Under sunny October 6 skies, Castro and 18th streets filled with booths, live music, and cheerleaders flying above the crowd of thousands who strolled the 46th annual Castro Street Fair.
Folsom Street Fair may be only a fond memory, but multiple new events are still going on in the San Francisco Bay Area for leather and other kinksters.
Being polite and having good manners will get you a long way in life. The same goes for kink. All manner of sexual outlaw creature might be great erotic fantasy, but even the most full-throttle players need to abide by standards of basic human decency.
Michael Longoria, best known for his star turn as Frankie Valli in 'Jersey Boys' on Broadway, takes to the elegant stage of Feinstein's at the Nikko on October 16 for an evening of songs taken from the silver screen.
Cast members from the hit CBC series Schitt's Creek, along with other stars, were in attendance at the San Francisco edition of the annual GLAAD Awards.
Under sunny skies and a brisk breeze, thousands of attendees at the annual Folsom Street Fair enjoyed strutting in leather, lace and a (newly trending) colorful array of kink and fetish gear for all kinds of tastes.
There's a feeling of celebration around the return cello-vocal duo, husbands Branden James and James Clark., for this year's Pride. They'll play Friday and Saturday night shows at Feinstein's at the Nikko, and bring a new style to favorite songs.
Get out there are what fun awaits you, at cabaret concerts, benefits, beer busts and bawdy broad comedy night. Folsom Street Fair dominates, but there are plenty of parties where a collar and chaps aren't expected.
One thing about Fe-Be's that most people know it is that it was the first leather bar on Folsom Street. If there is a second thing people know, it's that the bar was the place that the iconic "Leather David" was born. But there's more to the bar's story.
Folsom Street Fair is just days away. Among the crowd will be throngs of people who have traversed past Fairs multiple times. For them, it's an annual gathering for which they already know the ins and outs.
On September 27 and 28, Broadway baby Frances Ruffelle brings her show Frances Ruffelle Live(s) in New York to the elegant stage of Feinstein's at The Nikko, a show she performs monthly at Feinstein's in New York.
A San Francisco 49ers football Pride watch party at The Detour in the Castro District featured the 49ers vs. Bengals game, which was shown Sunday Sept. 15 at The Detour.