Queer MTL things to do: April 2026

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👑 Find tickets for drag shows at Cabaret Mado and Bar Le Cocktail at their websites.

👠 Up to date info on Montréal’s ballroom goings-on including functions and lessons are listed at Ballroom4Community and Montréal Kiki Ballroom Alliance (Mtl-KBA).

🏳️‍🌈 Brûlances festival’s call for collaboration applications closes April 3, 2026.

Week of April 1 to 4, 2026

Wednesday, April 1, 2026

👑 Les Golden Girls with Tracy Trash as Blanche, Velma Jones as Sofia, Marla Deer as Dorothy and Prudence as Rose, Cabaret Mado

🎨 @Hommehomo presents Drink & Draw, Bar Le Cocktail

🥳 Queer Womxn Social does April Fool’s, Mellön Brasserie

🥳 Before Dark 30+ Mingle, Club DD’s

😂 Quiz Master Brian hosts The Quiz Master Brian Show trivia, The Rec Room Royalmount

👠 Voguing Lessons with Jontae Louboutin, Studio Bizz

👠 Ballroom Sessions, Espace Sans Luxe

🎥 Xiaodan He’s Montréal, ma belle with Joan Chen, Cinéma Beaubien

🎥 Harry Lighton’s Pillion with Alexander Skarsgård and Harry Melling, Cinéma du Parc

🎥 Junna Chif’s Invisibles, Cinéma Public

🎥 Junna Chif’s Invisibles, Cinéma Beaubien

🎥 Óliver Laxe’s Sirāt, winner of the Cannes Film Festival’s Jury Prize, Cinéma du Parc

🎥 Óliver Laxe’s Sirāt, winner of the Cannes Film Festival’s Jury Prize, Cinéma Beaubien

🎥 Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver—50th Anniversary with Robert De Niro, Cinéma du Parc

Thursday, April 2, 2026

🎶 Lady Gaga: The Mayhem Ball, Centre Bell

🥳 Bimbo and Double D Thursdays present Road to Mayhem: The Mayhem Rave Warm Up Party with DJ Luxx Noir London, Luis Fernando and Little Star, hosted by Agusta Wind, Club DD’s

👑 Collectif PAQC hosts April Fool’s Day Drag Show with Serge la drag, Nomi Bodi, Drag Monkey, Purèle, Jay Show and Peter Pansexual, Bar Notre-Dame-des-Quilles

👠 Black Gxrl Sesh for Black folks only, @blackgxrlsesh

🎥 Xiaodan He’s Montréal, ma belle with Joan Chen, Cinéma Beaubien

🎥 Aidan Zamiri’s The Moment with Charli XCX, Cinéma Moderne

🎥 Harry Lighton’s Pillion with Alexander Skarsgård and Harry Melling, Cinéma Public

🎥 Junna Chif’s Invisibles, Cinéma Beaubien

🎥 Óliver Laxe’s Sirāt, winner of the Cannes Film Festival’s Jury Prize, Cinéma du Parc

🎥 Óliver Laxe’s Sirāt, winner of the Cannes Film Festival’s Jury Prize, Cinéma Beaubien

🎥 Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver—50th Anniversary with Robert De Niro, Cinéma du Parc

👑 Jimmy Moore personifies Lady Gaga: The Mayhem Ball Tour, Cabaret Mado

👑 Concours MX Cocktail 2026, Bar Le Cocktail

Friday, April 3, 2026

🎶 Lady Gaga: The Mayhem Ball, Centre Bell

🥳 KVNT DETOUR: Bloom with Paolo Askia, Kay B, DJ Hermano, La Niña Kiwi, Moonstar, Imani, Trey Prince, Jamie Johnston and Kiara, Livart

🥳 Dance Party with DJ Robin Banks, Club DD’s
🎭 Vibrations — Jazz Edition with Léo Luxe, Le Cabaret de Curiosités

🎥 John Waters’ Pink Flamingos with Divine, Cinéma du Parc

🎥 Óliver Laxe’s Sirāt, winner of the Cannes Film Festival’s Jury Prize, Cinéma Public

👑 Mado reçoit with Mado Lamotte and special guests, Cabaret Mado

👑 Vendredi Fou with Michel Dorion, Bar Le Cocktail

Saturday, April 4, 2026

🥳 They Them Mayhem with DJ Little Star, Club DD’s

🎭 Queer Karaoke MTL, Bar Milton-Parc

🎤 Bareoke karaoke strip tease, Café Cléopatra

🥳 Divas SingAlong Lady Gaga night, Club Soda

🎥 John Waters’ Pink Flamingos with Divine, Cinéma du Parc

🎥 Alfred Hitchcock’s Notorious with Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman, Cinéma Moderne

🎥 Paul Thomas Anderson’s Hard Eight with John C. Reilly, Cinéma Public

🎥 Gilles Groulx’s Le chat dans le sac, Cinéma du Musée

👑 Jimmy Moore personifies Lady Gaga: The Mayhem Ball Tour, Cabaret Mado

👑 Mado reçoit with Mado Lamotte and special guests, Cabaret Mado

👑 GAGA with Lady Boom Boom, Cabaret Mado

👑 Drôles de Drags, Bar Le Cocktail


Week of April 5 to 11, 2026

Sunday, April 5, 2026

🥳 Berlin Techno with DJs Davidé, Mushin, exo30 and LITH LI, Cabaret Berlin

🎭 MAYHEM with Cat Zaddy, Petro, Lady Magpie and others, The Wiggle Room

🎥 John Waters’ Pink Flamingos with Divine, Cinéma du Parc

🎥 Óliver Laxe’s Sirāt, winner of the Cannes Film Festival’s Jury Prize, Cinéma Public

🎥 Junna Chif’s Invisibles, Cinéma Moderne

🎭 La ligue d’impro Gailaxie, Cabaret Mado

🥳 Bon Bagay Nation presents Reminisce with Kwite Sane, Little Thunder, Fire Jones, Sir-D, D-Boy, Ace, Chief K and Mr Boom, 777 Robert-Bourassa Boulevard

👑 Scrambled Legs Drag Brunch hosted by Uma Gahd, Bernard Cabaret Gourmand

👑 Dimanche Show with Michel Dorion, Bar Le Cocktail

Monday, April 6, 2026

🎶 Perfume Genius with Dan English, Le National

🎶 Lady Gaga: The Mayhem Ball, Centre Bell

🥳 HUZ Gay Boy Night with DJ Manual Labour, Club DD’s

😂 Quiz Master Brian hosts The Quiz Master Brian Show trivia, Burgundy Lion

Tuesday, April 7, 2026

🎥 Harry Lighton’s Pillion with Alexander Skarsgård and Harry Melling, Cinéma du Parc

👠 Just Like Back in the Day: A Vogue Fem Emoting Class with Kije Amour 007, Studio Ed

🎶 Naïka: Eclesia Tour, MTELUS

👑 MX Mado 2026: Design Challenge, Cabaret Mado

👑 Full Gisèle with Gisèle Lullaby and guests, Cabaret Mado

Wednesday, April 8, 2026

😂 Quiz Master Brian hosts The Quiz Master Brian Show trivia, The Rec Room Royalmount

👠 Voguing Lessons with Jontae Louboutin, Studio Bizz

👠 Ballroom Sessions, Espace Sans Luxe

🎥 Óliver Laxe’s Sirāt, winner of the Cannes Film Festival’s Jury Prize, Cinéma Public

👑 Lulu Shade and Esirena present a Tribute to Britney Spears with Misty Waterfalls, Sev and Crystal Starz, Cabaret Mado

Thursday, April 9, 2026

🎥 Queer Cinema Club Montréal (QCCMTL) hosts a screening of John Cameron Mitchell’s Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Cinéma du Parc

🥳 Pole Night, Club DD’s
🤣 Thursday Stand-Up? Cool! JFL Showcase with Ben Stager, Mike Carrozza, Andrew Khoury, Dan Carin, Brad MacDonald, Elspeth Wright, Becca Redden, Kě, Dayna Leiberman, Eve Parker Finley, Raquel Maestre and Carmina Berbari Daou, Theatre Sainte Catherine Café-Bar

👠 Black Gxrl Sesh for Black folks only, @blackgxrlsesh

🎥 Junna Chif’s Invisibles, Cinéma Public

👑 Bière & Métal with Rock Bière and RV Métal, Cabaret Mado

👑 Concours MX Cocktail 2026, Bar Le Cocktail

Friday, April 10, 2026

🎶 Skullcrusher with June McDoom and h. pruz, Bar Le Ritz PDB

🥳 Lèche Vitrine closing party with Alan Harman, Puggy Beales, Mickey Dagger and Ty Trap Door, Espace Transmission

🥳 Latin Queer Night with DJ Nath, Club DD’s

🎥 Grace Glowicki’s Dead Lover in Stink-O-Vision, Cinéma Moderne

🤣 Queer Comedy All-Stars with Tranna Wintour, Uma Gahd and Andrew Khoury, Café Cléopatra

👑 Mado reçoit with Mado Lamotte and special guests, Cabaret Mado

👑 Vendredi Fou with Michel Dorion, Bar Le Cocktail

Saturday, April 11, 2026

🎶 CupcakKe: The Bakkery Tour, Théâtre Beanfield

🏳️‍🌈 The Feminist and Accessible Publishing, Communications, + Tech Series presents A Taste of Queer Montréal Exhibition Vernissage, Archives gaies du Québec

🎭 Josie and the Pussycats Live, Club DD’s

🥳 2000s Dance Party with DJ Mrktbeats, Club DD’s

🥳 Five Nights at Freddy’s Rave, Cabaret Berlin

🎥 Harry Lighton’s Pillion with Alexander Skarsgård and Harry Melling, Cinéma Public
🎥 Óliver Laxe’s Sirāt, winner of the Cannes Film Festival’s Jury Prize, Cinéma Public

👑 Jimmy Moore personifies Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour, Cabaret Mado

👑 Mado reçoit with Mado Lamotte and special guests, Cabaret Mado

👑 Drôles de Drags, Bar Le Cocktail


Week of April 12 to 18, 2026

Sunday, April 12, 2026

🎥 CINÉ-CLUB PSY presented by the Association des psychothérapeutes psychanalytiques du Québec shows Céline Sciamma’s Portrait of a Lady on Fire with Noémie Merlant and Adéle Haenel, Cinéma du Parc

🏳️‍🌈 T’es mon genre and CJE Centre-Nord hosts Friperie Solidaire Villegay, Patro Villeray

🎭 La ligue d’impro Gailaxie, Cabaret Mado

🤣 Queer Laughs lgbtq+ comedy show with Elspeth Wright, Carmina Berbari, Tony McIntyre and Becca Redden, Co-op Bar Milton-Parc [BMP]

👑 Drag Costumes Sale, Cabaret Mado

👑 Scrambled Legs Drag Brunch hosted by Uma Gahd, Bernard Cabaret Gourmand

👑 Le Tracy Show with Tracy Trash, Kiara, Lady Boom Boom and Marla Deer, Cabaret Mado

👑 Dimanche Show with Michel Dorion, Bar Le Cocktail

Monday, April 13, 2026

🥳 HUZ Gay Boy Night with DJ Manual Labour, Club DD’s

😂 Quiz Master Brian hosts The Quiz Master Brian Show trivia, Burgundy Lion

👑 SOIRÉE DE FINANCEMENT : Étudiants de l'options Sens et de Correspondant à l’étranger, Cabaret Mado

Tuesday, April 14, 2026

👠 Just Like Back in the Day: A Vogue Fem Emoting Class with Kije Amour 007, Studio Ed

👑 Full Gisèle with Gisèle Lullaby and guests, Cabaret Mado

Wednesday, April 15, 2026

🎶 Florence + The Machine: Everybody Scream Tour with Rachel Chinouriri, Centre Bell

🎨 @Hommehomo presents Drink & Draw, Bar Le Cocktail

😂 Quiz Master Brian hosts The Quiz Master Brian Show trivia, The Rec Room Royalmount

👠 Voguing Lessons with Jontae Louboutin, Studio Bizz

👠 Ballroom Sessions, Espace Sans Luxe

Thursday, April 16, 2026

🎥 Sofia Coppola’s Marc by Sofia with Marc Jacobs, Cinéma du Musée

📚 The Centre Canadien d’Architecture (CCA) hosts the Launch of The House Is (Not) a Prison by Colin Ripley, in conversation with Olivier Vallerand, CCA

🥳 Double D Thursdays: Dance Party & Drag with Augusta Wind and DJ Little Star, Club DD’s

👠 Black Gxrl Sesh for Black folks only, @blackgxrlsesh

👑 Les Folies draglesques: Bad Bunny & Lady Gaga with Miami Minx, Guy Just Guy, Casanova, Hailey Well and Moonshine Sunshine, Cabaret Mado

👑 Concours MX Cocktail 2026, Bar Le Cocktail

Friday, April 17, 2026

🥳 FRIGID’s Dirty 50th / Birthday Bash !!! with Mekanik, Plastik Patrik, FRIGID, Jonny Bonny Rock and Désordres Sonores, Cabaret Berlin 

🥳 Queer Cruising with DJ Phil McArr, Club DD’s

👑 Mado reçoit with Mado Lamotte and special guests, Cabaret Mado

👑 Vendredi Fou with Michel Dorion, Bar Le Cocktail

Saturday, April 18, 2026

🎶 Grace Ives with guests, Bar Le Ritz PDB

🎤 Bareoke karaoke strip tease, Café Cléopatra

🥳 Mal Portades Fiesta Latina with Hidra Corvus, Anaconda La Sabrosa and Disorder Kidd, Culposo Lounge

🥳 Lavender Storm with DJ CJSTORM and Easy Bake Coven, Club DD’s

💪 Montréal Roller Derby hosts HT Round Robin, Le Taz

🥳 Eden Creative presents The Grand Psychedelic Ball with Zebbler Encanti Experience, Planet Zyha, Manüman, Noussidiamond, Emerald People, Mix Blow, Mizz Becks, Mizzanthrope, Flame Fatale, Royal T, Infernal Desires, Symbiosis, Astraë, Jo, Miss Rosay, Happy Hooper and Saphira, Bain Mathieu

🎤 Queer Karaoke MTL, Bar Milton-Parc

🥳 Glimmering Dolls hosts Disney Channel Dance Party: Hannah Montana Edition, l’idéal bar & contenus

📚 Mykey Fashion presents Night of Fashion 2026, Théâtre Cartier

🤣 Quiz Master Brian presents VIP Trivia Tournament at Yan’s Deli, Yan’s Deli

👑 Jimmy Moore personifies Céline Dion, Cabaret Mado

👑 Mado reçoit with Mado Lamotte and special guests, Cabaret Mado

👑 Drôles de Drags, Bar Le Cocktail

Week of April 19 to 25, 2026

Sunday, April 19, 2026

📚 The Violet Hour Book Club discusses Shani Mootoo’s Starry Starry Night, Espace des Possibles dans La Petite-Patrie

🎭 Solidarity Sunday: The Fool’s Journey, The Wiggle Room
🕹️ Montréal Gaymers hosts Board Gaymes, Centre communautaire LGBTQ de Montréal

🎭 Broadway Babies Cabaret with Augusta Wind and Little Star, Club DD’s

👑 Scrambled Legs Drag Brunch hosted by Uma Gahd, Bernard Cabaret Gourmand

🎭 La ligue d’impro Gailaxie, Cabaret Mado

👑 Dimanche Show with Michel Dorion, Bar Le Cocktail

Monday, April 20, 2026

🏳️‍🌈 Happy Lesbian Awareness Week!

🥳 HUZ Gay Boy Night with DJ Manual Labour, Club DD’s

😂 Quiz Master Brian hosts The Quiz Master Brian Show trivia, Burgundy Lion

Tuesday, April 21, 2026

🏳️‍🌈 Happy Lesbian Awareness Week!

👠 Just Like Back in the Day: A Vogue Fem Emoting Class with Kije Amour 007, Studio Ed

🎶 The Last Dinner Party with Florence Road, MTELUS

👑 MX Mado 2026: Talent Show, Cabaret Mado

👑 Full Gisèle with Gisèle Lullaby and guests, Cabaret Mado

Wednesday, April 22, 2026

🏳️‍🌈 Happy Lesbian Awareness Week!

😂 Quiz Master Brian hosts The Quiz Master Brian Show trivia, The Rec Room Royalmount

🎤 Karaoke with Maria, Club DD’s

👠 Voguing Lessons with Jontae Louboutin, Studio Bizz

👠 Ballroom Sessions, Espace Sans Luxe

Thursday, April 23, 2026

🏳️‍🌈 Happy Lesbian Awareness Week!

📚 The Violet Hour and Blue Metropolis presents Chosen Ties: Queer Stories of Family, Found and Forged with Johanne Pelletier, Hollay Ghadery, John Cotrocois, Jamie Brickhouse, Nisha Coleman, Leila Marshy, Misty Waterfalls and Christopher DiRaddo, HOTEL 10

🎶 trauma ray with GLIXEN, Her New Knife and Knifeplay, Theatre Fairmount

👑 Drag: Kings! with Hercusleaze, Club DD’s

🎥 Orson Welles’ Touch of Evil, Cinéma du Musée

👠 Black Gxrl Sesh for Black folks only, @blackgxrlsesh

👑 StarQueens Printemps with Myki Meeks, Gisèle Lullaby, Sami Landri, Johnny Jones, Lady Boom Boom, Kiara and Carmen Sutra, Cabaret Mado

👑 Meet & Greet with Myki Meeks, Cabaret Mado

👑 Concours MX Cocktail 2026, Bar Le Cocktail

Friday, April 24, 2026

🏳️‍🌈 Happy Lesbian Awareness Week!

🎭 David Bowie Burlesque with Tristan Ginger, Moonshine Sunshine, Martini Fox, Ivy La Fleur, Cherry Ontop and Sucre à la Crème, The Wiggle Room

🥳 Never Monday Collective, Newspeak

🥳 SUPER TASTE MTL presents Starships: 2010’s Dance Party Vol. 5, Cabaret Berlin

🥳 Lezzone Butch Femme Mingle with DJ Minoe, Club DD’s

🎥 Stanley Kubrick’s Spartacus, Cinéma du Musée

👑 Mado reçoit with Mado Lamotte and special guests, Cabaret Mado

👑 Vendredi Fou with Michel Dorion, Bar Le Cocktail

Saturday, April 25, 2026

🏳️‍🌈 Happy Lesbian Awareness Week!

📚 The Violet Hour and Blue Metropolis present Shani Mootoo with the 2026 Blue Metropolis Violet Literary Prize, HOTEL 10

🥳 The Dark Eighties Dance Party, Cabaret Berlin

🥳 High Frequency: DJ Buhbuhlo & Friends, Club DD’s

🎥 Stanley Kubrick’s Spartacus, Cinéma du Musée

🎥 Grace Glowicki’s Dead Lover in Stink-O-Vision, Cinéma Moderne

🎭 Carnival of Madness with Moonshine Sunshine, La Freak du Show, Synchro Sin, Dom Sidian, Luna Veronica, Miss Behave and more, The Wiggle Room

👑 Mado reçoit with Mado Lamotte and special guests, Cabaret Mado

👑 Drôles de Drags, Bar Le Cocktail


Week of April 26 to 30, 2026

Sunday, April 26, 2026

🏳️‍🌈 Happy Lesbian Awareness Week!

👑 Scrambled Legs Drag Brunch hosted by Uma Gahd, Bernard Cabaret Gourmand

🎭 La ligue d’impro Gailaxie, Cabaret Mado

👑 Dimanche Show with Michel Dorion, Bar Le Cocktail

Monday, April 27, 2026

🎶 Clan of Xymox with Cold Cave, Buzz Kill and Rosa Anschütz, Theatre Fairmount

🎶 Lambrini Girls with Big Special and Big Girl, Théâtre Beanfield

🥳 HUZ Gay Boy Night with DJ Manual Labour, Club DD’s

😂 Quiz Master Brian hosts The Quiz Master Brian Show trivia, Burgundy Lion

Tuesday, April 28, 2026

🎶 Advance Base with Nicholas Krgovich, Cabaret Foufs

👠 Just Like Back in the Day: A Vogue Fem Emoting Class with Kije Amour 007, Studio Ed

👑 Full Gisèle with Gisèle Lullaby and guests, Cabaret Mado

Wednesday, April 29, 2026

😂 Quiz Master Brian hosts The Quiz Master Brian Show trivia, The Rec Room Royalmount

👠 Voguing Lessons with Jontae Louboutin, Studio Bizz

👠 Ballroom Sessions, Espace Sans Luxe

👑 Da-Lulu with Lulu Shade, Giselle Crown, Alexandra Moss, Diva on a Dime and La Regina, Cabaret Mado

Thursday, April 30, 2026

🎭 Petro presents Very Heated Rivalry a burlesque tribute to Heated Rivalry with Hercusleaze, BB Abundance and more, The Wiggle Room

👠 Black Gxrl Sesh for Black folks only, @blackgxrlsesh

👑 Les Trouvailles de Magpie with Lady Maggie Magpie, Cabaret Mado

👑 Concours MX Cocktail 2026, Bar Le Cocktail

OTHERS

🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Project 10 hosts regularly scheduled drop-in events and workshops for queer youth. Follow them on Instagram for all the latest details.

🎨 Queer Bodies MTL / Tiohtiakë hosts monthly live model drawing sessions. Find schedule, model and location info on their Instagram.

👠 Black Gxrl Sesh ballroom collective for Black Trans Queer People and Black Femmes hosts weekly events and open studios. Check their Instagram for details and times.

💅 Bring It! hosts OTA nights of ballroom and vogue with commentator and DJ. Follow their Instagram for dates and details.

🎤 Queer Karaoke MTL hosts regular karaoke events. Follow their Instagram for dates and location.

🛼 Montréal Roller Derby hosts regular matches and open boot camps throughout the year. Follow their Facebook page for additional info.

⚽ The Juke Lesbo-Queer and Trans inclusive soccer league collective offers weekly pick-up games. Follow their Instagram for game times and info.

⚾ The Balle Molle Queer Softball league holds regular games and events, with info at Instagram.

🤠 Club Bolo—Danse Country Montréal meet on Fridays at the Association sportive et communautaire du Centre-Sud. Check their website for details.

👯 Tango/Salsa Queer holds lessons every Saturday, visit their website 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 Instagram 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.

🧗 Queer Bloc’s monthly bouldering events bring together MTL’s queer climbing community with live DJs, after-drinks and even a tattoo artist on-site. Follow their Instagram for all of the details.

💪 Sam Gamegie hosts TransMasc Fitness classes the last Saturday every month. See Instagram for details.