Folsom Europe, also known as Folsom Straßenfest (English: Folsom Street Fest), is an annual

BDSM BDSM is a variety of often Eroticism, erotic practices or Sexual roleplay, roleplaying involving Bondage (BDSM), bondage, Discipline (BDSM), discipline, dominance and submission, sadomasochism, and other related interpersonal dynamics. Given ...

and

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street fair held in September in

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since 2003.

History

Folsom Europe was established in 2003, in order to bring to Europe the non-profit leather festival concept pioneered by the

Folsom Street Fair Folsom Street Fair (FSF) is an annual Kink (sexuality), kink, leather subculture, and Paraphilia, alternative sexuality street fair, held in September that concludes San Francisco's "Leather Pride Week". The Folsom Street Fair, sometimes refe ...

in San Francisco, California. Today this is one of the biggest gay fetish event in Europe together with the Berlin Leder und Fetisch e.V. (or BLF, English: Berlin Leather and Fetish) hosted

Easter Berlin Easter in Berlin, also known as Easter Berlin, founded in 1972, is one of the biggest leather and fetish events in Europe. It takes place in Berlin every year at Easter (March or April). History The meeting is organized by the members of the cl ...

which is held every Easter holiday. The main area for the two fetish festivals is in

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 Te ...

. The Folsom Europe street festival is at Fuggerstrasse and Welserstrasse, close to

Wittenbergplatz Wittenbergplatz is a square in the central Schöneberg district of Berlin, Germany. One of the main plazas in the " City West" area, it is known for the large '' Kaufhaus des Westens'' (KaDeWe) department store on its southwestern side. It was l ...

. Folsom Europe is also the backdrop for the annual German Titleholders' Conference, an event which brings together fetish titleholders from all over the world to meet and collect money for charitable organisations in Berlin. Fundraising is an important part of this fetish street party, as it is the only event in Europe where the nuns from the Order of the

Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence (SPI), also called Order of Perpetual Indulgence (OPI), is a charitable, protest, and street performance movement that uses drag and religious imagery to satirize issues of sex, gender, and morality (particular ...

stand at the gates to collect funds from visitors. File:Folsom Europe Berlin 2013 Pic 2.JPG, 2013 File:Folsom Europe Berlin 2013 Pic 3.JPG, 2013 File:Folsom Europe Berlin 2013 Pic 4.JPG, 2013 File:Folsom Europe Berlin 2013 Pic 5.JPG, 2013 File:Folsom Europe Berlin 2018 05.jpg, 2018

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CSD Berlin / Berlin Pride

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