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	San Diego Leather Pride - March tba, San Diego. Annual leather event includes reception, dinner, San Diego Mr. Leather contest and dances.
	LA Leather Weekend 2009 - March 27-29, Los Angeles area. Annual leather event features meet and greet party, seminars, awards dinner, Mr. Los Angeles Leather contest, and entertainment.
	Tom of Finland LA Art Fair Weekend - March 28-29, West Hollywood Auditorium on San Vincente. 14th annual art fair features artists from around the world: sculpture, photography, paintings, sketches, digital renderings and more; life drawing and photography each afternoon.
	Las Vegas Pride - May 1-2. Weekend will feature a night-time parade route downtown on Friday (Fourth Street) and a festival at the Clark County Government Center Sunset Blvd and Las Vegas Blvd.
	Hot Rodeo - May 1-3, A C Dysart Equestrian Park, Banning, CA. Weekend will feature IGRA sanctioned rodeo competition events, sponsored by the Golden State Gay Rodeo Association - Greater Palm Springs Chapter.
	Long Beach Pride - May 16-17, Marina Green & Rainbow Lagoon, Long Beach. The yearly celebration includes four entertainment stages, dancing and food. A parade highlights Sunday morning.
	International Mr Leather - May 21-25, Chicago, IL. International contest draws leathermen representing organizations, communities and business from throughout the world. Includes reception, contests events, leather marketplace, victory celebration, and black and blue ball.
	Spring California Men's Gathering - May 22-25, Malibu, CA. Provides a place where men can explore different ways of looking at life and expand concepts of self while having fun.
	Los Angeles Pride - June 12-14, sponsored by Christopher Street West, features a parade Sunday and festival Saturday and Sunday which includes entertainment stages, vendor booths, dancing and food in West Hollywood.
	Los Angeles Rodeo - June tba. Weekend will feature IGRA sanctioned rodeo competition events and other activities.
	Southern California Leather Gathering - June tba, South El Monte, is an outdoor gathering open to ALL leather/BDSM-related groups, organizations, businesses, individuals, etc., and is inclusive of ALL gender and sexual orientations.
	San Francisco Pride - June 27-28, features a colorful parade, festival, dancing, food, music, entertainment stages and other events.
	Outfest 2009 Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Film Festival - July 9-19, showcase for diverse, international gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender film and video, features more than 200 feature and short films, at nine venues.
	San Diego Gay Pride - Festival July 18-19, Balboa Park, includes entertainment stages, several dance floors, food, and vendor booths. Parade along University Ave.
	Up Your Alley - July 26 (Sunday), 11-6, Dore Alley, San Francisco, leather and fetish event which features vendor booths and entertainment.
	Sunset Junction Street Fair - August 22-23, Sunset Junction, Silverlake. Street fair celebrates diversity, promotes understanding and acceptance in the local community, features entertainment, food and vendor booths.
	Summer California Men's Gathering - August 29 - September 1, Santa Rosa, CA. Provides a place where men can explore different ways of looking at life and expand concepts of self while having fun.
	San Diego Rodeo - September tba, Lakeside Rodeo Grounds, Lakeside. Weekend will feature rodeo performance events, dancing, entertainment and the "famous San Diego Parties".
	San Francisco Bay Area Gay Rodeo & Festival - September tba7, featuring a weekend of rodeo events, country dancing, entertainment and a festival at the Corralejo Tequila Arena, Driscoll Ranches, La Honda, California.
	Folsom Street Fair - September 27 (Sunday), San Francisco. Twentieth anniversary of this annual leather event which features demonstrations, vendor booths and entertainment.
	Castro Street Fair - October 4 (Sunday), Castro and Market Streets, San Francisco, features vendor booths, food, music, dancing and entertainment.
	National Coming Out Day - October 11, Gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender people and friends hold workshops, speak-outs, rallies and other events aimed at showing the public that GLBT people are everywhere.
	San Fernando Valley Pride - October tba, 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., CBS Studio Center, Studio City, to feature entertainment, dancing, vendor and food booths.
	AIDS Walk Los Angeles - October 18, This 10-kilometer (6.2 miles) AIDS Walk begins and ends in West Hollywood and aims to raise urgently needed funds to help prevent the spread of HIV and provide life-saving services for those living with and affected by HIV and AIDS.
	Halloween Carnival - October 31, Santa Monica Blvd, West Hollywood. This night of tricks and treats, the Halloween & Costume Carnival draws over 400,000 participants to The Boulevard for food, merriment and costume contests.
	Greater Palm Springs Pride - Festival November 7-8, Palm Springs, CA. Includes entertainment, dancing, food, and vendor booths. Palm Springs Stadium. Parade on Sunday, November 8.
	Palm Springs Leather Pride '08 - November 6-9, Palm Springs, CA. Includes reception, dinner, Sunny Dunes Street Fair, Palm Springs Mr. Leather contest and dances, presented by Palm Springs Leather Order of the Desert.
	Fall California Men's Gathering - November 27-29, Mountain Center, CA. Provides a place where men can explore different ways of looking at life and expand concepts of self while having fun.
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