Minneapolis Gay Events 2026: Pride, Parties & Festivals

This weekend

Fri · 2:00 PM Speed Friending

Kinky Fridays Fri · 4:00 PM

TCCD Monthly Meet and Greet Fri · 6:00 PM

The Kennel: Unleashed After Dark Fri · 9:00 PM

Masterclass Drag Show Fri · 9:00 PM +23 more this weekend

Friday, Oct 2 Today

5 events

Speed Friending

2:00 PM Quatrefoil Library

Kinky Fridays

Fetish-themed event with Mistress Mara and Queen Pea

4:00 PM The Gay 90's

Drag +1

TCCD Monthly Meet and Greet

TCCD monthly meet and greet at Muffin Top for fisting enthusiasts

6:00 PM

Fetish

The Kennel: Unleashed After Dark

9:00 PM Jackhammer, Chicago Free entry

Community +2

Masterclass Drag Show

9:00 PM Hydrate Nightclub, Chicago Free entry

Drag

Saturday, Oct 3 Tomorrow

11 events

Sunday, Oct 4

12 events

5:00 Leather Church @ Umbra mnleatherpride.org › 6:00 Rainbow Reads qlibrary.org › 8:00 Game Day at Dreamers Vault Games in Roseville Meetup: MN Prism Club: Queer Board Gaming Free entry › 8:30 Twin Cities Aroace Solidarity Group qlibrary.org › 11:00 Reading Party at Quatrefoil Library Quatrefoil Library Free entry › 11:00 Gilmore Girls Drag Brunch Lore, Atlanta Free entry › 11:00 The Real Drag Brunch of Chicago The River Kitchen and Bar, Chicago Free entry › 12:00 USA | MN | Minneapolis: Twin City Cavern Dwellers Monthly Play Party Private Residence - Minneapolis Metropolis › 13:00 Guess What? I Love You: Album/Book Release Tour Twin Cities Pride $12.51 › 18:00 Sunday Remix with Rob Reum Atlanta Eagle, Atlanta Free entry › 19:30 The Supersized Sunday Show Blake's On The Park, Atlanta Free entry › – SUNDAY CHASER (DJ Kenzie Q) Felix's Atlanta, Atlanta Free entry ›

Monday, Oct 5

2 events

Finance & Development Committee Meeting

Hybrid meeting for finance and development committees

12:30 PM qlibrary.org

September Twin Cities Pride Board Meeting

Public board meeting for Twin Cities Pride via Microsoft Teams

2:00 PM Twin Cities Pride

Pride

Tuesday, Oct 6

2 events

Technology Committee Meeting

2:00 PM qlibrary.org

Atons Leather Club Night

2:00 PM mnleatherpride.org

Club Night +1

Wednesday, Oct 7

3 events

Walk in Wednesdays with Teddy

12:00 PM mnleatherpride.org

Fetish

An Evening with Rick Nelson: Food, Fashion and Architecture

12:30 PM The Quinlan Room $125

Queer Threads

2:00 PM qlibrary.org

Community

Thursday, Oct 8

3 events

Rainbow Elder Coffee Connect

Monthly coffee connect for LGBTQIA2S+ older adults with games

6:00 AM Twin Cities Pride

Community

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

12:00 PM mnleatherpride.org

Twin Cities Cuttles Monthly Meeting

2:00 PM mnleatherpride.org

Fetish

Friday, Oct 9

1 event

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

3:00 PM mnleatherpride.org

Fetish +1

Saturday, Oct 10

8 events

Fall Colors Hike at Minnehaha Park

5:00 AM Minnehaha Park Free entry

Rainbow Wardrobe Open House: Spooktacular

6:00 AM Twin Cities Pride

Radical Queer Tarot Reading Group

7:00 AM qlibrary.org

Community

Gender Expansive Clothing Swap

9:00 AM Quatrefoil Library

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

12:00 PM mnleatherpride.org

Quatrefoil Game Night

1:30 PM qlibrary.org

North Star Rubber Club Meet & Greet

3:00 PM mnleatherpride.org

Fetish

J. D. Pride Youth Football

U.S. Bank Stadium

Pride

Sunday, Oct 11

2 events

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

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

Community

Atons Monthly Meeting

11:00 AM mnleatherpride.org

Community +1

Monday, Oct 12

2 events

Volunteer Committee Meeting

Volunteer committee meeting for recruitment, training, and scheduling

12:30 PM qlibrary.org

ICOM Board of Directors/General Membership Meeting

2:00 PM mnleatherpride.org

Tuesday, Oct 13

3 events

Programming Committee Meeting

1:00 PM qlibrary.org

Online

North Country Gaylaxians Book Club (Online)

2:00 PM qlibrary.org

Community

Queer Book Club

Wednesday, Oct 14

2 events

MNLP Board Meeting

1:30 PM mnleatherpride.org

October Rainbow Pages Queer Book Club!

Tropes & Trifles $12.87

Thursday, Oct 15

2 events

Bondesque Open Dungeon Meet & Greet

1:30 PM mnleatherpride.org

Fetish

Atons Leather Social @ Black Hart

2:00 PM mnleatherpride.org

Community +1

Friday, Oct 16

3 events

Quatrefoil’s 40th Anniversary Fundraiser

1:30 PM qlibrary.org $75

Twin Cities Puppy Pack Tank Night Takeover

5:00 PM mnleatherpride.org

Fetish

North Star Rubber Club TANK Night at the Saloon

5:00 PM mnleatherpride.org

Fetish

Saturday, Oct 17

9 events

Kink Accessibility Network Monthly Social

5:00 AM qlibrary.org

Community +1

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

7:00 AM Twin Cities Pride $25

Drag +1

Prime Timers Bookclub

8:15 AM qlibrary.org

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

11:00 AM mnleatherpride.org

Fetish

We Help Us: Intergenerational Queer & Trans Mutual Aid Storytelling

11:00 AM Twin Cities Pride Free entry

Community

Gallery Opening: Secret Worlds by Lily Wenndt

12:00 PM Twin Cities Pride

Pride

Bookchase and Board Games at the library!

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

LGBTQI Women's Halloween Dance

1:00 PM Twin Cities Pride $12

Club Night +1

HAUNTING DESIRES Movie Showing

2:00 PM mnleatherpride.org

Sunday, Oct 18

2 events

Prime Timers Dominoes

8:00 AM qlibrary.org

Twin Cities Puppy Pack Board Meeting

10:00 AM mnleatherpride.org

Community +1

Tuesday, Oct 20

2 events

Bondesque presents Foundations of Rope Bondage (Rope 101)

1:30 PM mnleatherpride.org

Twin Cities Spectrum: Monthly Meeting

2:00 PM mnleatherpride.org

Wednesday, Oct 21

3 events

Online

Twin Cities Lesbian Fiction Book Club (Online)

2:00 PM qlibrary.org

Women / Sapphic

NSKC Monthly Business Meeting

2:00 PM mnleatherpride.org

Bi-monthly Leather Dyke Social at Black Hart back lounge

2:00 PM mnleatherpride.org

Community +2

Thursday, Oct 22

1 event

BiblioFemmes Book Club

2:00 PM

Community

Friday, Oct 23

2 events

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

1:00 PM mnleatherpride.org

Queer Media Powerpoint Par-yay

2:00 PM Quatrefoil Library

Saturday, Oct 24

7 events

Wikipedia Edit-a-thon

6:00 AM qlibrary.org

North Star Kennel Club Pumpkin Patch 🎃

7:00 AM mnleatherpride.org

Community

Asexuality and Kink

9:00 AM mnleatherpride.org

Party +2

The Imperial Court Of Minnesota A Midsummer’s Costume Contest

11:00 AM mnleatherpride.org

Drag

BOP - Bi+ Game Night

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

Stargazing & Bonfire Night

2:00 PM Free entry

BLUF Minneapolis Monthly Meet-Up

3:00 PM mnleatherpride.org

Community

Sunday, Oct 25

2 events

Trunk or Treat

6:00 AM Twin Cities Pride

Community

Transgender Book Club

8:00 AM qlibrary.org

Wednesday, Oct 28

4 events

Monthly Social

1:00 PM tcqueertransplants.com

Community

OFFSITE - Twin Cities Queer Transplant Group

1:30 PM qlibrary.org

Community

CANCELLED: MNPoly Dessert Potluck & Social

2:00 PM qlibrary.org

Community

MNPoly Book Club: Safer sex in the polycule

2:00 PM qlibrary.org

Community

Friday, Oct 30

1 event

Sips & Slays Halloween Drag Show

$20

Party +2

Saturday, Oct 31

2 events

Halloween “Brew-unch” Drag Brunch

7:00 AM Twin Cities Pride $10.85

Drag

Hollywood Hybrid Event (18+)

10:00 AM qlibrary.org

Party +1

LGBTQ+ Events in Minneapolis

This weekend

Friday, Oct 2 Today

Speed Friending

Kinky Fridays

TCCD Monthly Meet and Greet

The Kennel: Unleashed After Dark

Masterclass Drag Show

Saturday, Oct 3 Tomorrow

Trauma Support Group

NSKC Public Mosh

Twin Cities Puppy Pack Locktober Kick Off: Chastity 101

Mean Girls Drag Brunch

Dragalicious Brunch and a Show

Camp Mary's Drag Brunch

Club De Vampiros Presents... Vamp Fest 2026

🌈 Rainbow (LGBTQ2+) D&D Closed for Previous Players only

Rubber

Cultivating Change Summit 2026

Preciosa Night

Sunday, Oct 4

Monday, Oct 5

Finance & Development Committee Meeting

September Twin Cities Pride Board Meeting

Tuesday, Oct 6

Technology Committee Meeting

Atons Leather Club Night

Wednesday, Oct 7

Walk in Wednesdays with Teddy

An Evening with Rick Nelson: Food, Fashion and Architecture

Queer Threads

Thursday, Oct 8

Rainbow Elder Coffee Connect

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

Twin Cities Cuttles Monthly Meeting

Friday, Oct 9

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

Saturday, Oct 10

Fall Colors Hike at Minnehaha Park

Rainbow Wardrobe Open House: Spooktacular

Radical Queer Tarot Reading Group

Gender Expansive Clothing Swap

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

Quatrefoil Game Night

North Star Rubber Club Meet &#038; Greet

J. D. Pride Youth Football

Sunday, Oct 11

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

Atons Monthly Meeting

Monday, Oct 12

Volunteer Committee Meeting

ICOM Board of Directors/General Membership Meeting

Tuesday, Oct 13

Programming Committee Meeting

North Country Gaylaxians Book Club (Online)

Queer Book Club

Wednesday, Oct 14

MNLP Board Meeting

October Rainbow Pages Queer Book Club!

Thursday, Oct 15

Bondesque Open Dungeon Meet &#038; Greet

Atons Leather Social @ Black Hart

Friday, Oct 16

Quatrefoil&#8217;s 40th Anniversary Fundraiser

Twin Cities Puppy Pack Tank Night Takeover

North Star Rubber Club TANK Night at the Saloon

Saturday, Oct 17

Kink Accessibility Network Monthly Social

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

Prime Timers Bookclub

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

We Help Us: Intergenerational Queer & Trans Mutual Aid Storytelling

Gallery Opening: Secret Worlds by Lily Wenndt

Bookchase and Board Games at the library!

LGBTQI Women's Halloween Dance

HAUNTING DESIRES Movie Showing

Sunday, Oct 18

Prime Timers Dominoes

Twin Cities Puppy Pack Board Meeting

Tuesday, Oct 20

North Star Rubber Club Meet & Greet

Bondesque Open Dungeon Meet & Greet

Quatrefoil’s 40th Anniversary Fundraiser