USA Events
MIR (Mr. International Rubber)
The Mr. International Rubber contest has many years of history under its boots. The contest is the centerpiece of the weekend and acts as the catalyst to gather like-minded fetishists in one city for an annual rubbery weekend of fun.
IML (International Mr. Leather)
International Mr. Leather is a multi-day conference and competition celebrating the leather, kink, fetish, and BDSM communities. Originally established in 1979, IML is held annually in Chicago over the Memorial Day weekend, drawing participants from around the world.
MAL (Mid-Atlantic Leather)
Mid-Atlantic Leather Weekend is a three-day long party and events. The heart of the weekend is the historic leather formal Saturday evening cocktail social, Leather Cocktails. The Weekend also includes official events organized by weekend hosts, Centaur MC, that include a bustling Leather Exhibit Hall; Sunday brunch; Mr. MAL Contest and the official Sunday night closing party.
CLAW (Cleveland Leather Annual Weekend)
CLAW is the annual conference dedicated to fundraising, education, volunteerism and other charitable needs of the leather community.
GEARBLAST: US
GearBlast: US is part of the family of a growing international group of gearheads, fetish enthusiasts aiming to bring the community of gearheads together.
Folsom Street
Folsom Street cultivates a safe, open, and inclusive environment for the kink, leather, and alternative sexuality communities while centering equity for BIPOC and LGBTQA2I+ people. We are rooted historically in the fight against gentrification and displacement here in San Francisco, on unceded Ohlone land, and worldwide.
Folsom Street East
Since 1997, Folsom Street East’s festival has become an annual highlight of the global fetish/kink calendar as a sex- and body-positive shared space on the streets of New York City.
Global Events
Folsom Europe: Berlin
Folsom Europe, also known as Folsom Straßenfest, is an annual BDSM and leather subculture street fair held in September in Berlin, Germany since 2003. Folsom Europe was established in 2003, in order to bring to Europe the non-profit leather festival concept pioneered by the Folsom Street Fair in San Francisco, California.
Easter Berlin
Each year thousands of Leather-, Rubber-, Sportswear-, Skin- and Uniform lovers from all over the World come together to join different kinds of fetish events in Berlin. In the past, this event has elected their titleholder, German Mr Leather on Easter Sunday.
Darklands
Darklands Belgium encourages visitors to explore their sexuality and develop a safe and sane interest for the many fetishes in our community. The event is a collaboration of different groups, organizations, clubs and over 150 volunteers. The various tribes in the gay fetish community (Leather, rubber, army, skinhead, puppies, …) come together to create a unique spectacle of fetish brotherhood.
