LGBTQ+ Events in Melbourne

Upcoming gay events, parties and nights out — 126 upcoming events · Oct 2026 – Mar 2027

This weekend

Fri · 12:05 AM North Melbourne Gay Men Speed Dating for Love

Autonomy of Flo(w) Fri · 3:45 AM

Monthly Life Drawing Fri · 4:30 AM

Queer AF Fri · 4:30 AM

Can't Hold Us (Macklemore Tribute + Fundraiser) Fri · 4:30 AM +33 more this weekend

Thursday, Oct 1 Today

3 events

Friday, Oct 2 Tomorrow

11 events

North Melbourne Gay Men Speed Dating for Love

12:05 AM 41 Essex St Free entry

Autonomy of Flo(w)

3:45 AM Victorian Pride Centre A$32

Monthly Life Drawing

Monthly inclusive, body-positive life drawing session at a queer gallery

4:30 AM Victorian Pride Centre & Australian Queer Archives A$15

Queer AF

Night for LGBTQI+ community members to socialize and dance

4:30 AM wetonwellington.com.au

Community

Can't Hold Us (Macklemore Tribute + Fundraiser)

4:30 AM Pride of our Footscray A$6

Bdsm Bites

Focused classes exploring various BDSM techniques and concepts

5:00 AM Studio Kink

Fetish

Adults Only Naughty Paint 'N ' Sip

Adults-only paint and sip decorating plaster molds

5:00 AM DIY CRAFTS

Shared Secrets Couples Night

8:00 PM Shed 16 A$25

Mature Rainbow Conversations (50 +)

Monthly catch-up for older LGBTQIA+ community members and allies

8:30 PM Victorian Pride Centre & Australian Queer Archives Free entry

Community

Boudoir Noir

9:30 PM Le Boudoir Club London

Club Night

Global Dysautonomia Awareness Month 2026

oldtreasurybuilding.org.au

Saturday, Oct 3

13 events

0:46 East Melbourne Gay Matched Speed Dating for Life 1 Owen St Free entry › 4:00 Melbourne Leather monthly meet up Victorian Pride Centre & Australian Queer Archives Free entry › 4:00 Lupad to Fly ↳ Victorian Pride Centre & Australian Queer Archives › 5:00 Drag Bingo UBQ Free entry › 6:00 LGBTIQA+ affirming Mass Victorian Pride Centre & Australian Queer Archives Free entry › 6:00 Happy Hour wetonwellington.com.au › 12:00 Gay Stuff Market Free entry › 13:00 Gay on the Lawn - Spring Fling - Free Dance Party Sat 3 Oct Free entry › 14:00 Serving Pride - Beach Tennis Edition St Kilda West Beach Free entry › 20:00 LGBTIQA+ Pathways to Parenthood the Theatrette – Victorian Pride Centre Free entry › 22:00 DSC@VPC - Justice of the Peace Document Signing Centre at Victorian Pride Centre pridecentre.org.au Free entry › 22:00 Saturday Sizzle Victoria › 23:00 Trans and Gender-diverse Book Club Victorian Pride Centre & Australian Queer Archives Free entry ›

Sunday, Oct 4

14 events

0:28 Melbourne Discover Gay Locals for Dating 45 Wordsworth St Free entry › 1:00 Queers & Allies Pickleball Social Victorian Pride Centre & Australian Queer Archives A$25 › 4:00 Daryl & Craven Fundraiser Show! A$15 › 4:11 North Melbourne Weeknight Online Speed Dating for Newcomers on Zoom 131 Roberts St Free entry › 6:00 Voyage : Journey From Sea to Stars Collingwood Town Hall A$15 › 6:00 Erotic Alchemy Temple Studio Take Care › 7:00 Dyke Dive The Curtin A$15 › 7:00 Karaoke Fridays UBQ Free entry › 7:00 Debutante Free entry › 8:00 Saturday Night Party! (Drink Packages) Pride of our Footscray Free entry › 8:45 East Melbourne Meet Verified Gay Singles Near You 10/13-21 Thomas St Free entry › 13:00 Meet Queer Friends @ Holmes Hall Holmes Hall Free entry › 15:42 Melbourne For Professionals Gay Speed Dating 111 George St Free entry › 20:00 Melbourne Gay Verified Professionals Meet Online 30 Paper Trl Free entry ›

Monday, Oct 5

6 events

Tubs Sunday Afternoon

1:00 AM wetonwellington.com.au

Sabor by Wilson – Queer Salsa

Queer salsa dancing event with free intro class and social

5:00 AM Victorian Pride Centre & Australian Queer Archives

Community

Lupad to Fly

5:00 AM

Bear Essentials

8:00 AM The Peel Hotel Free entry

Queer Meditation

6:30 PM Green Monday Studios Free entry

Community

World Meningitis Day 2026

oldtreasurybuilding.org.au

Tuesday, Oct 6

5 events

Under 30s Night

Under 30s gay men party monthly with music and dancing

5:30 AM wetonwellington.com.au

Party

Drag Bingo Bonanza

6:00 AM

Drag

Melbourne Gay Mens 40+ Support Group

Support group for gay men 40+ to share experiences and relate

6:30 AM Victorian Pride Centre & Australian Queer Archives A$5

Community

Queer Comedy Night

7:00 AM The Brunswick Hotel

Drag +1

Queer as Foxtrot - Same Sex Ballroom Dance Class

6:30 PM Free entry

Community

Wednesday, Oct 7

14 events

1:00 Memory Lane Café Victorian Pride Centre & Australian Queer Archives Free entry › 5:00 LGBTQIA+ Art program ↳ Victorian Pride Centre & Australian Queer Archives A$90 › 5:00 Queer Social Club: We’re Here, We’re Queer! ↳ Victorian Pride Centre & Australian Queer Archives Free entry › 5:00 Karaoke @ VPC ↳ Victorian Pride Centre & Australian Queer Archives A$17 › 5:00 Rainbow Book Chat ↳ Victorian Pride Centre & Australian Queer Archives Free entry › 5:00 Pride Glee Club Singalongs ↳ Victorian Pride Centre & Australian Queer Archives A$17 › 5:30 Furocious Bear Night wetonwellington.com.au › 5:30 Drag Bingo at the Pride Centre! Victorian Pride Centre & Australian Queer Archives A$20 › 6:00 Trivia Tuesdays UBQ Fitzroy Free entry › 7:00 Cherry Bomb › 7:00 As If! › 7:00 Last Night › 7:00 VIP Club › 7:00 Karaoke Night UBQ ›

Thursday, Oct 8

5 events

Plus 55 Social Club

LGBTIQA+ 50+ social club for connection and event planning

1:00 AM Victorian Pride Centre & Australian Queer Archives Free entry

Pride +1

Tantra Foundations Course 2

5:00 AM The Rainforest Temple

Community

Pride Film Club

5:30 AM Pride of our Footscray A$5

Pride +1

Silver Daddy Night

5:30 AM Wet on Wellington

Online

Read with Pride: Online Book Chat

6:30 AM Victorian Pride Centre & Australian Queer Archives Free entry

Pride

Friday, Oct 9

2 events

FABLE

6:30 AM Victorian Pride Centre & Australian Queer Archives

Drag

Family history: creative inspiration, research tips & writing strategies

9:00 PM Victorian Pride Centre A$90

Saturday, Oct 10

5 events

Melbourne Leather monthly meet up

5:00 AM Free entry

Community +1

Dykesdip as part of FABLE

5:30 AM Victorian Pride Centre

Community

LGBT+ Social Picnic

11:30 AM Edwardes Lake Park Free entry

Community

Love Letter to the 90s

2:00 PM Wheat, Wine & Whisky Free entry

Cabaret +1

DSC@VPC – Justice of the Peace Document Signing Centre at Victorian Pride Centre

11:00 PM Victorian Pride Centre Free entry

Pride +1

Sunday, Oct 11

2 events

Silver Sisters

1:00 AM Victorian Pride Centre & Australian Queer Archives

Community

Queer Film Festival

5:00 AM

Festival

Monday, Oct 12

2 events

Sabor by Wilson – Queer Salsa

5:00 AM Victorian Pride Centre

Community

Melbourne Gay Men 40+ Support Group

7:30 PM Sussex Neighbourhood House A$10

Community

Tuesday, Oct 13

2 events

Xposed Nude Night

Nude night for queer people to strip down and strut

5:30 AM wetonwellington.com.au

Cabaret Extravaganza

8:00 AM The Toff in Town

Drag +1

Wednesday, Oct 14

1 event

Bootscootin’ at VPC

5:00 AM Victorian Pride Centre & Australian Queer Archives A$20

Pride

Thursday, Oct 15

2 events

Sketchy Behaviour

5:00 AM Pride of our Footscray Free entry

Big Diva Energy

6:30 AM Victorian Pride Centre & Australian Queer Archives

Cabaret

Friday, Oct 16

3 events

Trans & Gender Diverse Social

6:30 AM Free entry

Community

Gender Diverse Connections

6:00 PM DT's Hotel Free entry

The Sapphic Space

7:00 PM Littlefoot (wine bar) Free entry

Community +1

Saturday, Oct 17

2 events

Queering The Music Video

5:00 AM Victorian Pride Centre A$10

Drag +2

Halloween Themed Community Camp (Healesville VIC | 1.5 Hours from Melbourne CBD)

12:00 PM Free entry

Community

Sunday, Oct 18

3 events

Queers & Allies Pickleball Social

2:00 AM Pickleball Palace Pascoe Vale

Community

From Grindr to Blindr

5:00 AM Victorian Pride Centre & Australian Queer Archives

Comedy

Tom Ballard brings comedy fundraiser to Castlemaine

5:30 AM Victorian Pride Centre A$20

Comedy +1

Monday, Oct 19

1 event

Sabor by Wilson – Queer Salsa

5:00 AM UBQ Fitzroy

Tuesday, Oct 20

1 event

Swingers Couples Pool Party

Naked pool party for swingers couples at a luxurious men's club

6:00 AM wetonwellington.com.au

Party +2

Wednesday, Oct 21

1 event

Lesbian Speed Dating

7:00 AM

Women / Sapphic

Friday, Oct 23

1 event

Light it Red for Dyslexia 2026

oldtreasurybuilding.org.au

Saturday, Oct 24

3 events

Material Histories: Collision: Fashion and Fabrics

oldtreasurybuilding.org.au Free entry

The Australian Burlesque Festival

6:00 AM Victorian Pride Centre A$70

Festival +2

Nightmare on Glam Street LGBTQ+ Halloween Party

7:00 AM Glam Culture Event Venue

Party

Sunday, Oct 25

1 event

Old Treasury Building: Public Tour (October 2026)

10:00 PM oldtreasurybuilding.org.au 16

Live Show

Wednesday, Oct 28

1 event

Homes & Hygiene in Marvellous Smellbourne

10:00 PM oldtreasurybuilding.org.au Free entry

Friday, Oct 30

1 event

HALLOWEEN SYMPHONIQ

5:30 AM Victorian Pride Centre A$33.15

Saturday, Nov 14

1 event

World Diabetes Day 2026

oldtreasurybuilding.org.au

Community

Wednesday, Nov 18

2 events

Nomads Outdoors Group – Wednesday Cycling – 3rd Wed each month

Monthly cycling for Nomads Outdoors Group, social pace

10:30 AM Victorian Pride Centre & Australian Queer Archives

World Day for the Prevention of and Healing from Child Sexual Exploitation, Abuse, and Violence 2026

oldtreasurybuilding.org.au

Sunday, Nov 29

1 event

Queers & Allies Pickleball Social

2:00 AM Victorian Pride Centre A$25

Community

Tuesday, Dec 1

3 events

Blood Politics: Nurses and Australia’s AIDS Crisis

5:00 AM Victorian Pride Centre Free entry

Community

Lady Like

Lesbian, queer, trans-femme, AFAB, sapphic event for women, theybies

6:00 AM wetonwellington.com.au

Women / Sapphic

Melbourne Gay Mens 40+ Support Group

6:30 AM Victorian Pride Centre A$5

Community

Saturday, Dec 5

1 event

Charlie’s Angels. An Evening Undercover.

7:00 AM Victorian Pride Centre

Women / Sapphic

January 2027 · 4 events open ▸

Sun 17 Midsumma Carnival Stalls Info and Registration › Sun 17 Melbourne Gay Pride › Sun 17 Midsumma Festival › Sun 31 Midsumma Pride March ›

February 2027 · 6 events open ▸

Thu 4 Pride and Progress in Pharmacy Conference 2027 › Sat 6 Saturday Sizzle › Sat 13 LGBTIQA+ affirming Mass › Sun 14 Trans and Gender-diverse Book Club › Wed 17 Nomads Outdoors Group – Wednesday Cycling – 3rd Wed each month › Fri 26 Mature Rainbow Conversations (50 +) ›

March 2027 · 3 events open ▸

Fri 5 Monthly Life Drawing › Wed 10 Bootscootin’ at VPC › Sat 13 14 March – 314 Awareness Day (LGBTQIAPN+ mental health, Australia) ›

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LGBTQ+ Events in Melbourne

This weekend

Thursday, Oct 1 Today

Thursday night Rainbow Boardgames - Marché Board Games Cafe

Lesbian Singles - Take it Slow (Ages 45+)

Brief Encounters

Friday, Oct 2 Tomorrow

North Melbourne Gay Men Speed Dating for Love

Autonomy of Flo(w)

Monthly Life Drawing

Queer AF

Can't Hold Us (Macklemore Tribute + Fundraiser)

Bdsm Bites

Adults Only Naughty Paint 'N ' Sip

Shared Secrets Couples Night

Mature Rainbow Conversations (50 +)

Boudoir Noir

Global Dysautonomia Awareness Month 2026

Saturday, Oct 3

Sunday, Oct 4

Monday, Oct 5

Tubs Sunday Afternoon

Sabor by Wilson – Queer Salsa

Lupad to Fly

Bear Essentials

Queer Meditation

World Meningitis Day 2026

Tuesday, Oct 6

Under 30s Night

Drag Bingo Bonanza

Melbourne Gay Mens 40+ Support Group

Queer Comedy Night

Queer as Foxtrot - Same Sex Ballroom Dance Class

Wednesday, Oct 7

Thursday, Oct 8

Plus 55 Social Club

Tantra Foundations Course 2

Pride Film Club

Silver Daddy Night

Read with Pride: Online Book Chat

Friday, Oct 9

FABLE

Family history: creative inspiration, research tips & writing strategies

Saturday, Oct 10

Melbourne Leather monthly meet up

Dykesdip as part of FABLE

LGBT+ Social Picnic

Love Letter to the 90s

DSC@VPC &#8211; Justice of the Peace Document Signing Centre at Victorian Pride Centre

Sunday, Oct 11

Silver Sisters

Queer Film Festival

Monday, Oct 12

Sabor by Wilson – Queer Salsa

Melbourne Gay Men 40+ Support Group

Tuesday, Oct 13

Xposed Nude Night

Cabaret Extravaganza

Wednesday, Oct 14

Bootscootin&#8217; at VPC

Thursday, Oct 15

Sketchy Behaviour

Big Diva Energy

Friday, Oct 16

Trans & Gender Diverse Social

Gender Diverse Connections

The Sapphic Space

Saturday, Oct 17

Queering The Music Video

Halloween Themed Community Camp (Healesville VIC | 1.5 Hours from Melbourne CBD)

Sunday, Oct 18

Queers & Allies Pickleball Social

From Grindr to Blindr

Tom Ballard brings comedy fundraiser to Castlemaine

Monday, Oct 19

Sabor by Wilson – Queer Salsa

Tuesday, Oct 20

Swingers Couples Pool Party

Wednesday, Oct 21

Lesbian Speed Dating

DSC@VPC – Justice of the Peace Document Signing Centre at Victorian Pride Centre

Bootscootin’ at VPC

Homes & Hygiene in Marvellous Smellbourne

Queers & Allies Pickleball Social