LGBTQ+ Events in Manchester

3:00 PM Manchester Central Library Free entry

Monthly Meeting at Manchester Central Library

Monthly community meeting at Manchester Central Library, Chief Librarian's Office

Kiki Family: Weekly Queer Hangout

Relaxed, grassroots weekly queer hangout for community connection

8:30 PM Meetup: Manchester LGBTQ+ Meetup Free entry

10:00 AM SEESAW Free entry

Friday, Oct 16

7 events

Queer Co-Working @ SEESAW

LGBTQ+ Lunchtime Recovery Group

LGBTQ+ recovery group for alcohol, substance use, or chemsex

2:00 PM LGBT Foundation

10:00 PM The Cockatoo Club

Halloween Karaoke Party

7:30 PM K2 Karaoke

Queer Single Women Claymaking

8:00 PM SEESAW £20

Cabaret Showcase

Cabaret

POP MAYHEM Thursdays

CRASH OUT Wednesdays

Cruz 101

8:00 PM Koffee Pot Free entry

Saturday, Oct 17

7 events

ALLSORTS in Sub 101

4:00 AM Sub 101 £4.50

Trans & Non-Binary Social

8:30 PM HOME Manchester Free entry

Live Acoustic Music

8:00 PM

Queer Film Club

Film Screening

Halloween Special: BENIDORM BINGO | FunnyBoyz Manchester

9:00 PM New York New York

9:00 PM New York New York £11

Two Tons of Fun (The BIGGEST Chub/Chaser Pop Night... Now in Manchester!)

10:00 PM The Cockatoo Club

Themed Saturday Night

11:00 AM Meetup: Out & About LGB (+) Women's Walking Group Free entry

Sunday, Oct 18

10 events

FLIRT Fridays

Cruz 101 £4.50

Wessenden Reservoir Circular

Autumn Colours Walk

12:30 PM Wythenshawe Park Free entry

Arts and Crafts Club - Sunday 18th October

2:00 PM

Weekly Social/Support Group

3:00 PM Cross Street Chapel Free entry

9:00 PM Golden Lion Todmorden

Bitchin Bajas (Drag City Records)

9:00 PM 20 Tweedsdale Close

Online

Manchester Authentic Gay Speed Dating on Zoom

9:00 PM 15 Redcar Ave

Online

Salford Speed Dating Online for Gay Men

Oldham Gay Speed Dating Beginners Welcome

9:00 PM 285 Wakefield Rd

Sunday Sanctuary in Manchester - NeuroQueerz Takeover + Sunday Shakedown

Monday, Oct 19

6 events

OBSESSED Saturdays

7:15 PM Meetup: Manchester LGBTQ+ Meetup Free entry

Manchester Queer Social

6:00 PM Viauni

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

Board game meetup for all experience levels, newcomers welcome

9:00 PM Meetup: Manchester LGBTQ+ Meetup Free entry

LGBTQ+ Bachata Class and Social

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

Drag Bingo

9:00 PM Social Refuge

DRAMA QUEEN Sundays

8:00 PM Meetup: Manchester LGBTQ+ Meetup Free entry

Tuesday, Oct 20

1 event

LGBTQIA+ D&D - Intermediate Session

8:00 PM The Bierkeller

Wednesday, Oct 21

4 events

🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Climb 🧗

LGBTQIA+ D&D: Advanced Campaign

8:30 PM

David Lynch Drag Night

£15

B!TCH Tuesdays

7:00 PM The Proud Trust Free entry

Thursday, Oct 22

2 events

Manchester Faith, Belief and Interfaith Covenant

Queer Women's Single's Night (age guide: 40s & 50s)

8:30 PM Metropolitan West Didsbury £19.83

Women / Sapphic

Friday, Oct 23

2 events

T4T Monster Ball 2026

Party +1

STRAP UP Trans Masc Erotic Art Exhibition & Performance Night!

£16

Live Show

Saturday, Oct 24

8 events

Big Bstard Bingo Brunch: FILTHY EDITION - Pam, Bailey, iKarly + Cck Destroyer Rebecca More

2:00 PM Area Manchester £249.95

7:00 PM Dice & Board Free entry

LGBTQ+ Board Game Night

LGBTQ+ Book Club

7:30 PM The Pankhurst Centre Free entry

Queer Film Night

[ONLINE Social] - 🎃📦JackBox Party Night!

8:00 PM

Cast

9:00 PM The Dome At Grand Central Hall

Live Show +1

Hello Darling - Halloween Special!!

9:00 PM The Deaf Institute

BENT - QUEER DAY RAVE

Sunday, Oct 25

2 events

Sparkle Family Fun Day

12:00 PM The Proud Trust Free entry

City Centre Discovery Walk

2:00 PM Northern Quarter Free entry

Monday, Oct 26

2 events

Board Game Night

6:00 PM

Women of the Bog

6:30 PM Bia Cafe Bar

Tuesday, Oct 27

3 events

LGBTQ+ Pilates

12:00 PM So Pilates Ltd Free entry

Queer D&D - One-Shot Adventure

7:00 PM The Bierkeller

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

Via

Wednesday, Oct 28

6 events

WERK LGBTQ+ Artist Development Programme with Nathaniel J Hall

6:00 PM The Old Courts

Inside Out: What would you look like if you didn’t have to mask?

6:00 PM The Angel Centre

Inside Out: Mask Making Workshop

6:00 PM The Angel Centre

Red Rodeo Club

8:00 PM Fairfield Social Club

Banyan Bar & Kitchen - Manchester Corn Exchange

Beyond the Rainbow Quarter - The Launch

Queer & Now: A Six-Week LGBTQ+ Group Experience

7:00 PM LGBT Foundation Free entry

Thursday, Oct 29

4 events

Drag Make-Up 101 with Canal Street Kings

Prestwich Pride Presents: DRAG ME TO THE QUIZ, HALLOWEEN!

8:00 PM Hideout

Drag +1

Fantasy Book Club - Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil

8:00 PM

Sapphic Showcase: Halloween Special

12:00 PM Meetup: Out & About LGB (+) Women's Walking Group Free entry

Women / Sapphic

Friday, Oct 30

7 events

Interest only - Heritage Tour Williamson Tunnels

Live Show

Fruit Salad writing evening

6:00 PM Social Refuge, Great Ancoats Street, Ancoats, Manchester, UK

Liverpool ‘Pride in Ageing’ Over 50s Social Group: Visit to Rocky Horror Screening at The Light, New Brighton

7:30 PM The Light Cinema (New Brighton)

SLAYYY : Dandy x WHIPPED - Unofficial Slayyyter Halloween After-Party

11:00 PM YES

Party +2

Silly Little Disco 002

G.IRL Halloween: Manchester

1,800

2:00 PM The Village Free entry

CANAL STREET KINGS PRESENTS: Cowboys vs Zombie Pt 4 (WOLFY'S BIRTHDAY BASH)

£10

Drag +3

Saturday, Oct 31

8 events

Queer Craft & Social

4:00 PM City Centre (Manchester ward)

Kieran's 30th Birthday (Gay Death Awaits) 🤣

Poetry Slam

7:30 PM

The Drag Brunch - Beetlejuice Halloween Bottomless Brunch

8:00 PM Bar Fibre

House of Horrors

RUNWAY 008 - Halloween Edition

Party +1

28 GAYS LATER (KILL ROOM) - HALLOWEEN 2026

Sinpit Halloween

All day

7:00 PM Area Manchester £35

Sunday, Nov 1

1 event

Horror Icons Show with Dragula Season 666 finalist Auntie Heroine

Tuesday, Nov 3

2 events

The Cost of Connection

2:00 PM HOME

LGBTQ+ Migrant Wellbeing Meetup

6:00 PM Fairbairn House

Wednesday, Nov 4

1 event

CroppaChoppa's Pillow Talk - New Material Comedy Night

7:30 PM Red Arch

Thursday, Nov 5

3 events

Support group for over 50's LGBT+ (Monthly at Central Library)

2:00 PM Manchester Central Library Free entry

Queer Cxntry Burnin' Daylight in MANCHESTER!

7:00 PM YES £25

Drag +1

Gaydio Networking: Manchester

12:00 PM LGBT Foundation Free entry

Friday, Nov 6

1 event

Burlesque and Drag in The Dog House

8:00 PM Dexter And Jones

Drag +1

Saturday, Nov 7

7 events

Manchester ‘Pride in Ageing’ Digital Cafe – Scams Awareness Special

12:00 PM Meetup: Manchester LGBTQ+ Meetup Free entry

Community Café

1:00 PM Area Manchester £249.95

Big B*stard Bingo Brunch - Pam, iKarly + TikTok Sensation Bailey J Mills

6:30 PM Molly House Free entry

LGBTQ+ Meet Up - Doctors, Dentists & Healthcare Professionals

8:00 PM New York New York

FunnyBoyz Manchester presents... BENIDORM BINGO

Mecca Bingo Leeds Crossgates £17.50

House Of Drag Bingo | Leeds

TRUE PRIDE Festival - feat. The Irrepressibles, Planningtorock, David Hoyle, WitchofTheEast & more

6:30 PM Hulme Community Garden Centre £54.88

Thursday, Nov 12

3 events

Faith, Identity and Belonging: LGBTQ+ Inclusion Across Faith Communities

5:30 PM The Proud Trust

Queer Supper Club

7:00 PM Leven Manchester £25

Queer Single Women Canvas Painting

Saturday, Nov 14

1 event

noSHAMEmoreLOVE Poetry Workshop

12:30 PM LGBT Foundation Free entry

7:00 PM Rebellion Manchester £20

Monday, Nov 16

1 event

T4Tunes - Saoirse Dream x Estelle Allen

Friday, Nov 20

1 event

Love Party presents NON-STOP DISCO 4

Monday, Nov 23

1 event

Manchester ‘Pride in Ageing’ – Book Club

6:00 PM LGBT Foundation

7:00 PM Manchester The Deaf Institute.

Wednesday, Dec 2

1 event

Hans Williams

Saturday, Dec 5

2 events

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

12:00 PM LGBT Foundation Free entry

8:00 PM New York New York

FunnyBoyz Manchester presents... BENIDORM BINGO

8:00 PM Fairfield Social Club

Saturday, Dec 12

2 events

The Muppathon: Muppets Drag Show!

The Drag Brunch - The Big Christmas Party Bottomless Brunch

Fibre Leeds £15

Party +1

Saturday, Dec 19

2 events

Live Drag Cabaret

8:00 PM The Jam Works