Sleazy Madrid Winter 2025
- 5 Dec 2025 – 8 Dec 2025
- Madrid
Sleazy Madrid Winter is one of those events that sneaks up on you if you’re not paying attention. Most people outside of Spain think of April or May when they hear the name Sleazy Madrid, but there’s a second chapter that takes place each December in the capital. Traditionally held over Spain’s Constitution Day holiday weekend, the winter edition is a condensed, high-energy weekend of fetish parties and techno nights that draws leather lovers, rubber aficionados and curious onlookers from all over Europe. For 2025 the organisers have pencilled the event in from 5 to 8 December, a four-day run that dovetails with the MadBear festival. That overlap means you can wander from an afternoon bear party to an all-night techno dungeon and back again without ever losing momentum.
What makes the winter edition feel different from the spring festival is the way Madrid itself changes in December. The city air is crisp and your breath hangs in the night as you walk between venues, but the bars and clubs of Chueca, Malasaña and La Latina feel like little furnaces. Local guys and tourists pack into tapas bars and vermouth joints in the early evening before pulling on harnesses and boots. There’s a sense of camaraderie that’s hard to describe until you’ve swapped stories with a stranger over a steaming plate of churros at dawn. Because this is Madrid, after all, the nightlife never truly stops: you might stumble out of one of the official parties at 5 a.m. and go straight for hot chocolate before catching a few hours’ sleep and doing it all over again.
The winter program usually follows a familiar arc. On opening night Strong Madrid, one of the city’s long-running cruising clubs, hosts Odarko, a party built around dark rooms, industrial techno and strict dress codes. The next evening usually belongs to Mordisko or Into the Tank, events that lean into Berlin-style techno but still keep a distinctly Spanish edge. There are smaller gatherings scattered throughout the weekend too: leather dinners, fetish gear markets and impromptu bar nights in Chueca. Because the dates coincide with the Constitution Day holiday, most locals have time off work, so the crowd is a healthy mix of madrileños and travellers from France, Germany, the UK and the Americas.
One thing the organisers emphasise every year is inclusion. While the parties are unapologetically fetish-focused, the winter edition isn’t just for men who own head-to-toe leather gear. The dress code at most events is more relaxed than in May; you’ll see people in harnesses and boots dancing alongside others in jeans and hoodies. What unites them is a shared love of electronic music and an appreciation for spaces where you can let your guard down. The DJs bring a broad palette of house and techno; at one party you might hear melodic house laced with vocals, at another you’ll get relentless industrial beats designed to push you through until morning.
Between the parties there’s still time to explore Madrid. During the day travellers head to museums like the Prado and Reina Sofía, shop at the El Rastro flea market and eat their way through neighbourhood markets. If you need a break from the testosterone, cinemas across the city programme the LesGaiCineMad film festival in November and early December. Because the winter edition runs concurrently with MadBear, you’ll find joint ticket deals and crossover events, making it easy to see both scenes without blowing your budget.
If you plan on attending the 2025 winter edition, book your accommodation early. Hotels in Chueca and nearby Gran Vía fill up fast once the dates are announced, and many of the regulars reserve the same rooms year after year. The official website will eventually publish the definitive schedule and ticket links. For now, mark 5–8 December 2025 on your calendar and start dreaming about warm dance floors, cold streets and a city that somehow makes both feel like home.