6 big fetish festivals in the US you’ll want to add to your k*nky calendar Part Five #PinkInOurLives #PinkPress

Buff up your cowhide and dust down your harness… here are some of the biggest fetish festivals and kink gatherings coming up in the US to start planning for now. We will share each of them separately.

Fifth coming up is Up Your Alley, San Francisco

Up Your Alley, also known as the Dore Alley Fair, is the smaller sibling to Folsom Street Fair. It dates back to 1985 and takes place over the last weekend in July. It also takes place around Folsom Street—between 9th and 10th streets—and Dore Alley. Street vendors sell kinky goods and art, and there’s also a stage for performances, DJs, and go-go’s. It’s not as big as Folsom but still offers plenty of sights and mega sex appeal. It attracts around 10,000 participants, and organizers are proud of the party’s political edge.

“Who we are and how we fuck has always been political,” say organizers on the official website. “Up Your Alley was founded to champion sexual liberation in a historical time of crisis. We join with everyone fighting for justice, visibility and a new system that upholds us all.”