Palm Springs Leather Pride 2026: Four Days of Leather in the Desert

The week before Palm Springs Pride, the desert belongs to leather. Palm Springs Leather Pride runs from Thursday, October 29 to Sunday, November 1, 2026, put on by the nonprofit Palm Springs Leather Order of the Desert. This year’s theme is Valhalla.

Hotel ZOSO on Indian Canyon Drive is the host hotel, a block from the Arenas Road bars. Registration, the talks and the contest all happen there, and the rest of the weekend spreads out to the bars downtown and the resorts in Cathedral City.

The weekend, day by day

Thursday, October 29

• Welcome party at Hunters, 6 to 9 p.m. Free, with donations welcome.
• BATE in the Catacombs at Hotel ZOSO, 9 p.m. to 12:30 a.m.

Friday, October 30

• PLUNGE pool party at CCBC in Cathedral City, noon to 5 p.m.
• Unleashed, a pup and pet play party at Chill Bar, 2 to 4 p.m.
• Fellowship Leather Cocktail, Dinner & Auction at Hotel ZOSO, 6 to 9 p.m.
• Dark Alley Marketplace at the Tool Shed, 5 p.m. to 1 a.m.
• The new Eagle opens in Cathedral City (more below).

Saturday, October 31

• Poolside yoga and the speaker series at Hotel ZOSO through the day.
• The Official Cigar Social at the Eagle, 2 to 5 p.m.
• The Contest: Mr. Palm Springs Leather 2027 at Hotel ZOSO, 6 to 9 p.m.
• Dark Alley Marketplace 2 at the Tool Shed, 7 p.m. to 1 a.m.
• GO DEEP! in the Catacombs at Hotel ZOSO, 9 p.m. to 2 a.m.

Sunday, November 1

• PLUNGE 2 at CCBC, noon to 5 p.m.
• The Official Victory Party and Beer Bust at the Eagle, 2 to 7 p.m.

Most events are ticketed, from free to $150, and advance tickets are on pslod.org. There are also Leather in Recovery meetings at Hotel ZOSO every morning and night from Thursday to Saturday, and a sober welcome mixer on Thursday afternoon.

The new Eagle in Cathedral City

Photo: Eagle Cathedral City

Leather Pride weekend is also the grand opening of Eagle Cathedral City. It’s a leather bar and nightclub built for the leather and kink community, in the rebuilt former Barracks building on East Palm Canyon Drive, about 15 minutes east of Arenas Road. The doors open on Friday, October 30, and it hosts both the Saturday cigar social and Sunday’s Victory Party.

After the weekend there’s something on most nights: an underwear night on Wednesdays, Ignition Gear Night on Thursdays, Neon Jungle on Fridays, and a Saturday afternoon tea dance before Apex that night. It’s 21 and over.

Photo: Eagle Cathedral City

Gear up downtown

Need something to wear? Off Ramp Leathers and GEAR share an address on East Sunny Dunes Road, a few doors from the Tool Shed, where the Dark Alley Marketplace runs on Friday and Saturday nights.

The weekend in 30 seconds

Stay for Pride

Palm Springs Pride follows the next weekend, November 5 to 8. Read our Palm Springs Pride guide, and browse Palm Springs on the directory for every bar, resort and party on one map.

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Cover: the leather pride flag, designed by Tony DeBlase in 1989.