It has grown as a non-profit charity, and local and national non-profits benefit with all donations at the gates going to charity groups as well as numerous fundraising schemes within the festival including games, beverage booths and even spanking for donations to capitalize on the adult-themed exhibitionism. The event started in 1984 and is California‘s third-largest spectator event and the world’s largest leather event and showcase for BDSM products and culture. The Folsom Street Fair, sometimes simply referred to as “Folsom”, takes place on Folsom Street between 7th and 12th Streets, in San Francisco‘s South of Market district. BDSM includes a wide spectrum of activities, forms of interpersonal relationships, and distinct subcultures. BDSM is derived from the terms bondage and discipline (B&D), dominance and submission (D&S), and sadism and masochism (S&M). BDSM is an erotic preference and a form of sexual expression involving the consensual use of restraint, intense sensory stimulation, and fantasy power role-play. Folsom Street Fair is one of the world’s largest leather event and showcases BDSM products and culture.Īn annual BDSM and leather subculture street fair.
