LGBTQ+ Events in Chicago
Upcoming gay events, parties and nights out — 188 upcoming events · Oct 2026 – Jun 2027
This weekend
Tuesday, Oct 6 Tomorrow
10 events
Senior Pickleball
Gender Affirming Clothing Closet
After School Hang
Taco Tuesday with Taylor's Tacos
Trans Youth Group
Transgender Support Group Meeting
Community
Whisky Girl TRIVIA Monday Nights 7pm
Trivia Tuesday: Spiderman + Marvel Edition
King of Drag Watch Parties with Twinka Masala at Fathom!
Drag
Polyamorous: Straight & Queer, Speed Dating @ Chicago’s Skyline Club
Wednesday, Oct 7
11 events
Gay Singles Meet Up (21-35 and 36-50)
Community
CLOSED for Maintenance
The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City Chicago Viewing Party at Sidetrack
Party
The Thoughtful Gay Man Chicago
Trans Umbrella
German Fare
Robby Hoffman - Ages 18+
Werk: Chicago's Premier Queer Comedy Show at Dorothy
Comedy
Weekday Specials
Drag
The Traitors: New Blood Watch Parties at Fathom
Community
Social Hour
Community
Thursday, Oct 8
10 events
boyz night
Chicago's Gay Ghosts: Old Town
Pitch Your Peeps: QUEER Slide Deck Match Making Events @ Nobody's Darling
The Gay Gaze
The Traitors: New Blood Viewing Party
Party
Ladies Night
Club Night
Flex on Tour
Party
+1
Evil Queens Drag Dinner
Drag
National Coming Out Day & New Music Celebration (#QueerCountry Bandwagon)
Manhattan Men Male Strip Show & Male Revue | Male Strip Club Chicago
Friday, Oct 9
14 events
10:00
TGIF Show Tunes
Sidetrack
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13:00
Whiskey Girl Fridays
Meetup: Single Lesbians in the City
Free entry
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13:00
Queer Nerd Meetup at Goblin Market
Goblin Market Manga & Curiosities, North Lincoln Avenue, Chicago, IL, USA
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14:00
2nd Friday evening Steamworks Bear Hump party
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14:00
Illusions The Drag Queen Show Chicago - Drag Queen Dinner - Chicago, IL
Illusions the Drag Queen Show Chicago IL
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15:00
Queer Open Mic
Eli Tea Bar
Free entry
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16:00
Freshman 15
Hydrate
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17:00
DJ Feature: Ca$h Era at Dorothy
Dorothy
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20:30
Mike Reed's Separatist Party + Resavoir Double Album Release
3111 N Western Ave Chicago IL 60618
$22
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Zombie Drag Queen Bottomless Drag Brunch
Lark Restaurant & Bar
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GNO - Only Come Alone!
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Robby Hoffman
Vic Theatre
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Ralphi Rosario - Hydrate Nightclub
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Sapphic in the City: a place to make WLW friends
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Saturday, Oct 10
12 events
5:00
Chicago's Gay Ghosts: Rogers Park
Clark/Devon
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6:00
The Dead Dance Bottomless Drag Brunch
Kit Kat Club
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6:00
Sapphic Adventures: Fall Foliage Hike & Picnic
Palos Preserves
Free entry
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7:00
Legacy Walk Dedication
Meetup: Single Lesbians in the City
Free entry
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10:00
SOLD OUT! OUT at CHM Walking Tour | Downtown LGBTQIA+ Stories
11 E Ida B Wells Dr, Chicago, IL 60605-1210, United States
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12:00
Gay Men Speed Dating | Chicago | Fancy a Go? | Singles Night
Recess
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14:00
Single Lesbians in the City
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15:00
FOR THE GIRLS
Level Sporting Club
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16:00
Draglicious
Hydrate
$12.51
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17:00
DJ Feature: Mala Vida & Cozmiika at Dorothy
Dorothy
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Queen!
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Strapped Presents: Sappho Bingo – Jennifer's Body
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Sunday, Oct 11
5 events
Monday, Oct 12
3 events
Tuesday, Oct 13
3 events
Wednesday, Oct 14
5 events
Thursday, Oct 15
9 events
Sapphic Adventures: Fall Colors Hike
Women / Sapphic
Waitress
Read Gay, Do Crime Book Club - Oct
Pee-Wee's Gayhouse
L
LGBTQIA+ Board Game Mixer
Community
Men Having Babies 2026 Midwest Surrogacy...
Haunted Halsted
Death Becomes Her Drag Dinner
Drag
Sapphic Serenade: Friday Night Feelings
Women / Sapphic
Friday, Oct 16
6 events
Saturday, Oct 17
9 events
Let's hang out with Chicago Lesbians Do Coffee and More
Chicago's Gay Ghosts: Uptown
Curves in Patchwork
Saturday Night Touche Event
CLOSED: Private Event
Sapphic Social at Level Sporting Club
Community
+1
Little Miss Anthropes: All Drag Comedy Showcase
Drag
+1
Dyke Country
Women / Sapphic
Hunt
Party
Sunday, Oct 18
8 events
Old Gold Autumn Edition
M
Made Free to Rest
Festival
+1
Sapphic Adventures: Board Game Night
Women / Sapphic
Joy Ryde: a drag show celebrating queer joy - Halloween Edition!
Drag
Toy With Me LIVE!
Q
Queer Sober Social @ Eli Tea Bar!
Community
LGBTQ+ History Month Celebration
Community
Queer Movie Monday: Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma
Monday, Oct 19
3 events
Tuesday, Oct 20
2 events
Wednesday, Oct 21
2 events
Thursday, Oct 22
5 events
Friday, Oct 23
6 events
Saturday, Oct 24
6 events
Sunday, Oct 25
3 events
Monday, Oct 26
2 events
Tuesday, Oct 27
3 events
Wednesday, Oct 28
5 events
Thursday, Oct 29
1 event
Friday, Oct 30
9 events
NIGHTMARE ON QUEER STREET
Sapphic Adventures: Halloween Costume Party
Party
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Gay for Pay
Don Lemon & DL Hughley: DL + DL 'Anything Goes
Queer Halloween Bash
Dolloween: a Lesbian Halloween Party by Ladies Love Us
Party
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BRÜT Party - Chicago Halloween
Party
Villains Bottomless Drag Brunch
Drag
Brut: Halloween
Party
