Record-Breaking Up Your Alley Fair

August 01, 2006
FOLSOM STREET EVENTSâ„¢ ASSEMBLES A RECORD-BREAKING UP YOUR ALLEYâ„¢
STREET FAIR
Fun, Frolic and Fetish Ignite Dore Alley and Folsom Street

On Sunday, July 30, 2006, Folsom Street Eventsâ„¢ presented Up Your
Alleyâ„¢,
its first major event of the 23rd annual fair season. With a strong
line up of
DJs (Joseph Lee, Cary Stringfellow, and Matt Consola), cutting-edge
leather and
fetish vendors, savory food, and beer and liquor aplenty, over 12,000
members of
the leather community had a very special and kinky time in the San
Francisco
sun.

According to Andy Copper, Board President of Folsom Street Events,
“Up Your
Alley has never been a more exceptional event for our community. With
help from
The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence and our 12 benefiting charities, we
produced
an extremely ‘intimate’ leather street fair where the adult
alternative
lifestyle community was recognized, appreciated, and celebrated.”
According to
Demetri Moshoyannis, Executive Director, “The Board of Directors,
Board
Associates and staff members were extremely pleased with this year’s
Up Your
Alley performance, as we raised a record-setting amount of income from
sponsorships, gate donations, booth sales, and beer and liquor sales.
With an
über-hot crowd of fun and sexy leather folk, we couldn’t be happier.
This was
a memorable event!”

This year’s Up Your Alley benefiting charities included AIDS/HIV/Hep
C
Nightline, Asian & Pacific Islander Wellness Center, Bay Area Young
Positives,
Episcopal Community Services, The Family Link, Frameline, Immune
Enhancement
Project, Lesbian Health Research Center, Magnet, SF Gay Men’s Chorus,
Tenderloin Health (the merger of Tenderloin AIDS Resource Center and
Continuum),
and Visual Aid.

This year’s Up Your Alley sponsors were Miller Lite/MGD, Tattoo,
Cuervo,
RECON.com, TitanMen, Elbow Grease, Dungeonbeds, Blow Buddies, Hot House
Entertainment, Steamworks, Mustang Studios, Mr. S Leather,
BigMuscle.com,
Leatherpost, Renoir Hotel, and Powerhouse Bar.

About Folsom Street Events

Folsom Street Eventsâ„¢, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, produces
Up Your
Alleyâ„¢, Magnitudeâ„¢, and Folsom Street Fairâ„¢. The mission of
Folsom Street
Eventsâ„¢ is to create volunteer-driven leather events that provide the
adult
alternative lifestyle community with safe venues for self-expression
while
emphasizing freedom, fun, frolic and fetish and raising critical funds
to
benefit San Francisco charities. In 2005, Folsom Street Events marked
the 22nd
Folsom Street Fairâ„¢ with nearly 400,000 attendees and over $280,000
donated to
San Francisco charities.

For More Information

For more information about the Folsom Street Events, the Up Your Alley
Fairâ„¢,
Folsom Street Fairâ„¢, Magnitude, or volunteer opportunities please see
our
website: folsomstreetevents.org

or contact:

Demetri Moshoyannis
Folsom Street Events
fse [at] folsomstreetevents.org
(415) 861-3247


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