LGBTQ+ Events in Minneapolis

2:00 PM The Loft at Mill City Museum

Pride in Color: A Celebration of BIPOC LGBTQ+ Excellence

8:00 PM Atlanta Eagle, Atlanta Free entry

Code Night

Queer Student Cultural Center Every Journey is Different: A National Coming Out Week Panel

Tuesday, Oct 6

4 events

Wednesday, Oct 7

5 events

Walk in Wednesdays with Teddy

12:30 PM The Quinlan Room $125

An Evening with Rick Nelson: Food, Fashion and Architecture

Queer Threads

Gay Bowl XXVI

All day

Queer Student Cultural Center NCOW Self-Care & Community Wellness Night

6:00 AM Twin Cities Pride

Festival weekend Gay Bowl XXVI Oct 8–11 · everything below is part of it — see the hub →

Thursday, Oct 8

6 events

Rainbow Elder Coffee Connect

Monthly coffee connect for LGBTQIA2S+ older adults with games

From Vice to Nice: Race, AIDS, and Midwestern Politics

Twin Cities Cuttles Monthly Meeting

Quorum's National Coming Out Day Luncheon

Free entry

Sasha Velour: Travesty

Queer Student Cultural Center NCOW Illuminate: A Celebration of Pride

Drag +2

Friday, Oct 9

4 events

Twin Cities Puppy Pack and North Star Kennel Club puppy takeover at the Minneapolis Eagle!

Fetish +1

Kinky Fridays

Fetish-themed event with Mistress Mara and Queen Pea

4:00 PM The Gay 90's

TCCD Monthly Meet and Greet

TCCD monthly meet and greet at Muffin Top for fisting enthusiasts

6:00 PM

Mirage: Drag After Dark (21+)

5:00 AM Minnehaha Park Free entry

Saturday, Oct 10

9 events

Fall Colors Hike at Minnehaha Park

Rainbow Wardrobe Open House: Spooktacular

6:00 AM Twin Cities Pride

Radical Queer Tarot Reading Group

7:00 AM qlibrary.org

8:00 AM Minnehaha Park Free entry

Autumn Colors & Conversation - Minnehaha Park

Gender Expansive Clothing Swap

9:00 AM Quatrefoil Library

The Imperial Court Of Minnesota Calling of the Coven: A Witch’s Ball

Quatrefoil Game Night

1:30 PM qlibrary.org

North Star Rubber Club Meet & Greet

J. D. Pride Youth Football

U.S. Bank Stadium

5:00 AM Meetup: Outdoor Queers walking & hiking Meetup Group Free entry

Sunday, Oct 11

5 events

Fort Snelling Hike - Pike Island Loop (optional lunch after)

5:00 AM mnleatherpride.org

Leather Church @ Umbra

8:00 AM Meetup: MN Prism Club: Queer Board Gaming Free entry

Game Day at Dreamers Vault Games in Roseville

Open game day for tabletop games, art, and socializing

Atons Monthly Meeting

12:00 PM Private Residence - Minneapolis Metropolis

USA | MN | Minneapolis: Twin City Cavern Dwellers Monthly Play Party

Monthly play party for Twin City Cavern Dwellers

1:30 PM The Women's Building Free entry

Monday, Oct 12

3 events

Volunteer Committee Meeting

Volunteer committee meeting for recruitment, training, and scheduling

12:30 PM qlibrary.org

Queer Futures: A Visioning Workshop

ICOM Board of Directors/General Membership Meeting

Tuesday, Oct 13

3 events

Programming Committee Meeting

1:00 PM qlibrary.org

Online

North Country Gaylaxians Book Club (Online)

1:30 PM mnleatherpride.org

Queer Book Club

Wednesday, Oct 14

3 events

MNLP Board Meeting

October Rainbow Pages Queer Book Club!

Tropes & Trifles $12.87

Let's Do Coffee: Queermunity, Minneapolis

Thursday, Oct 15

2 events

Bondesque Open Dungeon Meet & Greet

1:30 PM mnleatherpride.org

Atons Leather Social @ Black Hart

5:00 PM mnleatherpride.org

Friday, Oct 16

5 events

Quatrefoil’s 40th Anniversary Fundraiser

1:30 PM qlibrary.org $75

Twin Cities Puppy Pack Tank Night Takeover

5:00 PM mnleatherpride.org

North Star Rubber Club TANK Night at the Saloon

Hocus Pocus Halloween Drag Brunch

$19.94

4:30 AM Theodore Wirth Park Free entry

The First Annual Spirit Weekend 24 Hour Dance-A-Thon

Party

Saturday, Oct 17

11 events

Late Autumn Trail Exploration - Theodore Wirth Park

Kink Accessibility Network Monthly Social

5:00 AM qlibrary.org

7:00 AM Twin Cities Pride $25

Cancer Is A Drag! A Benefit for Women's Health

Prime Timers Bookclub

8:15 AM qlibrary.org

Twin Cities Puppy Pack and North Star Kennel Club Game Night!

11:00 AM Twin Cities Pride Free entry

We Help Us: Intergenerational Queer & Trans Mutual Aid Storytelling

12:00 PM Twin Cities Pride

Gallery Opening: Secret Worlds by Lily Wenndt

1:00 PM Highland Park Library, Saint Paul Public Library Free entry

Bookchase and Board Games at the library!

LGBTQI Women's Halloween Dance

1:00 PM Twin Cities Pride $12

Club Night +1

HAUNTING DESIRES Movie Showing

The Bloodbath Ball 2026

$10.90

10:00 AM mnleatherpride.org

Sunday, Oct 18

2 events

Prime Timers Dominoes

8:00 AM qlibrary.org

Twin Cities Puppy Pack Board Meeting

6:30 PM Pierre Bottineau Library Free entry

Monday, Oct 19

1 event

Sapphic Stacks Book Club

Women / Sapphic

Tuesday, Oct 20

2 events

Bondesque presents Foundations of Rope Bondage (Rope 101)

1:30 PM mnleatherpride.org

Twin Cities Spectrum: Monthly Meeting

Wednesday, Oct 21

3 events

Online

Twin Cities Lesbian Fiction Book Club (Online)

Women / Sapphic

NSKC Monthly Business Meeting

Bi-monthly Leather Dyke Social at Black Hart back lounge

Community +2

Thursday, Oct 22

2 events

BiblioFemmes Book Club

2:00 PM

1:00 PM mnleatherpride.org

Claws Out

$13.50

Festival +1

Friday, Oct 23

3 events

Twin Cities Spectrum Structure of a Scene: A Little Care Goes A Long Way

Queer Media Powerpoint Par-yay

2:00 PM Quatrefoil Library

SAPPHOWEEN: An Exclusively Sapphic Halloween Party

Party +3

Saturday, Oct 24

8 events

Wikipedia Edit-a-thon

6:00 AM qlibrary.org

North Star Kennel Club Pumpkin Patch 🎃

7:00 AM mnleatherpride.org

9:00 AM mnleatherpride.org

Asexuality and Kink

Party +2

The Imperial Court Of Minnesota A Midsummer’s Costume Contest

1:30 PM The Wedge Community Co-op Free entry

BOP - Bi+ Game Night

Stargazing & Bonfire Night

2:00 PM Free entry

BLUF Minneapolis Monthly Meet-Up

J-Pride and PJ Library Trunk-or-Treat!

Sunday, Oct 25

1 event

Transgender Book Club

8:00 AM qlibrary.org

Monday, Oct 26

1 event

Drag Blingo Night with B. Louise

1:00 PM tcqueertransplants.com

Wednesday, Oct 28

4 events

Monthly Social

OFFSITE - Twin Cities Queer Transplant Group

1:30 PM qlibrary.org

CANCELLED: MNPoly Dessert Potluck & Social

MNPoly Book Club: Safer sex in the polycule

Thursday, Oct 29

2 events

Flip Phone XXL: Halloween

7:00 AM Twin Cities Pride $10.85

Black AF! Queer Prom

Friday, Oct 30

1 event

Sips & Slays Halloween Drag Show

$20

Party +2

Saturday, Oct 31

2 events

Halloween “Brew-unch” Drag Brunch

Hollywood Hybrid Event (18+)

10:00 AM qlibrary.org

Party +1

Sunday, Nov 1

2 events

Rainbow Reads

5:00 AM qlibrary.org

Party

Twin Cities Aroace Solidarity Group

7:30 AM qlibrary.org

12:00 PM Meetup: Bisexual Organizing Project (BOP) Free entry

Wednesday, Nov 4

1 event

Sexual health workshop

Thursday, Nov 5

3 events

Atons Host Twin Cities Leather Fetish Weekend Kickoff

Party +2

Quatrefoil Board Meeting

12:30 PM qlibrary.org

2:30 PM Twin Cities Pride $30

Off Menu: A Late Night Spectacular at Parlour Bar | St. Paul, MN

Drag +2

Friday, Nov 6

3 events

MNLP Hosts TCLF Weekend Floggapalooza

Kinky Fridays

3:00 PM

TCL/F Opening Night

Saturday, Nov 7

6 events

Trauma Support Group

5:00 AM qlibrary.org

5:00 AM Twin Cities Pride

Queer Writes Book Fair

6:00 AM mnleatherpride.org

Class is in Session

Pride +2

NSKC Public Mosh

7:00 AM mnleatherpride.org

Open Mic Poetry Night

12:00 PM qlibrary.org

Comedy

Twin Cities Leather and Fetish Contest and Victory Party

4:00 AM Meetup: Outdoor Queers walking & hiking Meetup Group Free entry

Party +1

Sunday, Nov 8

2 events

Walk around Lake Nakomis (optional lunch after)

2:00 PM Orchestra Hall-MN

The Musical Tales of Hans Christian Andersen

Monday, Nov 9

1 event

MNPOC Pride Annual Gala

1:00 PM The Armory

5:00 AM Twin Cities Pride

Wednesday, Nov 11

1 event

Dev Lemons - Eat the Pavement Tour

Green Room

Live Show

Saturday, Nov 14

2 events

Rainbow Wardrobe Open House: Sweater Weather

1:00 PM Highland Park Library Free entry

Queer 20s and 30s Book Club: Copper Script

Saturday, Nov 21

1 event

2026 Holiday Fundraiser

9:00 AM mnleatherpride.org

Pride +2

Sunday, Nov 22

1 event

Slay Bells Ring

7:00 AM Twin Cities Pride $38

Live Show

Saturday, Dec 12

1 event

Rainbow Wardrobe Open House: Frost Fits

5:00 AM Twin Cities Pride

Sunday, Dec 13

1 event

Lebanon Hills - Visitor Center to Voyageur Trail (optional lunch after)

4:00 AM Meetup: Outdoor Queers walking & hiking Meetup Group Free entry

1:00 PM Twin Cities Pride

Friday, Dec 18

1 event

The Home of Minnesota's Only Queer Nutcracker

Sunday, Dec 20

1 event

A Very Merry Drag Brunch

5:00 AM Twin Cities Pride $20

10:00 AM Mississippi Riverfront Free entry

Monday, Dec 21

1 event

Winter Solstice Stroll - Mississippi Riverfront