Brighton Gay Events 2026: Pride, Parties & Festivals

This weekend

Fri · 2:00 AM Mount Sugarloaf Loop – Lerderderg State Park 🥾🌿

LGBTQ+ Pitch Your Friend Fri · 8:00 PM

Queer Book Club - September Meeting Fri · 8:00 PM

Madam Lola's Cabaret Fri · 9:00 PM

Bear Ball Fri · 9:00 PM +13 more this weekend

Tuesday, Sep 22 Today

4 events

Wednesday, Sep 23 Tomorrow

2 events

Queer Salsa Bachata

9:30 AM Free entry

Community

Pub Club - Midweek Meetup

8:30 PM The Font

Community

Thursday, Sep 24

4 events

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LGBT+ Social Mixer (Dog Friendly)

10:00 AM THE ANGRY DOG Free entry

Community

S

September Drop-In meeting

10:00 AM Free entry

Community

Thursday night Rainbow Boardgames - Marché Board Games Cafe

LGBTQIA+ social board game evening at cafe

10:30 AM Meetup: Rainbow Boardgames (Melbourne) A$6.20

Party +1

Get Leathered

9:00 PM Nautilus Lounge

Fetish

Friday, Sep 25

5 events

Mount Sugarloaf Loop – Lerderderg State Park 🥾🌿

2:00 AM Meetup: Pride Outside (Vic) Free entry

LGBTQ+ Pitch Your Friend

8:00 PM London Art Bar, Holborn £15

Queer Book Club - September Meeting

8:00 PM Hares & Hyenas Bookshop Free entry

Madam Lola's Cabaret

Cabaret club with burlesque, aerial, drag, and live spectacle

9:00 PM Madam Lola's Cabaret And Vaudeville

Drag +1

Bear Ball

9:00 PM Nautilus Lounge

Community

Saturday, Sep 26

9 events

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Queer & Neurodiverse - Bar Social

8:00 AM The 86 Free entry

Community

Saturday Club Presents Equiknockers: Spring Edition

10:00 AM Meetup: LesBiAn Social Fun Club Free entry

Drag Bingo

8:00 PM The Gather Inn - Brighton £13.70

Drag

Pub Club - Friday Drinks

8:00 PM The Greys

Drag Queen Bottomless Brunch hosted by FunnyBoyz Brighton

9:00 PM The Regency Tavern

Drag

Boozy Brunch Club - Drag Bottomless Brunch

9:00 PM Bar Broadway

Drag

Codesouth presents Late To The Disco PRIDE ALL DAYER

All-day Pride music event: soulful house, disco, techno

9:00 PM The Freemasons Tavern

Club Night +1

Line Dancing Nights

9:00 PM Maggie Mae's Brighton

Karaoke Night

9:00 PM Bar Broadway

Sunday, Sep 27

4 events

Saturday Cabaret

Bar Broadway £6.13

Cabaret

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Sober Singles Social - Gay Men (All Ages 18+)

3:00 AM Library at The Dock Free entry

Community

Sunday Roast

1:00 PM The Camelford Arms

LGBTQ+ Community Meditation

1:00 PM London LGBTQ+ Community Centre Free entry

Community

Monday, Sep 28

3 events

Social Night - Casey Queer Collective

10:00 AM Berwick Free entry

Community

Queer Meditation

Guided meditation, social activities, and dining for queer community

10:30 AM Meetup: Queer Meditation Melbourne Free entry

Community

Queer Strength Club: Brighton Pop Up

8:00 PM FMG Project £11.55

Community

Thursday, Oct 1

2 events

Melbourne Gay Singles Connect with Local Men

5:02 AM 35 Chapel St Free entry

North Melbourne Gay Men Speed Dating for Love

3:05 PM 41 Essex St Free entry

Friday, Oct 2

2 events

East Melbourne Gay Matched Speed Dating for Life

3:46 PM 1 Owen St Free entry

LGBTQ+ Meetup

8:00 PM The London Art Bar Free entry

Community

Saturday, Oct 3

9 events

URBAN Hike - Wurundjeri Spur Abbotsford Loop

1:15 AM Meetup: Pride Outside (Vic) Free entry

Coffee & connections - Ticketed

2:00 AM Meetup: Rainbow Social Melbourne Free entry

Gay on the Lawn - Spring Fling - Free Dance Party

5:00 AM Meetup: Gay Melbourne Free entry

Party +1

Serving Pride - Beach Tennis Edition

5:00 AM St Kilda West Beach Free entry

Pride +1

Mixed Naturist 10 Pin Bowling, Eastern Suburbs of Melbourne

11:30 AM Meetup: Gay Melbourne A$43

Community

Melbourne Discover Gay Locals for Dating

3:28 PM 45 Wordsworth St Free entry

Online

North Melbourne Weeknight Online Speed Dating for Newcomers on Zoom

6:11 PM 131 Roberts St Free entry

Community

LGBTQ+ Meet Up - Doctors, Dentists & Healthcare Professionals

7:30 PM The Queens Arms Brighton Free entry

Community

East Melbourne Meet Verified Gay Singles Near You

10:45 PM 10/13-21 Thomas St Free entry

Sunday, Oct 4

4 events

Active Sunday’s! (Walking)

1:30 AM Meetup: The Blokes Pub Club - Gay bloke’s social club Free entry

M

Meet Queer Friends @ Holmes Hall

3:00 AM Holmes Hall Free entry

Party

Melbourne For Professionals Gay Speed Dating

5:42 AM 111 George St Free entry

Queer calisthenics class

12:15 PM FMG Project £9.38

Monday, Oct 5

1 event

Board Games Night

7:30 PM The Pride Centre of Victoria Free entry

Community

Tuesday, Oct 6

1 event

Social Night

10:00 AM Meetup: Gay Melbourne Free entry

Community

Friday, Oct 9

1 event

LGBTQ+ Print Media Celebration Pop-Up

6:00 PM Bearly Awake Free entry

Saturday, Oct 10

2 events

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LGBT+ Social Picnic

1:30 AM Edwardes Lake Park Free entry

Community

Love Letter to the 90s

4:00 AM Wheat, Wine & Whisky Free entry

Cabaret +1

Monday, Oct 12

1 event

Queer Film Screening: 'Portrait of a Lady on Fire

8:30 PM ACMI Free entry

Film Screening

Tuesday, Oct 13

1 event

Roll For Performance

7:00 PM Daltons £15

Live Show +1

Thursday, Oct 15

1 event

Baga Chipz - Bagz to Riches

9:00 PM Cranleigh Arts, Eng

Drag +1

Saturday, Oct 17

3 events

Shepparton Art Museum (SAM) - Archibald Prize Exhibition

12:40 AM Meetup: Gay Melbourne A$29.47

Community

Halloween Themed Community Camp (Healesville VIC | 1.5 Hours from Melbourne CBD)

2:00 AM Free entry

Community

LESBIANS LEAP FROM THE ARCHIVES 1970-2000 gallery exhibition

2:00 AM Meetup: LesBiAn Social Fun Club Free entry

Monday, Oct 19

1 event

Pride Walk & Picnic - Brighton Beach

12:00 PM Brighton Beach Free entry

Pride +1

Saturday, Oct 24

1 event

Madam Lola's Cabaret Brunch

9:00 PM Madam Lola's Cabaret And Vaudeville

Drag +1

Friday, Oct 30

2 events

T4T: Halloween!

8:00 PM Daltons Free entry

Drag +1

BEAUTIFUL DIRTY RICH: A LADY GAGA PARTY (HALLOWEEN)

11:00 PM Daltons £12

Party

Saturday, Oct 31

2 events

Games Night, Mingle & Pizza

7:00 AM Meetup: LesBiAn Social Fun Club Free entry

Halloween Fonda Cox Drag Bingo Tunbridge Wells

8:00 PM The Manor House Tunbridge Wells

Drag

Tuesday, Nov 3

1 event

November Social Night - Junction Club, Moonee Ponds

8:00 AM Meetup: Gay Melbourne Free entry

Community

Friday, Nov 6

1 event

Antwerp BrilliANT Games 2026 — GLTA Gay Tennis Tournament

All day

Live Show +1

Thursday, Nov 12

1 event

Gaydio Networking: Brighton

5:30 PM Maldron Hotel Brighton City Centre £12.50

Community

Saturday, Nov 14

1 event

Castlemaine Pride

1:00 AM Meetup: LesBiAn Social Fun Club

Pride

Saturday, Nov 28

2 events

HIV THE NAKED TRUTH - 6TH YEAR ANNIVERSARY - FILM PREMIERE - BRIGHTON 2026

7:00 PM Duke of York's Picturehouse

Fetish

Boozy Brunch Club - Drag Bottomless Brunch

8:00 PM Bar Broadway

Drag

LGBTQ+ Events in Brighton

This weekend

Tuesday, Sep 22 Today

Queer as Foxtrot - same sex ballroom dance class

Queer Goddess Archetypes: A Six-Week LGBTQIA+ Yoga Journey of Embodiment

LGBTQ+ life drawing class

Bisexual / Pansexual Worthing+ Women’s Meetup

Wednesday, Sep 23 Tomorrow

Queer Salsa Bachata

Pub Club - Midweek Meetup

Thursday, Sep 24

LGBT+ Social Mixer (Dog Friendly)

September Drop-In meeting

Thursday night Rainbow Boardgames - Marché Board Games Cafe

Get Leathered

Friday, Sep 25

Mount Sugarloaf Loop – Lerderderg State Park 🥾🌿

LGBTQ+ Pitch Your Friend

Queer Book Club - September Meeting

Madam Lola's Cabaret

Bear Ball

Saturday, Sep 26

Queer & Neurodiverse - Bar Social

Saturday Club Presents Equiknockers: Spring Edition

Drag Bingo

Pub Club - Friday Drinks

Drag Queen Bottomless Brunch hosted by FunnyBoyz Brighton

Boozy Brunch Club - Drag Bottomless Brunch

Codesouth presents Late To The Disco PRIDE ALL DAYER

Line Dancing Nights

Karaoke Night

Sunday, Sep 27

Saturday Cabaret

Sober Singles Social - Gay Men (All Ages 18+)

Sunday Roast

LGBTQ+ Community Meditation

Monday, Sep 28

Social Night - Casey Queer Collective

Queer Meditation

Queer Strength Club: Brighton Pop Up

Thursday, Oct 1

Melbourne Gay Singles Connect with Local Men

North Melbourne Gay Men Speed Dating for Love

Friday, Oct 2

East Melbourne Gay Matched Speed Dating for Life

LGBTQ+ Meetup

Saturday, Oct 3

URBAN Hike - Wurundjeri Spur Abbotsford Loop

Coffee & connections - Ticketed

Gay on the Lawn - Spring Fling - Free Dance Party

Serving Pride - Beach Tennis Edition

Mixed Naturist 10 Pin Bowling, Eastern Suburbs of Melbourne

Melbourne Discover Gay Locals for Dating

North Melbourne Weeknight Online Speed Dating for Newcomers on Zoom

LGBTQ+ Meet Up - Doctors, Dentists & Healthcare Professionals

East Melbourne Meet Verified Gay Singles Near You

Sunday, Oct 4

Active Sunday’s! (Walking)

Meet Queer Friends @ Holmes Hall

Melbourne For Professionals Gay Speed Dating

Queer calisthenics class

Monday, Oct 5

Board Games Night

Tuesday, Oct 6

Social Night

Friday, Oct 9

LGBTQ+ Print Media Celebration Pop-Up

Saturday, Oct 10

LGBT+ Social Picnic

Love Letter to the 90s

Monday, Oct 12

Queer Film Screening: 'Portrait of a Lady on Fire

Tuesday, Oct 13

Roll For Performance

Thursday, Oct 15

Baga Chipz - Bagz to Riches

Saturday, Oct 17

Shepparton Art Museum (SAM) - Archibald Prize Exhibition

Halloween Themed Community Camp (Healesville VIC | 1.5 Hours from Melbourne CBD)

LESBIANS LEAP FROM THE ARCHIVES 1970-2000 gallery exhibition