Along with Halloween-themed costume parties, there's always a lot going on in the San Francisco Bay Area for leather and other kinksters.

The Castro Theatre will be hopping on October 26 with SexCells, featuring Marc Almond, TR/ST, Hercules & Love Affair (playing a DJ set) and other talents.

As a teenager in suburban Maryland, Joshua Grannell created a makeshift horror house, enlisting his supportive family. Decades later, as Peaches Christ, the gay horror super-fan directs the second annual Into the Dark: Terror Vault at the historic Mint.

In the depths of the New York winter, Caissie Levy will be defrosted. Bay Area audiences can preview the thaw as Levy brings a mix of backstage stories and folk-pop arrangements of theater songs to Feinstein's at the Nikko.

Nibble on some pumpkin spice nightlife.

Andy Mientus takes to the elegant stage of Feinstein's At the Nikko on October 12 and 13, for an evening of song devoted to the great folk rocker Joni Mitchell.

Tom Orr will sing for his supper at Martuni's when he offers The Greatest Showqueen, an evening of wild parodies of classic Broadway hits. The October 13 show is a comeback of sorts for Orr.

Autumn lovelies fill our weekly line-up of nightlifery.

Under sunny October 6 skies, Castro and 18th streets filled with booths, live music, and cheerleaders flying above the crowd of thousands who strolled the 46th annual Castro Street Fair.

Folsom Street Fair may be only a fond memory, but multiple new events are still going on in the San Francisco Bay Area for leather and other kinksters.

Laugh, dance, sip, shimmy; whatever moves you in nightlife mode.

Michael Longoria, best known for his star turn as Frankie Valli in 'Jersey Boys' on Broadway, takes to the elegant stage of Feinstein's at the Nikko on October 16 for an evening of songs taken from the silver screen.

Under sunny skies and a brisk breeze, thousands of attendees at the annual Folsom Street Fair enjoyed strutting in leather, lace and a (newly trending) colorful array of kink and fetish gear for all kinds of tastes.

Get out there are what fun awaits you, at cabaret concerts, benefits, beer busts and bawdy broad comedy night. Folsom Street Fair dominates, but there are plenty of parties where a collar and chaps aren't expected.