Event Dates
From: Friday, December 12, 2025
To: Sunday, December 14, 2025
Leather, Fetish, Christmas, all perfect ingredients for a weekend to remember in Glasgow! Ho Ho Hoe!!
From: Friday, December 12, 2025
To: Sunday, December 14, 2025
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Get ready for a festive leather weekend in the beautiful city of Glasgow as leather guys from the UK and further afield head to the Scottish city for a weekend of fun events, socials and more.
- Visiting Glasgow? Stay at the brand-new Virgin Hotels Glasgow, just 700m from the Christmas Markets, featuring stylish rooms and high-end amenities.
The Weekend
- Next Edition: Friday 12th December to Sunday 14th December, 2025.
- Events typically kick off with a meeting on Friday evening and a goodbye breakfast on Sunday.
- On Saturday enjoy a trip to the George Square Christmas Market.
- George Square comes alive this Christmas with over 50 traders from across the globe, as well as closer to home, selling artisan products and high quality crafts. Plus, the stunning 15 metre Christmas tree is not to be missed!
- 21:00 – LMS Christmas Night Out at the Underground Bar, then on to the Polo Lounge
- Social Events are held at Gallery Bar
Gay Glasgow
- The Glasgow LGBTQI+ scene is welcoming and vibrant, with pubs, clubs and cafes dotted around the revitalized Merchant City district. The majority of gay venues are on and around Virginia Street.
- With an alternative ambiance and crowd, Speakeasy hosts quirky events including trash pop night ‘The Trophy Room’, while there are also romantic private boots to book. The Riding Room entertains gay trendsetters with burlesque, magic and live sets, while Scotland’s oldest gay bar The Waterloo Bar is traditional and unpretentious. Attracting a mixed, lesbian and gay crowd, Katie’s Bar is a popular venue with DJs, drag and quizzes.
- Stay at the CitizenM Glasgow, located a short walk from the city’s LGBTQI+ district,a hip hotel that scores style points with iconic Vitra furniture in the lobby and Frette linen on the king size beds.
- Just a short walk from the gay scene, four-star Radisson Blu Hotel Glasgow is cool and contemporary. It is home to modern eatery Grahamston Kitchen & Bar, which offers delicious dishes made with locally sourced ingredients. Other facilities include a stylish bar, a 15-metre swimming pool, sauna and gym, and 247 rooms and suites in a choice of design styles.
Recommended Hotels in Glasgow
The following hotels are all close to the leather celebrations and gay bars
YOTEL Glasgow, voco Grand Central, Motel One Glasgow, Native Glasgow
Where to stay close to all the gay bars.
Our top selections with the best rates.
YOTEL Glasgow is our editors choice
when in Glasgow in the heart of the city!
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Address: 260 Argyle Street, Glasgow, G2 8DP, United Kingdom
Address: 14 St. Vincent Place, Glasgow, G1 2DH, United Kingdom
Address: 99 Gordon Street, Glasgow, G1 3PF, United Kingdom
Address: 82 Oswald Street, Glasgow, G1 4QP, United Kingdom
Address: 84 Wilson St, Glasgow G1 1UZ
Address: 80 Glassford St, Glasgow G1 1UR
Address: 68 Virginia St, Glasgow G1 1TX
Address: The Jacobean Bldg, 49-53 Virginia Street, Glasgow G1 1TS
Address: 17 John St, Glasgow G1 1HP
Address: 10 John St, Glasgow G1 1JQ
Address: 306 Argyle St, Glasgow G2 8LY
Address: 6a John Street, Glasgow G1 1JQ
Address: 58 Virginia St, Glasgow G1 1TX
Address: 20 Candleriggs, Glasgow G1 1LD
Address: 101 Brunswick St, Glasgow G1 1TF
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