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 -
Friday, May 1st
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Friday, May 1st *
4pm - 6pm • Happy Hour Kickoff
@ Barrelman Tavern
6pm - 8pm • Leather Pride March & Bar Crawl
@ Barrelman Tavern, Whiskey Girl Tavern, Jackhammer, Touché, & end at LA&M
8pm - 9pm • CLPW Opening Reception
@ LA&M
9pm - 10pm • Leather Jeopardy w/ boy Paul
@ LA&M
10pm - 4am • Fetish Night Out!
First Friday Open House @ Chicago Rose
Kennel: Unleashed After Dark! @ Jackhammer
Full Moon Party/Nipple Fetish Play @ Touche
RIOT @ Cellblock
Shop at Red Vault
And More TBA!
Friday Bootblack Schedule:
8pm-10pm @ LA&M
Morgana leGae
Pup Finch
Saturday, May 2nd
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Saturday, May 2nd *
10am - 11am • Coffee & Pastries,
Hosted by ONYX Midwest
@ LA&M
10:30am - 12:30pm • F.E.K. Figure Drawing Class
@ LA&M
12pm - 2pm • Puff ‘N Pork, Hosted by Vince Jay
@ LA&M
4pm - 6pm • Afternoon Social, Hosted by IL Bear Pack Collective / Shop at Full Kit
@ SoFo Tap
6pm - 7pm • Cocktail Reception, Hosted by Chicago Rubber Club
@ LA&M
7pm - 9pm • Fetish Follies: a Cabaret Fundraiser
@ LA&M
9pm - 4am • Night Out Events!
Belly Up! @ Jackhammer
L.O.A.D @ Cellblock
Chicago’s Bear Night @ Touche
May The Force Be With U Craft Night
@ The Chicago Rose
Boots and Vests Night @ LRA
And More TBA!
Saturday Bootblack Schedule:
10am-1pm @ LA&M
Pup Cowbell
1-4pm @ LA&M
Shaan *Dropoff Table*
4-6pm @ SoFo Tap
Atlas Rose
6-7pm @ LA&M
Shaan
Pup Finch
Sunday, May 3rd
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Sunday, May 3rd *
10am - 1pm • Sunday Brunch, Hosted by WTNB - Women, Trans, & Nonbinary, Leather/Kink Social
@ LA&M
1pm - 3pm • Cigar Social
@ Jackhammer
3pm - 4:30pm • Kink Klass w/ Master Leather Redux & raea
@ LA&M
3pm - 5pm • Chicago Chastity Social
@ Jackhammer
4pm - 6pm • Crust & Kink Social
@ Big Gay Sal’s Pizza
5pm - 9pm • Gear Tunes / Find Your Kinky Style at Men’s Room
@ Sidetrack
9pm - 12am • Leather Takeover!
@ Steamworks
Sunday Bootblack Schedule:
10am-1:30pm @ LA&M
Atlas Rose
1:30-5pm @ LA&M
Morgana leGae
1-3pm @ Jackhammer
Pup Finch
