LGBTQ+ Events in Melbourne

Upcoming gay events, parties and nights out — 134 upcoming events · Oct 2026 – Mar 2027

This weekend

Fri · 5:30 AM Monthly Life Drawing

Queer AF Fri · 5:30 AM

Bdsm Bites Fri · 6:00 AM

Adults Only Naughty Paint 'N ' Sip Fri · 6:00 AM

Trans & Gender Diverse Social Fri · 6:30 AM +34 more this weekend

Monday, Oct 12 Today

3 events

Tuesday, Oct 13 Tomorrow

5 events

Autonomy of Flo(w)

4:45 AM The Motley Bauhaus 32

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

Online

Online Discussion Group: Boundaries

7:00 PM Free entry

MyRainbow LGBTQIA+ social group (October)

Free entry

Community

Wednesday, Oct 14

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 › 5:00 Bootscootin’ at VPC Victorian Pride Centre › 5:30 Furocious Bear Night wetonwellington.com.au › 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 15

10 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

Sketchy Behaviour

5:00 AM Pride of our Footscray Free entry

Holly's Pop Quiz Drag Trivia

5:00 AM A$6

Drag

Silver Daddy Night

5:30 AM wetonwellington.com.au

Pride Film Club

5:30 AM Pride of our Footscray A$5

Pride +1

Online

Read with Pride: Online Book Chat

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

Pride

Big Diva Energy

6:30 AM Victorian Pride Centre & Australian Queer Archives

Cabaret

Karaoke Fridays

7:00 AM UBQ Fitzroy Free entry

Thursday night Rainbow Boardgames - Marché Board Games Cafe

6:30 PM Marche Board Game Cafe A$6.20

Party +1

Friday, Oct 16

11 events

Monthly Life Drawing

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

5:30 AM Victorian Pride Centre & Australian Queer Archives A$15

Queer AF

5:30 AM wetonwellington.com.au

Community

Bdsm Bites

Focused classes exploring various BDSM techniques and concepts

6:00 AM Studio Kink

Fetish

Adults Only Naughty Paint 'N ' Sip

Adults-only paint and sip decorating plaster molds

6:00 AM DIY CRAFTS

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

Mature Rainbow Conversations (50 +)

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

9:30 PM Victorian Pride Centre & Australian Queer Archives Free entry

Community

CLUB FRINGE: Scrub A Dub Club

Drag +1

Film Afternoon by Matrix Guild Victoria

Chapstick – A Very Sapphic Party

A$10

Party +1

Saturday, Oct 17

16 events

5:00 Melbourne Leather monthly meet up Victorian Pride Centre & Australian Queer Archives Free entry › 5:00 Queering The Music Video Victorian Pride Centre A$10 › 5:30 On the Couch with Marnie Mills Pride of our Footscray › 6:00 Drag Bingo UBQ Free entry › 7:00 LGBTIQA+ affirming Mass Victorian Pride Centre & Australian Queer Archives Free entry › 7:00 Happy Hour wetonwellington.com.au › 8:30 On A Pride Like This (Kylie Night) Pride of our Footscray › 12:00 Halloween Themed Community Camp (Healesville VIC | 1.5 Hours from Melbourne CBD) Free entry › 19:00 Queer Traffic Light Mixer The 86 Free entry › 23:00 DSC@VPC – Justice of the Peace Document Signing Centre at Victorian Pride Centre Victorian Pride Centre Free entry › – CLUB FRINGE: Tales from the Grave - ReVamped 28 › – Design X Nature: Talk – Queer Ecologies Panel Discussion Free entry › – CLUB ZARA › – The Big Queer Return of the Big Queer Quiz 2.0 25 › – Young Lesbian’s Meetup Dinner › – Private launch of Jean Taylor’s new novel, Shannon ›

Sunday, Oct 18

12 events

0:00 Trans and Gender-diverse Book Club Victorian Pride Centre & Australian Queer Archives Free entry › 2:00 Queers & Allies Pickleball Social ↳ Victorian Pride Centre & Australian Queer Archives A$25 › 5:00 From Grindr to Blindr ↳ Victorian Pride Centre & Australian Queer Archives › 5:30 Tom Ballard brings comedy fundraiser to Castlemaine Victorian Pride Centre A$20 › 6:00 Erotic Alchemy Temple Studio Take Care › 6:00 Debutante Tables (Drink Packages) Pride of our Footscray › 7:00 Dyke Dive The Curtin A$15 › 7:00 Queer Comedy Night The Toff in Town › 8:00 Saturday Night Party! (Drink Packages) Pride of our Footscray Free entry › 13:00 Rainbow Disco Club: Sydney Open Air National Art School A$69.88 › – Lost Girls Gig › – Launch of Laila’s Story by Mij Tanith ›

Monday, Oct 19

3 events

Tubs Sunday Afternoon

1:00 AM wetonwellington.com.au

Sabor by Wilson – Queer Salsa

5:00 AM Victorian Pride Centre

Community

Drag Brunch Melbourne

11:00 PM The Deck at The Espy

Drag

Tuesday, Oct 20

2 events

Swingers Couples Pool Party

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

6:00 AM wetonwellington.com.au

Party +2

Queer as Foxtrot - Same-Sex Ballroom Dance Class

6:30 PM Free entry

Community

Wednesday, Oct 21

1 event

Lesbian Speed Dating

7:00 AM

Women / Sapphic

Friday, Oct 23

4 events

Meet Queer Friends @ Hex

7:00 PM Hex Free entry

Community

Light it Red for Dyslexia 2026

oldtreasurybuilding.org.au

Stiff Gins Gig (not lesbian)

Women / Sapphic

LGBTIQA+ History Walk: Melbourne CBD

Free entry

Saturday, Oct 24

5 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

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

11:00 PM Victorian Pride Centre Free entry

Pride

Hilary Doof

Sunday, Oct 25

3 events

Cinema screening - Ticketed

2:00 PM Eclipse Cinema Free entry

Drag +2

Old Treasury Building: Public Tour (October 2026)

10:00 PM oldtreasurybuilding.org.au 16

Live Show

Lesbian Antiques Roadshow

Women / Sapphic

Monday, Oct 26

1 event

Sabor by Wilson – Queer Salsa

5:00 AM UBQ Fitzroy

Tuesday, Oct 27

1 event

2026 monthly Bi+ discussion

Free entry

Wednesday, Oct 28

2 events

LGBTQIA+ Creative Journalling

2:00 PM Mental Health and Wellbeing Connect - North East Metro Free entry

Community

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, Oct 31

3 events

Saturday Sizzle

11:00 PM Victorian Pride Centre

Pride

Lesbian Spring Reunion camp

All day

Women / Sapphic

POOF DOOF Halloqween 2026

Sunday, Nov 1

8 events

Queers & Allies Pickleball Social

2:00 AM Pickleball Palace Pascoe Vale

Community

Monster Ball 2026

6:00 AM Victorian Pride Centre A$35

Pride

Online

Melbourne Gay Verified Professionals Meet Online

8:00 PM 30 Paper Trl Free entry

Online

North Melbourne Matched Gay Speed Dating Online

8:00 PM 12 The Bend

Melbourne Create Your Gay Love Story

8:00 PM 1 Levien Ln

Melbourne 10 Gay Men Meet Tonight

8:00 PM 4WRP+X3 Port Melbourne VIC

Final Exhibition Day

Wildly entertaining Opera Up Late returns to Melbourne for one night only this November

Tuesday, Nov 3

1 event

Under 30s Night

Under 30s gay men party monthly with music and dancing

5:30 AM wetonwellington.com.au

Party

Wednesday, Nov 4

1 event

Drag Bingo at the Pride Centre!

5:30 AM Victorian Pride Centre & Australian Queer Archives A$20

Drag +1

Friday, Nov 13

1 event

MOPODYKE HOUSE PARTY

8:00 PM Moonee Ponds, Victoria

Party +2

Saturday, Nov 14

1 event

World Diabetes Day 2026

oldtreasurybuilding.org.au

Community

Monday, Nov 16

1 event

Tlc Agm

3:00 AM

Women / Sapphic

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 · 7 events open ▸

Sun 17 Midsumma Carnival Stalls Info and Registration › Sun 17 Melbourne Gay Pride › Sun 17 Midsumma Festival › Sun 17 Midsumma Art Award 2027 | Submissions Open › Sat 30 Free: Outdoors for All: Inclusive Camping Experience – Jan 2027 › Sun 31 Midsumma Pride March 2027 - Spaced Out › Sun 31 MMT Rides in Pride March 2027 🏍️🌈 ›

February 2027 · 7 events open ▸

Thu 4 Pride and Progress in Pharmacy Conference 2027 › Sat 6 Saturday Sizzle › Sat 13 Melbourne Leather monthly meet up › 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

Monday, Oct 12 Today

Queer Meditation

Melbourne Gay Men 40+ Support Group

Great Southern Rail (GRST Event)

Tuesday, Oct 13 Tomorrow

Autonomy of Flo(w)

Xposed Nude Night

Cabaret Extravaganza

Online Discussion Group: Boundaries

MyRainbow LGBTQIA+ social group (October)

Wednesday, Oct 14

Thursday, Oct 15

Plus 55 Social Club

Tantra Foundations Course 2

Sketchy Behaviour

Holly's Pop Quiz Drag Trivia

Silver Daddy Night

Pride Film Club

Read with Pride: Online Book Chat

Big Diva Energy

Karaoke Fridays

Thursday night Rainbow Boardgames - Marché Board Games Cafe

Friday, Oct 16

Monthly Life Drawing

Queer AF

Bdsm Bites

Adults Only Naughty Paint 'N ' Sip

Trans & Gender Diverse Social

Gender Diverse Connections

The Sapphic Space

Mature Rainbow Conversations (50 +)

CLUB FRINGE: Scrub A Dub Club

Film Afternoon by Matrix Guild Victoria

Chapstick – A Very Sapphic Party

Saturday, Oct 17

Sunday, Oct 18

Monday, Oct 19

Tubs Sunday Afternoon

Sabor by Wilson – Queer Salsa

Drag Brunch Melbourne

Tuesday, Oct 20

Swingers Couples Pool Party

Queer as Foxtrot - Same-Sex Ballroom Dance Class

Wednesday, Oct 21

Lesbian Speed Dating

Friday, Oct 23

Meet Queer Friends @ Hex

Light it Red for Dyslexia 2026

Stiff Gins Gig (not lesbian)

LGBTIQA+ History Walk: Melbourne CBD

Saturday, Oct 24

Material Histories: Collision: Fashion and Fabrics

The Australian Burlesque Festival

Nightmare on Glam Street LGBTQ+ Halloween Party

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

Hilary Doof

Sunday, Oct 25

Cinema screening - Ticketed

Old Treasury Building: Public Tour (October 2026)

Lesbian Antiques Roadshow

Monday, Oct 26

Sabor by Wilson – Queer Salsa

Tuesday, Oct 27

2026 monthly Bi+ discussion

Wednesday, Oct 28

LGBTQIA+ Creative Journalling

Homes &#038; Hygiene in Marvellous Smellbourne

Friday, Oct 30

HALLOWEEN SYMPHONIQ

Saturday, Oct 31

Saturday Sizzle

Lesbian Spring Reunion camp

POOF DOOF Halloqween 2026

Sunday, Nov 1

Queers & Allies Pickleball Social

Monster Ball 2026

Melbourne Gay Verified Professionals Meet Online

North Melbourne Matched Gay Speed Dating Online

Homes & Hygiene in Marvellous Smellbourne

Queers & Allies Pickleball Social