CHEER San Francisco will be entertaining at LeatherWalk 2026 this Sunday at Stop 2 (Azucar Lounge and Powerhouse). If you didn't step off with us from SF Eagle, we will be there between 11:30 am and noon. See you Sunday!
LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District
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The world's first city-recognized LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District, located in the South Of Market Area of San Francisco, CA.
We have a Official: SOMA Origins: Bars, Bathhouses, & Beyond walking tour this Saturday, September 19, from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm, with your guide Wylde Honey. The tour is free but space is limited. You must register at sfleatherdistrict.org/soma-tours/
SOMA Walking Tours – LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District
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📣 CHEER US ON. BETTER YET, WALK WITH US. SF Cheer will be out in SOMA helping turn LeatherWalk into a celebration in the streets. ⛓️ Bring your friends. Bring your energy. Bring your fabulous self. 🖤Sun., Sept. 20th, 10am. New: starts: Eagle Plaza 👩🏾💻Register to walk, fundraise or donate
LeatherWalk 2026 — Help Keep SOMA Kinky and Queer
Walk for Fun. Walk to Fundraise. Donate.
leatherwalk.org
🏳️🌈COME OUT AND PLAY IN SOMA. See some old friends. Make some new ones. 🍹NEW: Grab a drink at our stops and take it along! 🔥A few hundred queers, kinksters and fabulous weirdos together in the streets. 🖤Sun. 9/20, 10am. New starts: Eagle Plaza 👨🏿💻Register to walk, fundraise or donate: LeatherWalk.org
🔥 SOMA IS ABOUT TO GET LOUD. Leather. Kink. Flags. Music. Dancing. Queer joy. 📣 SF Cheer is joining LeatherWalk at Eagle Plaza. ⛓️ Grab your friends. Get your gear ready. Come be part of it. 🖤Sun., Sept. 20th, 10am. New: starts: Eagle Plaza 👩🏾💻Register to walk, fundraise or donate: LeatherWalk.org
LeatherWalk 2026 — Help Keep SOMA Kinky and Queer
Walk for Fun. Walk to Fundraise. Donate.
leatherwalk.org
Donate your previously enjoyed gear and toys at this Sunday's beer bust - and you can buy some more! Our Gear Swap n Shop will be set up on Eagle Plaza from 3 to 7 pm Proceeds support our projects and events as well as keeping your gear in the community at affordable prices.
💰 PUT THE FUN IN FUNDRAISING! Ask your friends. Ask your family. Drop the link in the group chat. Post it on Instagram. 🍹 NEW: Grab a drink at our stops and take it along! LEATHERWALK IS A CELEBRATION. 🖤Sun, 9/9, 10am. New start: Eagle Plaza 👩🏼💻Register to walk, fundraise or donate: LeatherWalk.org
LeatherWalk 2026 — Help Keep SOMA Kinky and Queer
Walk for Fun. Walk to Fundraise. Donate.
leatherwalk.org
🔥 LEATHERWALK IS BETTER WITH FRIENDS. Round up your club Text your fam Recruit your besties Bring that friend who needs to get out more 😏 👨🏼💻Get them registered to walk, fundraise or donate! 🍹 NEW: Grab a drink at our stops and take it along! LEATHERWALK IS A CELEBRATION. 🖤Sun. 9/9-10am @Eagle Plaza
🎉 WE’RE HITTING THE STREETS! We’ll bring the leather, kink, flags, drag, music, dancing, and all the queer energy 📣 We’ll be joined by SF Cheer and the Pride Band! 🍹 NEW: Grab a drink at our stops and take it along 🖤Sun, Sept. 20, 10am. New start: Eagle Plaza 🧑🏿💻Register to walk, fundraise or donate
LeatherWalk 2026 — Help Keep SOMA Kinky and Queer
Walk for Fun. Walk to Fundraise. Donate.
leatherwalk.org
SOMA was home to legendary characters Leather daddies. Kinksters. Queers. Activists. Artists. Barflies. Troublemakers. Those who came before made history. Now we’re adding to the story—and raising a glass along the way. Sun 9/20, 10am. New: starts Eagle Plaza Register to walk, fundraise or donate
LeatherWalk 2026 — Help Keep SOMA Kinky and Queer
Walk for Fun. Walk to Fundraise. Donate.
leatherwalk.org
WALK WITH US Bring yourself, your pride, and your sexiest walking shoes. Come on your own or with your club or crew. Walk with old friends, make new ones, and find your people along the way. NEW: grab a beverage at one of our stops and bring it along the route! Free Registration to walk or fundraise
LeatherWalk 2026 — Help Keep SOMA Kinky and Queer
Walk for Fun. Walk to Fundraise. Donate.
leatherwalk.org
Why Do We Walk? 👢 Why we walk: Queer joy looks so good in SOMA. 🔥 Sometimes you need a few hundred leather folks,kinksters & fabulous queerdos taking the streets together. 🍹 NEW: Grab a beverage at our stops & bring it along the route! A CELEBRATION & FUNDRAISER 👨🏿💻Register: walk or fundraise
LeatherWalk 2026 — Help Keep SOMA Kinky and Queer
Walk for Fun. Walk to Fundraise. Donate.
leatherwalk.org
Join us for our beer bust 0n Sunday Sept 13, benefiting LeatherWalk $20 for bottomless beer/soda and a plate of MamaBear's excellent cooking Raffle prizes, jello shots, fun, everything you expect from a beer bust. We will also be hosting our Gear Swap n Shop in Eagle Plaza during the beer bust.
Join us tomorrow (Saturday, August 22) starting at 1 pm at the Folsom Street Community Center (1286 Folsom Street).
🎉🥾 POLISH THOSE BOOTS! 🥾🎉 LeatherWalk 2026 is happening Sunday, September 20! We’re starting at Eagle Plaza and hitting the streets of SOMA. Leather. Kink. Queer joy. Music. Performers. Flags. Friends. . LEATHERWALK IS A CELEBRATION. 📆 September 20th ⏰ 10:00am 👩🏽💻 LeatherWalk.org
We'll be at Up Your Alley Fair on the north side of Folsom Street between 9th and Dore. We will feature our Gear Swap n Shop and we will also be accepting donations of your previously enjoyed gear. Please check out sfleatherdistrict.org/gear-swap-in... for our donation guidelines. See you Sunday!
Nominations for 5 Board of Directors seats and for Board President are now open. Voting will start August 10 and end at 5 pm on August 17, 2026. Eligible voters (District members in good standing as of May 21, 2026) will receive an emailed link to vote. For more information, visit our website.
2026 Board Elections – LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District
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We still have space open for Sunday's walking tour. Join us! Learn about the raucous exploits of the ’70’s, with motorcycles lined up outside popular bars. Hear about today’s clubs and what they used to be, including one on Folsom with a swimming pool. 1.5 to 2 hours, Free, Registration required.
SOMA Walking Tours – LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District
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This is the last chance to get early bird tickets for "Satyricon," a funny, bawdy, modernized play written by Stuart Bousel and directed by Andrew Calabrese. The world premiere, presented by SF Eagle Players, will be at SF Eagle August 4, 5, 11, and 12. Tickets are $20 until July 4 and $35 after.
Satyricon
A new play written by SF Playwright Stuart Bousel, directed by Andrew Calabrese in August 2026 at the historic SF Eagle Bar in SOMA’s LGBTQ+
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Applications for this year's THEYFRIEND Nonbinary Performance Festival hosted by Diamond Wave for nonbinary performers, video artists, workshop facilitators, and experimental creatives are being accepted until July 17. www.diamond-wave.org/event @diamondwavearts.bsky.social
Join us for our Gear Swap n Shop at Leather Alley on Sunday for great previously owned gear and toys at affordable prices. All proceeds support the projects and events of the LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District. We will not be accepting donations of gear or toys at Pride.
Come see us at Leather Alley (circled in red on the map) in the Root of Pride this Sunday! Our Gear Swap n Shop and outreach booths are the closest to the Leather Alley stage.
For everyone joining us Sunday in the Leather Contingent, the location and gathering time has been announced.
Happy Pride Month! We are proud to support the LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District's work. Together, we remain committed to place-keeping, fighting displacement, and ensuring that this unique cultural legacy continues to thrive. @sfleatherdistrict.bsky.social ky.social sf.gov/san-francisc...
Thank you to everyone who came out on Sunday for our Kink n Shop! Nearly 300 people attended and shopped, played, and socialized. Thank you to those who donated previously enjoyed gear and toys to our Gear Swap n Shop! Those donations help fund our efforts to keep SOMA vibrant and kinky!
New Walking Tour Dates Released. Join us! SOMA began attracting leather bars in the ’60’s. Find out why! Learn about the raucous exploits of the ’70’s. Hear about today’s bars and clubs, and what they used to be, including one on Folsom with a swimming pool. 1.5-2 hours, Free, Registration required
SOMA Walking Tours – LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District
sflcd.org
(2/2) Shop for previously enjoyed leather and toys at our Gear Swap n Shop and Leather Legends, and pick up some new toys and fun stuff from Bunker Gear Latex, Mauskaveli, Barbarian Designs, and Subtle Designs.
(1/2) The anticipation has been building! Kink n Shop takes place tomorrow, Sunday June 7, 12-4 pm, at 1277 Mission Street. Plus party hosts The 15 Association, schmooze with The Exiles in the lounge, and vote for your Leather Contingent Parade Marshals.
Local makers, Bunker Gear Latex and Subtle Designs will be two of the vendors at this Sunday’s Kink n Shop, check out their clothes and toys, June 7, 12-4pm. Our friends from Leather Legends will have previously enjoyed leathers along with our own Gear Swap n Shop.
Team Goth will promote their AIDS Walk fundraising efforts at Sunday’s District Anniversary: Kink n Shop, June 7, 12 to 4pm. Sumiko Saulson’s Mauskaveli brand whimsical toys will be on display and available for sale. The 15 Association will be hosting a party on site! Gear Swap n Shop will be open!
