LGBTQ+ Events in Los Angeles
Upcoming gay events, parties and nights out — 188 upcoming events · Oct 2026 – Jun 2027
This weekend
Wednesday, Oct 14 Today
2 events
Thursday, Oct 15 Tomorrow
8 events
Magic the GAYthering
Monthly trading card game night for LGBTQ+ community
The Wedding Banquet (Everything in This House is Gay (And Asian): Contemporary Queer History Through Cinema)
Film Screening
Jockstrap Thursdays @ Precinct DTLA
Party
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BRAT
Queer Crush @ LA Boulders
Community
Blue
Live Show
In Them We All Exist: Zines Making Black Lesbian Histories Visible
Women / Sapphic
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Halloween
Friday, Oct 16
16 events
2:00
Weekend Mimosas + Bloody Marys
Fiesta Cantina
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9:00
Visible and Vibrant: LGBTQ+ Artists in LACMA’s Collection
LACMA
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10:30
Mi SELA Monthly Intergenerational Activity
somoslea.org
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12:00
Diva Royale Drag Queen Show Los Angeles - Weekly Drag Queen Shows
The North End • Hollywood
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12:30
All My Dads Were Gay: A Workshop Presentation
The Village at Ed Gould Plaza (Davidson/Valentini Theatre)
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13:00
Boston Marriage
Studio City Recreation Center
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13:00
PayDay Underground Superstar Experience
hotelziggy.com
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14:00
Friday Night @ Akbar Silver Lake
Akbar
Free entry
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14:00
Bun Shop Apron Party @ Bullet Bar
Bullet Bar
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14:00
Bbgrl: Make a Wish
White Rabbit Sky Lounge
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19:30
The Drag Queen Game Show - Los Angeles
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FLEX: In the BÜFF
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Planet Rave: A Queer Halloween Party
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Dancefloor to Lifeline: Fundraising for Trans Healthcare, Then and Now
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Boots, Chaps, and Cowboy Hats: The History of Gay Rodeo
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In(ti)mate Lives: Laundry Days After the Jailhouse Ball
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Saturday, Oct 17
14 events
0:15
Drag Brunch at Hamburger Mary's Long Beach
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4:00
Queer Histories and DIY Archiving
Los Angeles Central Library - Special Collections
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6:00
The Good Spookies Drag Brunch
Native Son LA
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7:00
Drag Story Hour: Free and Queer: Black Californian Roots of Gay Liberation
California African American Museum
Free entry
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8:00
TRANS•POSITION: A Queer & Trans Symphony in the Garden
ONE Archives at the USC Libraries
Free entry
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8:30
Free Queer Yin Yoga
Griffith Park
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11:00
Faaabulous! The Ultimate Drag Brunch Show at Masquerade Village at Rio Las Vegas
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12:00
In Conversation: C. Jerome Woods and Channing Gerard Joseph
California African American Museum
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12:00
Private Event at the Pool | October 17
hotelziggy.com
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14:00
Flash Back Saturdays
Revolver Video Bar WeHo
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14:00
SATURDAYS @ Chica Bonita Lounge in DTLA • LGBTQ+
Chica Bonita Lounge
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15:00
Queer Book Club- "Palm Meridian" by Grace Flahive
Free entry
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AIDS Walk Los Angeles
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Angel's Body Temperature (天使の体温, 2001)
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Sunday, Oct 18
8 events
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Margin Scribes: A QTBIPOC Writers' Collective (LA)
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QUEER YOGA: Slow Flow | Art House Pasadena
Sunday $3 Vodka Bust 5-8pm Titos and Milagro $8 8-Close
Write Out Loud - LGBTQ+ Writers Group October 2026 Meetup #2
Community
Club Chub
Happy Hour
The Incredible True Story Of Jacques LaFargue, The 18th Century Transgender Jewish Ancestor You’ve Never Heard Of!
Planet Queer at Akbar
Drag
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Monday, Oct 19
3 events
Tuesday, Oct 20
10 events
Emotions in Creative Practice: Emotional Regulation Series
Taco Tuesday
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OutPro Los Angeles LGBTQ+ Networking
Community
Miss Cali Comedy Queen Pageant Prelim
Drag
+1
Magic the GAYthering
Queer Crush @ Stronghold Lincoln Heights
Community
Queer Jewish Poetics
Scissor Siblings: Cut Collage Zine Making Workshop
Community
Chappell Roan Recruits Tinashe, Lola Young and More for LGBTQ+ Benefit Shows
Party
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Los Angeles Lesbian, Bi, Trans & Queer+ Speed Dating
Wednesday, Oct 21
10 events
2026 LGBTQ Networking Mega Mixer
Community
Ejanish Fall 2026 - Session Four
Community
We Found New Music
Gay Ass Bingo
Aztec Dance – LEA Movement Club (LMC)
Community
The Super Graphic Block Party
SISSY
Passing the Torch: Queer and Trans Voices Across Generations
Live Show
Saving Face & Nowhere
Friend or Flame Queer Friend Speed Dating | E Hollywood | 20s & 30s
Thursday, Oct 22
5 events
Friday, Oct 23
15 events
3:00
LA LGBT Center Market Days
Los Angeles LGBT Center
Free entry
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12:30
Cabaret Macabre
The Village at Ed Gould Plaza (Davidson/Valentini Theatre)
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12:30
WITCH by Jen Silverman
The Renberg Theatre
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12:30
Bury Your Gays (and they will rise up again) By Shannon Chinn
1078 Lillian Way
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14:00
Slaughterhäus Sd @ Brass Rail
The Brass Rail
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14:00
Haunted House
Precinct
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18:00
Game Night at the South Bay LGBTQ Center
South Bay LGBTQ Center
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Brut: Halloween Party
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Drag King History
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Drum Wellness Circle: Our Queer Lineage
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Queer (Porn) Histories from Rural California — A Wohler Films Double Feature
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Millie Wilson: The Museum of Lesbian Dreams — Exhibition Opening
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Pia Davis, Working Girls
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Calavera LGBTQ+ Festival 2026
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Daddy Issues
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Saturday, Oct 24
11 events
Singles meet up, mixer, and speed dating for Gay and Bi men ages 25-35
Community
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Spooky Bottomless Drag Brunch! 10/24
Drag
Drag me to Brunch: Mimos-AHHHH!! by Mockingbird Incubator
Drag
Tea Dance / Potluck
S
Sensual/Erotic Body & Mind Class + Tantra for MEN only
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Speed Dating in Los Angeles | Fancy a Go? | Gay Men Singles Event
Megan Thee Vampire Slayer
Toxic Thots: Comedy Show
Comedy
STEAM Towel Party LA @ The Bullet
An Intergenerational Dialogue with the LA Black Trans Community
Community
Reload Afterhours
Party
Sunday, Oct 25
9 events
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Club Gay Gardens
Q
Queer History Hike in Griffith Park
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The Dyke Agenda
Women / Sapphic
C
CASUAL - A Queer Day Party
Party
Friend or Flame Gay Speed Dating | Silver Lake | 30s & 40s
Machete
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F*ggotry In Motion
Brüt Halloween
We Are Family: A Conversation with Trans Youth and Supportive Parents
Community
