Dog and Pony Show (conference)
An annual animal role play weekend, since 2000, usually in April-May.
Dog-N-Pony
Leather Leadership Conference
An annual (since 1997) conference weekend, usually in the spring. Changes city and leadership team each year.
Brings together leaders and prospective leaders of the BDSM, Leather, and Fetish communities nationwide, to exchange ideas on how to create and improve community, organizations, education, events, etc. Plus have some fun.
Leather Leadership Conference
LLC-12, San Francisco 2008
Northwest Leather Celebration, and Northwest Master/slave
An annual conference weekend, usually in the spring.
NWMs started in 2006. Added NWLC in 2008.
NorthwestLeatherCelebration.com
groups.yahoo.com/group/NWLC_Attendees
A regional feeder for the national MasterSlaveConference.org
Cigar and Port Social at NWLC
After the Saturday evening contest and run show at NWLC, many attendees retire to the outdoor pool and hot tub terrace for conversation and complimentary array of ports and cigars.
Port is a luxurious fortified dessert wine, usually red.
This social is part of the conference, and so requires conference registration.
(Sometimes day or evening registration becomes available during the final week.)
Sponsored by Society of Janus since it's inception in 2008, and hosted by Angela and Iain.
Suggested attire ranges from formal leathers, to fetishwear, to smoking jackets, to swimwear / hot tub wear. As the evening progresses, you might want to add a warmer layer, depending on weather. The pool is brisk, but the hot tub is open and gets used. Sometimes people get served port or cigars in the hot tub -- more kinky decadence. A covered area is available, as well as space heaters. Some attendees decline the cigars and/or port -- the social part is the key. Being outdoors, the smoke is less of a problem for the many non-smokers in attendance. And for some folks, this is their only cigar of the year.
The energy of the social is a nice blend of leather protocol, relaxed mingling with local and national people, and celebration of the NWMs contestants.
Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality - (IASHS, "The Institute")
A Graduate School and Professional Studies. Attendance requires registration in one of their graduate or professional programs, or being an alumnus.
IASHS.edu
Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality - IASHS SAR
The SAR is the week after Pride most years. Attendance requires registration in one of their graduate or professional programs.
IASHS.edu
Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality - IASHS Pomeroy BLS
The Pomeroy BLS invites distinguished lecturers on many specialities of sexuality. Attendance requires registration in one of their graduate or professional programs.
IASHS.edu
SF Aids Walk, Cynthia Slater Memorial Contingent
Aids Walk is a fund raiser for local charities.
We created the Cynthia Slater Memorial Contingent.
As far as we know, this is the only leather / BDSM / fetish contingent.
The contingent is hosted by Society of Janus, but anyone can walk with us (it's free), or donate.
The walk is about 6 miles, in Golden Gate Park, and we stroll it being sociable, no rush.
The event and contingent is meant to pass for vanilla; dress accordingly.
Conversation can vary to all topics, so bringing under-18s in our group might be ill-advised.
The third Sunday in July.
AidsWalk.net/sanfran
We hold several additional FUNd-raisers around AidsWalk, such as bondage pageant / contest, kinky theater show, and beverage bust.
AidsWalk.SOJ.org
Leather Levi Weekend (LLW)
A four day weekend (Thu-Sun), usually the second weekend in August. For gay leathermen and their friends.
LeatherLevi.org
LDG Fetish Fair
A dozen simultaneous demos/educational scenes.
Normally the Wednesday before Folsom Street Fair. Mainly men only.
sfldg.org
FolsomFringe
A South Bay conference,
the weekend of Folsom Street Fair.
FolsomFringe.com
Defenders "Weekend in the Country"
A leather spirituality event, held on an autumn weekend on the Russian River.
sfdefenders.org
Loving More "Loving Choices" relationship seminar
A poly seminar.
www.lovemore.com/sfseminar.shtm
SF Mensa Regional Gathering - "Brilliance by the Bay"
Thanksgiving weekend. A vanilla event, that invites perverts like Fetish Diva Midori and Edukink.
sfmensa.org/rg.html