LGBTQ+ Events in San Francisco

Upcoming gay events, parties and nights out — 244 upcoming events · Sep 2026 – Sep 2027

This weekend

Fri · 10:00 AM T – Dance

Bark Before Dark: Folsom 2026 Fri · 10:00 AM

Our Stories, Our Truth National Storytelling Tour: San Francisco Fri · 10:00 AM

Leather and Gear Happy Hour Fri · 10:00 AM

Transmasculine San Francisco | In The Archives Fri · 11:30 AM +69 more this weekend

Monday, Sep 21 Today

7 events

Karaoke with Dana

Karaoke with Dana and her Big Ass Book of songs

1:00 PM SF-Eagle

Leather Night

Weekly leather night with discount for leather attire at bathhouse

1:00 PM Eros

Fetish

PILLOWS

2:00 PM Powerhouse

Party +2

The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith

7:00 PM Churchill Cocktail Bar Free entry

Tuesday, Sep 22 Tomorrow

10 events

QUEER NONPROFIT HAPPY HOUR

10:00 AM The Stud

OutPro - LGBTQ+ Networking - Fall - San Francisco

11:00 AM 111 Minna Gallery and Event Space Free entry

Community

San Francisco Gay Men Speed Dating | Singles Events | Fancy a Go?

12:00 PM The Jay Hotel San Francisco

Melanie C

12:00 PM The Castro Theatre

Queer Open Mic Night

12:30 PM Jolene's Free entry

Comedy

Buddy Night

1:00 PM Eros

Community

Sunday Service

1:00 PM Mother

Drag

Bearlesque

1:00 PM The Stud

Cabaret +1

I'd Like to Keep It On, Please!

2:00 PM The Edge

Queer Crush @ Benchmark SF

6:00 PM Benchmark Climbing Free entry

Community

Wednesday, Sep 23

13 events

11:00 LCD: Board of Directors Meeting › 12:00 ScripTease SF-Eagle › 12:00 SAFE WORDS ↳ SF-Eagle › 12:00 John and Jonah in Double InDUMBnity Oasis $29.68 › 12:00 Sébastien Tellier The Castro Theatre › 13:00 What the Fuck! Powerhouse › 13:00 BoysTown ↳ Powerhouse › 13:00 Underwear Night Eros › 14:00 PAN DULCE PRESENTS RPDR MEXICO & LATINA ROYALE STAR EVA BLUNT LIVE @ BEAUX Beaux Free entry › 14:30 TRUCK The Stud › 18:00 Queer Peers Free entry › 19:00 Queer Crush @ Movement San Francisco Movement San Francisco Free entry › – TUFF Party ›

Thursday, Sep 24

21 events

10:00 Rubber Ducky Powerhouse › 10:00 Queer & Well Presents: HOME BURN - Somatic Fitness, Breathwork & Meditation SF LGBT Center › 11:00 LCD: Communications Committee Meeting › 11:00 Castro Wine Walk Fall Edition The Academy SF › 11:00 Film Screening | Queer Home on Film: A Shorts Program The Edge › 13:00 Younger Guests Discount Eros › 13:00 Shirtless Thursdays Hole In the Wall Saloon › 13:00 Drag Bingo Jolene's Free entry › 14:00 Thursday Night @ Powerhouse Powerhouse Free entry › 14:00 UP Underwear Party ↳ Powerhouse › 14:00 TUFF SF: Folsom Kick Off Folsom Gulch › 14:00 ROUGH RIDERS by Lesbeaux & Hanky Code (A Sapphic Party) *FOLSOM WEEK* — Beaux SF Beaux › 18:30 Folsom Edition Bar Social by RED › 18:30 Queer Crush @ Dogpatch Boulders Dogpatch Boulders Free entry › 19:00 TGSF - End of Month Get-Together - In Person Taqueria San Jose Free entry › 21:00 KARAOKIKI WITH YOUR HOSTS DULCE DE LECHE ++ LAMBERT ++ MOJO CARTER ++ FRISCOPINK (FREE) Free entry › – PRIME - The San Francisco MEAT › – Brut: Folsom › – Boof x Squish: Folsom › – Bearracuda Folsom › – A Sober Queer Global Majority x POC Game Night 72 hartshill road ›

Friday, Sep 25

28 events

10:00 T – Dance Powerhouse › 10:00 Bark Before Dark: Folsom 2026 The Stud Bar › 10:00 Our Stories, Our Truth National Storytelling Tour: San Francisco San Francisco War Memorial & Performing Arts Center › 10:00 Leather and Gear Happy Hour Lone Star Saloon › 11:30 Transmasculine San Francisco | In The Archives The Edge Free entry › 12:00 STRUT: A Queer Pole Cabaret Oasis $30 › 12:00 Perverts Put Out Does Folsom Street Fair! 1286 Folsom St › 12:00 BuffBoyzz Gay Friendly Male Strip Clubs & Male Strippers San Francisco, CA BuffBoyzz Gay Friendly Male Strippers San Francisco › 14:00 BLUFSF:HARD SF-Eagle › 14:00 AshHole ↳ SF-Eagle › 14:00 Trade Powerhouse › 14:00 Stank ↳ Powerhouse › 14:00 TRAVIESO ↳ Powerhouse › 14:00 HIT IT - FOLSOM QBar › 14:00 CORAZON SF FOLSOM WKND W/RPDR LATINA ROYALE STAR EVA BLUNT LIVE @BEAUX Beaux › 14:00 Big Boy Lone Star Saloon › 14:00 ELECTRIC PLAYGROUND VOL. 4, ADAMUSIC × TARA DIKHOF The Cafe › 14:00 Folsom Friday Warm-Up : Boot Camp SF Eagle › 14:00 SF⛓️ FLSM Public Works › 15:00 Manimal Fridays @ Beaux SF Beaux › 15:00 Cuir Powerhouse › 15:00 DAD FOLSOM FRIDAY - Sindri & Stefan Ways F8 1192 Folsom › 15:00 DIRTY BOOTS - Folsom Friday The Stud › – CUMUNION + BEARUNION - FOLSOM EDITION › – Matinée Pervert XXL Folsom 2026 › – Magnitude 2026 › – Cell Blok (Eagle) › – Big Muscle Folsom ›

Saturday, Sep 26

28 events

3:00 Fist Buds Transform1060 › 4:00 San Francisco Queer Women’s History Tour: The Castro — Rebels & Trailblazer Harvey Milk Plaza › 5:00 Geared Up Alley Party Mr. S Leather › 5:30 Kitty Kat Drag Brunch Beaux › 7:00 MANGO! Every 4th Saturday 2-8pm! El Rio › 8:00 Daddy Day Care Folsom Saturday SF Eagle › 10:00 Chub Rub Powerhouse › 11:00 Knotty Bird SF-Eagle › 11:30 NODO | Gay Professionals Networking Night 2 Hartford St › 12:00 HONEY DAVENPORT: MADE LIKE YOU Oasis $34.80 › 13:00 Princess @ Oasis SF ↳ Oasis › 14:00 Young Hearts SF-Eagle › 14:00 Filth ↳ SF-Eagle › 14:00 BEATPIG Powerhouse › 14:00 LICK IT ↳ Powerhouse › 14:00 HOUSE PARTY ↳ Powerhouse › 14:00 US Folsom Edition BIPOC Leather & Fetish party at Beaux Sat Sept 26th Beaux Free entry › 14:00 Noche de Ronda: Folsom Lone Star Saloon › 14:00 Zoomiez The San Francisco Mint › 14:00 US! Folsom (Dark N Dirty) Edition — Beaux SF Beaux › 15:00 Powerblouse! Powerhouse › 15:00 TINASHE: POPSTAR — Album Release Party in the Heart of the Castro! QBar › – CUMUNION - FOLSOM FAIR EDITION › – Aftershock Folsom: 30 Year Anniversary › – Hot Tea: Leather Edition › – Real Bad 37 › – Rated X › – SF Eagle: Party on the Plaza ›

Sunday, Sep 27

18 events

4:00 BOOF Folsom Street Fair Foundry Takeover ft. MCMLXXXV (Herrensauna) Folsom Street Foundry › 8:00 Sunday Beer Bust @ SF Eagle SF-Eagle › 8:00 Jock Sundays @ Lookout SF Lookout SF › 8:00 Neon to New Orleans – Fall Community Concert sfprideband.org › 9:00 Shirts Off Sundays Powerhouse Free entry › 9:00 Carne Fresca ↳ Powerhouse › 12:00 Disco Daddy Folsom SF-Eagle › 12:00 DETOX at Folsom Street Fair After Party Sunday Sept 27th at Beaux in Castro Beaux Free entry › 12:00 Drag Queen Bingo Mother › 13:00 PRIMAL Powerhouse › 13:00 Cocktailgate ↳ Powerhouse $5 › 13:00 Wild Cards ↳ Powerhouse › 14:00 Big Top Sundays @ Beaux SF Beaux › 14:00 Fan-Dumb Powerhouse › 14:00 Fist Buddies (A 442 Event) › 14:00 The Motherload Mother › 15:00 Folsom Friday: BRÜT The Great Northern › – Nocturnal Extreme Afterhours ›

Monday, Sep 28

5 events

Gettin Knit

10:00 AM Lone Star Saloon

Transgender Community Meetup

11:00 AM Free entry

Community

Aldous Harding

12:00 PM The Castro Theatre

Pillows

2:00 PM Powerhouse

Party +2

Queer Crush @ Berkeley Ironworks

6:00 PM Berkeley Ironworks Free entry

Community

Tuesday, Sep 29

1 event

Queer Love Decoded: A 7-week program

$495

Wednesday, Sep 30

5 events

Hysteria: Comedy Open Mic for Women and Queers

12:00 PM SF-Eagle

Comedy

Twin Temple

12:00 PM The Castro Theatre

Varla Jean's Unlike A Virgin

12:00 PM Oasis $39.93

Oakland Weeknight Speed Dating Social Hour 21+ Meet & Mingle

12:19 PM 6400 Shattuck Ave. Free entry

Community

PAN DULCE PRESENTS LA MAS DRAGA 6 WINNER CATTRIONA LIVE @ BEAUX SF

2:00 PM Beaux Free entry

Thursday, Oct 1

5 events

San Francisco Home-Based Gay Speed Dating Community

9:11 AM RHJ7+WC Belvedere Tiburon Free entry

Community

San Francisco Queer Film Festival

12:00 PM

Festival +1

Michelle Branch

12:00 PM The Castro Theatre

Lesbian Game Night

12:30 PM

Women / Sapphic

Out & Abt: A Queer Dance Party

Oasis $17.40

Party

Friday, Oct 2

5 events

Castro Art Walk

10:00 AM Castro St

Pumps Fridays at The Stud: Don't Rain On My Pumps!

2:00 PM The Stud

Travieso

2:00 PM Powerhouse

Fetish

A FAMILY AFFAIR - A Queer 90s-00s Throwbacks Only Party - EVERY 1st FRIDAY ($10)

2:00 PM El Rio

Party

A FAMILY AFFAIR: A Queer 90s-00s Throwbacks Only Party - EVERY 1st FRIDAY ($5)

9:00 PM

Saturday, Oct 3

11 events

LGBTQ+ Singles Bon Fire (San Francisco)

10:30 AM Ocean Beach stairwell 17

Out and About: GLBT Historical Museum Tour

11:00 AM GLBT Historical Society Museum

Live Show +2

KEHLANI

11:30 AM Shoreline Amphitheatre

Geordie Greep

12:00 PM The Castro Theatre

Quietly Queer Fall Coffee Hangout

1:00 PM Mother

FREE Lesbian & Sapphic Speed Friending (East Bay)

2:00 PM

Women / Sapphic

Princess w/ NINI COCO

2:30 PM Oasis $23.53

Powerblouse!

3:00 PM Powerhouse

Drag +1

San Francisco Gay Ambition Meets Inclusive Dating

5:02 PM 1313 Lombard St Free entry

LGBTQ+ Singles Bon Fire

5:30 PM Ocean Beach stairwell 17 $5

Castro Street Fair

sfprideband.org

Sunday, Oct 4

5 events

Oakland Pride Speed Dating for Gay Achievers

3:57 AM RM2W+48 Oakland Free entry

Pride

Litquake Out Loud

4:00 AM Esplanade, Yerba Buena Gardens Free entry

Shirts Off Sundays

9:00 AM Powerhouse Free entry

LGBTQ+ Singles Yoga Event

11:00 AM Willard Park Free entry

Wild Cards

1:00 PM Powerhouse

Drag

Monday, Oct 5

2 events

Name & Gender Marker Change Legal Clinic

10:00 AM SF LGBT Center

She & Him

12:00 PM The Castro Theatre

Wednesday, Oct 7

3 events

WHORROR

Monthly horror/alt drag show with Polly Amber Ross

1:00 PM Powerhouse

PAN DULCE PRESENTS RPDR ALL STAR APRIL CARRION LIVE @ BEAUX SF

2:00 PM Beaux Free entry

LOS TRAIN WRECK'S ALL STAR JAM EVERY 1ST WED! (FREE)

8:00 PM Free entry

Thursday, Oct 8

5 events

Rubber Ducky

10:00 AM Powerhouse

Fetish

☕🌈 Coffee, Tea & Conversation at Karma Cafe ☕🌈

10:30 AM Free entry

SQREAM

11:30 AM Oasis $57.33

Queer Bedtime Stories

12:30 PM Queer Arts Featured $12.51

Community

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(In-person) Black Connect For Black Men Who Are Gay-bi-trans-queer

7:00 PM Oakland LGBTQ Center

Friday, Oct 9

8 events

Queer & Well Presents: Recharge & Unplug with Nature

4:00 AM SF LGBT Center

T – Dance

10:00 AM Powerhouse

Community

Yala Papa San Francisco: The Gay Latin x Middle Eastern Masquerade Party

2:00 PM The Stud

Party

Cuir

3:00 PM Powerhouse

Fetish

Club CVNT Presents: WOR$T RAVE IN AMERICA — $AN FRANCI$CO

3:00 PM Oasis $23.53

Quietly Queer Comedy Show

7:00 PM All Out Comedy Theater-Improv Classes and Comedy Shows

Comedy

Sailor - All Hands on D*ck!

All day

Party

SlaughterHäus

All day

Party

Saturday, Oct 10

5 events

LGBTQ+ Singles Hiking

8:00 AM 680 Point Lobos Ave

House Party

2:00 PM Powerhouse

Party

CORAZON SF W/RPDR ALLSTAR APRIL CARRION LIVE @ BEAUX SF

2:00 PM Beaux

Slaughter Haus

3:00 PM The Stud

SAPPHORIA: SOULFUL, SEXY, SAPPHIC

9:00 PM

Sunday, Oct 11

4 events

Italian Heritage Parade

5:30 AM sfprideband.org

Pride

Official: SOMA Origins: Bars, Bathhouses, & Beyond

6:00 AM

Live Show +1

Film Matinee and Drama Therapy Workshop

8:00 AM Roxie Theater

Circuit Party +1

Primal

1:00 PM Powerhouse

Party

Tuesday, Oct 13

1 event

Somethin Soft- A Creative Space

11:00 AM SF LGBT Center

Wednesday, Oct 14

1 event

What the Fuck!

1:00 PM Powerhouse

Drag +1

Thursday, Oct 15

1 event

Queer Community Meditation and Discussion

12:30 PM San Francisco Buddhist Center

Community

Friday, Oct 16

1 event

Trade

2:00 PM Powerhouse

Party +2

Saturday, Oct 17

4 events

GLTF San Francisco Social Doubles Tennis!

5:00 AM SFSU Tennis Courts

Community

Chub Rub

10:00 AM Powerhouse

Naomi Smalls at Big Top anniversary party + Hera Wynn & Adriana Roy Oct 17

1:00 PM Beaux $7.18

Party

Beatpig

2:00 PM Powerhouse

Party +3

Sunday, Oct 18

3 events

Drag Performance Workshop: Stage Presence, Character, and Choice-Making

8:00 AM Joe Goode Annex

Drag +2

Scared Gay Live!

12:00 PM Oasis

Cocktailgate

1:00 PM Powerhouse $5

Drag

Tuesday, Oct 20

1 event

National Coming Out Day Panel and Allyship Workshop

6:00 PM Free entry

Community

Wednesday, Oct 21

2 events

BoysTown

1:00 PM Powerhouse

Party +1

Online

West Coast 30s & 40s Lesbian, Bi, Trans & Queer+ Online Speed Dating

6:00 PM $15

Women / Sapphic

Thursday, Oct 22

1 event

Facts and Fictions in Historical Queer Books

11:00 AM GLBT Historical Society Museum

Friday, Oct 23

7 events

Manghihilot (Healer)

10:00 AM 465 S Van Ness Ave

Queerly Beloved: A Celebration of LGBTQ+ Writing in Foglifter

12:00 PM The Stud

Nightmare on Glam Street LGBTQ+ Halloween Party

1:00 PM Glam Culture Event Venue $21.58

Party

Stank

2:00 PM Powerhouse

CIRCUIT PAPI SF w/DJ VERENZUELA & RPDR CANADA QUEEN "DULCE" LIVE @ BEAUX

2:00 PM Beaux

Drag +2

Happy Hour with DJ NoSilence (FREE)

Free entry

GAY SAN FRANCISCO PAGEANT

The Cafe $39.19

Saturday, Oct 24

3 events

Mx. Spikes Universe 2026

11:00 AM 715 Harrison St

MANGO! Every 4th Saturday 2-8pm!

2:00 PM

Lick

2:00 PM Powerhouse

Sunday, Oct 25

2 events

Carne Fresca

9:00 AM Powerhouse

Fan-Dumb

2:00 PM Powerhouse

Drag

Wednesday, Oct 28

2 events

Online

West Coast 40s & 50s Lesbian, Bi, Trans & Queer+ Online Speed Dating

6:00 PM $15

Women / Sapphic

MELT FESTIVAL - Big Fork Queer Comedy Hour

All day A$21.80

Festival +1

Thursday, Oct 29

1 event

I H*te Gay Halloween Because What Do You Mean You Are...

1:00 PM El Rio

Friday, Oct 30

1 event

FLEX

2:00 PM Powerhouse

Saturday, Oct 31

2 events

Black Brown and Kinky

11:00 AM Powerhouse

NUTZ

3:00 PM Powerhouse

Saturday, Nov 7

1 event

Bar Social by RED

6:30 PM

Fetish

Sunday, Nov 8

1 event

SF Veterans’ Day Parade

3:00 AM sfprideband.org

Pride

Saturday, Nov 14

1 event

Nudie Nubies

9:00 AM The Stud

Friday, Nov 20

1 event

Transgender Day of Remembrance Vigil

10:00 AM San Francisco City Hall Free entry

Saturday, Nov 21

1 event

RAVEN headlines Big Top Saturday Drag & Dance Party Beaux in Castro

12:00 PM Beaux $7.71

Party +1

Sunday, Nov 22

1 event

Touch: Circus

2:00 PM Club Six

Tuesday, Nov 24

1 event

QUEER TAROT HAPPY HOUR

9:00 AM The Stud

Wednesday, Nov 25

1 event

The Playpen

12:00 PM Powerhouse

Friday, Nov 27

1 event

QDNO SF QUEER Deaf Night Out NOW 4th SAT MONTHLY 2 locations

2200 Market St, San Francisco, CA 94114-1596, United States

Sunday, Nov 29

1 event

SHAGGIN

70s-90s music dance party for cruising, drinking, and socializing

12:00 PM Powerhouse

December 2026 · 5 events open ▸

Sat 5 PRINCESS W/ BOSCO · 2026 WRAPPED! › Sat 12 Salina EsTitties stars Big Top Saturday Drag & Dance Party Beaux in Castro › Tue 15 International Conference on Queer Pedagogy and... › Thu 17 GAWDLAND Live at Oasis · All AAPI Showcase! › Fri 18 Dance-Along Nutcracker<sup>®</sup> 2026 ›

January 2027 · 1 event open ▸

Sun 17 Folsom Street’s Miracle Mile ›

February 2027 · 1 event open ▸

Wed 24 The Playpen ›

March 2027 · 3 events open ▸

Fri 12 Spring Community Concert 2027 › Sun 14 Rupaul's Drag Race Werq the World Tour › Sun 21 Friends of Dorothy Read Friends of Dorothy book club ›

July 2027 · 1 event open ▸

Sat 24 Ballet22 Summer Season 2027 ›

September 2027 · 1 event open ▸

Sat 25 50th Gay Softball World Series ›

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LGBTQ+ Events in San Francisco

This weekend

Monday, Sep 21 Today

Musical Mondays

Gettin Knit — Lone Star Saloon

Queer Comedy Night

Karaoke with Dana

Leather Night

PILLOWS

The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith

Tuesday, Sep 22 Tomorrow

QUEER NONPROFIT HAPPY HOUR

OutPro - LGBTQ+ Networking - Fall - San Francisco

San Francisco Gay Men Speed Dating | Singles Events | Fancy a Go?

Melanie C

Queer Open Mic Night

Buddy Night

Sunday Service

Bearlesque

I'd Like to Keep It On, Please!

Queer Crush @ Benchmark SF

Wednesday, Sep 23

Thursday, Sep 24

Friday, Sep 25

Saturday, Sep 26

Sunday, Sep 27

Monday, Sep 28

Gettin Knit

Transgender Community Meetup

Aldous Harding

Pillows

Queer Crush @ Berkeley Ironworks

Tuesday, Sep 29

Queer Love Decoded: A 7-week program

Wednesday, Sep 30

Hysteria: Comedy Open Mic for Women and Queers

Twin Temple

Varla Jean's Unlike A Virgin

Oakland Weeknight Speed Dating Social Hour 21+ Meet & Mingle

PAN DULCE PRESENTS LA MAS DRAGA 6 WINNER CATTRIONA LIVE @ BEAUX SF

Thursday, Oct 1

San Francisco Home-Based Gay Speed Dating Community

San Francisco Queer Film Festival

Michelle Branch

Lesbian Game Night

Out & Abt: A Queer Dance Party

Friday, Oct 2

Castro Art Walk

Pumps Fridays at The Stud: Don't Rain On My Pumps!

Travieso

A FAMILY AFFAIR - A Queer 90s-00s Throwbacks Only Party - EVERY 1st FRIDAY ($10)

A FAMILY AFFAIR: A Queer 90s-00s Throwbacks Only Party - EVERY 1st FRIDAY ($5)

Saturday, Oct 3

LGBTQ+ Singles Bon Fire (San Francisco)

Out and About: GLBT Historical Museum Tour

KEHLANI

Geordie Greep

Quietly Queer Fall Coffee Hangout

FREE Lesbian & Sapphic Speed Friending (East Bay)

Princess w/ NINI COCO

Powerblouse!

San Francisco Gay Ambition Meets Inclusive Dating

LGBTQ+ Singles Bon Fire

Castro Street Fair

Sunday, Oct 4

Oakland Pride Speed Dating for Gay Achievers

Litquake Out Loud

Shirts Off Sundays

LGBTQ+ Singles Yoga Event

Wild Cards

Monday, Oct 5

Name & Gender Marker Change Legal Clinic

She & Him

Wednesday, Oct 7

WHORROR

PAN DULCE PRESENTS RPDR ALL STAR APRIL CARRION LIVE @ BEAUX SF

LOS TRAIN WRECK'S ALL STAR JAM EVERY 1ST WED! (FREE)

Thursday, Oct 8

Rubber Ducky

☕🌈 Coffee, Tea & Conversation at Karma Cafe ☕🌈

Official: SOMA Origins: Bars, Bathhouses, & Beyond