Can I be nude at Up Your Alley or at
the Folsom Street Fair?
There is no Federal law against nudity but neither
is it a guaranteed right. This means that state, county and local laws
can take precedence. Nudity, per se, is not a crime in California
unless a person is lewd. The San Francisco District Attorney’s
office has consistently discharged public nudity citations because
"being naked in San Francisco is not a crime" (D.A. spokesperson
Debbie Mesloh, September 2004). Folsom Street Events maintains local
community standards, such as at Bay to Breakers and LovEvolution. As
fair organizers, we do draw the line with public sex (see below).
What is the policy on lewd behavior?
Folsom Street Events encourages all fairgoers to express behavior that is safe
and within the law. We encourage everyone to take personal
responsibility for providing a positive communal environment for
the adult alternative lifestyle community. Lewd acts will be disrupted
by our security volunteers who reinforce this message for anyone
found on the fairgrounds to be in violation of our policy.
At the suggestion of SFPD, we have implemented a more aggressive
graduated policy for violators of the lewdness policy.
Step 1: Verbal warning
Inform the fairgoer that the behavior is not allowed and that
they will face ejection from the fair on the next occurance.
Step 2: Reminder
Fairgoer will be reminded of the first warning and given a personal escort
to the fair exit with notification to gate volunteers not to allow re-entry.
Warn the fairgoer that on the next violation of this policy we will
escalate to SFPD.
Step 3: Turn over to SFPD
SFPD will be called to assist and requested to cite
the fairgoer who has violated the lewdness policy.
Lewd behavior in second and third story windows on the fairgrounds
will be referred directly to SFPD for intervention.
Bay of Pigs - The Official Saturday Night Event of Up Your Alley Weekend
The newest event from Folsom Street Events, the Pig returns to give you
Up Your Alley weekend's hottest fetish party.
Bay of Pigs
®
Saturday, July 25th, 2009
10pm - 4:00am
181 Eddy St.
San Francisco, CA
Featuring:
DJ Ted Eiel - Main Floor
DJ Luis Cintron - Dungeon
Sexy dancers, demos, play spaces galore
Ticket info after the link (or click on the pigs).
Up Your Alley Magnitude Dance Area on 10th Street
Up Your Alley Kick Off
The 2010 South of Market Bare Chest Calendar Men
and Folsom Street Events present The Official
Up Your Alley Kick Off Party.
Meet the Calendar Men
Friday, July 24th - 9pm till Midnight
Powerhouse, 1347 Folsom Street
[
MAP]
Suggested $5.00 donation benefits
AEF and
PRC
Full Fetish Comes to Up Your Alley
Recon.com teams up
with
SF Citadel to host their
first
Full Fetish party in San Francisco.
Doors open 1pm - 6pm. They've got a line-up of DJs, live
demos and a well-equipped dungeon for a pre-Up Your Alley Saturday
afternoon 'Dance and Sleaze' party.
This fetish dance and sleaze party is all you need to get you in
the mood before heading out to Bay Of Pigs later that night.
Advance tickets are $20 and will be available online, and at the door.
Details to be available at the SF Citadel web site.
PLAY - Official Up Your Alley T-Dance & Closing Party
DJ Rob Kaftan.
PLAY -
Sunday, July 26th, 5pm till midnight
DNA Lounge, 375 11th Street
[MAP]
For ticket pricing and sales locations see the
PLAY website.
Up Your Alley Fair Posters
Our Up Your Alley
® poster series is available here just by clicking
on the thumbnails below.
The 2009 poster will be ready soon.
If you like the Up Your Alley poster series, why not click on your favorites and download
a higher resolution version that you can
print and look at over and over again. Special thanks to the talented artist
Rob Clarke.
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
Pictures from the Up Your Alley Fair
Pictures from previous Up Your Alley Fairs are available in the galleries.
Up Your Alley Fair a Great Warm-Up for Folsom || San Francisco
Bay Times
by Sister Dana Van Iquity - August 3, 2000
| The hot weather last Sunday brought out the hot men and women leather
enthusiasts for what is affectionately known as "Up Your Alley,"
produced annually by the Folsom Street Events board of directors. Most every one of
the attendees gave a couple of bucks for charity at the donation gates
as Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence and other volunteers applied a little
old-fashioned Bondage & Discipline and shook down the leatherfolk
for cash – all going to charity. And how lovely to see a master taking
his human dog out for a walk, securely leashed and muzzled, crawling across
the pavement and sniffing crotches along the way. Heel! |
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