Local Events

Gay Pride Celebration & Parade - June 28 - 29, 2008

The San Francisco Gay Pride Parade is held every year on the last Sunday of June and winds its way through the heart of San Francisco from the Embarcadero on the bay to a giant festival in the Civic Center Plaza. This is one of the preeminent gay and lesbian events in the world and is attended by hundreds of thousands of partygoers from every part of the globe.

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Folsom Street Fair - September 28, 2008

Folsom Street Fair is an international leather fair occurs on the last weekend of September when the weather in San Francisco is at its best and is one our most wonderful people-watching (in various stages of dress and undress!) parties. Come to see and be seen!

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Castro Street Fair - October 5, 2008

You'll enjoy the excitement of the Castro Street Fair, one of the many neighborhood fairs of San Francisco. On this festive Sunday, the streets are blocked off and a hundred-thousand or more individuals party, dance, eat, and visit the scores of booths that have been set up representing various gay and lesbian organizations that serve our community. Also present are artisans and crafts-people displaying their wares. You'll have a chance to meet locals as well as many visitors from outside the Bay Area at this colorful event.

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Halloween In The Castro - October 31, 2008

You haven't experienced Halloween until you come to our neighborhood and cavort on our blocked-off streets with thousands of costumed revelers. Some of our neighbors and visitors have been sewing all year for this event!

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" It has been a truly enlightening trip to SF. My first time as a gay man though I've been here 3 times before....a truly liberated area (the Castro), where it's not only OK to be gay, but it's a celebrated ideal. "
  Phillip,
  Victoria, Australia