Strengthening Our Ties 2026

Strengthening Our Ties is the Central New York region's premiere leather and kink conference and community gathering event, produced by the Social Alliance of Leather Tribes (SALT). Come stay the weekend and spend a day meeting your fellow leather and kink enthusiasts, making connections and learning valuable skills and practices from community experts. Purchasing a ticket gives you access to a full day of educational workshops held at the Syracuse Hilton Garden Inn ballroom. Choose from a varied itinerary of skillbuilding demonstrations and classes, ranging from play styles to gear care and bodily self-love. There is no official sign-up process for individual classes - simply attend whichever workshops are most appealing to you. Purchasing a ticket also provides access to a kink and leather vendor market and entry to an onsite party in the evening following classes. See below for event itinerary, hotel information, educator and vendor bios, and details for both onsite and offsite dance parties and bar nights... Please note that during SOT events the SOT organizers reserve the right to remove participants without refund. Refunds will not be issued after 3/14.