LGBTQ+ Events in Manchester

Upcoming gay events, parties and nights out

286 upcoming events Nov – Dec 2026

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What All Community 31 Drag 16 Cabaret 11 Comedy 8 Pride 4 Party 2

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Women / Sapphic 2 Festival 1

This weekend

Fri DILF Manchester

Fri In Person Session at The Foundation

Fri QUEER COMEDY NIGHT

Fri · 9:00 AM Queer Co-Working @ SEESAW

Monday, Nov 2 Today

13 events

11:00 A Antidote Drop-In (in-person) trans-dimension.placecal.org › 11:00 H HIV Testing & Free Condoms @ Testing Bus at Ealing Town Hall ↳ trans-dimension.placecal.org › 14:00 S Support group for over 50's LGBT+ Cross Street Chapel Free entry › 16:00 V Volunteer checkin trans-dimension.placecal.org › 17:30 B Book 28 Library Session ↳ trans-dimension.placecal.org › 18:15

Kiki Board Game Family meet up @ Abel Heywood, Northern Quarter! 🎲 Meetup: Manchester LGBTQ+ Meetup Free entry › 18:30 V VINYL BITCH: OPEN DECKS trans-dimension.placecal.org › 19:00

Manchester Proud Chorus Rehearsal Ancoats, Manchester › 19:00 S STUMPED trans-dimension.placecal.org › 19:00 G Gravel Club ↳ trans-dimension.placecal.org › 19:00

Josiah and the Bonneville – upgraded from the deaf institute thisisgorilla.com › 19:45

Gay Gordons Manchester Dance Class Gay Village, Manchester › 20:00

LGBTQ+ Bachata Class and Social Meetup: Manchester LGBTQ+ Meetup Free entry ›

Tuesday, Nov 3 Tomorrow

16 events

10:00 C Cafe Queero trans-dimension.placecal.org › 10:00 C Conversation Cafe in Harrow @ St. Peter's Church ↳ trans-dimension.placecal.org › 11:00 H HIV/STI Testing & Free Condoms @ Olympic House ↳ trans-dimension.placecal.org › 12:00

LGBTQ+ Pilates So Pilates Ltd › 16:00 G GFSC Collective Meetup trans-dimension.placecal.org › 17:00 S SCRAPBOOKING + ZINE MAKING: MANOS QUEER x TAC ↳ trans-dimension.placecal.org › 18:00

LGBTQ+ Migrant Wellbeing Meetup Fairbairn House › 18:00 M MDC: Bring Your Own Craft Grafton Arms, 27 Grafton Street, Manchester, Manchester, M13 9WU › 18:00 S South Asian HangOuts - Being kinder to ourselves trans-dimension.placecal.org › 18:30 B Bi The Way (Over 50s) ↳ trans-dimension.placecal.org › 18:30 🌈 🌈Queer Craft Admin Night ↳ trans-dimension.placecal.org › 19:00 L LGBTQ+ Women’s Craft & Social ↳ trans-dimension.placecal.org › 19:00

Isaiah Falls thisisgorilla.com › 19:00 M Mindfulness - online trans-dimension.placecal.org › 19:30 D Das Kaptial Reading Group ↳ trans-dimension.placecal.org › –

The Cost of Connection Free entry ›

Wednesday, Nov 4

16 events

8:00 L LGBTQ+ Beginner and Intermediate Ballet Class trans-dimension.placecal.org › 9:00

Queer Co-working @ The Proud Trust The Proud Trust › 11:00 L LGBTQ+ Coworking Space trans-dimension.placecal.org › 16:30 5 56T trans & non-binary sexual health & wellbeing service ↳ trans-dimension.placecal.org › 18:00 P Pride Lounge ↳ trans-dimension.placecal.org › 19:00

Trans Climb 🧗 Meetup: Manchester LGBTQ+ Meetup Free entry › 19:00

Pool Meetup @ The Faraday ↳ Meetup: Manchester LGBTQ+ Meetup Free entry › 19:00 L London Queer Books Group (in-person) **external group** trans-dimension.placecal.org › 19:00 T TRANSMISSIONS PRESENTS: SURPRISE FILM (????) ↳ trans-dimension.placecal.org › 19:00 E Eden Rose ↳ trans-dimension.placecal.org › 19:30

CroppaChoppa's Pillow Talk - New Material Comedy Night Red Arch › 22:00 M M.A.D WEDNESDAYS!!! Ft. Ryussi! trans-dimension.placecal.org › 23:00

NOW PLAYING: Playboi Carti, Travis Scott & Ken Carson thisisgorilla.com › –

B!TCH Tuesdays Cruz 101 Free entry › –

The Boulet Brothers DRAGULA Viewing Parties › –

Queer Lit Book Club - November ›

Thursday, Nov 5

21 events

10:30 S STAR Lounge trans-dimension.placecal.org › 11:00 L LGBTQ+ HangOuts - What helps you feel like YOU? › 11:00 S Sexual health awareness & free condoms @ Kingsbury Library ↳ trans-dimension.placecal.org › 14:00

Weekly Drop-in at Cross Street Chapel Cross Street Chapel Free entry › 14:00

Monthly Meeting at Manchester Central Library Manchester Central Library Free entry › 15:00

Queer Quests: Weekly LGBTQ+ Games Social The Dudson Centre › 17:30 P Project Indigo trans-dimension.placecal.org › 18:00 Q Queer Diary: Zine-Making Evening (Southwark) ↳ trans-dimension.placecal.org › 18:00 T Transgender in-person Group ↳ trans-dimension.placecal.org › 19:00

Queer Cxntry Burnin' Daylight in MANCHESTER! YES £25 › 19:00 L London Trans+ Meet Up trans-dimension.placecal.org › 19:00 M Mattrix (in-person) ↳ trans-dimension.placecal.org › 19:00 N Nick Germanacos ↳ trans-dimension.placecal.org › 19:00 R Rebirth: Vic's Chest ↳ trans-dimension.placecal.org › 19:00 A Ancoats Quiz Night ↳ trans-dimension.placecal.org › 19:00

Let's Get Quizzical with Lola Lasagne The Cockatoo Club › 19:30

Kiki Family: Weekly Queer Hangout Meetup: Manchester LGBTQ+ Meetup Free entry › 22:00 H Happy Endings trans-dimension.placecal.org › –

Gaydio Networking: Manchester 13 › –

CRASH OUT Wednesdays Cruz 101 Free entry › –

RuPauls Drag Race UK Viewing Party ›

Friday, Nov 6 Friday night

19 events

Queer Co-Working @ SEESAW SEESAW › 9:45 M Muay Thai for Self-Defence trans-dimension.placecal.org › 11:00 L LGBTQ+ Drop-In Café ↳ trans-dimension.placecal.org › 11:00 H HIV testing & free condoms @ Yiewsley & West Drayton Community Centre ↳ trans-dimension.placecal.org › 13:00

LGBTQ+ Lunchtime Recovery Group LGBT Foundation › 13:00 5 50+ Friday Social trans-dimension.placecal.org › 14:00 S Stonewall Housing **external group** ↳ trans-dimension.placecal.org › 17:30 T Transgender Online Group ↳ trans-dimension.placecal.org › 18:00 B Book Launch: The South Bank ↳ trans-dimension.placecal.org › 19:00 D Deadstart Short Film Screening ↳ trans-dimension.placecal.org › 19:30

Diamonds in the Rough with Gladys Duffy The Cockatoo Club › 20:00

Burlesque and Drag in The Dog House Dexter And Jones › 20:00

La twalet The DBA › 21:00

Cabaret Showcase The Cockatoo Club › 22:00 C Cruise Control trans-dimension.placecal.org › –

POP MAYHEM Thursdays Cruz 101 Free entry › –

DILF Manchester › –

In Person Session at The Foundation › –

QUEER COMEDY NIGHT ›

Saturday, Nov 7 Saturday

24 events

3:00 A ALLSORTS in Sub 101 Sub 101 £4.50 › 10:00 B Book 28 Library trans-dimension.placecal.org › 12:00

Manchester 'Pride in Ageing' Digital Cafe – Scams Awareness Special LGBT Foundation Free entry › 12:00

Community Café Meetup: Manchester LGBTQ+ Meetup Free entry › 12:00 D Drag Brunch with Paris Eatemall & Sateva! trans-dimension.placecal.org › 13:00

Big B*stard Bingo Brunch - Pam, iKarly + TikTok Sensation Bailey J Mills Area Manchester £249.95 › 13:00 L LGBTQ+ Neurodivergent Group trans-dimension.placecal.org › 13:00 O Open House ↳ trans-dimension.placecal.org › 13:00 Q Queer Chess Club ↳ trans-dimension.placecal.org › 13:00 Q Queers with OCD ↳ trans-dimension.placecal.org › 15:00 Q Queer Chat and Craft ↳ trans-dimension.placecal.org › 17:30 L LGBTQ+ Improv Workshop ↳ trans-dimension.placecal.org › 18:30

LGBTQ+ Meet Up - Doctors, Dentists & Healthcare Professionals Molly House Free entry › 19:00

Who the Hell is Will Danes? Social Refuge › 19:00

Queers do Bonfire Night!🎉♨️⚡️ Heaton Park › 20:00

Halloween Special: BENIDORM BINGO | FunnyBoyz Manchester New York New York › 21:00

Themed Saturday Night The Cockatoo Club › 21:00 C Closed for private hire trans-dimension.placecal.org › 22:00 A AQUA! PURE POP PARTY ↳ trans-dimension.placecal.org › 23:00

FLIRT Fridays Cruz 101 £4.50 › –

House Of Drag Bingo | Leeds Mecca Bingo Leeds Crossgates £17.50 › –

TRUE PRIDE Festival - feat. The Irrepressibles, Planningtorock, David Hoyle, WitchofTheEast & more Hidden, 16-18 Mary St, Cheetham Hill, , Manchester, United Kingdom, M3 1NH › – K Kennel Klub North › – C Collared Manchester ›

Sunday, Nov 8

21 events

DWH MCR Old Glossop and B-29 Crash Site Hike Glossop › 10:00 N North Dean Woods and Norland Circular 7 miles Meetup: Out & About LGB (+) Women's Walking Group › 11:00 C Crystal Meth Anonymous **external group** trans-dimension.placecal.org › 12:00 D Drag Brunch at Dalston Superstore with Will Power! ↳ trans-dimension.placecal.org › 12:00 Q Queer Youth Art Collective ↳ trans-dimension.placecal.org › 12:00 L LGBTQ+ Community Meditation ↳ trans-dimension.placecal.org › 13:30 B BSL Practice Meetup ↳ trans-dimension.placecal.org › 13:30 L LGBTQ+ Board Games Afternoon ↳ trans-dimension.placecal.org › 15:00 P Political Reading Group ↳ trans-dimension.placecal.org › 17:00 H HHV Women's Training ↳ trans-dimension.placecal.org › 19:00

Sing-on-Sunday with Gladys Duffy The Cockatoo Club › 19:00 B Beaumont Society (in-person) trans-dimension.placecal.org › 20:00 M Manchester Gay Speed Dating Embrace Your Pride 14 Sawley Rd › 20:00 S Salford Earn Your Gay Community Connection 1 Britnall Ave › 20:00 W Warrington Discover Queer Pride Speed Dating 8FGQ+22 Northwich › 20:00 M Manchester Discover Your Gay Personality Match 6 Coronet Way › 20:00 S Salford Inclusive Gay Men Online Dating 32 Vicars Hall Ln › 20:00 W Warrington Inclusive Virtual Gay Speed Dating 23 Hawkshead Rd › 20:00 O Oldham Gay Men Connect Safe Dating 47 Lance Corporal Andrew Breeze Wy › 21:00 K KHOLE SUNDAYS! KARAOKE PARTY trans-dimension.placecal.org › 23:00

OBSESSED Saturdays Cruz 101 Free entry ›

Monday, Nov 9

3 events

Sexual Health Information & Free Condoms @ Harefield Library

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Changes (in-person)

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DRAMA QUEEN Sundays

Tuesday, Nov 10

4 events

Partisan General Meeting

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50+ HangOuts - What makes life good after 50?

50+ Trans and Non-Binary Group

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T-Tuesday (in-person)

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Wednesday, Nov 11

10 events

LGBTQ+ Strength Conditioning Class

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LGBTQ+ Over 50s Social (in-person)

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Non-Binary Online Group

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LVVP Women's Training

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Forty & Beyond - Body confidence, desire and changing bodies

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TRANSMISSIONS PRESENTS: HEAVEN KNOWS WHAT (2014)

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Clara Pople live at Folklore, Hoxton

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Turning Point (in-person)

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Gagged! at the Cockatoo Club

The Cockatoo Club

M.A.D WEDNESDAYS!!! Ft. Ivy F!

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Thursday, Nov 12

14 events

15:00 S Sexual Health Information & free condoms @ Oak Farm Library trans-dimension.placecal.org › 17:30

Faith, Identity and Belonging: LGBTQ+ Inclusion Across Faith Communities The Proud Trust › 17:30 L LGBTQ+ Writing Group trans-dimension.placecal.org › 17:30 M Melanin Vybz (LGBTQ+ BPOC 50+ Meetup) ↳ trans-dimension.placecal.org › 18:30

Queer Supper Club Hulme Community Garden Centre £54.88 › 18:30 B BMX LVVP trans-dimension.placecal.org › 19:00

Queer Single Women Canvas Painting Leven Manchester £25 › 19:00 B BITCHES WORLDWIDE: VINYL BITCH 3RD BDAY trans-dimension.placecal.org › 19:00 P Pink Ink (in-person) ↳ trans-dimension.placecal.org › 19:30

Liverpool ‘Pride in Ageing’ Over 50s Social Group – Visit to Raising the Wreck: Revisited at Unity Theatre Unity Theatre › 19:30

Liverpool ‘Pride in Ageing’ Over 50s Social Group – Visit to Raising the Wreck: Revisited at Unity Theatre LGBT Foundation › 19:30 F FIRST FIFTY: Half star, Tesni, casual smart trans-dimension.placecal.org › –

Queer Life Drawing Manchester City Centre › –

Birthed from Rain and River - Dry Event Derby Brewery Arms Free entry ›

Friday, Nov 13 Friday night

13 events

11:00 L LGBTQ+ Morning Yoga trans-dimension.placecal.org › 12:00 S Sexual Health Awareness & HIV/STI testing @ Southfields Library ↳ trans-dimension.placecal.org › 17:30 L LGBTQ+ Spanish Language Meetup ↳ trans-dimension.placecal.org › 18:00 O Open Stage (in person) ↳ trans-dimension.placecal.org › 18:30 P Partisan Football ↳ trans-dimension.placecal.org › 19:00 L London Bisexual Women Games, Snacks & Wine Night: Bookworms & Bluffers 📚🃏 ↳ trans-dimension.placecal.org › 19:30

Cocktails & Cabaret with Martha D'Arthur The Cockatoo Club › 21:00 R Riposte - QUEER RAVE - 2 dancefloors + performance & art room + stalls trans-dimension.placecal.org › 22:00 P Popola: Twerk Temple ↳ trans-dimension.placecal.org › 22:00 R Roll Call ↳ trans-dimension.placecal.org › –

Manbears Pre-Hibearnation: Orange Weekend › –

Fruit Salad writing evening › – S SneaX Weekend ›

Saturday, Nov 14 Saturday

14 events

10:00 R Regent's Park Intro Laps trans-dimension.placecal.org › 10:30 A Alt-Aerobics Class: a Fundraiser for the London LGBTQ+ Community Centre 60-62 Hopton Street, Blackfriars, London, SE1 9JH › 12:30

noSHAMEmoreLOVE Poetry Workshop LGBT Foundation Free entry › 14:00 U Unsung Heroes trans-dimension.placecal.org › 15:00 Q Queer Book Club ↳ trans-dimension.placecal.org › 17:00 A Asexual and Aromantic Meetup ↳ trans-dimension.placecal.org › 18:00 L LGBTQ+ Hindi Language Meetup ↳ trans-dimension.placecal.org › 19:30

Cocktails & Cabaret with Miss Penny & Davey Stuart The Cockatoo Club › 19:30 T Thanks For The Help - EP Launch trans-dimension.placecal.org › 20:00

FunnyBoyz Manchester presents... BENIDORM BINGO New York New York › –

QuAC Queer Con: Winter Edition › –

Frockatoo Drag Brunch › –

QueerMCR’s Sapphic Prom/Ball › – M Manbears Social ›

Sunday, Nov 15

4 events

Drag Brunch with BELLA BRONZE!

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Queer Tarot Reading Workshop

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Much Ado About Tango Workshop

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Sing on Sunday with Gladys Duffy

Monday, Nov 16

5 events

Creating Trans Joy: A Pottery Workshop

LGBT Foundation

Queer Board Game Group

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Queer Open Decks

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T4Tunes - Saoirse Dream x Estelle Allen

Rebellion Manchester

Queer East 2026

Tuesday, Nov 17

6 events

Sexual Health Awareness & Free Condoms @ Via, Brent

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South Asian HangOuts - Music that means something to us

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HOT N BOTHERED: DYKE SPEED DATING

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¡Marimba É! + Moralito: A fundraiser for Colombia

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Queer Minyan

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Elite Speed Dating - Manchester - Gay Men - Ages 23-38

Wednesday, Nov 18

11 events

PlaceCal Community Organisers Drop-in

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London International Lesbians‘ Book Club external group

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Trans+ Talk | Prevention and PrEP – staying safer in sex

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Attention Seekers - The Hyperfixation Presentations.

Curiosity Shop

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MONTHLY MIX & MINGLE

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TRANSMISSIONS PRESENTS: THE MOTHER (2003)

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Mindfulness - in person

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KWR Life Drawing V15 (lgbtq+)

Hagglers Corner

M.A.D WEDNESDAYS!!! Ft. Jaye Ward!

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Queer Salon MCR #5: Show You Mine

Thursday, Nov 19

7 events

LGBTQ+ HangOuts - Music, memories and moments

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Sexual Health Information, HIV & STIs Testing and Free Condoms at Ruislip Manor Library

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Employability Workshop with Schuh - For Ages 18 - 25

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Losing My Religion

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Folk Club Sing-Around

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Music That You Can Dance To

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BodyCon: Boycon

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Friday, Nov 20 Friday night

11 events

Free LGBTQIA+ Colour Trail Walk with Rainbow Mind Greater Manchester

London Deaf Queer Society

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LGBTQ+ Russian Language Meetup

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London Bisexual Women Games, Snacks & Wine Night: Shakespeare at the Table 🎭✒️

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Cocktails & Cabaret with Portia Parker and Verry Cherry

The Cockatoo Club

MCR Desi Queer Men meet up

FAST & BI-FURIOUS

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Love Party presents NON-STOP DISCO 4

High Heels Bass Squeals

Themme Cabaret

Alert! Lite - November

Saturday, Nov 21 Saturday

8 events

Bonk & Pasty's Big Old Brunch!

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Genderqueer Buddhist Book Club

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Just Do The Thing

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Liminal Folk: Close Your Eyes

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Cocktails & Cabaret with Beverley Bacon and Brenda La Beau

The Cockatoo Club

Gender Diverse Group

Boudica goes to Manchester: Samantha Togni, caonix & K'eldiavlo

Spank Guys

Sunday, Nov 22

2 events

Delph Donkey and Diggle circular - 7Miles Moderate

Trans Social

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Monday, Nov 23

5 events

HIV/STI testing & Free Condoms @ The Uxbridge Community Centre

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Manchester ‘Pride in Ageing’ – Book Club

LGBT Foundation

Pride Community

ONLINE - LGBTQ+ Neurodivergent Group

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Queer Book Club - London

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A Moment in Dance 2026 Winter Edition!

Tuesday, Nov 24

3 events

50+ HangOuts - Music, memories and moments

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Donavon King, JO & Stephen Mathes – PARTY

186 Hackney Road, London, E2 7QL

Pottery Workshop with Ben Saunders

Wednesday, Nov 25

3 events

Self-Portrait Workshop with David Tipping

Forty & Beyond - Hook-Ups, apps and sexual expectations

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Fairytales for Grown-ups: HOW (NOT) TO DIE long ago in Finland

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Thursday, Nov 26

6 events

Sexual health awareness & free condoms @ Botwell Green Library

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Life Drawing Workshop with Alice

Rochdale Pioneers Museum

Dyke+ Alternative Music Night

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Seegz & Amberlight

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Fantasy Book Club - Of Monsters and Mainframes

Polari Manchester

Friday, Nov 27 Friday night

4 events

Dylan and the moon

Partisan 10th Birthday Club Night

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Queerly Made Winter Art Market

Canal Street Kings presents: CLUB MAXXIMUS

Saturday, Nov 28 Saturday

7 events

Richmond Park Intro Laps

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Queer Open Mic

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The Jungle Drummer + Adam Betts + Djs

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Cocktails & Cabaret with KY Kelly & Fanny Burns

The Cockatoo Club

KINGKY BASTARDS present The Kingky Christmas Show

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Buff Bingo Festive Slay-Ride Xmas Drag Brunch

Hanky Panky

Sunday, Nov 29

2 events

Sparkle Sanctuary - November

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West Mincer – Walking Tour with Drag Performers

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Wednesday, Dec 2

1 event

Hans Williams

Manchester The Deaf Institute.

Friday, Dec 4 Friday night

2 events

LGBTQ+ Life Drawing Class

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A Scandal In Bohemia

Saturday, Dec 5 Saturday

4 events

Manchester ‘Pride in Ageing’ Over 50s LGBTQ+ Social Group: Saturday Meetup

LGBT Foundation

Pride Community

Manchester ‘Pride in Ageing’ Over 50s LGBTQ+ Social Group: Saturday Meetup

LGBT Foundation

FunnyBoyz Manchester presents... BENIDORM BINGO

New York New York

Motherland Drag Fest

Area, Manchester

Sunday, Dec 6

4 events

Queer Walking Group

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Sci-Fi and Fantasy Writing Group

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London LGBTQ + Unpaid Carers Group external group

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Kings for Life (Drawing) Class

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Tuesday, Dec 8

1 event

JSPHYNX + GAIA + FORC3

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Thursday, Dec 10

2 events

Free LGBQTIA+ Christmas Screening of Carol (2015)

LGBTQ+ French Language Meetup

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