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The Largest Leather Cultural Festival!

San Francisco Leather Week is a cultural and educational festival dedicated to the history and culture of the LGBTQ+ and Leather communities that ties together two iconic events. We aim to bring members of the worldwide Leather Family together to commemorate their past, expand their present, and envision their future. 

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In 2024, San Francisco Leather Week runs from September 22nd to the 29th – the week between Leather Pride Fest  [link] and Folsom Street Fair. The festival will entail 20+ individual events: film screenings, kink workshops, fine art shows, history exhibitions, movement classes, and nightly parties that bring Leather culture to life as only San Francisco can. 

San Francisco Leather Week is a joint production of Folsom Street and the SF Eagle Bar. We also work closely with other leading organizations in the worldwide Leather community such as the Tom of Finland Foundation, CLAW, and LA Bullet Bar. Our goal is to create a community-focused event that brings in Leatherfolk from around the world to reveal shared history and build future relationships. 

This is the second San Francisco Leather Week. Our inaugural festival in 2023 was a small local affair but the interest in our events exceeded anything we could have imagined (5,000 attendees at 8 events). In 2024, we intend to create a truly world-class festival with a truly global audience. 

Folsom Street Fair is a central partner in producing and promoting San Francisco Leather Week. Over 250,000 visitors come to San Francisco every year for Folsom Street Fair; we anticipate capturing 5%-10% of that audience for San Francisco Leather Week, for 12,500 – 25,000 dedicated lovers of Leather culture and history visiting 20+ events over the course of a week.

We are looking for partners and sponsors to join us in celebrating LGBTQ+ history and Leather Culture.
This is your chance to expose your brand to a unique, international audience of sex positive adults!

OPPORTUNITIES FOR BRAND EXPOSURE

We want to give our Sponsors as much exposure as possible. Below are the publicity channels we have identified. Contact us with other ideas for how your brand can reach the Queer Leather family.

Over the past 20 years, the Leather and kink community has seen explosive growth worldwide. San Francisco Leather Week taps into the hunger of this community to celebrate its own history and learn about its distinct culture and will continue to grow in future years. Partnership with organizations like Folsom Street, SF Eagle Bar, and Tom of Finland means that the biggest names in LGBTQ+ Leather are giving SF Leather Week instant credibility and certain international appeal. 

Join us today in support of Leather culture and Queer history! We are open to ideas and we want to work with you to get your name in front of our audience!