Thanks to the over 500 volunteers, associates, board members, sponsors and staff the 2008 Folsom Street Fair was a huge success by every measure. We showcased a roster of world-renowned alternative rock acts along side up-and-coming talent from far and wide. We presented "Venus' Playground", Folsom Women's Area for its second year. We hosted huge assorment of exhibitors. Our dance event, Magnitude, sold out again. All together in support of our 2008 beneficiaries.

In 2009 the world's largest leather event, the Folsom Street Fair^tm, will take place on Sunday, September 27, 2009 from 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM. We hope to see the fairgrounds filled with people in their most outrageous leather/rubber/fetish attire enjoying the worlds largest and best loved Leather fair.

Next year, as always, it will be located in San Francisco's South of Market district on Folsom Street between 7th and 12th Streets. [See Map] Donations at the gates and proceeds from beverage purchases will benefit a new roster of non-profit charities from the San Francisco area and beyond.

For your reference we have a PDF map of the 2007 Folsom Street Fair fairgrounds. This is LAST YEAR'S FAIR, and is provided for reference only. This map has the location of all the booths along with who is renting them at the time the map was made. This map was updated on September 20, 2007 and was the final version before the fair. However, all maps are subject to last minute changes.

• Get a PDF map of the 2008 Folsom Street Fair w. Booth Locations

Folsom Street Fair^tm Posters

Posters from the last few Folsom Street Fairs^tm are available here just by clicking on the thumbnails below. If you like our posters, why not download a higher resolution version that you can print.

 

2008 A

2008 B

2008 C

2007

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2005

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2003

 

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Pictures from the Folsom Street Fair^tm
See the pictures from previous Folsom Street Fairs^tm:

• See Photos From the 2007 Folsom Street Fair
• See Photos From the 2006 Folsom Street Fair
• See Photos From the 2005 Folsom Street Fair
• See Photos From the 2004 Folsom Street Fair
• See Photos From the 2003 Folsom Street Fair
• See Photos From the 2002 Folsom Street Fair
• See Photos From the 2001 Folsom Street Fair
• See Photos From the 2000 Folsom Street Fair
• See Photos From the 1999 Folsom Street Fair

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Best of Bay 2008 - Best Street Fair -- "More cock than a chicken fight! More ass than a donkey show! Break out those chaps and grab some lube when the sprawling granddaddy of leather events hits in September". - SF Bay Guardian - July 30, 2008

 

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Best of the Bay 2007 - Readers' Poll: Best Street Fair -- "A gathering of leather, rubber, latex, and steel - elsewhere this might sound like an upholsterers' convention, but San Franciscans are just a wee bit more creative with their hardware. Trussed, gagged, or branded, the Folsom Street Fair invites you to think outside the sex box. Unless confinement is your thing, of course". - SF Bay Guardian

 

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Best of the Bay 2006 - Readers' Poll: Best Street Fair -- "If you have the burning desire to strut your stuff in those ass-out pants your cousin bought you last Christmas, but you don't want to call too much attention to yourself, just wait for the Folsom Street Fair. The other 399,000 bondage and leather fans will make you feel right at home". - SF Bay Guardian

 

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Best of the Bay 2005 - Readers' Poll: Best Street Fair -- "How often do you get to break out the fetish gear and parade down the street? (Actually, in San Francisco the answer turns out to be "quite often"). The Bay Area's best street party, the Folsom Street Fair brings out beautiful freaks of all stripes to dance, drink, eat, and generally get down under the SoMa sun. Coincidentally, it's also the culmination of San Francisco Leather Pride Week. Go figure. Sept. 25, 2005". - SF Bay Guardian

 

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2000 Editors' Winner -- bayarea.citysearch.com

Throw on your leather hotpants and join 300,000 other lookers in a fetish frenzy. "Please Sir, May I Have Another? This sexy S&M street-bacchanal celebrates a leather-phile culture that is as big on community service as it is on naughty fun. Keep in mind that this is no small community; the fair is officially listed as the third largest in California (behind the Rose Bowl and San Francisco Pride). Several hundred thousand kinky beasts come out annually to put the fete back in fetish, and though you'll see more tourists with cameras than trussed-up hussies, it's all good, charitable fun. Beneficiaries of the fair include Project Inform, the Stop AIDS Project, Project Open Hand, and New Leaf."