Black Folsom Is Coming!

Folsom week events that center the Black experience

 

September 2026

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TL;DR

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• Folsom Wednesday, Sept 23 - Meet n Greet at the Women of the Black Panthers Mural & Museum, Oakland

• Folsom Thursday, Sept 24 - Leather Legends Panel with Vi Johnson, Lady D, and Black Queer Dom at The Tenderloin Museum, SF:  if you are an Exiles member, email thatsbennett2u@gmail.com for a 50% off discount code!

• Folsom Saturday, Sept 26 daytime - Compton's Cafeteria Riot matinee performance, SF

• Folsom Saturday evening - B. Tourmaline All Queer Black Play Party, Oakland

• FOLSOM - Black-only zone near the Playground, SF

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The Details

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Wednesday, Sept 23rd - Meet n Greet @ Women of the Black Panthers Mural & Museum (Oakland) - A casual meet & greet community gathering celebrating Bay Area Black women, queer history, leather history, storytelling, and community building.  All are welcome.

• 7 pm to 9 pm

• 831 Center Street, Oakland, CA 94607

• Museum curated by Jilchristina Vest; event cohosted with Black Queer Dom Society, GLBT Historical Museum, and Exiles

• Get in the booth and record a brief history of your Black kink history that will be entered into the GLBT Historical Museum archives

• Small cover charge

 

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Thursday, Sept 24 - Leather Legends Panel @ the Tenderloin Museum (SF) - An event curated and moderated by Black Queer Dom Society

• 6 pm to 10 pm

• 398 Eddy Street, San Francisco, CA 94102

• East Coast Black leather legends Vi Johnson and Lady D share their stories

 

Saturday, Sept 26 Daytime - Compton's Cafeteria Riot Performance (SF) - "an immersive theatrical experience directly inspired by the 1966 uprising in San Francisco’s Tenderloin that marked a seminal act of collective resistance in the ongoing fight for transgender rights."  Breakfast will be served.

• 3 pm to 5 pm

• 835 Larkin Street, San Francisco, CA, 94109

• Exiles members receive a discount with the code; email thatsbennett2u@gmail.com for the code

 

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Saturday, Sept 26 Evening - Routes:  B. Tourmaline's All Queer Trans Black Play Party (Oakland)

• 4 pm to 2 am

• Oakland location disclosed upon successful vetting

• 4-7:30 Munch (hot tub included) $10

• 5-7 Workshop $20

• 8:30-2am Play Party | $45 (Single) $80 (couple)

• Munch and workshop $25

• The Whole Shabang (Munch, workshop, and play event) | Singles $60 Couples $110

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Sunday, Sept 27 - Black-only zone near Folsom Street Fair Playground (SF)

• 11 am to 6 pm

• 10th Street between Howard & Folsom