at Powerhouse 10 pm to 2 am
- Friday, September 27: BEEF – A Dance Party at Oasis 10 pm to 2 am
- Friday, September 27: Prime – The San Francisco MEAT at Club 6, 10 pm to 4 am
- Saturday, September 28: GearedUp Alley Party, at Mr. S Leather, 12 to 6 pm
- Saturday, September 28: Bare Chest Calendar Big Muscle Party at DNA Lounge, 1 to 7 pm
- Saturday, September 28: Naked Social at ???, 1 to 5 pm
- Saturday, September 28: Big Deck at BEI Hotel , 2 to 10 pm
- Saturday, September 28: Rubber Social at Powerhouse, 2 to 5 pm
- Saturday, September 28: “BloodSisters“ at Roxie, 4 pm
- Saturday, September 28: Interrogaytion at 181 Eddy, 5 pm
- Saturday, September 28: Bark Before Dark at Oasis, 5 to 9 pm
- Saturday, September 28: Black, Brown and Kinky at Powerhouse, 5 to 9 pm
- Saturday, September 28: 15 Association Party, at Transform1060, 6 pm to 12 am
- Saturday, September 28: Twisted Windows: Folsom Saturday at SOMArts, 7:30 pm to 1:00 am
- Saturday, September 28: Grunt for Folsom Street at the Stud, 9 pm to 2 am
- Saturday, September 28: Folsom Freakend Slut Saturday at Power Exchange, 9 pm to 4 am
- Saturday, September 28: Magnitude 2024 at SVN West, 9pm
- Saturday, September 28: SleazeBall at Lone Star Saloon, 9 pm to 2 am
- Saturday, September 28: Folsom Princess w/Katya at Oasis, 10 pm to 2 am
- Saturday, September 28: Rated X at Space 550, 9 pm
- Saturday, September 28: Pervert XXL at The Midway, 9 pm to 5 am
- Sunday, September 29: Dungeon Crawlers AFTER DARK ABDL Party at Transform1060 1 am to 9 am
- Sunday, September 29: AfterShock at 715 Harrison 4 am to 10 am
- Sunday, September 29: AfterDark presents Folsom Fever at StopGap, 10 am to 2 pm
- Sunday, September 29: Folsom Street Fair 11 am to 6 pm
- Sunday, September 29: BLUFSF Backyard Folsom Party, 11 am to 5 pm
- Sunday, September 29: Party on the Patio at SF Eagle, 12 noon
- Sunday, September 29: Cumunion at 060 Folsom, 3 pm to 1 am
- Sunday, September 29: Hot Tea – Leather Edition at Audio San Francisco, 3 to 10 pm
- Sunday, September 29: Horse Market Unbridled at 181 Eddy, 5 pm
- Sunday, September 29: Power Snatch – Folsom at El Rio 5 pm to 1:30 am
- Sunday, September 29: Deviants Adult Arcade at Storek, 6 pm to 3am
- Sunday, September 29: After Folsom Fuck Fest at Power Exchange, 6 pm to 3 am
- Sunday, September 29: Real Bad XXXV at 1015 Folsom, 8 pm to 5 am
- The LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District is a beneficiary of Real Bad XXXV!
- Sunday, September 29: Sanctum at 715 Harrison, 10 pm to 4 am
- Sunday, September 29: Les Femmes: Noir at The Stud, 10 am to 2 am
- Monday, September 30: Nocturnal Extreme at Halcyon 3:30 to 8:30 am
- Monday, September 30: Recovery at Lookout, 1 to 9 pm
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.