LGBTQ+ Events in Ottawa
Upcoming gay events, parties and nights out
43 upcoming events
Aug 2026
43 events · this week ✕ clear
This weekend
Thursday, Aug 20 Tomorrow
2 events
Friday, Aug 21 Friday night
7 events
21
AUG
4:00 PM
Drag Open Stage with Yeti
Drag open stage with drink specials and no cover
Lookout Bar
Drag
Pride
21
AUG
7:00 PM
Drag Show - Pride
Drag
Club Night
21
AUG
Date TBA
Venus Envy Pride Sale
Venus Envy
Pride
21
AUG
Date TBA
National Capital Pride Run/Walk
Pride
21
AUG
Date TBA
Pride Week
Venus Envy
Pride
21
AUG
Date TBA
Out and About Saturdays
The Good Companions
Community
21
AUG
Date TBA
Sip 'n Sparkle Pride Edition! Drag Night at Beyond the Pale City Centre!
Beyond the Pale Brewing Company
Drag
Pride
CA$27.96
Saturday, Aug 22 Saturday
13 events
5:00
swimEAUthon
Rideau Speedeaus
›
5:30
OFR Gatineau, Quebec, Saturday Run + Breakfast
In front of Théâtre d'Île, Gatineau, Quebec
›
8:00
Clothing Swap
Thrive SelectThrift
›
9:00
Ballroom on the Big Screen
Saintlo Ottawa Jail Hostel
Free entry
›
9:00
2026 Movie Screening
↳ Saintlo Ottawa Jail Hostel
›
12:00
Film Screening Antidiva: The Carole Pope Confessions
NAC Fourth Stage
›
13:00
DJ Del Pilar Performance
Parkdale Public Market
›
14:00
Ok Naledi Performance
↳ Parkdale Public Market
›
14:30
Queer Youth Choir Performance
↳ Parkdale Public Market
›
15:30
ChristJay Performance
↳ Parkdale Public Market
›
16:00
Pride Pageant
Lord Elgin Hotel
CA$35
›
TBA
Queer Movement Townhall: Building Queer Power - Ottawa
TBD
›
TBA
Wine & Food Pairing
Charwell Rockcliffe
›
Sunday, Aug 23
10 events
23
AUG
8:00 AM
Family picnic
Hintonburg Park
Pride
Community
23
AUG
8:00 AM
Ballroom Workshop 1 - Face: Atelier 1, Visage
Saintlo Ottawa Jail Hostel
Drag
Community
23
AUG
8:00 AM
Category is… Face
Blackbox Theatre, Arts Court
23
AUG
9:30 AM
Category is… Hands Performance
Saintlo Ottawa Jail Hostel
Live Show
Free Entry
23
AUG
11:00 AM
Vogue Femme Workshop
Saintlo Ottawa Jail Hostel
Community
23
AUG
12:00 PM
L.I.G.H.T.
Support group for transgender and gender-diverse community
Ottawa Area Center for Pride
Community
O
23
AUG
1:00 PM
Online
Ottawa Quick Sparks Virtual Gay Mixer
ottawa 293492
Free entry
23
AUG
2:00 PM
Queer Mayoral Town Hall
Good Companion's Seniors Centre
23
AUG
Date TBA
ElderQueers Storytelling
Lord Elgin Hotel
23
AUG
Date TBA
Drag & Bowl 4 Fundraiser
West Park Lanes
Drag
Monday, Aug 24
2 events
Tuesday, Aug 25
3 events
Wednesday, Aug 26
6 events
26
AUG
1:00 PM
Parkdale Night Market
Parkdale Night Market with vendors and online order pickup
Parkdale Public Market
26
AUG
2:00 PM
Queered: A Minifest
Saintlo Ottawa Jail Hostel
Festival
26
AUG
2:00 PM
Disarranged Marriage
Saintlo Ottawa Jail Hostel
Live Show
Festival
26
AUG
2:00 PM
EU Human Rights Panel
NAC Fourth Stage
26
AUG
2:00 PM
Board Game Night at The Good Companions Seniors’ Centre
The Good Companions
26
AUG
7:00 PM
GenderQuest [Program]
Kind Space
Community
Free entry