Folsom Street Fair
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The annual Folsom Street Fair happens on the last Sunday in September and is now the final event in San Francisco's Leather Pride Week. The Folsom Street Fair, sometimes simply referred to as Folsom, is located in San Francisco's South of Market district, on Folsom Street between 7th and 12th Streets. It was started in 1984 and is the world's largest leather event.
The fair annually draws 400,000 visitors including kinky leather fans from around the world. Each year all proceeds from the Folsom Street Fair, including gate donations and beverage sales, are given to qualified local charities. These include AIDS charities and the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. The event generates an estimated $250,000 for charity.
Since 1997, a smaller event called Folsom Street East has been organized in New York City by GMSMA.
In 2003, the Folsom Street Fair licensed the name Folsom Fair North for a similar fair in Toronto, Ontario's Church and Wellesley neighbourhood.
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