Welcome to this year’s annual IN GEAR Dinner; below you will find the program for the evening.
SCHEDULE
| 6:00PM | Venue doors open; attendee check-in & seating |
| Raffle auction and ticket sales open | |
| 6:30 PM | Appetizers served |
| Welcome statements from BLUF San Francisco & SF Leathermen’s Discussion Group | |
| 7:00PM | Main buffet opens |
| 8:15PM | Raffle auction ticket sales close & final bids submitted |
| 8:30PM | Raffle auction winners announced; event wind down |
| 9:00PM | Dinner concludes; special edition of BLUFSF HARD begins at the SF Eagle |
| 12:00AM | Special edition of BLUFSF HARD at the SF Eagle concludes |
ANNOUNCEMENTS
MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR LEATHERWALK 2026!
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 20TH @ 10AM
Bring Your Kink. Step Out. Give Back.
BRING YOUR KINK | Express yourself and join fellow leather, kink, & queer community members in our joyful celebration ending with a Leather Pride Flag raising: a symbol of visibility and resilience.
STEP OUT | Walk with us from Eagle Plaza to protect our leather, kink, and queer spaces. Celebrate with entertainment, music, and refreshment stops along the way.
GIVE BACK | Walkers are encouraged to fundraise or make a meaningful donation supporting the LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District. We exist to ensure there is a lively and vibrant home for our community of events, businesses, bars & organizations in SOMA.
SACRAMENTO
DINNER BEFORE CUERO @ ERNESTO’S
SAN FRANCISCO
DINNER BEFORE HARD @ ROCCO’S CAFE
BENEFICIARY
Founded in 1996, the San Francisco Leathermen’s Discussion Group (SFLDG) has an educational mission with a once-a-month presentation of a kink/fetish/leather/BDSM skill or topical discussion, interview, or panel relevant to kinky guys and their allies. Every month, 60-150 people join us for two hours to meet new people, learn, and have fun. Come with a friend, or drop in on your own. With a huge audience of the most interesting folks in the Bay Area, we tend to be the best place to meet and socialize and hang out with other kinksters. You’ll be welcome.
MENU
Thank you to the Dumpling Kitchen – Noe Valley for providing the evening’s venue and meal.
| APPETIZERS | Vegetarian spring rolls |
| Green onion pancakes | |
| Cucumber salad (spicy) | |
| DUMPLINGS | Steamed pork soup dumplings |
| Pan-fried vegetarian pot stickers | |
| Steamed shrimp har gow (gluten-free) | |
| Steamed shrimp and pork shumai | |
| MAINS (SERVED BUFFET-STYLE) | Salt & pepper pork chops |
| Kung pao chicken | |
| Braised tofu with mushrooms | |
| White rice | |
| DESSERT | Deep-fried sesame balls |
RAFFLE AUCTION
Sixteen items for sixteen years!
HOW IT WORKS
- Purchase raffle tickets online or on-site: $5 for five; $10 for ten & $15 for 20
- Peruse the items up for bid and make note of the item number (listed below).
- Your tickets are your bids, please bids in corresponding numbered boxes; the more you bid, the better your chances of winning!
- Ticket sales close to 8:15PM; bidding closes at 8:30PM.
- You must be present to win when tickets are drawn at 8:30PM
AFTER DINNER
Head on over to the SF Eagle after dinner for a special Dore Alley edition of BLUFSF HARD from 9PM to 12AM; be sure to have your commemorative badge with you so you do not have to pay a cover. The Eagle has been notified that BLUFSF is hosting its annual IN GEAR dinner tonight and that folx will be heading over after dinner.
The Eagle is located at 398 12th Street in the South of Market (SoMa) area of San Francisco.
Many thanks to the Eagle for accommodating us this evening as we head into Dore Alley weekend!
THANK YOU
- Shari Dominici & Staff at Dumpling Kitchen – Noe Valley
- Volunteers: Dave Fong and David Ahle
- San Francisco Leathermen’s Discussion Group (SFLDG)
- Donations for the raffle auction: Dave Fong and Keith Garrison
- The SF Eagle for hosting a special HARD event tonight.
- The following businesses for getting the word out on the dinner and BLUFSF events: Leather Etc., Mister S Leather, Does Your Mother Know, Gyro Xpress, Rock Hard, SF Eagle, and The Bolt.
- BLUFSF Team: SIR Aaron Wolf, John Kouletsis , Calder Storm, Ghee Phua & Jonathan Villanueva