Cruise LA: 10 Years Deep Exhibit Opening Party

SOLD OUT! Non ticket holders may come to the venue subjected to capacity. 

Join us for an immersive opening celebration of Cruise LA’s 10th anniversary, where the exhibition and living culture merge. Through photographs, ephemera, and installation, the exhibit traces how Cruise LA has become a catalyst for reshaping the Los Angeles leather/kink community by creating space for the people who disrupt the leather archetype. Historically unwelcoming to many racialized and gender-expansive people, the local leather community continues to be transformed by those insisting on new ways of belonging.

For one night, Cruise LA’s monthly party spills into the Human Resources gallery in Chinatown. Revel in the pleasures of queer liberation and embodied connection with our resident DJ, gogo dancers, BDSM demonstrations, and artist activations (featuring: Anansi, Page Person, Mowgli Wilde, Strange Kindness, & Mary Typhus) that blur the line between exhibition and celebration. Wander through a decade of Cruise LA’s intimate history, then get embodied in our recreation of a leather bar darkroom, where you’re invited to explore your own desires with friends—or some beloved strangers.

Leave with a deeper sense of the radical possibilities of pleasure, embodiment, and chosen community. By journeying through the exhibit and into the party, guests are invited to imagine what becomes possible when we trust our bodies, make space for one another’s desires, and practice joy together, even amid uncertainty.

Cruise LA: 10 Years Deep Exhibit Opening Party is organized by Cruise LA as part of the 2026 Circa: Queer Histories Festival, presented by One Institute.