The summer may be over here in Provincetown but the ‘themed events’ still continue and are diverse as ever .  Last weekend was the annual Tennessee Williams Theater Festival and this coming weekend is the 32nd Mates Leather Weekend.  There is absolutely no connection between the two at all, although if America’s greatest queer writer was still alive and living here, by all accounts he would have loved all the events that the Mates people have planned.

The weekend was started, and is still run,  by a local leatherman Rick Conley and is one big party with other like-minded  (and hot -looking) people in Leather, Rubber and Uniforms.  With a real emphasis on having fun there are theme parties like “Leather & Cigars’, “Fetish Party’ and ‘The Rubber Ball;’.  

Saturday midday sees The Leather Market at The Bostdip followed by Leather Tea & Meet the Meat in the early evening., with the highlight being the First Mate Competition that night at The Crown and Anchor.

Midday Sunday sees a poolside Cookout and Tattoo contest followed by another party and the the  Closing Night Rubber Ball at Club Purgatory.

MLW XXIII • Oct 3 - Oct 7, 2019
https://www.matesleatherweekend.com/
Pre-registration is CLOSED but you can still buy passes in person