LGBTQ+ Events in Chicago

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42 upcoming events Aug 2026

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What All Pride 182 Community 52 Drag 49 Party 15 Club Night 6 Festival 5

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Women / Sapphic 5 Live Show 4 Comedy 3 Film Screening 3

Saturday, Aug 1

1 event

1 AUG

3:00 AM

Let's hang with the Chicago Lesbians Do Coffee and More group

Meetup: Single Lesbians in the City

Tickets

Monday, Aug 3

1 event

3 AUG

2:00 PM

Ace Grey Demi Speed Dating

Cafe Mustache

Tickets

Tuesday, Aug 4

1 event

4 AUG

6:00 PM

Transexual Menace | Free Film Screening

Goethe-Institut Chicago

Film Screening

Tickets

Wednesday, Aug 5

1 event

5 AUG

2:00 PM

Press Play: a queer listening party at Fathom

Fathom

Tickets

Thursday, Aug 6

1 event

6 AUG

7:00 PM

QUEER Polyam Cocktails - 1st Thurs of the Month

Tickets

Friday, Aug 7

6 events

7 AUG

5:00 AM

Saturday, Aug 8

5 events

8 AUG

6:00 AM

LGBTQ Entrepreneur Morning Meet Up

Hot Dawgs & Mascara: A Drag Show at Devil Dawgs

Devil Dawgs Andersonville

Tickets

8 AUG

5:00 PM

Book Club: All the Way to the River by Elizabeth Gilbert

Ascension: A Higher State of Sound

Tickets

8 AUG

7:00 PM

Queen: Market Daze

Tickets

Sunday, Aug 9

4 events

9 AUG

7:00 AM

Chicago, IL - Drag Brunch @ Punch Bowl Social

Punch Bowl Social Chicago

Tickets

9 AUG

7:00 AM

LOBO Lesbian Lunch

Meetup: Single Lesbians in the City

Tickets

9 AUG

11:00 AM

Jameson Pub to Pitch Bus Program East Route - Stars vs. Bay FC

Meetup: Single Lesbians in the City

Tickets

9 AUG

7:00 PM

Galaxia: Temple

Tickets

Monday, Aug 10

1 event

10 AUG

6:00 PM

Let's discuss "EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM WILL SOMEDAY BE DEAD" + dinner at Wilde

708 W Belmont Ave

Women / Sapphic

Tickets

Tuesday, Aug 11

1 event

11 AUG

12:00 PM

Tuesdays on the Terrace

Meetup: Single Lesbians in the City

Tickets

Thursday, Aug 13

2 events

13 AUG

1:30 PM

Meet IRL | Bookstore Speed Dating | Queer Women Ages 28+

Passages Wine and Books

Tickets

13 AUG

2:00 PM

Pitch Your Peeps: QUEER Slide Deck Match Making Events @ Nobody's Darling

Nobody’s Darling

Tickets

Friday, Aug 14

3 events

14 AUG

1:00 PM

Whiskey Girl Fridays

Meetup: Single Lesbians in the City

Tickets

14 AUG

2:00 PM

GAY Soul Food (Chicago)

Babes with Blades: yo. ho.

Meetup: Single Lesbians in the City

Tickets

Saturday, Aug 15

4 events

15 AUG

6:00 AM

queer quilting studio (Saturday Morning Cohort)

Chicago Queer History Walking Tours: Sex and Rebellion

Meetup: Single Lesbians in the City

Tickets

15 AUG

9:00 AM

queer quilting Patch Camp

Sapphic Social at Level Sporting Club

Meetup: Single Lesbians in the City

Tickets

Sunday, Aug 16

1 event

16 AUG

10:00 AM

Anatomy of a Suicide

Meetup: Single Lesbians in the City

Tickets

Tuesday, Aug 18

1 event

18 AUG

2:00 PM

Women's Book Group

Meetup: Single Lesbians in the City

Tickets

Thursday, Aug 20

2 events

20 AUG

2:00 PM

Queer Book Fair Opening Night Party

Goblin Market Manga & Curiosities, North Lincoln Avenue, Chicago, IL, USA

Tickets

20 AUG

7:00 PM

Queer Book Fair

Tickets

Friday, Aug 21

1 event

21 AUG

12:00 PM

Heart Magic Weekend Retreat

Meetup: The Thoughtful Gay Man Chicago

Tickets

Saturday, Aug 22

2 events

22 AUG

3:00 PM

Movies in the Park Mary Poppins

Meetup: Single Lesbians in the City

Tickets

22 AUG

7:00 PM

Pitch Your Peeps: QUEER Slide Deck Match Making ...

Tickets

Tuesday, Aug 25

1 event

25 AUG

7:00 PM

August QUEER Polyam Karaoke - Last Tuesday of the month

Tickets

Wednesday, Aug 26

1 event

26 AUG

2:00 PM

Board Game Speed Dating for Gay Men at Uptown Taproom - Chicago

Uptown Taproom

Tickets

Saturday, Aug 29

2 events

29 AUG

8:00 AM

Chicago Queer History Walking Tours: Dive Keepers on North Clark Get Warnings

Meetup: Single Lesbians in the City

Tickets

29 AUG

12:00 PM

Sapphic Saturday

Meetup: Single Lesbians in the City

Tickets

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LGBTQ+ Events in Chicago

Saturday, Aug 1

Let's hang with the Chicago Lesbians Do Coffee and More group

Monday, Aug 3

Ace Grey Demi Speed Dating

Tuesday, Aug 4

Transexual Menace | Free Film Screening

Wednesday, Aug 5

Press Play: a queer listening party at Fathom

Thursday, Aug 6

QUEER Polyam Cocktails - 1st Thurs of the Month

Friday, Aug 7

Northalsted Market Days 2026 VIP Pass

The Eras Tour (Drag Version) Chicago 8/7 - FRIDAY EVENING

THE WHITE PARTY - DJ GLORIA & CLANDESTINA CHICAGO

Spawning Season: An Experiment in Queer Parenthood by Joseph Osmundson

Market Nights with Lesbian Social Club

Market Days Chicago: Pink PUSSSY RAVE 2026

Saturday, Aug 8

LGBTQ Entrepreneur Morning Meet Up

Hot Dawgs & Mascara: A Drag Show at Devil Dawgs

Book Club: All the Way to the River by Elizabeth Gilbert

Ascension: A Higher State of Sound

Queen: Market Daze

Sunday, Aug 9

Chicago, IL - Drag Brunch @ Punch Bowl Social

LOBO Lesbian Lunch

Jameson Pub to Pitch Bus Program East Route - Stars vs. Bay FC

Galaxia: Temple

Monday, Aug 10

Let's discuss "EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM WILL SOMEDAY BE DEAD" + dinner at Wilde

Tuesday, Aug 11

Tuesdays on the Terrace

Thursday, Aug 13

Meet IRL | Bookstore Speed Dating | Queer Women Ages 28+

Pitch Your Peeps: QUEER Slide Deck Match Making Events @ Nobody's Darling

Friday, Aug 14

Whiskey Girl Fridays

GAY Soul Food (Chicago)

Babes with Blades: yo. ho.

Saturday, Aug 15

queer quilting studio (Saturday Morning Cohort)

Chicago Queer History Walking Tours: Sex and Rebellion

queer quilting Patch Camp

Sapphic Social at Level Sporting Club

Sunday, Aug 16

Anatomy of a Suicide

Tuesday, Aug 18

Women's Book Group

Thursday, Aug 20

Queer Book Fair Opening Night Party

Queer Book Fair

Friday, Aug 21

Heart Magic Weekend Retreat

Saturday, Aug 22

Movies in the Park Mary Poppins

Pitch Your Peeps: QUEER Slide Deck Match Making ...

Tuesday, Aug 25

August QUEER Polyam Karaoke - *Last Tuesday of the month*

Wednesday, Aug 26

Board Game Speed Dating for Gay Men at Uptown Taproom - Chicago

Saturday, Aug 29

Chicago Queer History Walking Tours: Dive Keepers on North Clark Get Warnings

Sapphic Saturday

Stay in the Loop

August QUEER Polyam Karaoke - Last Tuesday of the month