Queer MTL things to do: June 2025

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🎥 Cinema

👑 Drag

🥳 Parties

🎶 Concert

✊ Activism

🏳️‍⚧️ Trans

🏳️‍🌈 Community

😆 Comedy

🎭 Performance

💪 Sports

👯‍♀️ Dance

🎤 Karaoke

🎨 Arts

📚 Literary / Educational

👠 Ballroom / Vogue

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

Sunday, June 1, 2025
 🎭 Cult of AnarchKey presents Queercore: Pop Punk + Alt Rock with Korra AnarchKey, Ad’Horrible, Geneviève Allura, La Freak Du Show, Lulu Shade, Maya Iconique, Prudence, Skyy Highe, Val the Freak and Zyra Dymond, Complexe Sky
 🥳 Cult of AnarchKey presents Queercore: Pop Punk & Alt-Rock Dance Party with Korra AnarchKey, Complexe Sky
 🥳 SUPER TASTE MTL present ABBA and Friends Dance Party, Bar Le Ritz PDB
 👠 The Jellicle Kiki Ball II Workshops with Mags, Godmother Sankova and Noam Juicy 007, Infinity Movement
 🎭 Britney Spears vs. Christina Aguilera Burlesque! with Petro, Rose de Flore, Satin Simone and Celesta O’Lee The Wiggle Room
 🎭 La ligue d’impro Gailaxie, Cabaret Mado
 🎥 Alexis Langlois’ Queens of Drama, Cinema du Parc
 👑 Le Tracy Show with Tracy Trash, Bobépine, Kelly Torrieli and Drag Race Belgique’s Valenciaga, Cabaret Mado
 👑 Dimanche Show with Michel Dorion, Bar Le Cocktail
 🏳️‍🌈 Soirée d’explorations intimes ~ s3x Positive ~ en mixité choisie FLINTA, À Corps Consentants (ÀCC) 
 
Monday, June 2, 2025
 👑 Rock Bière and Rv Métal present Show.er, Cabaret Mado
 🎥 Alexis Langlois’ Queens of Drama, Cinema du Parc
 
Tuesday, June 3, 2025
 👑 Full Gisèle : News with Gisèle Lullaby, Victoire De Rockwell, Clay Thorris, Petula Claque and Prudence, Cabaret Mado
 🎥 Alexis Langlois’ Queens of Drama, Cinema du ParcWednesday, June 4, 2025
 🎭 The Poly Mic queer open mic night, Bar Notre-Dame-des-Quilles
 👠 Ballroom4Community presents Old Way workshop with Icon Stan Elle, 100luxdanse
 👠 Vogue Class with Kuntiana, Studio Bizz
 👠 Ballroom Sessions, Espace Sans Luxe
 🎥 Alexis Langlois’ Queens of Drama, Cinema du Parc
 
Thursday, June 5, 2025
 🎭 The Killjoy Productions presents Action Figures & Dolls: A Burlesque Fundraiser & Guide to Being an Ally with Jay Show, Rosie Bourgeoisie, Sasha Désir, TristanGinger and Olivia Killjoy, The Wiggle Room
 👠 Ballroom Lab: Vogue with Icon Stan Elle, Cjemcv
 👑 Le Preci Show with Sasha Baga, Cabaret Mado
 👑 L’effet Butterfly with Miss Butterfly, Bar Le Cocktail

Friday, June 6, 2025
 🎥 Amy Heckerling’s Clueless starring Alicia Silverstone, Cinema Moderne
 🥳 DÔMESICLE x Normie Corp x MUTEK with Dapashu? and Rico Rica, Society for Arts and Technology [SAT]
 👠 VPT Ballroom at Place du Village with MTL KBA, Bring It!, Black Gxrl Sesh and Ballroom4Community, La Place du Village
 👠 BRING IT! Mini Kiki Ball with Icon Stan Elle, La Place du Village
 👠 Vogue Class with Kuntiana, Urban Element Zone
 👑 Mado Reçoit with Mado Lamotte, Jessie Précieuse, Ciatha Night, Tracy Trash and Nana, Cabaret Mado
 👑 Vendredi Fou with Michel Dorion, Bar Le Cocktail|
 
Saturday, June 7, 2025
 🎤 Bareoke: Strip Karaoke, Café Cléopatra
 👯 C'est ma toune hosts a Waacking Battle with Princess Shayla, Cherry, DJ Haze and Vixen, La Place du Village
 🎭 Ensemble vocal Etravaganza presents Il Était Une Voix with Rita Baga, BAnQ Grande Bibliothèque
 📚 The Violet Hour Book Club reads Danielle Daniel’s Daughters of the Deer, Espace des Possibles dans La Petite-Patrie 
 🥳 T.I.T.S. Collective presents T.I.T.S Invite Schacke with Schacke, badgalquirit and Bellavie, Society for Arts and Technology [SAT]
 👑 Mado Reçoit with Mado Lamotte, Jessie Précieuse, Ciatha Night, Tracy Trash and Nana, Cabaret Mado
 👑 Drôles de Drags with Miss Butterfly, Ciathanight, Crystal Starz or Emma Déjàvu in rotation, Bar Le Cocktail 
 
Sunday, June 8, 2025
 🎨 Queer Bodies live drawing with Léonie Beaulieu and model Naika Champaigne, La Place du Village
 👑 Le Tracy Show with Tracy Trash, Aizysse Baga and Victoire De Rockwell, Cabaret Mado
 👑 Happy Birthday Lady Boom Boom with Lady Boom Boom and special guests, Bar Le Cocktail 
 
Tuesday, June 10, 2025
 👑 Full Gisèle : The OG with Gisèle Lullaby, Miss Butterfly, Kitana Sweett, Marla Deer and Tracy Trash, Cabaret Mado
  Aussenwelt hosts Figure Drawing, Union Française de Montréal 

Wednesday, June 11, 2025
 🎭 The Poly Mic queer open mic night, Bar Notre-Dame-des-Quilles
 👠 Vogue Class with Kuntiana, Studio Bizz 
 👠 Ballroom Sessions, Espace Sans Luxe
 👑 C’est ma tune with Bobépine, Jessie Précieuse and Ruby Doll, Cabaret Mado
 👑 Garden of Shade with Lulu Shade, Sarah Winters, Alexandra Moss and Sisi Sinatra, Bar Le Cocktail 
 
Thursday, June 12, 2025
 🎥 David Lynch’s Inland Empire starring Laura Dern, Cinema Moderne
 👠 Black Gxrl Sessions for Black folks only, @blackgxrlsesh
 👑 Le Sami Party with Sami Landri, Cabaret Mado
 👑 L’effet Butterfly with Miss Butterfly, Bar Le Cocktail
 
Friday, June 13, 2025
 🥳 DÔMESICLE x Die Well with Moab, Pulsum and Rig Thrall, Society for Arts and Technology [SAT]
 👠 VPT Ballroom at Place du Village with MTL KBA, Bring It!, Black Gxrl Sesh and Ballroom4Community, La Place du Village
 👠 Studio.ZX and MKBA hosts an Atelier Ballroom, La Place du Village
 🎶 Sissadix presents Poirier, Robin des Bois
 👠 Vogue Class with Kuntiana, Urban Element Zone
 🥳 Cerise Noire goth night, Bar Notre-Dame-des-Quilles
 🏳️‍🌈 BLUF Montréal leather men monthly gathering, Bar Le Stud
 👑 Mado Reçoit with Mado Lamotte, Jimmy Moore, Rainbow, Misty Waterfalls and Nana, Cabaret Mado
 👑 Vendredi Fou with Michel Dorion, Bar Le Cocktail
 
Saturday, June 14, 2025
 🥳 Queen & Queer with DJ Sam, Blackgold and Vlouue, Village au Pied-du-Courant
 🥳 Supernature waacking competition with Lex, Flame and Paolo Askia, La Place du Village
 👑 Rita Baga at Francos de Montréal, Scène Rogers
 👑 Drag Brunch with Uma Gahd and Selma Gahd, Robin des Bois 
 🥳 SUPER TASTE MTL present WHAT'S MY AGE AGAIN op Punk & Emo Dance Party, Bar Le Ritz PDB
 👑 Mado Reçoit with Mado Lamotte, Jimmy Moore, Rainbow, Misty Waterfalls and Nana, Cabaret Mado
 👑 Jimmy Moore personifies Madonna: The Celebration Tour, Cabaret Mado
 👑 Drôles de Drags with Miss Butterfly, Ciathanight, Crystal Starz or Emma Déjàvu in rotation, Bar Le Cocktail
 
Sunday, June 15, 2025
 🎭 Fierté Montréal presents Max + Aaron Write a Musical with Trevor Barrette, The Segal Centre for Performing Arts
 🥳 SUPER TASTE MTL present Dance Party 2000, Bar Le Ritz PDB
 👑 Voulez-Vous Productions presents an Improvisational drag movement workshop, La Place du Village
 👑 Jimmy Moore personifies Mariah Carey and JLO, Cabaret Mado
 👑 Le Tracy Show with Tracy Trash, Marla Deer and Kiara, Cabaret Mado
 👑 Dimanche Show: Tribute to Marie Carmen, Bar Le Cocktail

Tuesday, June 17, 2025
 🎭 Fierté Montréal presents Max + Aaron Write a Musical with Trevor Barrette, The Segal Centre for Performing Arts
 👑 Full Gisèle : Gaga vs Beyoncé with Gisèle Lullaby, Velma Jones, Lady Boom Boom, Sasha Baga and Foxy Lexxi Brown, Cabaret Mado
 
Wednesday, June 18, 2025
 🎭 The Poly Mic queer open mic night, Bar Notre-Dame-des-Quilles
 👠 Vogue Class with Kuntiana, Studio Bizz 
 👠 Ballroom Sessions, Espace Sans Luxe
 🎶 Theodora, Society for Arts and Technology [SAT]
 🎭 Fierté Montréal presents Max + Aaron Write a Musical with Trevor Barrette, The Segal Centre for Performing Arts

Thursday, June 19, 2025
 🎥 Queer Cinema Club Montréal presents Claire Denis’s Beau Travail, Cinema Moderne
 🎭 2000s Movies with Celesta O'Lee, Rose De Flore, Lily Monroe, Milady Lilas, Keanu Felix, Miss Behave, Mia Culpa, Petro and Satin Simone, The Wiggle Room
 👠 Black Gxrl Sessions for Black folks only, @blackgxrlsesh
 🎭 Fierté Montréal presents Max + Aaron Write a Musical with Trevor Barrette, The Segal Centre for Performing Arts
 🎭 Les Folies Draglesques with Aizysse Baga, Enshantay, Erockfor, Foxi LexxiBrown, Jay Show and YaYa Havana, Cabaret Mado
 👑 L’effet Butterfly with Miss Butterfly, Bar Le Cocktail
 
Friday, June 20, 2025
 🥳 DÔMESICLE x Ferias with Alina b2b Guthrie (All Night Long), Society for Arts and Technology [SAT]
 👠 VPT Ballroom at Place du Village with MTL KBA, Bring It!, Black Gxrl Sesh and Ballroom4Community, La Place du Village
 👠 Studio.ZX and MKBA hosts an Atelier Ballroom, La Place du Village
 👑 Mado Reçoit with Mado Lamotte, Sasha Baga, Bobépine, Victoire de Rockwell and Nana, Cabaret Mado
 👑 Vendredi Fou with Michel Dorion, Bar Le Cocktail

Saturday, June 21, 2025
 🎶 Perceval, Society for Arts and Technology [SAT]
 🎤 Bareoke: Strip Karaoke, Café Cléopatra
 👠 Kiki Park Takeover BBQ by @kikiparktakeover, Charles S. Campbell Park
 🥳 TAI & CO aux Francos with DJ Keishawn, Dee End, Ms Baby and Diffo, Society for Arts and Technology [SAT]
 🥳 C'est ma toune dance party, La Place du Village
 🎭 Fierté Montréal presents Max + Aaron Write a Musical with Trevor Barrette, The Segal Centre for Performing Arts
 👑 Mado Reçoit with Mado Lamotte, Sasha Baga, Bobépine, Victoire de Rockwell and Nana, Cabaret Mado
 👑 Drôles de Drags with Miss Butterfly, Ciathanight, Crystal Starz or Emma Déjàvu in rotation, Bar Le Cocktail
 
Sunday, June 22, 2025
 🥳 Skate with Marly presents SAT Roller Dance with 80 Karats, Society for Arts and Technology [SAT]
 🎭 Fierté Montréal presents Max + Aaron Write a Musical with Trevor Barrette, The Segal Centre for Performing Arts
 🥳 Blush presents Sunday Disco, La Place du Village
 👑 Le Tracy Show with Tracy Trash, Lady Boom Boom, Sasha Baga and Walter Ego, Cabaret Mado
 👑 Dimanche Show with Michel Dorion, Bar Le Cocktail
🎶 Suoni per il Popolo presents Lesbians on Ecstasy with Rough Spells and HRT, Sala Rossa
 
Monday, June 23, 2025
 🥳 Saint-Jean at SAT with MC Mario, Lydia Képinski and Odile Myrtil b2b Yuki B, Society for Arts and Technology [SAT]
 👑 Krys-tal’s Night : Gaga vs. Ariana with Krystella Fame and Crystal Starz, Cabaret Mado
📚Suoni per il Popolo presents 10 Years of Metonymy Press: A Cabaret with H Felix Chau Bradley, Shanice Nicole, Kama La Mackerel, Trish Salah, Eli Tareq El Bechelany-Lynch, Kai Cheng Thom and Jiaqing Wilson-Yang, Casa Del Popolo
 
Tuesday, June 24, 2025
 👑 Full Gisèle : Saint-Jean with Gisèle Lullaby, Bobépine, Jessie Précieuse, Lana Dalida and Fay Miss, Cabaret Mado
 
Wednesday, June 25, 2025
 🏳️‍🌈 The Québec Lesbian Archives presents Keeping our memories alive! Tracing lesbian history in Montréal, MEM—Centre des mémoires montréalaises
 👠 Ballroom Sessions, Espace Sans Luxe
 👠 Vogue Class with Kuntiana, Studio Bizz 
 🎭 The Poly Mic queer open mic night, Bar Notre-Dame-des-Quilles
🎶 Suoni per il Popolo presents Bobby Sanchez with BIG SISSY and Joni Void, La Sotterenea

Thursday, June 26, 2025
 🎥 CINÉMA NOMADE presents Michael Mabbott and Lucah Rosenberg-Lee’s Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story, Cinema du Parc
 📚 The Violet Hour presents a book launch for I Remember Lights by Ben Ladouceur, Librairie Pulp Books & Café
 👠 VPT Ballroom at Place du Village with MTL KBA, Bring It!, Black Gxrl Sesh and Ballroom4Community, La Place du Village
 👠 Studio.ZX and MKBA hosts an Atelier Ballroom, La Place du Village
 🏳️‍🌈 The Québec Lesbian Archives presents Keeping our memories alive! Tracing lesbian history in Montréal, MEM—Centre des mémoires montréalaises
 👑 Crystal Starz presents Céline Dion, Cabaret Mado
 👑 Sasha Baga presents I Am... World Tour—Tribute to Beyoncé, Cabaret Mado
 👑 L’effet Butterfly with Miss Butterfly, Bar Le Cocktail
🎶 Suoni per il Popolo presents Takako Minekawa with Mineo Kawasaki and Joni Void, La Sotterenea
 
Friday, June 27, 2025
 🏳️‍🌈 The Québec Lesbian Archives presents Keeping our memories alive! Tracing lesbian history in Montréal, MEM—Centre des mémoires montréalaises
 👠 The Jellicle Kiki Ball II with Mags, Godmother Sankofa, Noamm Juicy 007, Father Broadway Mulan and DJ Cherry, Sala Rossa
 🥳 DÔMESICLE x Italo Moderni with Adrian Marth and Xiumei b2b Bronsön, Society for Arts and Technology [SAT]
 👑 Mado Reçoit with Mado Lamotte, Gisèle Lullaby, Marla Deer, Crystal Starz and Nana, Cabaret Mado
 👑 Vendredi Fou with Michel Dorion, Bar Le Cocktail
🎶 Suoni per il Popolo presents Fuck Patriarchy! with Laura Krieg, Death Proof and Taxi Girls, La Sotterenea
 
Saturday, June 28, 2025
️‍🌈 The Québec Lesbian Archives presents Keeping our memories alive! Tracing lesbian history in Montréal, MEM—Centre des mémoires montréalaises
🥳 Supernature dance party, La Place du Village
👑 Jimmy Moore presents Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour, Cabaret Mado
👑 Drôles de Drags with Miss Butterfly, Ciathanight, Crystal Starz or Emma Déjàvu in rotation, Bar Le Cocktail
 
Sunday, June 29, 2025
🏳️‍🌈 The Québec Lesbian Archives presents Keeping our memories alive! Tracing lesbian history in Montréal, MEM—Centre des mémoires montréalaises
🥳 Dad Bod—Tea Dance with Dr Love and Laura Ingalls, Robin des Bois
🥳 Queen & Queer: DJ Sam's Birthday with DJ Sam, Blackgold and Vlouue, Village au Pied-du-Courant
👑 Le Tracy Show with Tracy Trash, Carmen Sutra and Marla Deer, Cabaret Mado
👑 Happy Birthday Miss Butterfly with Miss Butterfly and special guests, 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. 
    
 👠 Montréal’s ballroom goings on can also be found at the Montréal Kiki Ballroom Alliance (Mtl-KBA) and Ballroom4Community pages on Facebook and 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.

💅 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.

🎤 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.  
     
 ⚾️ The Balle Molle Queer Softball league holds regular games and events.   

🤠 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.

🧗‍♀️ 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.