Major Event Planning Tool

It has been noted that it can be hard to plan major events in our community without running the risk of clashing with another major event that appeals to the same target audience.

Of course, this is somewhat inevitable:  there are only 52 weekends per year, and they aren’t making any more of them.

But we thought it might be helpful for people to have a place to record and quietly share their their tentative plans and schedules, even before they are ready to

Kinky and Queer Events Planning Tool

Name of Event	Location	Target Audience (#, region, population)	Date (rule, tentative/fixed, actual 2023, 2024)
Leather & LGBTQ Cultural District Anniversary Party	SOMA	200, San Francisco Bay Area, full kinky/queer community	First Saturday in May, somewhat flexible, 5/6/2023
Golden Dildeaux Award Ceremony	SOMA	200, San Francisco Bay Area, full kinky/queer community	Mid April, flexible, 4/22/2023
Up Your Alley Street Fair	SOMA	10,000s, regional appeal, gay men and all kinksters	Last Sunday in July, fixed, 7/30/2023
Folsom Street Fair	SOMA	100,000s, national appeal, all kinksters	Last Sunday in September, fixed, 9/24/2023
Bearrison Street Fair	SOMA	5000, mostly local appeal, bears, gay men, body-positivity	Saturday, late October, flexible, 10/14/2023
SF Pride	Market Street, Civic Center	100,000s, LGBT and supportive folks	Last Sunday in June, fixed, 6/25/2023
Lazy Bear	Guerneville	1000s, bears and other gay men	Late July / Early August
Sisters’ Easter	Dolores Park	1000s, diverse	Easter Sunday, fixed, 4/9/2023
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“go public” with the details.

We are therefore listing our own major “regularly-scheduled” events, and some other events that we know about.  And we invite other agencies to submit their information (by writing to web@sflcd.org ).

Note:  This is NOT intended to be an authoritative calendar for the world’s kink events.  It is simply a handy planning tool, allowing planners to check for any obvious conflicts before they commit themselves.  We hope it is helpful.