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.