LGBTQ+ Events in Portland

Upcoming gay events, parties and nights out — 81 upcoming events · Sep 2026 – Apr 2027

This weekend

Fri · 1:30 PM Heart Throb: The Dream Date Show

Sasha Velour's TRAVESTY Fri

Rainbow Expo Fri

GLOW WILD Fri

Queer Game Night @ TOTL Games Fri +17 more this weekend

Monday, Sep 21 Today

4 events

Contra Remix Returns

Inter-generational queer dance series with masks required, followed by social

11:30 AM Norse Hall - Upstairs Ballroom $6

Community

BodyMagick Temple Burlesque Fall Showcase (Special Discount for QSC Readers!)

12:00 PM Mission Theater Free entry

Cabaret

Spiritual Giants / Trans & Queer AA

Fall 2026 Trans & Non-Binary Therapy Group! 🏳️‍⚧️ Time to Register! (Registration open until 9/20)

All day Free entry

Community

Tuesday, Sep 22 Tomorrow

2 events

LGBTQ+ Book Club: "Detransition, Baby

12:30 PM Q Center Free entry

September 23rd Cemetery Nature Walk

Drag

Wednesday, Sep 23

2 events

Queer Poetry Takeover Open Mic

11:30 AM Always Here Bookstore

Comedy +1

Comadriar con Arcoiris Latino

Community

Thursday, Sep 24

12 events

1:45 HIKE (Midweek): Kalama River Falls; Merrill Lake - Sun and Swim Meetup: The Adventure Group: Serving Portland LGBTQ+ Free entry › 7:30 55+ LGBTQ+ Affinity Group @ Elsie Stuhr Center Elsie Stuhr Center Free entry › 10:00 Dinner at the Pocket Pub Meetup: PDX (30+) Queer Women Social Free entry › 11:00 Discoteka Magazine Launch Party: Tertulia Art and Conversation Milagro – Miracle Theatre Group › 11:00 Card Games Meetup: PDX (30+) Queer Women Social Free entry › 11:30 Thursday Books! Woodworking - Emily St James Meetup: Portland LGBT+ Book Club Free entry › 11:30 Transgender Support Group Meeting Q Center Free entry › 12:00 Queer Regency Evening Peacock PDX › 12:00 Let's Play: Overwatch Online Free entry › – Rainbow Expo: Queer Marketplace and Business Hub Social Good Place › – PLA CLASS › – Here & Queer Hybrid Support Group ›

Friday, Sep 25

10 events

Queer Game Night @ TOTL Games

Community Day

Festival +1

Drag Valley Brunch

Drag +1

Drag Nature Walk at Kindness Farm

Drag

Monthly Trans Social

Community +1

Stomptown - Queer Country Dancing

Club Night +1

Saturday, Sep 26

8 events

ALOK

11:30 AM Revolution Hall

Festival +1

Cu*union

1:00 PM Steam Portland

Black Out

1:00 PM Steam Portland

Queer Open Mic Night

1:00 PM Q Center Free entry

Comedy

Viking Days Drag Brunch

Drag

Harvest Moon Sound Bath

Degenderettes Brazilian Jiu Jitsu 101

September 27th Bi-Weekly Drag Nature Walk

Drag +1

Sunday, Sep 27

4 events

Biweekly Craft🌼 / Potluck 🦄

2:00 AM Meetup: PDX (30+) Queer Women Social Free entry

Valerie DeVille's Drag Queen Paint Party

9:00 AM Peacock PDX

Party +1

LGBTQ+ Stitching, Arts, Crafts, and Games!

3:00 PM Free entry

Portland Queer Professional Men Speed Dating

3:00 PM SW Terwilliger & Capitol Hwy

Tuesday, Sep 29

5 events

BIPOC Queer Social Hour

11:00 AM Q Center Free entry

Community

Queer Climb Night - Movement Portland

Movement Portland

Monoprinting on Silkscreen Workshop

Community

Hear You Loud and Queer Comedy

Comedy

Landline: Weekly Queer Line Dance Class

Wednesday, Sep 30

1 event

QUEERS OF PORTLAND

10:30 AM Meetup: Queers of Portland Free entry

Community

Friday, Oct 2

1 event

Foolish Mortals: A Haunted Mansion Burlesque Cabaret

11:00 AM Alberta Rose Theatre

Cabaret

Saturday, Oct 3

2 events

White Salmon Whitewater Rafting/Hood Orchard & Ale Festival

2:00 AM Meetup: Portland Queers & Craft Beers Free entry

Festival

Craft💐/ Potluck 🥚

3:00 AM Meetup: PDX (30+) Queer Women Social Free entry

Sunday, Oct 4

2 events

Incite: Queer Writers Read

3:30 AM Atrium Movement & Events

Community

NIGHTMARES & DAYDREAMS: A Dark Cabaret and Pole Fantasy

7:00 PM Star Theatre $25.21

Drag +2

Monday, Oct 5

1 event

Bold Book Club: Gender Queer

Wednesday, Oct 7

4 events

Nu-Glitter Bi-Monthly Queer Comedy Open Mic

9:00 AM Mississippi Studios

Comedy

Madam Cooper's Country Cabaret

9:00 PM Showdown Saloon $25.16

Cabaret

Stage Fright Festival

All day

Festival

Queer Climb Night - Circuit Bouldering Gym NE

The Circuit Bouldering Gym NE

Circuit Party

Thursday, Oct 8

1 event

Brut

All day

Party

Friday, Oct 9

1 event

Portland BLACKOUT!

2:00 PM Nova PDX

Tuesday, Oct 13

1 event

Interview With The Vampire Trivia Night

11:30 AM Peacock PDX

Wednesday, Oct 14

1 event

Lady Killers

12:00 PM Revolution Hall

Comedy

Thursday, Oct 15

1 event

LGBTQIA+ Sauna Social

Queer-only sauna social for community building and connection

10:00 AM SaunaGlo

Community

Friday, Oct 16

3 events

Two Dykes and a Mic: Soaking Wet Tour

12:00 PM Revolution Hall

Live Show +2

Bad Drag Race w/ Mano Agapion and Oscar Montoya

12:00 PM PAM CUT's Tomorrow Theater

Drag

The Rocky Horror Picture Show with Patricia Quinn

7:30 PM Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall

Saturday, Oct 17

3 events

BOYeurism: Horrorism

12:00 PM Alberta Rose Theatre

Roy G. Biv’s Comedy Show

1:00 PM Peacock PDX

Comedy

BERTHA: Grateful Drag

State Theatre

Drag +1

Sunday, Oct 18

1 event

Project Burlesque: the Burlesque Witch Project

12:00 PM Alberta Rose Theatre

Cabaret

Thursday, Oct 22

1 event

QDoc Queer Documentary Film Festival

All day

Festival +1

Thursday, Oct 29

1 event

Dapperlesque: Villain Era

12:00 PM Alberta Rose Theatre

Drag +2

Friday, Nov 13

1 event

The Big Trans Comedy Show

12:00 PM Alberta Rose Theatre

Comedy

Saturday, Nov 14

1 event

A Drag Queen Christmas

5:00 PM Merrill Auditorium

Drag

Sunday, Nov 22

1 event

Mx. Dahlia Belle (live comedy taping)

11:00 AM Polaris Hall

Comedy +1

December 2026 · 3 events open ▸

Fri 11 Small Fruits Queer Comedy › Fri 11 Ropers RipCity Pride Night › Wed 23 Queer Poetry Takeover Open Mic ›

January 2027 · 1 event open ▸

Sat 23 Dare and Derriere: Nightfall ›

February 2027 · 1 event open ▸

Sat 27 CRYSTAL METHYD The Enchanted Forest ›

April 2027 · 1 event open ▸

Tue 13 RuPaul's Drag Race Werq The World 2027 Tour ›

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