Source: SFgate.com
USA – SAN FRANCISCO – Street festivals are part of San Francisco’s DNA, and as the city has roared back after a pandemic slump, large-scale public gatherings have been a marker of a return to form for the city. From Downtown First Thursdays to neighborhood night markets to free Civic Center concerts, these community events bring the city together. Or in the case of the Folsom Street Fair, bond the city together.
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Aside from Pride and Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, Folsom Street Fair may be the city’s largest free public gathering, with its more than 250,000 yearly attendees in SoMa between 8th and 12th Streets and Harrison and https://www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/article/folsom-street-fair-ties-up-sf-neighborhood-21069402.phpHoward Streets. For the uninitiated, FSF is a very not-safe-for-work affair that celebrates kink, leather, bondage and all varieties of alternative sexuality. Stages throughout the area host bands, DJs and BDSM performers, plus other entertainment like drag shows, a wrestling stage, and even a “clothes check” booth. Fairgoers can expect to see many, many naked bodies.
It’s a uniquely San Francisco tradition, and one that, even with its salacious nature, has an overwhelmingly positive and uplifting energy as attendees throw their inhibition to the wind. SFGATE’s award-winning freelance photographers Kevin Kelleher and Emily Trinh were on site to capture all of this year’s action; scroll down to see their best photos from the event.
