PHOTOS: Off Sunset Festival gives LA Leather Pride a happy ending

LA kink-twink Nick Angelillis serving up some boy-bondage at Off-Sunset 2023.

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.
Jordan Masurét (aka the Fairy Gaudy Mother) is about to dole out some disciple.
LA daddy and East Village ex-pat greeting the kinksters as they enter Off Sunset Festival.
Leather daddy and East Village ex-pat Barry Brisco greeting kinksters as they enter the Off Sunset Festival.
Reid "Apollo" Lee flexing his divine physique.
Reid “Apollo” Lee flexing his divine physique.
NIck and Mike (aka Captain Rainbow and Bam Bam of the Burning Man tribe The Glamcocks) bro-ing out with some leash play.
Nick and Mike (aka Captain Rainbow and Bam Bam of the Burning Man tribe The Glamcocks) bro-ing out with some leash play.
Latex lover River adds some pink to his kink.
Latex lover River adds some pink to his kink.
River and Jase enjoy some daddy-boy bonding.
River and Jase enjoy some daddy-boy bonding.
John Halbach posing with friends.
John Halbach posing with friends.
Logan Cuccia fitting a kinky customer's new jockstrap at the Ben Orson Leather booth.
Logan Cuccia fitting a kinky customer’s new jockstrap at the Ben Orson Leather booth.
Drake James, the mastermind behind the scandalous KINK party, replenishing all the calories he burned off this weekend at a local food truck.
Drake James, the mastermind behind the scandalous KINK party, replenishing all the calories he burned off this weekend at a local food truck.
Marvene Machaalany, the mastermind being the culinary brand Marvelous Creations, indulging in a smooch.
Marvene Machaalany, the mastermind being the culinary brand Marvelous Creations, indulging in a smooch.
According to this kinkster, orange is hanky code for 'anything goes.'
According to this kinkster, orange is hanky code for ‘anything goes.’
A kinky cowboy serving Brokeback-couture.
A kinky cowboy serving Brokeback-couture.
This orc-play persona is a ménage à trois of fetish, fantasy, and ferocity.
This orc-play persona is a ménage à trois of fetish, fantasy, and ferocity.
This leather daddy wants to whip it, whip it good.
This leather daddy wants to whip it, whip it good.
This good boy has earned his Scooby Snack.
This good boy has earned his Scooby Snack.
Pups at Off Sunset Festival.
An LA Leather Pride winning pup.
A cutie rocking suspenders.
A man in a Cellblock wrestling singlet.
Showcasing his f****t necklace.
A fetishist in a gas mask.
An amalgam of femme and masc.
Channeling Daft Punk.
Pup players in the smosh pit.
A pack of pups playing in the Off Sunset Festival smosh pit.
Old school jock fashion.
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