Chicago, Illinois • May 1 - 3, 2026
Our second annual Weekend created to kick off Leather Pride Month in Chicago, raise awareness of our Community, and fundraiser for the Leather Archives & Museum.
Chicago Leather Pride welcomes all gender identities, and all expressions of kink & fetish! Read more about this exciting event as published in The Reader last year!
A Celebration of Leather Culture, Benefiting the LA&M.
- View Our Weekend Lineup Below -
Event Times To Be Announced Soon!
Friday, May 1st
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Friday, May 1st *
Happy Hour Kickoff
@ Barrelman Tavern
Leather Pride March & Bar Crawl
@ Barrelman Tavern, Whiskey Girl Tavern, Jackhammer, Touché, & end at LA&M
CLPW Opening Reception
@ LA&M
Leather Jeopardy w/ boy Paul
@ LA&M
Fetish Night Out!
First Friday Open House @ Chicago Rose
Kennel Unleashed @ Jackhammer
Shop at Leather64Ten
Shop at Red Vault
And More TBA!
Friday Bootblack Schedule:
TBA!
Saturday, May 2nd
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Saturday, May 2nd *
Coffee & Pastries, Hosted by ONYX Midwest
@ LA&M
“My Allowance” performance by Thomas Choinacky
@ LA&M
Puff ‘N Pork, Hosted by Vince Jay
@ LA&M
Fetish Carnival Games
@ LA&M
Afternoon Social, Hosted by IL Bear Pack Collective / Shop at Full Kit
@ SoFo Tap
Cocktail Reception, Hosted by Chicago Rubber Club
@ LA&M
Fetish Follies: a Cabaret Fundraiser
@ LA&M
Night Out Events!
Belly Up! @ Jackhammer
L.O.A.D @ Cellblock
First Friday Open House @ Chicago Rose
And More TBA!
Saturday Bootblack Schedule:
TBA!
Sunday, May 3rd
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Sunday, May 3rd *
Sunday Brunch, Hosted by WTNB - Women, Trans, & Nonbinary, Leather/Kink Social
@ LA&M
Cigar Social
@ Jackhammer
Kink Klass w/ Master Leather Redux & raea
@ LA&M
Gear Tunes / Find Your Kinky Style at Men’s Room
@ Sidetrack
Sunday Bootblack Schedule:
TBA!