LGBTQ+ Events in Oakland

Upcoming gay events, parties and nights out — 61 upcoming events · Oct 2026 – Mar 2027

This weekend

Sat · 7:00 AM LGBTQ+ Book Club

Quietly Queer Fall Coffee Hangout Sat · 1:00 PM

Live Band at Next Level Sat · 2:00 PM

FREE Lesbian & Sapphic Speed Friending (East Bay) Sat · 2:00 PM

San Francisco Gay Ambition Meets Inclusive Dating Sat · 5:02 PM +7 more this weekend

Saturday, Oct 3 Today

7 events

LGBTQ+ Book Club

7:00 AM Free entry

Quietly Queer Fall Coffee Hangout

1:00 PM Mother Tongue Cafe & Bar Free entry

Live Band at Next Level

2:00 PM Next Level Nightclub

FREE Lesbian & Sapphic Speed Friending (East Bay)

2:00 PM Free entry

Women / Sapphic

San Francisco Gay Ambition Meets Inclusive Dating

5:02 PM 1313 Lombard St Free entry

LGBTQ+ Singles Bon Fire

5:30 PM Ocean Beach stairwell 17 $5

Meet & Mingle Magic!

8:00 PM Free entry

Women / Sapphic

Sunday, Oct 4 Tomorrow

3 events

Oakland Pride Speed Dating for Gay Achievers

3:57 AM RM2W+48 Oakland Free entry

LGBTQ+ Singles Yoga Event

11:00 AM Willard Park Free entry

MAGIC HUNKS® @ Next Level

1:00 PM quericonightclub.com

Monday, Oct 5

1 event

Community Potluck & Social

10:00 AM Free entry

Wednesday, Oct 7

5 events

Queer, Lesbian, Trans, LGBTQIA+ Self Defense Class

Women / Sapphic

Moon Magic: New Moon in Libra

11:30 AM Groundfloor Club, Oakland

Queer Book Club

12:00 PM Oakland LGBTQ Community Center Free entry

Queer Film Screening

12:30 PM Free entry

Queer Crush @ The Oaks

6:30 PM Oaks Theatre Free entry

Thursday, Oct 8

4 events

LGBTQ+ Youth Social Hour

9:00 AM Oakland LGBTQ Community Center Free entry

BIPOC LGBTQ+ Meetup

11:30 AM Free entry

QTBIPOC Support Group

6:00 PM Free entry

(In-person) Black Connect For Black Men Who Are Gay-bi-trans-queer

7:00 PM Oakland LGBTQ Community Center Free entry

Friday, Oct 9

2 events

Quietly Queer Comedy Show

7:00 PM All Out Comedy Theater-Improv Classes and Comedy Shows Free entry

East Bay Front Runners & Walkers 22nd Annual Pride Run & Walk

Saturday, Oct 10

3 events

Art Workshop: Queer Expression

6:00 AM Free entry

LGBTQ+ Singles Hiking

8:00 AM 680 Point Lobos Ave Free entry

Still Here Fest

11:00 AM Oakstop

Sunday, Oct 11

2 events

RECLAIM Dance! Oct 11

6:45 AM BANDALOOP

Quietly Queer: City Lights & Park Hang

1:00 PM Réveille Coffee Co. Free entry

Monday, Oct 12

2 events

Game Night

11:00 AM Free entry

Community Potluck

11:30 AM Oakland LGBTQ Community Center Free entry

Tuesday, Oct 13

1 event

Queer Crush @ Pacific Pipe

6:00 PM Pacific Pipe Free entry

Thursday, Oct 15

4 events

Queer Bedtime Stories @ Nomadic Bookshop

12:00 PM Nomadic Bookshop

Lesbian Visibility Day Celebration

12:00 PM Free entry

HIV/AIDS Awareness Workshop

12:00 PM Oakland LGBTQ Community Center Free entry

FLUID Open Mic — Black & Queer Live Band

12:30 PM 7th West

Friday, Oct 16

1 event

Queer Crush @ Bridges Rock Gym

6:00 PM Bridges Rock Gym Free entry

Saturday, Oct 17

7 events

HIV/AIDS Awareness & Testing

4:00 AM Free entry

Quietly Queer's Experiential Art Session: Paint, Wine & Connect

10:00 AM mighty mighty studio

Read the Room: A celebration of queer stories and poetry

12:00 PM Free entry

LGBTQ+ Singles Pool Party (Pleasant Hill)

12:30 PM Pleasant Hill $36

Next Level 1 Year Anniversary BANDA MAGUEY live!

2:00 PM Next Level Nightclub

Fortune Feimster: Takin' Care of Biscuits Comedy Tour

8:00 PM Fox Theater - Oakland

Quietly Queer: Experiential Art Session

mighty mighty studio Free entry

Sunday, Oct 18

1 event

Open Mic Night

1:00 PM Oakland LGBTQ Community Center Free entry

Monday, Oct 19

1 event

Queer Youth Hangout

9:00 AM Free entry

Tuesday, Oct 20

1 event

National Coming Out Day Panel and Allyship Workshop

6:00 PM Free entry

Wednesday, Oct 21

2 events

Senior Social Hour

4:00 AM Oakland LGBTQ Community Center Free entry

West Coast 30s & 40s Lesbian, Bi, Trans & Queer+ Online Speed Dating

Women / Sapphic

Friday, Oct 23

1 event

Queer Fiber Arts group

6:00 PM 3207 Lakeshore Ave Free entry

Saturday, Oct 24

1 event

Oakland Drag Brunch

4:00 AM Drake's Dealership

Sunday, Oct 25

1 event

Film Screening: "Paris is Burning

12:30 PM Oakland LGBTQ Community Center Free entry

Tuesday, Oct 27

1 event

Halloween Karaoke Singing Competition – $300 in Cash Prizes – Limited Space

10:00 AM Qué Rico Nightclub Free entry

Wednesday, Oct 28

2 events

West Coast 40s & 50s Lesbian, Bi, Trans & Queer+ Online Speed Dating

Women / Sapphic

Fog Town Hoedown

Thursday, Oct 29

1 event

Lez Out Loud Comedy Night

12:00 PM White Horse Inn

Saturday, Oct 31

2 events

Club Papi: The Ultimate Halloween Night Party – $2,000 in Cash and Prizes

2:00 PM quericonightclub.com $16

Queer Mischief - A Queer Magic Halloween Party w/ Sucia + Black Woman + Kurren$i

4:00 PM Crybaby $18.52

Wednesday, Nov 11

1 event

West Coast 50s & 60s Lesbian, Bi, Trans & Queer+ Online Speed Dating

Women / Sapphic

Friday, Nov 20

1 event

Transgender Day of Remembrance Vigil

10:00 AM Free entry

Friday, Dec 4

1 event

Make the Yuletide Gay!

11:30 AM ValleyCenter for Performing Arts

Thursday, Dec 31

1 event

Club Papi and Valentino Presents New Years Eve

1:00 PM quericonightclub.com $20

March 2027 · 1 event open ▸

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