Plus, easier to email folks about updates. Looking for the Folsom guide? Right here. Be sure to bookmark this guide. And signup for email alerts! You can always find the latest at andymatic. The weekend is named for the street fair that takes place on Sunday. Named for the street intersection, the fair is oriented around Dore Alley and Folsom Street. Proper usage:. The street fair celebrates gay kink and leather culture and is produced by the Folsom Street organization.
The difference between the two? There are always a few leather guys at even the most mainstream-y party in San Francisco clubs. From Dore Alley Street Fair, a history lesson :. In fact, the two fairs were originally completely unrelated to one another. Be sure to ask other friends and acquaintances for their must-do events if this is your first Dore weekend. Now celebrating over 40 years of leather, kink, and style, Mr.
S Leather is a San Francisco mainstay and globally recognized leather retailer and fetish brand. Full details on the Facebook page for the event or on Instagram for more information. And right before that, the local Leathermen Discussion Group is having their meet and greet. Full details on the Red SF site. The sluts and skanks at Pighaus are back with their Hot Trash party.
Not a lot of description but. Originally a weekly pre-game for PowerHouse's jockstrap night, the current incarnation is usually the first Thursday of the month except for special occasions like the pre-Pride, pre-Dore, and pre-Folsom editions at the Pilsner Inn Church St. Frequently a lot of the crowd still bounces over to Powerhouse around 10p, so layer appropriately. Pilsner bills itself as the oldest gay sports bar in the Castro.
The warm and welcoming crowd ranges in age from mid 20s to upper 50s and is remarkably hot in a very eclectic and unassuming way. The event has turned into a sort of on-ramp for new arrivals to SF and its rapidly shifting queer nightlife scene.
