DETROIT –
The ICON Detroit leather club plans a weekend of leather and fetish fun at venues across the city Oct. 10-12. Events scheduled during the club's 15th annual-run weekend include ICON Unleashed, a hot combination of dance, demos and deviance at Backstreet nightclub on Oct. 10.
Unleashed – a fetish ball – combines the elements of leather, fetish and kink with a night of dancing. A previous version, held in January of this year, was by far the largest leather-themed dance event in Detroit since the now-defunct Geared for Life parties, according to a press release. The upcoming Unleashed Friday picks up where that last event left off, and once again features bondage and S&M demos courtesy of Detroit Bondage Club, plus a "hottest gear" contest, door prizes, go-go boys and drag performances, wide-screen multimedia slideshow and all-night-long dancing.
"We expect a large, diverse crowd from around the Great Lakes area ranging from the experienced to the curious and everyone in between," said club president Craig Anderson in a press release.
The following evening, Oct. 11, will see the return of the popular gathering of leather/fetish folk at The Detroit Eagle. The gathering is a reunion of leather family and friends, featuring a Fetish Family Dinner and Fetish Bash, silent auction, bootblacking, door prizes and surprises, plus appearances by special guests and all three of ICON's current titleholders – Randall, Mr. Leather Cowboy; James, Mr. Detroit Eagle; and Trooper, Great Lakes Bootblack.
All cover proceeds benefit local and state charities: The Ruth Ellis Center, providing shelter and services to homeless and at-risk LGBT youth in Detroit; Triangle Foundation, one of America's leading LGBT advocacy organizations; and AIDS Partnership Michigan, providing HIV education, prevention and support services.
For more information and Family Dinner tickets, visit http://www.icondetroit.net.
ICON Detroit presents Fetish Carnival Oct. 10-12
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