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 two stages with a great mix of international DJs, interesting interviews and exciting promotions. This year an additional bondage stage on Welserstr. will have its premiere. Beside of the stages we will have dozens of leather and fetish vendors, beer and cocktail booths, food trucks and action and information spots.

The calendar can be found in our pocket guide (printed version) or online.

This year we are even celebrating BIGGER THAN EVER because this is our 20th anniversary. During the week there will be five OFFICIAL FOLSOM PARTIES:
ADAM, BEAR DANCE FOLSOM, TESTOSTERONE, PIG and MENTABOLISM.
We are starting our week with the Melbourne-based ADAM party on Thursday night.
We are proud and happy that BEAR DANCE FOLSOM - known from their famous Easter parties - is now also part of our official parties. Hot bears and party guys can enjoy the famous SO36 club with a large darkroom, a smokers lounge and a dance ground with techno/house/progressive music. This puppy-friendly party is the perfect warm up for the night before the street fair.
The classic leather & BLUF guys will come together at TESTOSTERONE on Friday night where they find boot blacks, a courtyard for enjoying their cigars and a large dance floor as well.
Our signature party PIG will take place after the fair as every year. More than 2,500 guys will come together to celebrate the 20th anniversary of our own party as well.
And we will finish our parties with MENTABOLISM as our closing party.
Beside of the official parties we offer lots of small and big parties at bars, a classic concert, three sightseeing busses and a boat tour.
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It is THE new trend for the last years in our community: the puppies! The old guard leather men might raise their eyebrows but even they cannot deny that the puppies are rising. FOLSOM EUROPE has also seen a large growth of these young and joyful boys and girls with their cute puppy masks. They have raised some concerns in the leather community - but at the end, that is more or less the same reaction with every new trend. We are very happy to see some young blood joining us.

This year, we have plenty of events for the puppies and their admirers. On Wednesday night, the puppies meet at MUTSCHMANNS bar, on Friday there is the puppy walk and Alexanderplatz, on Saturday their meet for a brunch at Café Rosé and on Sunday they have their puppy games at prideArt@theKnast. A brand new highlight will be our puppy sightseeing bus on Friday noon which drives side-by-side with our classic sightseeing bus. The BEAR DANCE FOLSOM party is also reaching out for the puppies.

Get you puppy bus ticket here.