Dore Alley Fair

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{{{1}}} The Dore Alley Fair or simply Dore Alley (Pronounced door and less often dorey) are the common moniker of the officially named Up Your Alley Fair, a leather and fetish event held on the last Sunday of each July on Folsom Street between 9th and 10th Streets and on Dore Street ("Dore Alley") from Howard Street to half a block southeast of Folsom Street. The streets are lined with vendors' booths and a sound stage (for dancing) is located at the 10th Street end of Folsom Street.

Somewhat less commercialized and tourist-oriented than the Folsom Street Fair, Up Your Alley Fair draws several thousand fetish enthusiasts and onlookers.

This fair is one of many neighborhood fairs San Francisco has weekly at the end of summer, ending with the Castro Street Fair. There is a fair for nearly every neighborhood.