Walking Tours Offered
The LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District is now offering free walking tours of our fascinating and historic neighborhood.
Our first two walking tours, titled SOMA Origins: Bars, Bathhouses and Beyond, were filled to capacity. Attendees toured SOMA for 90 minutes, learning how SOMA (South of Market) began attracting leather bars in the ’60’s, about the raucous exploits of the ’70’s when motorcycles lined the streets outside popular bars, and about today’s bar and clubs.
The tour runs about 90 minutes, and there are no hills. We are
Click here for details, and to register.
Erotic Storytelling on Special Date
The LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District’s online Erotic Storytelling Hour will happen on a special date, instead of the usual “Fourth Thursday” (July 27), it will happen on Thursday, August 3, 2023, from 8 to 9 p.m.
Join via Zoom, or click here for more info.
Save These Dates!
Here are a few important dates to mark in your 2023 calendar:
- Up Your Alley Street Fair: July 30
- LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District Candidates Night: August 9
- SOMA Second Saturdays: August 12
- LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District Annual Meeting: August 16
- San Francisco Bear Weekend: August 17-20
- Bay Area Cub Contest: August 20
- SF Bay Area Leather Alliance Weekend: September 7-10
- SOMA Second Saturdays: September 9
- Mr. SF Leather and Mx. SF Leather Contests: September 9
- Mr. SF Eagle Leather 2023 Contest: September 16
- LeatherWalk 2023: September 17
- Leather Pride Fest 2023: September 17
- Leather Week: September 17-24
- LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District Board Meeting: September 20
- Folsom Street Fair: September 24
- Bearrison Street Fair: October 14
- LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District Board Meeting: October 18
- LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District Board Meeting: November 15
All dates are subject to change.
You may also want to check out our list of local community calendars, here.
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