When one thinks of kinky street fairs, often their first thoughts are of San Francisco events like Folsom Street Fair and Up Your Alley. But in recent years, Los Angeles‘ Off Sunset Festival has proven when it comes to public fetish play, SoCal kinksters can hold their own against their Bay-area counterparts. Hosted in the eastside queer enclave of Silver Lake, this homoerotic event capped LA Leather Pride’s weeklong celebration of BDSM.
We rounded up some of our favorite Off Sunset Festival leather daddies, bondage boys, pup players, latex lovers, and more that’ll make you squeal, “Thank you, sir, may we have another?!”
Jordan Masurét (aka the Fairy Gaudy Mother) is about to dole out some disciple. | Mike CiriacoLeather daddy and East Village ex-pat Barry Brisco greeting kinksters as they enter the Off Sunset Festival. | Mike CiriacoReid “Apollo” Lee flexing his divine physique. | Mike Ciriaco
Nick and Mike (aka Captain Rainbow and Bam Bam of the Burning Man tribe The Glamcocks) bro-ing out with some leash play. | Mike CiriacoLatex lover River adds some pink to his kink. | Mike CiriacoRiver and Jase enjoy some daddy-boy bonding.
John Halbach posing with friends. | Mike CiriacoLogan Cuccia fitting a kinky customer’s new jockstrap at the Ben Orson Leather booth. | Mike CiriacoDrake James, the mastermind behind the scandalous KINK party, replenishing all the calories he burned off this weekend at a local food truck. | Mike Ciriaco
Marvene Machaalany, the mastermind being the culinary brand Marvelous Creations, indulging in a smooch. | Mike CiriacoAccording to this kinkster, orange is hanky code for ‘anything goes.’ | Mike CiriacoA kinky cowboy serving Brokeback-couture. | Mike Ciriaco
This orc-play persona is a ménage à trois of fetish, fantasy, and ferocity. | Mike CiriacoThis leather daddy wants to whip it, whip it good. | Mike CiriacoThis good boy has earned his Scooby Snack.
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Silver Lake shows its kinkier side with the return of Off Sunset, a Queer Pride Festival, in Los Angeles over the weekend.
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