LGBTQ+ Events in Chicago
Upcoming gay events, parties and nights out — 181 upcoming events · Oct 2026 – Jun 2027
This weekend
Wednesday, Oct 7 Tomorrow
10 events
Gay Singles Meet Up (21-35 and 36-50)
Community
Polyamorous: Straight & Queer, Speed Dating @ Chicago’s Skyline Club
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+
Weekday Specials
Drag
The Traitors: New Blood Watch Parties at Fathom
Community
Thursday, Oct 8
12 events
11:00
boyz night
Steamworks Baths
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13:00
Chicago's Gay Ghosts: Old Town
North/Wells
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14:00
Pitch Your Peeps: QUEER Slide Deck Match Making Events @ Nobody's Darling
Nobody's Darling
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14:00
Werk: Chicago's Premier Queer Comedy Show at Dorothy
Dorothy
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14:00
The Gay Gaze
Lemon
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14:00
The Traitors: New Blood Viewing Party
Sidetrack
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15:00
Ladies Night
Club Escape
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21:00
Social Hour
Free entry
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Flex on Tour
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Evil Queens Drag Dinner
Kit Kat Club Chicago
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National Coming Out Day & New Music Celebration (#QueerCountry Bandwagon)
$15
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Manhattan Men Male Strip Show & Male Revue | Male Strip Club Chicago
30
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Friday, Oct 9
14 events
10:00
TGIF Show Tunes
Sidetrack
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13:00
Whiskey Girl Fridays
Meetup: Single Lesbians in the City
Free entry
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13:00
Queer Nerd Meetup at Goblin Market
Goblin Market Manga & Curiosities, North Lincoln Avenue, Chicago, IL, USA
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14:00
2nd Friday evening Steamworks Bear Hump party
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14:00
Illusions The Drag Queen Show Chicago - Drag Queen Dinner - Chicago, IL
Illusions the Drag Queen Show Chicago IL
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15:00
Queer Open Mic
Eli Tea Bar
Free entry
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16:00
Freshman 15
Hydrate
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17:00
DJ Feature: Ca$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
11 events
Chicago's Gay Ghosts: Rogers Park
The Dead Dance Bottomless Drag Brunch
Drag
Sapphic Adventures: Fall Foliage Hike & Picnic
Women / Sapphic
Legacy Walk Dedication
SOLD OUT! OUT at CHM Walking Tour | Downtown LGBTQIA+ Stories
Live Show
+1
Single Lesbians in the City
Community
FOR THE GIRLS
Draglicious
Party
+1
DJ Feature: Mala Vida & Cozmiika at Dorothy
Club Night
Queen!
Party
+1
Strapped Presents: Sappho Bingo – Jennifer's Body
Sunday, Oct 11
5 events
Monday, Oct 12
7 events
Tuesday, Oct 13
4 events
Wednesday, Oct 14
3 events
Thursday, Oct 15
10 events
Sapphic Adventures: Fall Colors Hike
Women / Sapphic
Queer Couture Runway
Waitress
Read Gay, Do Crime Book Club - Oct
Laughs on Tap 3rd Thursday of the Month
Pee-Wee's Gayhouse
L
LGBTQIA+ Board Game Mixer
Community
Men Having Babies 2026 Midwest Surrogacy Conference & Expo in Chicago
Haunted Halsted
Death Becomes Her Drag Dinner
Drag
Friday, Oct 16
7 events
Saturday, Oct 17
9 events
Chicago's Gay Ghosts: Uptown
Curves in Patchwork
Saturday Night Touche Event
CLOSED: Private Event
Sapphic Social at Level Sporting Club
Community
+1
Let's hang out with Chicago Lesbians Do Coffee and More
Little Miss Anthropes: All Drag Comedy Showcase
Drag
+1
Dyke Country
Women / Sapphic
Hunt
Party
Sunday, Oct 18
7 events
Monday, Oct 19
4 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 eventsTuesday, 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
+2
BRÜT Party - Chicago Halloween
Party
Villains Bottomless Drag Brunch
Drag
Brut: Halloween
Party
