Submitted by Nigel Whitfield, 12 March 2020
Following my post about BLUF events and coronavirus/COVID19 I have been keeping an eye on information about other clubs and events, and it occurred to me that it may be useful to gather in one place. While our calendar is normally focussed on leather events, for this blog, we will try to cover all fetish events. I shall attempt to update regularly.
Last update: 27th May 13:10 BST
Updated today: ECMC AGM 2020
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According to an announcement on the Darklands web site it has now been confirmed that some visitors were infected. If you attended, please follow the advice of your medical authorities.
All venues closed
The ban on gatherings in the Netherlands has been extended until at least 1st June
According to SF Gate, all bars and nightclubs in California have been ordered to close.
Restaurants/bars closed.
A public health order now bans non-essential gatherings of more than 100 people, and some venues have closed as a result. Others operate with limited numbers
All bars, pubs and clubs are closed. Large events will not be allowed until at least the end of August
BLUF has decided that all our official events around the world, from today (15th March) until the end of April, will be cancelled. A special announcement can be found here. Further events will be kept under review.
Additionally, all BLUF events in May are now cancelled, and in Montréal, all BLUF events scheduled for before the 31st of August have been cancelled
This event - and the associated BLUF events over the weekend - has now been cancelled
This event is now cancelled
Cancelled
This event is now cancelled, as announced on twitter
This event will be rescheduled when a new date for Pride is confirmed
The Pride Parade and associated events have been postponed until a later date
As announced on the Recon blog, this event is now cancelled
This event has been cancelled
This event will now be a virtual event.
Cancellation of this event was announced on 24th April
It has now been announced that IML will not, after all, be held this year.
This event will now be a virtual event.
This event is now cancelled
This event is now cancelled, along with the associated Mr Leather Europe contest. The AGM will be held in a virtual format
All events that are scheduled in April to August have been cancelled. Oi fest will be going ahead as planned for the last time at Boltz
All events cancelled for the forseeable future
This section included for reference only.
This event is now cancelled.
This event is now cancelled, per the announcement on Facebook
Postponed, according to website of The Leather Stallion
This event has now been cancelled, according to a statement from the organisers in the private Facebook group.
Cancelled, according to an Instagram post from the organisers
This event is now cancelled
This event, and all others until further notice, cancelled according to a note on the Metal Bond website
This event has now been cancelled completely.
This event is continuing, and the organisers have made some adjustments, which are detailed in one of the images attached to this blog.
According to a Facebook Post, the Leather Social Birmingham will no longer be part of this weekend's BFM event
Cancelled, according to The Leather Stallion
Play parties have been suspended aaccording to their website
This event, which was to have been held at SLM, is cancelled.
This event has now been cancelled, and may take place later in the year, according to a Facebook post from the organisers
Cancelled according to a Facebook post from the organisers
This DC Boys of Leather event is cancelled, according to Twitter
This event, which was to have been held at the Eagle NYC, is cancelled
Play parties have been suspended aaccording to their website
This DCBOL event is also cancelled
LA Leather Pride has been postponed, according to a statement from the organisers.
This event, organised by Dublin Bears, has been cancelled, as announced on Facebook
This weekend, and associated events to celebrate the 15th anniversary of RoB Paris organised by BLUF and by French Rubbermen, have now been cancelled, including l'Apero des 15 ans on 27th and Rub'Zone on 28th
This event has been cancelled and the organisers intend to reschedule later this year
This event is now cancelled
This event has now been cancelled
Cancelled
Cancellation of this event has been announced on Twitter
This event has been cancelled, as announced by BLF on their home page and on Facebook.
Organiser Bob Rothwell has announced that the event is cancelled. Next year's event will be April 7-12th, and it will soon be possible to transfer reservations.
This event has been cancelled
This event has been cancelled.
This event is now postponed
This event is now cancelled
According to a post on Facebook this event has now been postponed. More information will be available later
CLAW has been rescheduled and the new dates are November 19-22nd
This event was to be part of the MRM weekend, but has now been postponed.
According to the website of the Sacramento Bolt the contest is on 'standby' pending further information
This event has been rescheduled to take place October 23rd-25th
As The Backstreet is closed, we have have cancelled this event
This event has now been postponed
Cancelled
Cancelled
Having been previously postponed to September, IML is now completely cancelled for this year.
Cancelled
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