San Francisco Leather Walk 2024

San Francisco Leather Walk 2024

San Francisco’s Leather Walk is one of the most diverse marches in the city and mixes a party atmosphere with an important charity raising event, while promoting the leather community and all its attractions. People walk together to celebrate leather, kink, family and community — all while raising funds for three great agencies.

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The Leather Walk

• The annual Leather Walk takes place on every year in September in the lead-up to the Folsom Street Fair. Each year, hundreds of Leather Walkers take over Market Street and march from the Castro to SoMa.
• On-site registration and check in begins at 10:00am at 440 Castro. Each marcher received a collectable Leather Walk pin.
• While you’re waiting for the action to get started, grab some breakfast at The Cove on Castro, San Francisco’s favourite local diner.
• Entertainment starts at 11:30am at Jane Warner Plaza. The walk itself plans to start moving at 12:00pm from the front of Castro Theatre. The walk features performances by some of San Francisco’s most amazing vocal and drag talent.
• The Leather Walk will include the following stops stops: Stop 1: SF Oasis, Stop 2: Powerhouse, Stop 3: Mr-S-Leather, Stop 5: The Lone Star Saloon, Stop 6: SF Eagle Final Stop.
• Events continue at the Leather Pride Festival at Eagle Plaza with the Flag Raising and Beer Bust.

San Francisco’s Leather Scene

• The Leather community in San Francisco is quite diverse. The city has a designated Leather and LGBTQ District in part of the city’s South of Market neighbourhood.
• The neighbourhood remains home to gay and kink bars and the popular Folsom Street Fair, which draws thousands of people every year to celebrate leather sexuality.
• Stay close to the Eagle at the InterContinental San Francisco, with a great gym, stunning views and delicious breakfast and just a 5 minute ride away from the bar.

History of the Leather Walk

• Leather Walk was founded in 1992 by Art Tomaszewski, former AEF Board President, Bare Chest Calendar Man and former Mr. Headquarters Leather.
• Art was inspired to start an event that would raise visibility, comradery and funds for AEF. In 2001, Sandy ‘Mama’ Reinhardt, a tireless community fundraiser and founding advisor at BCEF, took over event production of Leather Walk. Each year, Mama and Mama’s Family hold Leather Walk fundraisers across the country.
• Today, Leather Walk raises vital funds for Folsom Street Events and Positive Resource Center.

Where to Stay?

• San Francisco is divided into several neighbourhoods. The Castro and Soma are home to the city’s bustling gay neighbourhoods.
• Soma is home to Folsom Street and most of the leather and fetish bars.
• Other popular neighbourhoods include Mission District. As the modern hub of San Francisco’s most vibrant district, Valencia Street is home to some of the city’s hottest destination eateries, funky independent shops, most crowded watering holes, and eye-popping murals.
• Stay close to all the tourist attractions in some of the best hotels in the city, in the downtown/union square district 

Recommended Hotels

The following hotels are close to the gay bars and the city’s top attractions:

InterContinental Hotel,     Courtyard by Marriott ,    Palace Hotel,    Hotel Zelos,