LGBTQ+ Events in Chicago

7:00 AM

Sunday Jazz Brunch

The Dearborn

8:00 AM

Dog Day

People and dogs socialize with drinks and treats

Musical Mondays

Sidetrack

Racist Chris on Mondays

Scot's

5:00 PM

Saturday Lineup Market Days Chicago 2026

Dan Slater (Market Days Weekend)

Roscoe's Drag Race 2026

Drag Race competition hosted by Kara Mel D’Ville and Ari Gato

Roscoe's

Drag Free Entry

Tuesday, Sep 8

3 events

8 SEP

Trusting Trans People: A New Model for Writing Letters of Support

8 SEP

Cumunion

Steamworks Baths

8 SEP

Let's Get Glam Bingo

Cabaret Comedy

Wednesday, Sep 9

8 events

TaskForce Prevention and Community Services

12:00 PM

TaskForce's Vogue School | Learn the Art of Ballroom

German Fare

Charlie's Chicago

All Things Beyoncé

Roscoe’s Drag Race 2026

Roscoe's

Reeling: The Chicago LGBTQ+ International Film Festival

Sapphic Singles: Lesbian, Bi, Trans & Queer+ Online Speed Dating

$15

[DIS]ABSTRACTION

Social Hour

Thursday, Sep 10

4 events

10 SEP

You Are Here Presents: Doomscrolling

10 SEP

Ladies Night

Chi-Town Classic Bowling Tournament

10 SEP

All day

CircuitMOM: Thank You Free Party

2:30 The Swallow Open Space Arts › 13:00 Whiskey Girl Fridays Meetup: Single Lesbians in the City Free entry › 13:00 Karaoke Drag Night Cooking with Cass LLC › 13:00 Queer Nerd Meetup at Goblin Market Goblin Market Manga & Curiosities, North Lincoln Avenue, Chicago, IL, USA › 13:00 Gospel, Soul and Disco Drag Dinner Kit Kat Club › 14:00 2nd Friday evening Steamworks Bear Hump party › 14:00 Cultural Capital Doesn't Pay the Rent: A Queer Memoir by Jessica Lawless Women & Children First › 14:00 Eat Your Tea Roscoe's › 15:00 L'Shana TADA! Stars and Garters Theater › 16:00 DJ Feature: Ca$h Era at Dorothy Dorothy › 16:00 DJ Cashera & Jenny Fox ↳ Dorothy › – Tom Stephan - Hydrate Nightclub › – The Gatsby Bottomless Drag Brunch kitkatchicago.com › – Goblin Market's Queer Horror Book Club Free entry › – The Lesbian Lodge $18 › – The Vault: A Gothic, Dark Wave Affair › – Lark Drag Brunch — ABBA Sing-A-Long › – Indu$try: Pride in the Oldest Profession Free entry › – Robyn Afterparty at Chicago Eagle ›

Friday, Sep 11 Friday night

19 events

Saturday, Sep 12 Saturday

6 events

Meetup: Sapphic Adventures

Wicker Park Fine Art Fair

12:00 PM

Book Club: Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki

OUT IN THE PARK Six Flags

SCRUM - Sports-Themed Dance Party

Jackhammer

Comedians That Are Gay

The Lincoln Lodge

$18.48

Punch Bowl Social Chicago

WIN-PAH MOSH!

Community Fetish

Sunday, Sep 13

7 events

13 SEP

7:00 AM

Chicago, IL - Drag Brunch @ Punch Bowl Social

Drag Community

13 SEP

9:00 AM

Old Gold

13 SEP

40 East Grand Avenue, Chicago, IL, USA

Strapped Presents: Sappho Bingo - Bound at Fathom

LGBTQIA+ Neurodivergent Support Group (COH)

Silent Book Club ft. Sheep Cult Comics

Coping with Grief: LGBTQ Widows & Widowers Forum

AtJap13's Birthday Party

Monday, Sep 14

2 events

14 SEP

6:00 PM

Let's discuss "HARRIET TUBMAN: LIVE IN CONCERT" + dinner and drinks at Wilde

Book discussion and dinner about Harriet Tubman novel by Bob the Drag Queen

Reeling: The Chicago LGBTQ+ International Film Festival

Film festival showcasing LGBTQ+ filmmakers and counteracting stereotypes

Festival

Tuesday, Sep 15

9 events

Creating Inclusive & Accessible Salon Spaces with HAIR HAS NO GENDER

Logan Parlor

6:00 AM

Drag Brunch Chicago

Ciderfest

Real Talk: A support and social group for trans men and trans masc folks

Support group for trans men and trans masc folks

CRAM 10 Year Anniversary Party

CRAM Fashion

Metro Presents... upsammy & Valentina Magaletti

Metro Presents concert featuring upsammy and Valentina Magaletti

LGBTQ+ Advisory Council Meeting

Non Monogamous Speed Dating

Rosh Hashanah Jewish Lesbian, Bi, Trans & Queer+ Online Speed Dating

$15

Wednesday, Sep 16

8 events

Intergenerational Trans Panel

The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City Chicago Viewing Party at Sidetrack

Sapphic Songwriters Series

Live Show Women / Sapphic

All Things Gaga

Sidetrack

Reeling 2026 — Celebrating LGBTQ+ Stories From Around the World

International LGBTQ+ film festival showcasing global stories

Chicago Filmmakers

Festival Community

Ami Chavruta

OutPro LGBTQ+ and Allies Networking at the Metropolitan

Life is a Queer Cabaret!

Cabaret

18

Thursday, Sep 17

6 events

17 SEP

REELING Film Fest

Partners in Crime Bookshop

Read Gay, Do Crime Book Club - September

17 SEP

2:30 PM

Laughs on Tap 3rd Thursday of the Month

LGBTQIA+ Board Game Mixer

A Spell of Heart & Havoc by Kristen Vale

Community Women / Sapphic

17 SEP

Sapphic Serenade: Friday Night Feelings

Friday, Sep 18 Friday night

9 events

WERQ! LGBTQ+ Career Fair

Career fair connecting LGBTQ+ individuals with job opportunities

Hairspray: the Baltimore Drag Dinner

Reeling Film Fest: Julian

Stars and Garters Theater

Death at the Drag Show

HAGS

HA Harmonic: Graphic Score Performance

Sam Gee - Hydrate Nightclub

GOLDILOXX Chicago

$10

Lark Drag Brunch — I Love the 80's

7:00 Joliet PrideFest Meetup: Single Lesbians in the City Free entry › 7:00 Reeling Film Fest: Free Beer Tomorrow ↳ Meetup: Single Lesbians in the City Free entry › 8:00 LGBTQ+ Womxn Intergenerational Coffee Chat Diva › 11:00 Grounded & Connected: A Belonging & Wellness Series 6323 S Cottage Grove Ave › 12:00 Chicago Gay Men Speed Dating | Singles Event | Fancy a Go? Recess › 13:00 Saturday Night Touche Event $15 › 13:00 Sky v. Dream Watch Party Level Sporting Club › 14:00 Sapphic Social at Level Sporting Club Meetup: Single Lesbians in the City Free entry › 14:00 CHICAGO - TURNING POINT U.S.GAY. (LIMITED PRE-SALE) Chicago Eagle › 14:00 Reeling Film Fest: Son of Sara Meetup: Single Lesbians in the City Free entry › 14:00 Little Miss Anthropes: All Drag Comedy Showcase The Lincoln Lodge › 16:00 Dorothy Pop! - Remixes Dorothy › – WEPA Party › – Dads of Love: Summer Finale ›

Saturday, Sep 19 Saturday

14 events

Sunday, Sep 20

9 events

20 SEP

7:00 AM

Reeling Film Fest: Montreal, My Beautiful

A Brunch of Drag

Reeling Film Fest: Black Burns Fast

Dads of Love Day Party

Reeling Film Fest: The Brittney Griner Story

Stars and Garters Theater

Pee-Wee's Gayhouse

20 SEP

Project VIDA Wellness Center

Toy With Me LIVE!

Q

20 SEP

Queer Sober Social @ Eli Tea Bar!

Transvengence Vol. 13

Podlasie Club

Monday, Sep 21

2 events

21 SEP

Reeling Film Fest: Shorts: Queer Voices

Queer Movie Monday: TV Edition ft. Black Mirror & High Fidelity

Tuesday, Sep 22

3 events

22 SEP

Novelty Pot: EARTH

Facets

22 SEP

Butch The Builder: A Care Cubby pop up

22 SEP

StoryStudio Chicago Queer Writers Prompt & Exchange

Wednesday, Sep 23

5 events

TaskForce Prevention and Community Services

12:30 PM

Statewide Network Meeting for LGBTQ+ Youth and Young Adults

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

Uptown Taproom

Reeling Film Fest: Meeting Marsha

Wednesday evening play party

$15

Together We Thrive: An Evening With GenderCool

Thursday, Sep 24

5 events

1:30 PM

Art Gallery Reception

Bi+ Visibility Panel & Fundraiser

Matilda

Bonnie's Last Flight

CROWNED 2026

Drag Community

Fetish Friday: GEAR

Community Fetish

Friday, Sep 25 Friday night

10 events

Queer Crafting

Awakenings

Sisters in Cinema Media Arts Center

Pariah Screening

Film Screening Women / Sapphic

Reeling Film Fest: Shorts: W. L. W

Latin Night: all Latin, all night with Jenny Fox

Proud to Run Chi Pride Run Series

Pride

La Cage aux Folles Bottomless Drag Brunch

kitkatchicago.com

Lark Drag Brunch — Legally Blonde

Group Therapy (Without the Copay)

Brave Space Sprinters for AIDS Awareness

$10

All day

Dani Brasil - Hydrate Nightclub

Saturday, Sep 26 Saturday

5 events

26 SEP

8:00 AM

4th Saturday afternoon Steamworks Bear Hump party

26 SEP

Reeling Film Fest: Shorts: Chosen Family

PB&J: Pizza Beer and Jukebox

Chicago Oktoberfest 2026

26 SEP

DJ Feature: ACONST at Dorothy

Chicago Gay Speed Dating Verified Singles

2829 S Tripp Ave

Sunday, Sep 27

5 events

Meetup: The Thoughtful Gay Man Chicago

8:30 AM

Breaking the Cycle

Sunday FunGAY

The Hi-Lo

CLOSED: Private Event

Chicago Meet Gay Professionals Climbing Ranks

VFH4+PX Chicago

Chicago Pride Fest

Lakeview

Pride Festival

Monday, Sep 28

3 events

28 SEP

Hot Potato Hearts Queer Speed Dating

Lemon

28 SEP

9:00 PM

Horse Lords / Mute Duo / Bonnie Han Jones and Allen Moore

Empty Bottle

$26.78

28 SEP

Meet IRL — Sapphic Speed Dating, Ages 30+

$37.02

Tuesday, Sep 29

3 events

29 SEP

Gay for Pay

The Lincoln Lodge

29 SEP

Queer Poetry Salon at Dorothy

29 SEP

September QUEER Polyam Karaoke - Last Tuesday of the month