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Wednesday, July 22, 2026
SoMa, San Francisco
Folsom St at Dore St, San Francisco, CA 94103Dore Alley is San Francisco's leather-and-fetish weekend in SoMa — anchored by the free Up Your Alley street fair on the last Sunday of July, but really a full run of circuit parties, tea dances, and bar takeovers from Wednesday through Monday. In 2026 the weekend runs July 22–27, with the fair itself on Sunday, July 26 (11 a.m.–6 p.m.) on Folsom Street between 9th and 10th plus Dore Alley. It's the smaller, dirtier, more local sibling of Folsom Street Fair — around 15,000 mostly-local leathermen and kinksters, far fewer tourists.
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Wed, Jul 22
9 PM - 2 AM
Powerhouse, San Francisco
Thu, Jul 23
9 PM - 2 AM
1015 Folsom, San Francisco
Fri, Jul 24
9 PM - 3 AM
Public Works
Fri, Jul 24
9 PM - 3 AM
1015 Folsom
Sat, Jul 25
3 PM - 11 PM
DNA Lounge
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