LGBTQ+ Events in Melbourne

8:00 AM The Peel Hotel Free entry

Lupad to Fly

5:00 AM

Queer Art Showcase

5:00 AM

Bear Essentials

Queer Meditation

6:30 PM Green Monday Studios Free entry

World Meningitis Day 2026

5:30 AM wetonwellington.com.au

Tuesday, Oct 6

6 events

Under 30s Night

Under 30s gay men party monthly with music and dancing

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

Drag Bingo Bonanza

6:00 AM

Drag

Melbourne Gay Mens 40+ Support Group

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

7:00 AM The Brunswick Hotel

Queer Comedy Night

The Get Weird Party

8:00 AM

Queer as Foxtrot - Same Sex Ballroom Dance Class

6:30 PM Free entry

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 › 6:00 Too | Melbourne Fringe 2026 The Showroom at The MC Showroom 30 › 7:00 Cherry Bomb › 7:00 As If! › 7:00 Last Night › 7:00 VIP Club › 7:00 Karaoke Night UBQ › – Exhibition in Melbourne ›

Wednesday, Oct 7

16 events

Thursday, Oct 8

11 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

5:00 AM The Rainforest Temple

Tantra Foundations Course 2

5:30 AM wetonwellington.com.au

Holly's Pop Quiz Drag Trivia

5:00 AM A$6

Drag

Silver Daddy Night

Pride Film Club

5:30 AM Pride of our Footscray A$5

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

Online

Read with Pride: Online Book Chat

7:00 AM UBQ Fitzroy Free entry

Karaoke Fridays

Thursday night Rainbow Boardgames - Marché Board Games Cafe

6:30 PM Marche Board Game Cafe A$6.20

Party +1

The Lesbian Club – October Melbourne events

Live Show +2

Oz Kink Fest 2026

Festival +2

International Lesbian Day Lunch in Melbourne

5:30 Monthly Life Drawing Victorian Pride Centre & Australian Queer Archives A$15 › 5:30 Queer AF wetonwellington.com.au › 6:00 Bdsm Bites Studio Kink › 6:00 Adults Only Naughty Paint 'N ' Sip DIY CRAFTS › 6:30 FABLE Victorian Pride Centre & Australian Queer Archives › 21:00 Family history: creative inspiration, research tips & writing strategies Victorian Pride Centre A$90 › 21:30 Mature Rainbow Conversations (50 +) Victorian Pride Centre & Australian Queer Archives Free entry › – CLUB FRINGE: Club Blaq 20 › – Fanny Paq - FriYAY October Queer Party! A$15 › – MSA Queer Ball: Under The Sea A$10 › – Lesbian/Queer Event: Let the games begin A$14.55 › – Kath and Ini Sing the Affirmations Album ›

Friday, Oct 9

12 events

Saturday, Oct 10

11 events

Melbourne Leather monthly meet up

Monthly meetup for the Melbourne Leather community

5:00 AM Victorian Pride Centre & Australian Queer Archives Free entry

Community +1

Dykesdip as part of FABLE

5:30 AM Victorian Pride Centre

7:00 AM Victorian Pride Centre & Australian Queer Archives Free entry

Drag Bingo

6:00 AM UBQ Free entry

Drag

LGBTIQA+ affirming Mass

LGBTIQA+ affirming Catholic Mass with music, tea, coffee, snacks

Happy Hour

7:00 AM wetonwellington.com.au

LGBT+ Social Picnic

11:30 AM Edwardes Lake Park Free entry

2:00 PM Wheat, Wine & Whisky Free entry

Love Letter to the 90s

Cabaret +1

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

11:00 PM Victorian Pride Centre Free entry

CLUB FRINGE: Florian Wild's Midnight Rodeo: The Very Best of the Wild West

Wild Women From Anywhere Beach Soiree (Women Only)

Party +1

Melbourne Family Pride

0:00 Trans and Gender-diverse Book Club Victorian Pride Centre & Australian Queer Archives Free entry › 1:00 Silver Sisters ↳ Victorian Pride Centre & Australian Queer Archives › 2:00 Queers & Allies Pickleball Social ↳ Victorian Pride Centre & Australian Queer Archives A$25 › 5:00 Queer Film Festival › 6:00 Erotic Alchemy Temple Studio Take Care › 7:00 Dyke Dive The Curtin A$15 › 8:00 Saturday Night Party! (Drink Packages) Pride of our Footscray Free entry › 8:30 Comedy at Camelot Black Swan Hotel › 13:00 Gay on the Lawn - Spring Fling - Free Dance Party - 12 going Free entry › – Our Point 3 - City Walk Free entry › – 3rd Annual TLC Conference Melbourne › – Sapphic Society Melbourne | October Edition A$64.13 ›

Sunday, Oct 11

12 events

Monday, Oct 12

3 events

Sabor by Wilson – Queer Salsa

5:00 AM Victorian Pride Centre

7:30 PM Sussex Neighbourhood House A$10

Melbourne Gay Men 40+ Support Group

5:30 AM wetonwellington.com.au

Great Southern Rail (GRST Event)

All day

Tuesday, Oct 13

4 events

Xposed Nude Night

Nude night for queer people to strip down and strut

Cabaret Extravaganza

8:00 AM The Toff in Town

Online

Online Discussion Group: Boundaries

7:00 PM Free entry

MyRainbow LGBTQIA+ social group (October)

Free entry

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

Wednesday, Oct 14

1 event

Bootscootin’ at VPC

5:00 AM Pride of our Footscray Free entry

Thursday, Oct 15

2 events

Sketchy Behaviour

Big Diva Energy

6:30 AM Victorian Pride Centre & Australian Queer Archives

Cabaret

Friday, Oct 16

6 events

Trans & Gender Diverse Social

6:30 AM Free entry

6:00 PM DT's Hotel Free entry

Gender Diverse Connections

The Sapphic Space

7:00 PM Littlefoot (wine bar) Free entry

Community +1

CLUB FRINGE: Scrub A Dub Club

5:00 AM Victorian Pride Centre A$10

Film Afternoon by Matrix Guild Victoria

Chapstick – A Very Sapphic Party

A$10

Party +1

Saturday, Oct 17

10 events

Queering The Music Video

Drag +2

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

12:00 PM Free entry

7:00 PM The 86 Free entry

Queer Traffic Light Mixer

11:00 PM Victorian Pride Centre Free entry

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

2:00 AM Pickleball Palace Pascoe Vale

CLUB FRINGE: Tales from the Grave - ReVamped

Drag +2

Design X Nature: Talk – Queer Ecologies Panel Discussion

Free entry

CLUB ZARA

The Big Queer Return of the Big Queer Quiz 2.0

Young Lesbian’s Meetup Dinner

Community +1

Private launch of Jean Taylor’s new novel, Shannon

Sunday, Oct 18

5 events

Queers & Allies Pickleball Social

5:00 AM Victorian Pride Centre & Australian Queer Archives

From Grindr to Blindr

Comedy

Tom Ballard brings comedy fundraiser to Castlemaine

5:30 AM Victorian Pride Centre A$20

Comedy +1

Lost Girls Gig

Launch of Laila’s Story by Mij Tanith

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

Friday, Oct 23

2 events

Light it Red for Dyslexia 2026

Stiff Gins Gig (not lesbian)

oldtreasurybuilding.org.au Free entry

Saturday, Oct 24

4 events

Material Histories: Collision: Fashion and Fabrics

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

10:00 PM oldtreasurybuilding.org.au 16

Hilary Doof

Sunday, Oct 25

2 events

Old Treasury Building: Public Tour (October 2026)

Live Show

Lesbian Antiques Roadshow

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

Tuesday, Oct 27

1 event

2026 monthly Bi+ discussion

Free entry

Wednesday, Oct 28

2 events

LGBTQIA+ Creative Journalling

10:00 PM oldtreasurybuilding.org.au Free entry

Homes & Hygiene in Marvellous Smellbourne

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

Lesbian Spring Reunion camp

All day

6:00 AM Victorian Pride Centre A$35

POOF DOOF Halloqween 2026

Sunday, Nov 1

2 events

Monster Ball 2026

Final Exhibition Day

Saturday, Nov 14

1 event

World Diabetes Day 2026

10:30 AM Victorian Pride Centre & Australian Queer Archives

Wednesday, Nov 18

2 events

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

Monthly cycling for Nomads Outdoors Group, social pace

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

2:00 AM Victorian Pride Centre A$25

Sunday, Nov 29

1 event

Queers & Allies Pickleball Social

5:00 AM Victorian Pride Centre Free entry

Tuesday, Dec 1

3 events

Blood Politics: Nurses and Australia’s AIDS Crisis

6:00 AM wetonwellington.com.au

Lady Like

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

6:30 AM Victorian Pride Centre A$5

Melbourne Gay Mens 40+ Support Group

7:00 AM Victorian Pride Centre

Saturday, Dec 5

1 event

Charlie’s Angels. An Evening Undercover.