LGBTQ+ Events in Manchester

Dan Whitlam

Gorilla

20 OCT

LGBTQIA+ D&D - Intermediate Session

The Bierkeller

Wednesday, Oct 21 Tomorrow

7 events

21 OCT

Twin Atlantic

Gorilla

21 OCT

Trans Climb 🧗

Trans climbing group for all skill levels at Rock Over

21 OCT

Pool Meetup @ The Faraday

Pool meetup at The Faraday with multiple tables and other games

Film Hub North presents: In the Mix (18)

Thursday, Oct 22

10 events

Manchester Central Library

3:00 PM

Weekly Drop-in at Cross Street Chapel

Weekly social and support drop-in for LGBT+ individuals 50+

Monthly Meeting at Manchester Central Library

Monthly community meeting at Manchester Central Library, Chief Librarian's Office

Community Women / Sapphic

3:00 PM

Support group for over 50's LGBT+

Cross Street Chapel

Manchester Faith, Belief and Interfaith Covenant

Liverpool LGBTQ+ Wellbeing Group

LCVS Building

8:30 PM

Kiki Family: Weekly Queer Hangout

Relaxed, grassroots weekly queer hangout for community connection

Metropolitan West Didsbury

Queer Women's Single's Night (age guide: 40s & 50s)

Metropolitan West Didsbury

9:00 PM

Queer Women's Single's Night (age guide: 20's & 30s)

CRASH OUT Wednesdays

Cruz 101

Rendezvous - Achillean Speed Dating

Friday, Oct 23 Friday night

9 events

10:00 AM

Queer Co-Working @ SEESAW

SEESAW

LGBTQ+ Lunchtime Recovery Group

LGBTQ+ recovery group for alcohol, substance use, or chemsex

Cabaret Showcase

The Cockatoo Club

Cabaret

T4T Monster Ball 2026

Party Club Night

STRAP UP Trans Masc Erotic Art Exhibition & Performance Night!

Live Show

£16

POP MAYHEM Thursdays

Cruz 101

Westlife

Cocktails & Cabaret with Sam Buttery and Pam Sandwich

4:00 A ALLSORTS in Sub 101 Sub 101 £4.50 › 14:00

Riot Manchester Halloween

Saturday, Oct 24 Saturday

12 events

Big B*stard Bingo Brunch: FILTHY EDITION - Pam, Bailey, iKarly + C*ck Destroyer Rebecca More Area Manchester £249.95 › 19:00

LGBTQ+ Board Game Night Dice & Board Free entry › 19:30

LGBTQ+ Book Club The Pankhurst Centre Free entry › 20:00

Queer Film Night › 20:00 [ [ONLINE Social] - 🎃📦JackBox Party Night! › 21:00

Halloween Special: BENIDORM BINGO | FunnyBoyz Manchester New York New York › 21:00

Cast The Dome At Grand Central Hall › 21:00

Hello Darling - Halloween Special!! The Deaf Institute › 22:00

Themed Saturday Night The Cockatoo Club › –

BENT - QUEER DAY RAVE › –

Cocktails & Cabaret with Fanny Burns and Belinda Scandal ›

Sunday, Oct 25

8 events

FLIRT Fridays

Sparkle Family Fun Day

One Shot Sunday 💀🎃👻 October

Arts and Crafts Club - Sunday 25th October

City Centre Discovery Walk

OBSESSED Saturdays

Cruz 101

Sapphic Speed Dating X Love Bites Supper Club

DYKES WHO MUNCH PRESENTS: Dyke Halloween Day Party

Monday, Oct 26

6 events

26 OCT

6:15 PM

Kiki Board Game Family meet up @ Abel Heywood, Northern Quarter! 🎲

Board game meetup for all experience levels, newcomers welcome

Women of the Bog

Bia Cafe Bar

26 OCT

LGBTQ+ Bachata Class and Social

Free queer-friendly Bachata dance class and social for all levels

Withington Public Hall And Institute

Planet Lesbian ZINES

26 OCT

DRAMA QUEEN Sundays

Clay ghost making with Creative Tangent

Tuesday, Oct 27

4 events

27 OCT

LGBTQ+ Pilates

Queer D&D - One-Shot Adventure

The Bierkeller

27 OCT

Elite Speed Dating - Manchester - Lesbian Event - Ages 33-48

Via

Women / Sapphic

27 OCT

Elite Speed Dating - Manchester - Gay Men - Ages 23-38

Via

Wednesday, Oct 28

6 events

WERK LGBTQ+ Artist Development Programme with Nathaniel J Hall

The Old Courts

Inside Out: What would you look like if you didn’t have to mask?

The Angel Centre

Red Rodeo Club

Fairfield Social Club

Banyan Bar & Kitchen - Manchester Corn Exchange

Beyond the Rainbow Quarter - The Launch

Queer & Now: A Six-Week LGBTQ+ Group Experience

The Boulet Brothers DRAGULA Viewing Parties

Thursday, Oct 29

4 events

29 OCT

6:30 PM

Sapphic Showcase: Halloween Special 🎃🦇

Drag Make-Up 101 with Canal Street Kings

Prestwich Pride Presents: DRAG ME TO THE QUIZ, HALLOWEEN!

Fantasy Book Club - Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil

Friday, Oct 30 Friday night

9 events

Meetup: Out & About LGB (+) Women's Walking Group

Interest only - Heritage Tour Williamson Tunnels

Fruit Salad writing evening

Social Refuge, Great Ancoats Street, Ancoats, Manchester, UK

The Light Cinema (New Brighton)

Liverpool ‘Pride in Ageing’ Over 50s Social Group: Visit to Rocky Horror Screening at The Light, New Brighton

Liverpool ‘Pride in Ageing’ Over 50s Social Group: Visit to Rocky Horror Screening at The Light, New Brighton

11:00 PM

SLAYYY : Dandy x WHIPPED - Unofficial Slayyyter Halloween After-Party

YES

Party Drag

Silly Little Disco 002

G.IRL Halloween: Manchester

1,800

CANAL STREET KINGS PRESENTS: Cowboys vs Zombie Pt 4 (WOLFY'S BIRTHDAY BASH)

Drag Cabaret

£10

Cocktails & Cabaret with Polly Glamourous

Saturday, Oct 31 Saturday

11 events

City Centre (Manchester ward)

Queer Craft & Social

Kieran's 30th Birthday (Gay Death Awaits) 🤣

Poetry Slam

The Drag Brunch - Beetlejuice Halloween Bottomless Brunch

Halloween Special: BENIDORM BINGO | FunnyBoyz Manchester

New York New York

House of Horrors

RUNWAY 008 - Halloween Edition

Party Club Night

28 GAYS LATER (KILL ROOM) - HALLOWEEN 2026

Sinpit Halloween

Halloween Cocktails & Cabaret with Vivienne Lynsey and Gigi Spot

Meetup: Out & About LGB (+) Women's Walking Group

Pumpkin Painting & Spooky Treats!

Sunday, Nov 1

2 events

1 NOV

9:45 AM

Longshaw, White Edge and Curbar – Moderate Hike with Views

1 NOV

Horror Icons Show with Dragula Season 666 finalist Auntie Heroine

Area Manchester

£35

Tuesday, Nov 3

2 events

3 NOV

The Cost of Connection

HOME

3 NOV

LGBTQ+ Migrant Wellbeing Meetup

Fairbairn House

Wednesday, Nov 4

1 event

4 NOV

CroppaChoppa's Pillow Talk - New Material Comedy Night

Red Arch

Thursday, Nov 5

3 events

5 NOV

Manchester Central Library

Support group for over 50's LGBT+ (Monthly at Central Library)

Queer Cxntry Burnin' Daylight in MANCHESTER!

Gaydio Networking: Manchester

Community

Friday, Nov 6 Friday night

2 events

6 NOV

Burlesque and Drag in The Dog House

La twalet

The DBA

Saturday, Nov 7 Saturday

7 events

7 NOV

Manchester 'Pride in Ageing' Digital Cafe – Scams Awareness Special

Community Café

Mecca Bingo Leeds Crossgates

Big B*stard Bingo Brunch - Pam, iKarly + TikTok Sensation Bailey J Mills

LGBTQ+ Meet Up - Doctors, Dentists & Healthcare Professionals

FunnyBoyz Manchester presents... BENIDORM BINGO

New York New York

Drag Cabaret

7 NOV

House Of Drag Bingo | Leeds

Drag

£17.50

7 NOV

TRUE PRIDE Festival - feat. The Irrepressibles, Planningtorock, David Hoyle, WitchofTheEast & more

Hidden, 16-18 Mary St, Cheetham Hill, , Manchester, United Kingdom, M3 1NH

Pride Festival

Sunday, Nov 8

1 event

8 NOV

10:00 AM

North Dean Woods and Norland Circular 7 miles

Meetup: Out & About LGB (+) Women's Walking Group

Wednesday, Nov 11

1 event

11 NOV

Hulme Community Garden Centre

Gagged! at the Cockatoo Club

The Cockatoo Club

Thursday, Nov 12

3 events

12 NOV

5:30 PM

Faith, Identity and Belonging: LGBTQ+ Inclusion Across Faith Communities

The Proud Trust

12 NOV

6:30 PM

Queer Supper Club

Queer Single Women Canvas Painting

Leven Manchester

£25

Saturday, Nov 14 Saturday

1 event

14 NOV

12:30 PM

noSHAMEmoreLOVE Poetry Workshop

Community

Monday, Nov 16

2 events

16 NOV

6:30 PM

Creating Trans Joy: A Pottery Workshop

16 NOV

T4Tunes - Saoirse Dream x Estelle Allen

Rebellion Manchester

Community

£20

Friday, Nov 20 Friday night

1 event

20 NOV

Love Party presents NON-STOP DISCO 4

Monday, Nov 23

1 event

23 NOV

Manchester ‘Pride in Ageing’ – Book Club

Pride Community

Wednesday, Dec 2

1 event

2 DEC

Manchester The Deaf Institute.

Hans Williams

Saturday, Dec 5 Saturday

4 events

5 DEC

Manchester ‘Pride in Ageing’ Over 50s LGBTQ+ Social Group: Saturday Meetup

Manchester ‘Pride in Ageing’ Over 50s LGBTQ+ Social Group: Saturday Meetup

5 DEC

FunnyBoyz Manchester presents... BENIDORM BINGO

Motherland Drag Fest

Area, Manchester

Saturday, Dec 12 Saturday

2 events

12 DEC

The Muppathon: Muppets Drag Show!

Fairfield Social Club

Drag

12 DEC

The Drag Brunch - The Big Christmas Party Bottomless Brunch

Fibre Leeds

Party Drag

£15

Saturday, Dec 19 Saturday

2 events

19 DEC