Folsom Street East needs experienced bootblacks to keep leatherfolks looking their best! The application, found in the “Contact” section of our website, is open until April 23rd! 📸 @wayoutscenes www.folsomstreeteast.com

@fascinationkink.bsky.social Tickets on sale now to The Official Folsom Street East Pre-Party! On Saturday, June 20th, lose yourself in the shadows and find someone else at 9 Bob Note in Brooklyn. More details coming soon… www.3dollarbillbk.com/rsvp/2026/6/...

If you’ve been looking to get more involved in the kink community, volunteering at Folsom Street East is a great way to get started, meet new folks, and make an impact for a charitable organization. Fill out our application today and help make a difference! Www.folsomstreeteast.com 📸Michael Prestia

Looking to suspend your friend in public? Want to show off those impact skills? Or maybe you have another kinky talent to display? Fill out our performer application today and help us delight the crowd this year! Link in bio. 📸 @wayoutscenes

Show us what you got! Exhibitor applications are now open for kinky businesses, community groups and non-profits! 📸Michael Prestia

Folsom Street East lands in Manhattan with a prescription of hope for a future of sexual liberation, and queer people coming together. Enjoy a day of music, community, vendors, wild performances and kink. Go to our website for tickets & all volunteer, performer, exhibitor and bootblack applications!

Who else is going to NJ Leather? 🎢🎡🌊

Every year, FSE receives messages from people who missed news about event dates and exhibitor/performer applications. We cannot trust social media to keep us in touch, so please join our email list to get all the important information. 💙📸 by @pupartimus www.folsomstreeteast.com

Tickets & more information about a night of kinky documentary shorts presented by Narrow Rooms and Folsom Street East!: www.folsomstreeteast.com

It's Folsom Street East’s 28th Birthday! Here is a look back at the first FSE as reported on in issue #94 (August ‘97) of The Leather Journal.

TY for coming to the 25th Folsom Street East! TY to our CREW, vendors, community groups, bootblacks, Gold Level Sponsor: RethinkyourPreP.com, Bronze Sponsors: Bozanian Mcgregor, @forttroff.bsky.social & @fascinationkink.bsky.social for their support. Finally, TY to the archangel of FSE, Dale. ⛱️

We’re excited to be part of @folsomstreeteast.bsky.social this Sunday, June 5th! Stop by our booth for live-event only deals and merch! Looking forward to it! mischiefmates.com #folsomstreeteast #folsomstreet #gaypride #gaykink #kinkygay #pridemonth #leathermen #bluf

On June 15th Folsom Street East returns with BOUND TOGETHER. Celebrate a day of body positivity, music, kinky vendors and community organizations. Tickets are on sale now via the link in our bio! Volunteer, Exhibitor and Performer applications also can be found on our site under the “Contact” tab.

Here’s something different for your calendar of NYC Kink Week events! Join Folsom Street East on Saturday, June 14th for the opening of Creating Community: Bar Art that Reflected & Reshaped Leather Culture. This steamy, gay art show at Madame X will warm you up for all of Sunday’s festivities. 💋🥵

FOLSOM STREET EAST IS 22 DAYS AWAY. Do not miss Micha Malvada‘s chain suspension performance this June 15th! ⛓️⛓️⛓️www.folsomstreeteast.com

Folsom Street East is looking for a Dirty Dozen! Let’s take care of the block who hosts us.🧼 Find the application and more details on our website. The app closes June 5th. 🧹🚮 www.folsomstreeteast.com

DJs @boomerbanks.bsky.social , @honeydavenport.bsky.social & Security Dog spinning at Folsom Street East this June 15th! www.folsomstreeteast.com

🤠 Catch Mr. Fire Island Bear 2024 and Mr. Bear International USA 2025 on stage at Folsom Street East: Bound together this June 15th! Tickets are on sale now!

Make sure to catch a whiff of the Triton & Skincare tent at Folsom Street East on June 15th! Triton Soap & Skincare is a queer and trans owned and operated company making nurturing skin products that smell and feel amazing. www.folsomstreeteast.com

📢 Last call for performers 📢 May 1st is the deadline to get your applications in. www.folsomstreeteast.com/performer-ap...

Advance tickets to the official FSE pre-party, a collaboration @fascinationkink.bsky.social, are available now! www.3dollarbillbk.com/rsvp/2025/6/...

🎺 FSE is accepting applications for performers until May 1st! The app can be found under the “Contact” tab on the FSE website. 📸 of The Naked Trumpeter by Michael Prestia

#tbt FSE 2024. 🐄 📸 @kooraw.bsky.social

The Folsom Street East Volunteer Appreciation Party & Drive is on May 2nd from 7-9 PM at Nowhere Bar! Reconnect with old friends, meet new volunteers and discover the exciting events of this year’s festival, Bound Together. New to FSE? Come join us to learn about who we are and what we do.

Friends on the street bright and early for FSE last year. 📸 by Michael Prestia.

Catch Mr. R onstage at Folsom Street East: Bound Together on June 15th! 📸 @mrmphoto1973.bsky.social

Folsom Street East thanks RethinkYourPrEP as a Gold Level Sponsor!

Get your boots loved on at FSE 2025!

FSE is volunteer-run from top to bottom. Volunteering is a great way to get involved, meet folks, and walk away with a free t-shirt! Sign up for the shifts/areas you want to volunteer for here: www.folsomstreeteast.com/volunteer photo by insta @ salemx

On June 15th Folsom Street East returns with BOUND TOGETHER. Celebrate a day of body positivity, music, kinky vendors and community organizations. Tickets are on sale now via the link in our bio! Volunteer, Exhibitor and Performer applications also can be found on our site under the “Contact” tab.

FSE 2015 📷 @ Insta wayoutscenes

#tbt FSE 2009

💛 📷 by longtime volunteer Michael Prestia. Speaking of volunteers, if you worked a volunteer shift last year, you should check your email today.

Get dolled up and hang out with FSE at New Jersey Leather Weekend!

What a look! FSE 2019 📸 by Steve Albistur. Are you on our emailing list? Visit www.folsomstreeteast.com and sign up at the bottom of the page.

Happy Spring from Folsom Street East! 🌸🌷🌿 📸 by Michael Prestia.

Introducing Our 9th and Final Judge for International Mr. Leather Class of 47 – Alaina Hummel! #IML #InternationalMrLeather #Community #SocialMediaTransition

FSE officially closes its 2024 fiscal year in support of the @hibiscusrosefund. Check back soon for 2025 announcements!

:) FSE: 2024 📸 by Salem X

Thank you to all who attended FSE 2024: Crossroads. FSE closed the 2024 fiscal year in support of @galaeiphilly.bsky.social

Members of Project Safe hanging out at FSE 2024. Photo by longtime FSE volunteer and photographer Michael Prestia. ♥️💙🖤

“This is how they sleep.” — Master R @youngdomnyc.bsky.social at @folsomstreeteast.bsky.social [X post Jun 17, 2024]

FSE 2024 attendees photographed by @pupartimus.bsky.social. Were you there? We still have a handful of (limited to 100) FSE 2024 metal badges for collectors and those who missed them at the merch booth. Find badges and other FSE goodies on our website!

Happy New Year from FSE! 📸 @kooraw.bsky.social

Folsom Street East thanks you for a successful 2024!

#tbt to @folsomstreeteast.bsky.social with sliv

Social media platforms change and are unreliable. FSE 2025 planning starts now and we want to always stay connected with you! Sign up for our email list on www.folsomstreeteast.com and never miss a performer, vendor, or volunteer call or any event announcements. FSE 2024 📸 by @artiprime.bsky.social

A shot from @folsomstreeteast.bsky.social last year