Queer MTL things to do: November 2024
As the weather grows colder in November, indoor activities heat up all over the city! And like every month, Montréal is stuffed to the brim with events, parties and unique experiences painted in all the colours of the LGBTQ+ rainbow. From drag to community, circuit to underground, here’s some of our picks for the best LGBTQ+ things to do in the city. For further announcements, including those not announced at time of publication, follow QueerMTL on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and Tumblr! Got an event coming up? DM it our way!
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🎥 Cinema
👑 Drag
🥳 Parties
🎶 Concert
✊ Activism
🏳️⚧️ Trans
🏳️🌈 Community
😆 Comedy
🎭 Performance
💪 Sports
👯♀️ Dance
🎤 Karaoke
🎨 Arts
📚 Literary / Educational
👠 Ballroom / Vogue
Friday, November 1, 2024
🎨 Pointe-à-Callière’s exhibition Witches—Out of the Shadows runs until April 6, 2025, Pointe-à-Callière
🥳 GIRLS THEYS RAVE present GTR | Lesbian & Sapphic Halloween with DJs GwineStefani, Dracvla and Medasking, Cabaret Berlin
🥳 Cerise Noire goth night with UN, Esther Splett and DJ JTA, Notre-Dame-Des-Quilles
🥳 BIMBO presents BIMBOWEEN with Ian Jackman, DISKOMMANDER, DJ G3MINI and Esirena, plus a multi-category costume contest, Le Livart
🥳 Psychdelic Babylon presents the Psychedelic Halloween Masquerade with Electric Universe and Phase, Le Sainte-Catherine Hall
🎭 Closet d’Alibabette presents Le Cabaret des Curiosités : Spécial Halloween with La Freak du Show, Demone Lastrange, Sir Vergon, Xtra Dip and others, Centre de médiation culturelle “L’éphémère
💪 Montréal Roller Derby hosts Champs at Champs: Global Championship Roller Derby Watch Party Fundraiser with DJs and crafting, Champs
👑 Mado Reçoit with Mado Lamotte, Tracy Trash, Carmen Sutra, Erica and Nana, Cabaret Mado
👑 Vendredi Fou with Michel Dorion, Bar Le Cocktail
Saturday, November 2, 2024
🎤 Bareoke: Strip Karaoke, Café Cléopatra
👑 Doll Domination featuring an all-trans cast with Esirena, Denim, JayShow, Casanova, Bijoux, Shasha and SafierceDiamonds, Complexe Sky
🥳 Homegrown Harvest presents Halloween Rave 2024 with WATA IGARASHI, Marie Davidson, Lis Dalton b2b Esme, Xia b2b urmumsfavdj, Hidi, Kris Guilty b2b Gene Tellem, Lexis and Alina b2b Guthrie, venue announced day of
🥳 Queen & Queer hosts their Halloween Dance Party with Sandy Duperval, DJ Mc Coy, Lisa Dalton and Lia Plutonic in B2B and DJ Sam, Bain Mathieu
🎭 Voulez Vous Productions presents an Affordable Costume Making Class with Rosie Bourgeoisie, book for location
😆 Le brunch with Raquel, a queer and trans bilingual comedy show with Raquel Maestre, Kě, Lucy Gervais, CarminaBerbari, Nat Pace, Alo Azimov and Caro Monast, Agenda
💪 Montréal Roller Derby hosts Champs at Champs: Global Championship Roller Derby Watch Party Fundraiser with DJs and crafting, Champs
🥳 🏳️🌈 Studio ZX, FANTOM and PUMP present PUMP with DJs FLLEUR, Technique Nado and Syana and rhythmic cardio by Mags, Place du Village
🥳 SUPER TASTE MTL presents 90's DANCE PARTY : Édition Halloween, Ausgang Plaza
📚 L'Euguélionne, feminist bookstore hosts a book launch for Monia Mazigh’s Farida, L'Euguélionne
👑 Jackbox Games with the Gahds with Uma Gahd and Selma Gahd, Bar Le Cocktail
👑 Mado Reçoit with Mado Lamotte, Tracy Trash, Carmen Sutra, Erica and Nana, Cabaret Mado
👑 Drôles de Drags with Miss Butterfly, Ciathanight, Crystal Starz or Emma Déjàvu in rotation, Bar Le Cocktail
Sunday, November 3, 2024
🎭 Ligue d’impro Gailaxie, Cabaret Mado
💪 Montréal Roller Derby hosts Champs at Champs: Global Championship Roller Derby Watch Party Fundraiser with DJs and crafting, Champs
👑 Le Tracy Show with Tracy Trash and Bobépine, Carmen Sutra and Gina Gates, Cabaret Mado
👑 Dimanche Show with Michel Dorion, Bar Le Cocktail
Monday, November 4, 2024
👑 C’est juste lundi, place à la relève !! with Sally-D, Bar Le Cocktail
Tuesday, November 5, 2024
👑 Full Gisèle : Top et bottom with Gisèle Lullaby, Lady Guidoune, Victoire de Rockwell, Clay Thorris and Tracy Trash, Cabaret Mado
😆 Stand Up St. Henri Open Mic focusing on women, non-binary, queer and allied comedians, Impro Montréal
Wednesday, November 6, 2024
👑 Sasha Baga presents DIVAAS with Pétula Claque and Adriana, Cabaret Mado
🎭 The Poly Mic open mic, Bar Notre-Dame-des-Quilles
📚 L'Euguélionne feminist bookstore hosts a book launch for Martina Chumova’s Je mets mes rêves sur la table, L'Euguélionne
Thursday, November 7, 2024
👑 Krystella Fame presents Girls’ Night Out with Crystal Starz and Zahra Bizarre, Cabaret Mado
👑 Butterfly de nuit with Miss Butterfly, Bar Le Cocktail
🥳 L’Orage presents Jeudi diversité !, L’Orage Club
Friday, November 8, 2024
📚 L’Euguélionne feminist bookstore hosts reading and signing with Chanel Sutherland and Murgatroyd Monaghan, L’Euguélionne
🏳️🌈 Eros and JAG host the Le VibraFonds 2024—Soirée Bingo!, Longueuil
👑 Mado Reçoit with Mado Lamotte, Crystal Starz, Ciatha Night, Velma Jones and Nana, Cabaret Mado
👑 Vendredi Fou with Michel Dorion, Bar Le Cocktail
Saturday, November 9, 2024
📚 The Violet Hour Book Club reads Alice Winn’s In Memoriam, Librairie Pulp Books & Cafe
📚 L'Euguélionne feminist bookstore hosts a book launch for Eve Martin Jalbert’s Promesse d'un monde encore incertain, L'Euguélionne
🥳 🏳️🌈 Studio ZX and FANTOM present Oxygen with DJs Bullshit Artist and Persuasion, Place du Village
🥳 SUPER TASTE MTL and Homopop presents Hot To Go: Chappell Roan & Friends Dance Party, Bar Le Ritz PDB
👑 Jimmy Moore personifies Taylor Swift, Cabaret Mado
👑 Mado Reçoit with Mado Lamotte, Crystal Starz, Ciatha Night, Velma Jones and Nana, Cabaret Mado
👑 Drôles de Drags with Miss Butterfly, Ciathanight, Crystal Starz or Emma Déjàvu in rotation, Bar Le Cocktail
Sunday, November 10, 2024
👑 Le Brunch aux Folles with Misty Waterfalls, Sisi Sinatra and Miss Fountain, Social Verdun
👑 Afternoon Drag Cafe with Itsh and Timothy Toxic, Agenda Co-op Bookstore
🎭 Reines Stones present Sunday Sin Day: Circus of Hell with Quinzy Chase, Sasha Désir, Siren Mayhem and Mina Minou, Wiggle Room
🎭 Ligue d’impro Gailaxie, Cabaret Mado
👑 Le Tracy Show with Tracy Trash and Kiara, Kelly Torrieli and Marla Deer, Cabaret Mado
👑 Dimanche Show with Michel Dorion, Bar Le Cocktail
Monday, November 11, 2024
👑 Vous êtes invité.e.s featuring the wedding ceremony of Val de Freak and Prudence, officiated by Heaven Genderfck with special performances, Cabaret Mado
👑 C’est juste lundi, place à la relève !! with Sally-D, Bar Le Cocktail
Tuesday, November 12, 2024
👑 Full Gisèle : Pop Y2K with Gisèle Lullaby, Saltina Shaker, Sunshine Glitterchild, Lady Boom Boom and Pétula Claque, Cabaret Mado
😆 Stand Up St. Henri Open Mic focusing on women, non-binary, queer and allied comedians, Impro Montréal
Wednesday, November 13, 2024
👑 Dance Again with Amy Haze, Gabriella, Kelly Torrieli, Kitana, Miss Butterfly, Rita Baga and Sasha Baga, Cabaret Mado
🎭 The Poly Mic open mic, Bar Notre-Dame-des-Quilles
📚 L'Euguélionne feminist bookstore hosts a bilingual discussion on Mandi Gray’s Suing for Silence: Sexual Violence and Defamation and Kharoll-Ann Souffrant’s Le privilège de dénoncer with the authors in attendance, L'Euguélionne
Thursday, November 14, 2024
🎭 Slaysians with Manny, Ad’horrible, CC Chanel, EmmÖtional Damage, Jebbie, Justin, Kajol, Khann, Korra Anarch’key, Psyberia, Rameez Karim, Song, Suri Racha and Ken Antonio, Cabaret Mado
👯♀️ Montréal Heels Festival, dedicated to the art of dancing in heels, Hôtel Bonaventure Montréal
🎭 Sis Void and Dark Felina present Cabaret Nocturna with Diana Bastet, Celesta O’Lee, Tristan Ginger, Miss Pretty Pretentious, Royal T and Sasha Désir, Cabaret Berlin
🎥 Queer Cinema Club of Montréal and Image+Nation hosts two screenings of Gregg Araki's Mysterious Skin, Cinema Moderne
👑 Butterfly de nuit with Miss Butterfly, Bar Le Cocktail
🥳 L’Orage presents Jeudi diversité !, L’Orage Club
Friday, November 15, 2024
📚 L'Euguélionne feminist bookstore hosts a book launch for Aimée Lévesque’s Parmi les femmes, L’Euguélionne
👯♀️ Montréal Heels Festival, dedicated to the art of dancing in heels, Hôtel Bonaventure Montréal
👑 Mado Reçoit with Mado Lamotte, Barbada, Daisy Wood, Peggy Sue, Krystella Fame and Nana, Cabaret Mado
👑 Vendredi Fou : Pants Free Evening with Michel Dorion, Bar Le Cocktail
Saturday, November 16, 2024
🥳 Butch-Femme Prom, Champs Bar
🥳 Lez Dance hosts Soirée entre elles! LEZ DANZE together! with DJ Franklyne, Stock & Soda
🎤 Bareoke: Strip Karaoke, Café Cléopatra
👯♀️ Montréal Heels Festival, dedicated to the art of dancing in heels, Hôtel Bonaventure Montréal
📚 L'Euguélionne feminist bookstore hosts the roundtable discussion Littérature et révolution with Sayaka Araniva-Yanez, Liza Hammar, Paola Ouédraogo and Missila Izza, L’Euguélionne
👑 Jimmy Moore personifies Madonna: The Celebration Tour, Cabaret Mado
👑 Mary J. Kay presents Patsy Galant, Bar Le Cocktail
👑 Mado Reçoit with Mado Lamotte, Barbada, Daisy Wood, Peggy Sue, Krystella Fame and Nana, Cabaret Mado
👑 Drôles de Drags with Miss Butterfly, Ciathanight, Crystal Starz or Emma Déjàvu in rotation, Bar Le Cocktail
Sunday, November 17, 2024
😆 A Very Pretentious Comedy Show #20 with Raquel Maestre, Eve Parker Finley, Lou Laurence, Brad MacDonald, Sara Meleika, Andrina Learmonth, Jason Houle and Sarah Boivin, Café La ligne Verte
🎭 Ligue d’impro Gailaxie, Cabaret Mado
👑 Le Tracy Show with Tracy Trash and Sasha Baga, Pétula Claque and Lady Boom Boom, Cabaret Mado
👯♀️ Montréal Heels Festival, dedicated to the art of dancing in heels, Hôtel Bonaventure Montréal
👑 Dimanche Show 19th Anniversary! with Michel Dorion, Bar Le Cocktail
Monday, November 18, 2024
👑 C’est juste lundi, place à la relève !! with Sally-D, Bar Le Cocktail
Tuesday, November 19, 2024
👑 Full Gisèle : Wicked with Gisèle Lullaby, Marla Deer, Johnny Jones, Kiara and Rowena Whey, Cabaret Mado
👑 Lulu Shade and Sally-D present Shade-D Show with Mike Oxlong, Bar Le Cocktail
😆 Stand Up St. Henri Open Mic focusing on women, non-binary, queer and allied comedians, Impro Montréal
Wednesday, November 20, 2024
🎭 The Poly Mic open mic, Bar Notre-Dame-des-Quilles
😆 The Alt Comedy Show #2 with Raquel Maestre, Mike Carrozza, Mason Terry, Sadie Moland, Shawn Stenhouse and Carmina Berbari, Notre-Dame-Des-Quilles
👑 Bobépine presents Céline Dion... en Fête with Victoire de Rockwell, Marla Deer, Jay Show, Clay Thorris and Tracy Trash, Cabaret Mado
🎥 Image+Nation Culture Queer film festival, various locations
Thursday, November 21, 2024
🎭 The L Word Season 2—Live! with Sarah Laurendeau, Marie-Soleil Dion, Florence Blain Mbaye, Marie-Fanny Guay, Camille Léonard, Noémie Lira, Mélodie Noël Rousseau and Geneviève Labelle, Cabaret Mado
📚 L'Euguélionne feminist bookstore hosts the poetry evening À la santé de ce qui nous a pas encore tuées with Emmanuelle Riendeau, Marie-Pier Lafontaine, Marie Darsigny, Rosie Desbiens and Mélopée B. Montminy, L’Euguélionne
🏳️🌈 Festival Jouissif Montréal hosts Noël Jouissif, and erotic and other curiosities market, Bain Mathieu
🎭 MainLine Theatre hosts performances of Michel Marc Bouchard’s Tom à la ferme, MainLine Theatre
👑 Contestant Uma Gahd hosts screenings of Canada’s Drag Race Season 5, Bar Le Cocktail
👑 Butterfly de nuit with Miss Butterfly, Bar Le Cocktail
🥳 L’Orage presents Jeudi diversité !, L’Orage Club
🎥 Image+Nation Culture Queer film festival, various locations
Friday, November 22, 2024
📚 L'Euguélionne feminist bookstore hosts Les disparitions qui nous habitent, a discussion on Sarine Demirjian’s Un froid qui ne me quitte pas and Nada Sattouf’s Requiem d’un après-midi with the authors in attendance, L’Euguélionne
🏳️🌈 Festival Jouissif Montréal hosts Noël Jouissif, and erotic and other curiosities market, Bain Mathieu
👑 Mado Reçoit with Mado Lamotte, Jessie Précieuse, Lady Boom Boom, Celes and Nana, Cabaret Mado
👑 Vendredi Fou with Michel Dorion, Bar Le Cocktail
🎥 Image+Nation Culture Queer film festival, various locations
Saturday, November 23, 2024
👑 Xtra Dip! hosts A Verry Glee(k) Show with Uma Gahd, Casanova, Coco Charlemagne, Champagne, Hollie Woods, AlexandraMoss, Muzz Emma and Psyberia, Bar Le Cocktail
👑 Jimmy Moore personifies Céline Dion, Cabaret Mado
🏳️🌈 Festival Jouissif Montréal hosts Noël Jouissif, and erotic and other curiosities market, Bain Mathieu
👑 Mado Reçoit with Mado Lamotte, Jessie Précieuse, Lady Boom Boom, Celes and Nana, Cabaret Mado
👑 Drôles de Drags with Miss Butterfly, Ciathanight, Crystal Starz or Emma Déjàvu in rotation, Bar Le Cocktail
Sunday, November 24, 2024
🥳 Vol X. rave with Hector Oaks, x3butterfly, Solitary Dancer and Runa & Asha, details at link
👑 Celebrate 15 years of drag with Emma Déjà-vu, Bar Le Cocktail
🎭 Ligue d’impro Gailaxie, Cabaret Mado
👑 Le Tracy Show with Tracy Trash and Victoire de Rockwell, Daisy Wood and Misty Waterfalls, Cabaret Mado
Monday, November 25, 2024
👑 C’est juste lundi, place à la relève !! with Sally-D, Bar Le Cocktail
Tuesday, November 26, 2024
👑 Full Gisèle : Full Céline with Gisèle Lullaby, Nana, Crystal Starz, Bobépine and Gina Hamilton, Cabaret Mado
😆 Stand Up St. Henri Open Mic focusing on women, non-binary, queer and allied comedians, Impro Montréal
🎥 Image+Nation Culture Queer film festival, various locations
Wednesday, November 27, 2024
🎭 The Poly Mic open mic, Bar Notre-Dame-des-Quilles
👑 Marla Deer presents Popcorn Extra Beurre with Gisèle Lullaby, Tracy Trash, Bambi Dextrous, Bobépine, Clay Thorris and Johnny Jones, Cabaret Mado
🎥 Image+Nation Culture Queer film festival, various locations
Thursday, November 28, 2024
🥳 QUARTZ Soirées Lesbiennes presents To The Moon and Back with DJ Lavender May, Club Confessionnal
📚 L'Euguélionne feminist bookstore hosts a book launch for Aimee Wall’s Nous, Jane, L'Euguélionne
👑 Celebrate Canada’s Drag Race Season 5 contestant Uma Gahd’s Birthday with special guests, Bar Le Cocktail
🎭 Zize Dupanier presents Zize, Cabaret Mado
👑 Le Sami Party with Sami Landri and special guests, Cabaret Mado
👑 Contestant Uma Gahd hosts screenings of Canada’s Drag Race Season 5, Bar Le Cocktail
🥳 L’Orage presents Jeudi diversité !, L’Orage Club
🎥 Image+Nation Culture Queer film festival, various locations
Friday, November 29, 2024
🥳 SUPER TASTE MTL presents ABBA and Friends Dance Party: 5th Anniversary, Bar Le Ritz PDB
📚 L'Euguélionne feminist bookstore hosts De corneilles et de tantes / Of crows and aunties: a conversation with Jessica Johns with Catherine Leroux and Éric Fontaine, L'Euguélionne
👑 Mado Reçoit with Mado Lamotte, Gisèle Lullaby, Marla Deer, Sasha Baga and Nana, Cabaret Mado
👑 Vendredi Fou with Michel Dorion, Bar Le Cocktail
🎥 Image+Nation Culture Queer film festival, various locations
Saturday, November 30, 2024
🏳️🌈 CASA Cares hosts Q-Hour, spotlighting queer-owned and operated businesses, Concordia University
👑 Mado Reçoit with Mado Lamotte, Gisèle Lullaby, Marla Deer, Sasha Baga and Nana, Cabaret Mado
👑 Drôles de Drags with Miss Butterfly, Ciathanight, Crystal Starz or Emma Déjàvu in rotation, Bar Le Cocktail
🎥 Image+Nation Culture Queer film festival, various locations
OTHERS
👠 Twice a month on every second Tuesday, Bring It! hosts an OTA night of ballroom and vogue with commentator and DJ. Follow their Instagram for dates and details.
💪 Montréal Roller Derby hosts regular matches and open boot camps throughout the year. Follow their Facebook page for additional info.
🤠 Club Bolo—Danse Country Montréal meet on Fridays at the Association sportive et communautaire du Centre-Sud.
👯 Tango/Salsa Queer holds lessons every Saturday, visit queertangomtl.com for information or contact tango.queer@hotmail.com or call +1 (514) 709-4678 for prices and signup information, Espaces des Arts.
🏐 Les Ratons-Chasseurs (Montréal’s LGBTA dodgeball group) holds regular events. Keep an eye on their Facebook for upcoming opportunities to join in and play.
🕹Montréal Gaymers hosts regular gatherings including board game nights and gaming gatherings. Check their Facebook for what’s next!
🏃🏾Join the Out-Run run and workout club for people relating to the queer / sapphic experience. Details on their Instagram!
🐦 Bird lovers should keep their eye on Queer Birders' regularly scheduled birdwatching events and excursions. Join the Facebook group and get those binoculars at the ready.
