

Pictures by Heinrich von Schimmer and Frank Scheidt
We would like to thank our sponsors for their support.
In 2004 the
Berlin non-profit organization Folsom Europe e.V. held its first street fair FOLSOM EUROPE
on Fuggerstr./Welserstr. in Berlin-Schöneberg with 3,500 queer visitors from Europe and
North America. This year we expect 25,000 visitors from all five continents visiting the
largest leather and fetish event in Europe celebrating its 20th anniversary. Our mother
organization in San Francisco will also celebrate a round anniversary this year with the
40th edition of FOLSOM STREET!
Our Berlin street fair will take place on
Saturday, September 9th from 12:00 until 21:00.
On Fuggerstr./Welserstr.
you will find three stages with a great mix of international DJs, interesting interviews and
exciting promotions. Beside of the stages we will have dozens of leather and fetish vendors,
beer and cocktail booths, food trucks and action and information spots.
During the week
there will be four OFFICIAL FOLSOM PARTIES.
Beside of the official parties we offer
lots of small and big parties at bars, a bus and a boat sightseeing
tour.
The calendar can be found in our pocket guide (printed version
released until Easter 2023) and in summer we will present an updated version of it on our
webpage.
The non-profit
organization Folsom Europe e.V. has started a new charity project in 2004 which has been new
on our continent. Like our mother organization Folsom Street in San Francisco we do ask the
visitors of our street fair to donate for various projects in Europe year by year at the
gates.
From the first year on this work was co-ordinated together with the
Berlin Order of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence (OSPI). Since 2004 we were able to
distribute more than 300,000€ already. All european organizations, projects and groups who
are engaged with HIV/AIDS prevention, care and information can apply to qualify for such
support from us.
Lately we also started to support leather and fetish clubs
or smaller non-profit projects that need financial support for special projects in our
community.
In 2022 we collected and donated almost 45,000 € - a new all-time
record.
We would like to thank you all for your support. Your donations
allowed us to help those organizations and projects. If you do know any interesting projects
that might qualify for our program, please let them know about us and ask them to get in
touch with us.
Thank you!
Berlin is for
sure the leather and fetish capital of the world!
This year we are even
celebrating BIGGER THAN EVER because we have so many reasons to
celebrate.
While we celebrate the 20th anniversary of our street fair this
year our very close partner club BLF Berlin Leather Fetish has even two big anniversaries to
celebrate: 25 years of BLF and the 50th edition of EASTER BERLIN, which started as
Ostertreffen by MSC Berlin in the early 70s.
You will find more information
about there amazing year at easterberlin.de and you
will find both organizations at EASTER BERLIN, at GAY PRIDE BERLIN 2023 (with a shared
fetish truck) and at FOLSOM EUROPE.
Beside of the two main organizations Folsom
Europe and BLF there is a third major producer in town.
male.space is an event producer
that is offering monthly events in town including: BLACK WEEK, BLACK WEEKEND, The Leather
Dinner, BERLIN CIGAR MEN, Fetish Cabaret, BLUF Berlin and the popular TESTOSTERONE
party.
So check the calendar of our partner male.space for your future Berlin travel
plans.
TESTOSTERONE, BERLIN CIGAR MEN, The Leather Dinner and BLUF Berlin events will
be part of our 2023 program.
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