Special Events

22nd Annual International Ms Leather Contest & 10th Annual International Ms Bootblack Contest

This is where you get to see all the action, folks. Heck, you get to watch the head-to-head competition LIVE: contestant interviews, speeches, pop questions, hotwear and the perennial audience favorite, fantasies. Picture one stage full of smart and sexy leatherwomen parading around in their hottest outfits... and then jack up the vibe to the power of ten. NOW you're with the program.

Wanna be in perfectly shined leathers for the contest, eh? Here's where you can even get in on the action personally. Head over to the Bootblack Salon and Leather Lounge on Friday or Saturday, bring your leathers and boots and relax in the hands of this year's International Ms Bootblack competitors. They'll work some serious down and dirty magic on your boots, gear and garments. You'll get allll polished up to be the belle or beau of the ball.

And we mustn't forget about the show itself. Hosted by our own inimitable Shann Carr, you'll see a deliriously steamy opening number, Shann-inspired hilarity and of course a stage packed full of wicked hot fantasies featuring leatherwomen from all over. It's International, dig?

Welcome Party at Good Vibrations

Start your weekend off right with a special Welcome Party courtesy of San Francisco's Legendary Feel-Good store, Good Vibrations. Stop by our Polk St retail location between 6PM and 8PM to mingle, enjoy some nibbles, sip a few drinks, spin the Wheel of Pleasure for free prizes, and enjoy 15% off your purchases all night long!

To claim your special discount, just tell any of our SESAs (Sex Educator/Sales Associate) you're part of the IMsL Contest Weekend at checkout. Note: The Good Vibes Polk Street store is only 1 ½ blocks from the host hotel on the street behind the hotel.

Seduction - An Evening of Burlesque, Strip Tease, Lap Dancing, Drag and MORE! Presented by Good Vibrations

Thursday, 9pm – 1am
The Emerald Ballroom

We've lined up some crazy sexy performers. From drag to stripping and lap dancing to our hometown favorite professionals, visiting special guests including Felice Shays, Peggy Sue and Jessi HolmanAhart, burlesque troupes including Tempest Burlesque and Rubenesque Burlesque we've got it all for IMsL-goers to enjoy. All tips go to our designated event charities and get this, admission is automatically included for weekend attendees or with a stand alone Thursday Only ticket! And they’ll be a cash bar, nach.

As an added bonus, bring or wear your hottest outfit(s) and a CD of your favorite tunes because you might wanna haul ass onstage during the audience participation segments... where anyone that wants to can have a chance to strut their sexy stuff onstage – we promise a VERY appreciative audience. This is the hottest opening party on the circuit! Emceed by Midori and cru.

Click here to learn more about Seduction.

Bootblack Salon and Leathercare Lounge

Strap on your favorite pair of boots, kick back and enjoy the shine... and then buckle on your chaps for love and leathercare by another bootblack tomorrow! The IMsBB contestants compete to earn your ballot (included in your basic weekend package) during the Boot Salon and Leather Lounge hours in our downstairs lobby. (And don't forget that we encourage tipping your bootblack for excellent services rendered!)

Hospitality Receptions

Please, for the love of pete, don't forget the PARTIES, people. IMsL will have many fabulous local AND national leather groups hosting some kickass soirees (snacks! drinks! naked servers! ok, not EVERY reception has naked servers but it's been known to happen!) The very best of company is expected.

Opening Ceremony

A fast-paced hour of pomp and circumstance where you will meet this year's contestants, judges, current titleholders and visiting dignitaries. Hosted by the hilarious Shann Carr, this ceremony is highlighted by a formal color guard presentation. Come early to get a good seat because we go straight into...

Charity Celebrity Auction

This is your chance to bid on the rights to negotiate a scene with one of twenty of IMsL's favorite personalities including: presenters, judges, entertainers, titleholders and VIP guests. You could win a weekend of leathercare from a celebrated bootblack, a cocktail hour with the leatherati, or a chance for one-on-one instruction (in just about anything, ahem) with a seasoned expert if you win in this frenzied hour of high-paced bidding.

Charity Silent Auction

Where else could you get a 20-year old back issue of Drummer Magazine, a signed copy of the first IMsL poster, a dildo the size of your head AND a corset from Mama's closet? Enough said. Visit often and play fair.

Uniform Party

Don't miss the Uniform Party hosted by the Dyke Uniform Corps Friday 2200-2400 in the Hospitality Suite.

Ever eat an MRE?

What if it were served with champagne with a bunch of hot dykes in uniform around?

Join us in your hottest uniform, or just come to enjoy the view

Outgoing Titleholder Roast

IMsL 2007 Lauren and IMsBB 2007 Ms V are stepping aside - but not before we roast our terrific titleholders with our favorite stories from their title year! Come one and all to our Titleholder Roast to celebrate the 2007 reign of both Lauren and Ms V. You know you've got dish... bring it!

Boots and Cigars Party

It's a hot smoky party IMsL-style with cute bootblacks, hot boots and hotter ash. Our exclusive and very private 7th floor Hospitality Suite and tented balcony belong just to us, our stompers and our smoke. Ahhhhhh.

MultiFaith Service

Here anyone and everyone can gather in celebration of spirit, unity and loving intentions in a service that honors the many different forms of our faith.

Brunch and Keynote Speech

If you think Laura Antoniou's fiction is smokin' hot, wait'll you hear her up close and personal during the IMsL 2008 Keynote Speech. You can even show up early to see a fantastic slideshow of the weekend's events, courtesy of Rich Trove. Or, grab your seat first thing and scarf down all that is breakfast buffet goodness while it's still steamin'. Brunch will be followed by our annual Mad Scramble Auction, a wild and crazy match-auction to benefit the titleholder travel fund that lets you walk away with the prize for just $1 - if you know how to play the game!

Wind Down Party

To wind down San FranCrisco-style, come bid IMsL Weekend adieu with us at the bar local leatherfolk call home - we like to call it The Eagle Tavern. A short cab hop away from the host hotel, join us at this infamous SF institution before we say "See You Next Year!"

AfterGlow Party

Why? Because we're not done partying yet. Oh HECK no. We'll be cruisin' and bruisin' late into the night, and this is the best place to find a late night snack to munch on... and oh yeah, we'll have food there, too.