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124 upcoming events Aug 2026
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What All Pride 90 Drag 58 Community 39 Party 21 Live Show 18 Cabaret 17
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Festival 15 Comedy 14 Club Night 11 Women / Sapphic 11 Film Screening 9 Free Entry 4 Fetish 2

124 events · this month ✕ clear

This weekend

Fri · 12:00 AM LGBT Catholics and Friends at St. Ignatius Loyola Fri 25 Years of Hedwig and the Angry Inch Fri Queer As Punk Fri Tip Toe - Screening and Panel

Thursday, Aug 20 Tomorrow

12 events
19:00 Liverpool LGBTQ+ Wellbeing Group LGBT Foundation › 19:30 Kiki Family: Weekly Queer Hangout Fairfield Social Club Free entry › 21:00 Summer's End: An Evening of Queer Song Botanical Garden › 21:00 Red Rodeo Club Fairfield Social Club › 21:00 Holding space in solidarity Islington Mill › 21:00 MANCHESTER LGBTQ+ HISTORY TRAIL: guided TOUR Whitworth Locke Hotel, › 23:30 IN PERSON Manhattan 3rd Thurs. Bisexual+ Social & Discussion Group by BiRequest The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Free entry › TBA SCENE Manchester LGBTQ+ Film & TV Festival › TBA Dragged to the Movies - the exhibition › TBA OPENING FILM: Bitter Christmas › TBA SCENE Northern Shorts Showcase › TBA OPENING NIGHT FILM: Teenage Sex & Death at Camp Miasma ›

Friday, Aug 21 Friday night

15 events
0:00 LGBT Catholics and Friends at St. Ignatius Loyola Free entry › 1:15 IN-PERSON Manhattan 3rd Thursday Butta' Bisexual+ Munch by BiRequest Hollywood Diner Free entry › 14:00 LGBTQ+ Lunchtime Recovery Group LGBT Foundation › 17:00 Pride Rock thisisgorilla.com › 19:00 Coffee and Poems Club: Pride Warm Up Edition LGBT Foundation £8 › 21:00 Drag Queen Cocktail MasterClass @ FunnyBoyz, Liverpool FunnyBoyz Liverpool › 21:00 DISCO KARAOKE with Drag Queens @ Dysco, Liverpool DYSCO Liverpool › 21:00 FunnyBoyz hosts BENIDORM BINGO hosted by Drag Queens (Fridays) FunnyBoyz Liverpool › 23:00 The August Meetup 🌻 Ripley Grier Studios Free entry › TBA 25 Years of Hedwig and the Angry Inch › TBA Queer As Punk › TBA Tip Toe - Screening and Panel › TBA GASP presents: The Serpent's Skin + Queer Horror Shorts › TBA Pride Rocks › TBA Queer Co-Working @ SEESAW Free entry ›

Saturday, Aug 22 Saturday

24 events
0:00 Sober And Socializing: Rec Center Realness Sprout Society $5 › 19:00 Butch Revival Sailors Withington Public Hall Institute £15 › 19:00 Pierce O’ Brien thisisgorilla.com › 21:00 Freak Queer Hike Errwood Reservoir › 21:00 Iris Prize Best British Shorts announcement New Century Hall Manchester › 21:00 Plastic Cabaret: Freak Show Holy Diver › 21:00 ABBA BOTTOMLESS BRUNCH hosted by FunnyBoyz Drag Queens FunnyBoyz Liverpool › 21:00 LAST DISCO: A Drag Queen Afternoon Party @ DysCo, Liverpool DYSCO Liverpool › 21:00 VEGAS Tribute Acts & Drag Queens | FunnyBoyz Liverpool FunnyBoyz Liverpool › 21:00 FunnyBoyz hosts BENIDORM BINGO hosted by Drag Queens (Saturdays) Navy Bar 2.1 › 21:00 It's Dorothy Cruz 101 › 21:00 FunnyBoyz Manchester presents... BENIDORM BINGO New York New York › 21:00 Third Summer presents: Woke Nonsense, indefinite articles + more Grafton Arms › TBA TITE trans Shorts Showcase › TBA The SCRUFF Screening: Paris 05:59: Théo & Hugo › TBA Puppygirl › TBA Kiss & Tell... The I Kissed A Boy/Girl Story › TBA UP with Grace Sands › TBA Fatt Butcher's Congregational › TBA I Want Your Sex › TBA Gay Village Party Manchester’s Gay Village Free entry › TBA The Rally manchesterpride.com Free entry › TBA SUPERBIA ↳ manchesterpride.com Free entry › TBA Queer as F*ck - 22nd Aug at Barpop Free entry ›

Sunday, Aug 23

12 events
13:00 Walk around Pennington Flash Free entry › 13:30 Scene LGBTQ+ Film Festival: Northern Shorts Showcase Free entry › 17:00 INDIE TEA PARTY thisisgorilla.com › 21:00 Scream Queens Cinema Club: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Vada Vada › 21:00 The ROYAL English Breakfast with Drag Queens | FunnyBoyz FunnyBoyz Liverpool › 21:00 Out Now - Talking Queer TV from 90s to Now with Scott Bryan New Century Hall Manchester › TBA Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders › TBA Aks: Trans Stories Across South Asia › TBA Mardi Gras Depot Mayfield and Freight Island Free entry › TBA Parade manchesterpride.com Free entry › TBA Family Pride MCR ↳ manchesterpride.com Free entry › TBA Queer & Lesbian Women's Manchester Singles Mixer at Barça Bar ›

Monday, Aug 24

6 events
24 AUG
7:00 PM

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

LGBTQ+ book club discussing reads by older LGBTQ+ authors

LGBT Foundation
Pride Community
24 AUG
7:15 PM

Kiki Board Game Family meet up @ Abel Heywood, Northern Quarter! 🎲

Board game meetup for all experience levels, newcomers welcome

Meetup: Manchester LGBTQ+ Meetup
Community
Free entry
24 AUG
9:00 PM

ORIGINS presents SCENE Northern Shorts Showcase

Showcase of emerging LGBTQ+ filmmaking from Northern England

COLONY,76 King St, Manchester M2 4NH
24 AUG
9:00 PM

LGBTQ+ Bachata Class and Social

Free queer-friendly Bachata dance class and social for all levels

Meetup: Manchester LGBTQ+ Meetup
Community
Free entry
24 AUG
9:00 PM

Dungeons & Drag Queens

Dexter And Jones
Drag Pride
24 AUG
9:00 PM

A Moment in Dance 2026 Autumn Edition!

Meetup: Manchester LGBTQ+ Meetup
Community
Free entry

Tuesday, Aug 25

3 events
25 AUG
6:30 PM

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

LGBT Foundation
Pride
Free entry
L
25 AUG
7:30 PM

Lesbian Social @ The Church

Community Women / Sapphic
Free entry
25 AUG
Date TBA

Candlelit Vigil

Sackville Gardens
Pride
Free entry

Wednesday, Aug 26

2 events
26 AUG
Date TBA

Claire Richards Returns to Via

Drag Live Show
£31
26 AUG
Date TBA

MYP Pride Event @ Tangerine

Pride

Thursday, Aug 27

4 events
27 AUG
8:00 PM

PRE-PRIDE SOCIAL

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

LGBT Foundation
Pride Community
27 AUG
9:00 PM

Filmmaker Mixer + SCENE Shorts Announcement

Filmmaker mixer for networking and pitching in Manchester

Campfield Market
Community
27 AUG
9:00 PM

Pride Film Night / Film: Love Simon

Dexter And Jones
Pride Film Screening
27 AUG
9:00 PM

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
28 AUG
8:00 PM

Paint & Date with Rendezvous

LGBT Foundation
Pride
£10
28 AUG
9:00 PM

Bruk Out X Fly Girls$ Pride Warm Up Party

Off The Square
Party Pride
28 AUG
9:00 PM

VANILLA - Pride Friday

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

Area
Pride
28 AUG
9:00 PM

Pride T-Dance

Knutsford Market Hall
Club Night Pride
28 AUG
9:00 PM

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

Joshua Brooks
Party Pride
28 AUG
Date TBA

nympha. [alt pride]

Alt pride rave with queer and trans selectors, community fundraisers

Pride Community
28 AUG
Date TBA

PHAT collective - Manchester Pride Weekend Rave

PHAT Collective launches Manchester Pride Weekend rave takeover

Pride
28 AUG
Date TBA

Manchester Pride: Gay Village Party

Party Drag
Free entry
28 AUG
Date TBA

ATTITUDE

Club Night Pride
28 AUG
Date TBA

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

Pride Women / Sapphic
£14.25
28 AUG
Date TBA

Love Riot

Saturday, Aug 29 Saturday

22 events
19:00 Free Meditation For Gay Men Free entry › 21:00 The Drag Brunch presents - Grease Drag Brunch! Bar Fibre › 21:00 Drag Possessed: DisMayLand Wharf Chambers › 21:00 Laugh Out Proud! Area Manchester › 21:00 Love Party 2026 KAMPUS › 21:00 Homoelectric at Hidden, August Bank Holiday weekend Hidden › 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 Drag Disco Dexter And Jones › 21:00 Pride Knutsford Family Picnic The Moor, Knutsford › 21:00 FunnyBoyz Manchester presents... BENIDORM BINGO New York New York › 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 BENT x Power Dance Club › TBA Proud Fest 2026 Free entry › TBA Manchester Village Pride Parade Free entry › TBA G.IRL Manchester Pride WLW / Queer Party Club Night Gorilla £22.38 ›

Sunday, Aug 30

11 events
30 AUG
9:00 PM

SINPIT Pride Edition

Area Manchester
Pride
30 AUG
9:00 PM

Hello Darling - Manchester Pride Special!!

Queer House and Nu Disco party for Manchester Pride

The Deaf Institute
Pride
30 AUG
9:00 PM

Pride Brunch

Dexter And Jones
Pride
30 AUG
9:00 PM

VANILLA XXL - Pride Sunday - Main Room Takeover

Area Manchester
Club Night Pride
30 AUG
9:00 PM

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

Joshua Brooks
Party Pride
30 AUG
9:00 PM

ON Bar Manchester Village Pride - Sunday

OnBar Manchester
Pride Free Entry
30 AUG
Date TBA

SODOM X VENOM: QUEER ALT PRIDE

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

Pride Cabaret
30 AUG
Date TBA

High Hoops Pride Part 2 - Lineup TBA

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

Pride Festival
30 AUG
Date TBA

Big Bingo Blowout w/ Ginger Hunter

Drag Pride
30 AUG
Date TBA

Alert! Pride - NKD Sunday

Club Night Pride
£5.93
30 AUG
Date TBA

Dementia-Friendly Disco - Music and Memory Pride Celebration Event

Pride
Free entry

Monday, Aug 31

2 events
M
31 AUG
6:00 PM

Manchester Queer Social

Viauni
Community
Free entry
31 AUG
Date TBA

Manchester Pride: Candlelit Vigil

Pride

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