Folsom gay event 2022

An estimated 100,000 kink enthusiasts descended on San Francisco for the 39^th Folsom Street Fair on September 25, 2022. It all went down (no pun intended) on Folsom between 8th and 13th Streets. And this year, things return to pre-pandemic normal with 200 vendors lining the 13 city blocks of the impartial selling fetish gear, leather goods and novelties. Bodies of all shapes, colors, and sizes came to play and explore in the eye-popping regalia. There were also plenty of demonstrations and naughty shenanigans going on to titillate hardcore fetishists and tourists alike, both gay and straight.

Courtesy of our friends at Folsom Events, we present to you official images from the event. Chantis Parks captured candid moments in black and adj photography, and Gareth Gooch took the color photos featured in the Folsom Street Fair slideshows below.

Keep up with all the most current updates for next year’s festivities at folsomstreet.org

This guide is sponsored by The Kink Shop—use code folsomfun22 at thekinkshop.com for $8 off your newfavorite toys, and visit their booth at Folsom Street Fair for more fun.

First off, can we talk about how perfect this year’s Folsom Street Fair poster is. Artist Nemo is giving everything, and it’s also glow-in-the-dark? 🙀 Put away those hot-pink e-stim nipple clamps, ma’am, because I am already shocked.

This piece of superb local art is just part of this Sunday’s 39th leather, kink, and BDSM fair‘s celebration—including the return of the outdoor beer and cocktail booths so you don’t have to crowd into a packed bar. (Here is a very valuable etiquette guide to the fair if you’ve never been—or need to refresh after COVID.) While the official entertainment at the reasonable has yet to be announced, there’s the usual a fab-gaggle of satellite parties to definitely keep you up and occupied throughout the weekend.

That includes one of my favorite affairs, a return to