LGBTQ+ Events in Manchester

Saturday, Aug 22 Saturday

1 event

22 AUG

Freak Queer Hike

Errwood Reservoir

Sunday, Aug 23

3 events

23 AUG

Depot Mayfield and Freight Island

Mardi Gras

Parade

Family Pride MCR

manchesterpride.com

Free entry

Monday, Aug 24

2 events

24 AUG

7:00 PM

Manchester ‘Pride in Ageing’ – Book Club ‘Pride Special’

LGBTQ+ book club discussing reads by older LGBTQ+ authors

Dungeons & Drag Queens

Dexter And Jones

Drag Pride

Tuesday, Aug 25

2 events

25 AUG

6:30 PM

Crafting Pride: Knit & Crochet Night (Food + Drink Included)!

Candlelit Vigil

Sackville Gardens

Free entry

Wednesday, Aug 26

2 events

26 AUG

Claire Richards Returns to Via

MYP Pride Event @ Tangerine

Thursday, Aug 27

3 events

27 AUG

8:00 PM

PRE-PRIDE SOCIAL

Pre-Pride social with games, refreshments, and speed mixing

Pride Film Night / Film: Love Simon

Tits N' Teeth Cabaret: MCR PRIDE 2026

On Bar Manchester

Pride Cabaret

Festival weekend Manchester Gay Pride 2026 Aug 28–31 · everything below is part of it — see the hub →

Friday, Aug 28 Friday night

11 events

8:00 PM

Paint & Date with Rendezvous

Bruk Out X Fly Girls$ Pride Warm Up Party

VANILLA - Pride Friday

Queer women's party with music, drinks, and atmosphere

Pride T-Dance

Knutsford Market Hall

Club Night Pride

MCR Pride 3 room pop party (Fri 28th Aug) @ Joshua Brooks

LOVE RIOT : Dandy x OUT OUT x Mx World

nympha. [alt pride]

Alt pride rave with queer and trans selectors, community fundraisers

Pride Community

PHAT collective - Manchester Pride Weekend Rave

PHAT Collective launches Manchester Pride Weekend rave takeover

Manchester Pride: Gay Village Party

ATTITUDE

Club Night Pride

21:00 Laugh Out Proud! Area Manchester › 21:00 Love Party 2026 KAMPUS › 21:00 NQ Street Party x Good Custard & Lil Miss Jackie: Free Entry Common Free entry › 21:00 VANILLA XXL - Pride Saturday Area › 21:00 Pride Knutsford Family Picnic The Moor, Knutsford › 21:00 MCR Pride 3 room pop party (Sat 29th Aug) @ Joshua Brooks Joshua Brooks › TBA BENT - QUEER PRIDE RAVE › TBA ROJAK PRIDE SPECIAL - tba › TBA High Hoops Pride Part 1 with Sterling Juan Diaz › TBA Manchester Pride: Mardi Gras › TBA POPSICLE › TBA Manchester Pride Bottomless Brunch › TBA Manchester Village Pride Parade Free entry › TBA G.IRL Manchester Pride WLW / Queer Party Club Night Gorilla £22.38 ›

Manchester Pride Weekender: Girls Night Out + Pop Curious? + Bar Minogue + Made Me Gay

Pride Women / Sapphic

£14.25

Saturday, Aug 29 Saturday

14 events

Sunday, Aug 30

11 events

SINPIT Pride Edition

Hello Darling - Manchester Pride Special!!

Queer House and Nu Disco party for Manchester Pride

Pride Brunch

VANILLA XXL - Pride Sunday - Main Room Takeover

MCR Pride 3 room pop party (Sun 30th Aug) @ Joshua Brooks

ON Bar Manchester Village Pride - Sunday

SODOM X VENOM: QUEER ALT PRIDE

Day-to-night queer alternative culture celebration with workshops and cabaret

Pride Cabaret

High Hoops Pride Part 2 - Lineup TBA

Queer-run late-night dance party with zero-tolerance policy

Pride Festival

Big Bingo Blowout w/ Ginger Hunter

Drag Pride

Alert! Pride - NKD Sunday

Dementia-Friendly Disco - Music and Memory Pride Celebration Event

Free entry

Monday, Aug 31

1 event

31 AUG

Manchester Pride: Candlelit Vigil

Saturday, Sep 5 Saturday

2 events

5 SEP

1:00 PM

Manchester 'Pride in Ageing' Digital Cafe

Glam&Grime: Manchester's New Cabaret Of Glamorous Filth!

Vada Vada

Party Pride

Friday, Sep 25 Friday night

1 event

25 SEP

2:00 PM

Liverpool 'Pride in Ageing' Over 50s Social Group – Coffee and Quizzing at Liverpool Central Library

LGBT Foundation

Pride Community

Saturday, Sep 26 Saturday

1 event

26 SEP

Effy's Big Gay Brunch 2026

Hangar 34

Saturday, Oct 3 Saturday

1 event

3 OCT

1:00 PM

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

LGBT Foundation

Pride Community

Saturday, Oct 24 Saturday

1 event

24 OCT