Folsom Europe
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Folsom Europe is an annual BDSM
and leather subculture street fair held in September and in Berlin
, Germany
. Folsom Europe was established in 2003 in order to bring the non-profit leather festival concept pioneered by the Folsom Street Fair in San Francisco to Europe. Today this is the biggest gay fetish event in Europe together with BLF:s "Easter in Berlin" which is held every Easter in Berlin
. BLF is the gay leather organisation in Berlin. BLF stands for Berlin Leder und Fetisch e.V. The main area for the two fetish festivals is in Schöneberg
, close to subway station (U-bahn) Nollendorfplatz
. There are also some fetish weekends in Berlin other times of the year.
BDSM
BDSM is an erotic preference and a form of sexual expression involving the consensual use of restraint, intense sensory stimulation, and fantasy power role-play. The compound acronym BDSM is derived from the terms bondage and discipline , dominance and submission , and sadism and masochism...
and leather subculture street fair held in September and in Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. Folsom Europe was established in 2003 in order to bring the non-profit leather festival concept pioneered by the Folsom Street Fair in San Francisco to Europe. Today this is the biggest gay fetish event in Europe together with BLF:s "Easter in Berlin" which is held every Easter in Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
. BLF is the gay leather organisation in Berlin. BLF stands for Berlin Leder und Fetisch e.V. The main area for the two fetish festivals is in Schöneberg
Schöneberg
Schöneberg is a locality of Berlin, Germany. Until Berlin's 2001 administrative reform it was a separate borough including the locality of Friedenau. Together with the former borough of Tempelhof it is now part of the new borough of Tempelhof-Schöneberg....
, close to subway station (U-bahn) Nollendorfplatz
Nollendorfplatz
Nollendorfplatz is a square in the Schöneberg district of Berlin. Colloquially called Nolli it was named in 1864 after the village of Nakléřov , a site of the 1813 Battle of Kulm....
. There are also some fetish weekends in Berlin other times of the year.
| Festival | Month | Started |
|---|---|---|
| BLF:s Easter in Berlin/Berlin Leather Pride | Mars/ April | 1998 |
| Mr. Fetish Biker | Mars/ April | 2007 |
| German Mr. Leather | Mars/ April | |
| Bearversions Berlin | April | |
| Lesbisch-schwules Stadtfest Berlin | June | 1992 |
| Christopher Street Day/Berlin Pride | June | 1979 |
| TCSD Transgenialer CSD Berlin | June | |
| Kreuzberg Pride | June | |
| Lesbischwules Parkfest Friedrichshain | August | 1998 |
| Folsom Europe | September | 2003 |
| Lesben Film Festival Berlin | October | 1998 |
| Gay Rubber Weekend | October | 1998 |
| Hustlaball | October | |
| Wigstöckel Transgender Event | October | 1995 |
| Gay Skinhead Weekend | November | 1997 |
| Pink Christmas | December |