Queer MTL things to do: December 2024
As the year comes to a close, Montréal turns up the warmth and gathers in the spirit of chosen family. And just 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
Sunday, December 1, 2024
🕯️ World AIDS Day
🏳️🌈 ACCM (AIDS Community Care Montréal) presents Visual AIDS’ Day With(out) Art: Red Reminds Me… featuring films by Gian Cruz, Milko Delgado, Imani Harrington, David Oscar Harvey, Mariana Iacono and Juan De La Mar, Nixie and Vasilios Papapitsios, Centre St-Pierre
🎭 QTBIPOC Open Mic Night, Bar Milton Parc
🎶 Pierre Lapointe, Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier Place des Arts
🥳 FRKY hosts FRKY TEA with Moka, Rawsoul and Manclaudy, Loft 10 Ave des Pins
🎨 Pointe-à-Callière’s exhibition Witches—Out of the Shadows runs until April 6, 2025, Pointe-à-Callière
🎭 Ligue d’impro Gailaxie, Cabaret Mado
👑 Bonne fête Ciatha Night, with Ciatha Night and special guests, Bar Le Cocktail
👑 Le Tracy Show with Tracy Trash and Bobépine, Jessie Précieuse and Aizysse Baga, Cabaret Mado
Monday, December 2, 2024
💪 A Soft Place To Land: Yin Yoga and Buddhist Meditation Practices for the FLINTA+ Community, Asntanga Yoga Montréal
Tuesday, December 3, 2024
🏳️🌈 Les 3 sex presents Quiz night sex at L’Espace Public—Brasseurs de quartier (Usine)
👑 Full Gisèle : Légendaire with Gisèle Lullaby, Petula Claque, Velma Jones, Sasha Baga, Marla Deer and Ladrag On-fly, Cabaret Mado
😆 Stand Up St. Henri Open Mic focusing on women, non-binary, queer and allied comedians, Impro Montréal
Wednesday, December 4, 2024
🏳️🌈 Archives gaies du Québec hosts the queer zine exhibition GÉNÉRATION XEROX, Archives gaies du Québec
🎭 Queer Magique presents the musical revuew Witches & Bitches, Café Cléopatra
🎭 The Poly Mic, Notre-Dame-des-Quilles
😆 30/30 with Steve Potuck Adams and Eric Gill, Notre-Dame-des-Quilles
👑 Armado with the players of Armada RFC and Petula Claque, Cabaret Mado
Thursday, December 5, 2024
👑 Couronne et corset : une mystère de noël with Daisy Wood, Blueberry Moore, Ava Godiva, Akiko, Lady Yorick, Camélia, Princesse Catherine, Sir William, Barthélémy, Anondril and Vanity Faire, Cabaret Mado
👑 Death Becomes Drag with Kara Dube, Notre-Dame-des-Quilles
🏳️🌈 Archives gaies du Québec hosts the queer zine exhibition GÉNÉRATION XEROX, Archives gaies du Québec
🎭 Studio ZX presents Cabaret Noctambule: Spectacle de variétés, Quartier Jeunesse du CJE Montrtéal Centre-Ville
👑 Contestant Uma Gahd hosts screenings of Canada’s Drag Race Season 5, Bar Le Cocktail
🏳️🌈 Creating a Community Sound System Vol. 1, Society for Arts and Technology [SAT]
📚 L'Euguélionne, feminist bookstore hosts a book launch for Emilie Morand and Elisabeth Feytit’s Tous hétéros au boulot ?, L'Euguélionne
🎭 Queer Magique presents the musical revuew Witches & Bitches, Café Cléopatra
👑 Sarah Winter presents Adèle, love in the dark, Bar Le Cocktail
Friday, December 6, 2024
🏳️🌈 Archives gaies du Québec hosts the queer zine exhibition GÉNÉRATION XEROX, Archives gaies du Québec
🎭 Queer Magique presents the musical revuew Witches & Bitches, Café Cléopatra
🥳 Hustle Nights hosts the MHC Christmas Party with DJ Haze and Honeybunn, Studio Tango Montréal
👑 Vendredi Fou with Michel Dorion, Bar Le Cocktail
👑 Mado Reçoit with Mado Lamotte, Jimmy Moore, Bobépine, Kiara and Nana, Cabaret Mado
Saturday, December 7, 2024
🎤 Bareoke: Strip Karaoke, Café Cléopatra
🎤 Queer Karaoke MTL presents C*ntmas Karaoke, Bar Milton Parc
🥳 SUPER TASTE MTL presents Starships: 2010's Dance Party, Bar Le Ritz PDB
🎶 Macrocilix EP release with Psychic Racoon and We Were Mermaids, l’Hemisphère Gauche
📚 The Violet Hour Book Club reads Valérie Bah’s Subterrane with the author in attendance, Casa d’Italia Montréal
📚 L'Euguélionne, feminist bookstore presents an evening of presentations on the theme of the night MARATHON DE LECTURE_Sur le thème de la nuit en littérature, L'Euguélionne
👑 Drôles de Drags with Miss Butterfly, Ciathanight, Crystal Starz or Emma Déjàvu in rotation, Bar Le Cocktail
🥳 FIYA Room with Madthink and Kid Crayola, T-Rapie
👑 Mado Reçoit with Mado Lamotte, Jimmy Moore, Bobépine, Kiara and Nana, Cabaret Mado
👑 Jimmy Moore presents Mariah Carey: Merry Christmas and All the Hits!, Cabaret Mado
Sunday, December 8, 2024
👑 Le Brunch aux Folles with Misty Waterfalls, Bobépine and Sasha Baga, Bar Social Verdun
👑 Dimanche Show with Michel Dorion, Bar Le Cocktail
👑 Drag Market #2, SDC du Village
🎭 Ligue d’impro Gailaxie, Cabaret Mado
👑 Le Tracy Show with Tracy Trash and Velma Jones, Kelly Torrieli and Marla Deer, Cabaret Mado
Monday, December 9, 2024
🎭 Le Show Queer, kicks off its Québec-wide tour with Alex Perron, AnneSarah Charbonneau, Erika Suarez, SaadFennich, Tranna Wintour, Coco Belliveau, Charlie Morin, Jessica Chartrand, VéroniqueIsabel Fillion, Sam Cyr, AndySt-Louis, LilianeBlanco-Binette, Yasmina Léveillé, LadyGuidoune, Sami Landry, Maxime ÉveGagnon, Justine Philie, Magalie Saint-Vincent, Marla Deer, Victoire de Rockwell, Lauriane Lalonde, Jérémie Larouche, VincentMorin and more, Cabaret Mado
💪 A Soft Place To Land: Yin Yoga and Buddhist Meditation Practices for the FLINTA+ Community, Asntanga Yoga Montréal
Tuesday, December 10, 2024
👑 Full Gisèle : Party de bureau with Gisèle Lullaby, Petula Claque, Misty Waterfalls, Walter Ego, Jessie Précieuse and Tracy Trash, Cabaret Mado
😆 Stand Up St. Henri Open Mic focusing on women, non-binary, queer and allied comedians, Impro Montréal
Wednesday, December 11, 2024
🏳️🌈 Archives gaies du Québec hosts the queer zine exhibition GÉNÉRATION XEROX, Archives gaies du Québec
🎭 The Poly Mic, Notre-Dame-des-Quilles
😆 Very Pretentious Comedy and The Poly Mic present Sandy / Yumi / Raquel with Sandy, Yumi Blake and Raquel Maestre, Notre-Dame-des-Quilles
🎶 Elisapie, MTelus
👑 Garden of Shade—Happy New Year with Esirena, Lulu Shade, Sarah Winters, Asmatix and Dolores Diamonds, Bar Le Cocktail
👑 Starz Wars with Crystal Starz and special guests, Cabaret Mado
Thursday, December 12, 2024
🏳️🌈 Archives gaies du Québec hosts the queer zine exhibition GÉNÉRATION XEROX, Archives gaies du Québec
👑 Contestant Uma Gahd hosts screenings of Canada’s Drag Race Season 5, Bar Le Cocktail
👑 Love, sex et rock'n roll with Rawbin, Esirena and Sally-D, Bar Le Cocktail
Friday, December 13, 2024
🏳️🌈 Archives gaies du Québec hosts the queer zine exhibition GÉNÉRATION XEROX, Archives gaies du Québec
🥳 Cerise Noire goth night, Notre-Dame-des-Quilles
👑 Vendredi Fou with Michel Dorion, Bar Le Cocktail
👑 Mado Reçoit with Mado Lamotte, Tracy Trash, Rainbow, Victoire de Rockwell and Nana, Cabaret Mado
Saturday, December 14, 2024
🥳 SUPER TASTE MTL presents Taylor Swift Dance Party: (End) of the Eras Tour, Bar Le Ritz PDB
👑 Drôles de Drags with Miss Butterfly, Ciathanight, Crystal Starz or Emma Déjàvu in rotation, Bar Le Cocktail
👑 Mado Reçoit with Mado Lamotte, Tracy Trash, Rainbow, Victoire de Rockwell and Nana, Cabaret Mado
👑 Jimmy Moore personifies Taylor Swift, Cabaret Mado
Sunday, December 15, 2024
📚 75 SHOTS Fundraiser for Queer Cinema at Purple Mountain Artist Residency South Africa with Unoma Azuah, Agenda Bookstore Café
👑 Les succès oubliés, a night of humour and nostalgia, Bar Le Cocktail
🎭 Ligue d’impro Gailaxie, Cabaret Mado
👑 Le Tracy Show with Tracy Trash and Kiara, Peggy Sue and Lady Boom Boom, Cabaret Mado
Monday, December 16, 2024
💪 A Soft Place To Land: Yin Yoga and Buddhist Meditation Practices for the FLINTA+ Community, Asntanga Yoga Montréal
Tuesday, December 17, 2024
👑 Full Gisèle : JoyeuXXX Noël! with Gisèle Lullaby, Petula Claque, Celis, Foxy Lexxi Brown, Lady Boom Boom and Adriana the Bombshell, Cabaret Mado
😆 Stand Up St. Henri Open Mic focusing on women, non-binary, queer and allied comedians, Impro Montréal
Wednesday, December 18, 2024
🏳️🌈 Archives gaies du Québec hosts the queer zine exhibition GÉNÉRATION XEROX, Archives gaies du Québec
🎨 Hommehomo presents Drink & Draw with live models, Bar Le Cocktail
👑 Jingle Belles with Makayla Couture, The Virgo Queen, Hollywood Jade and Uma Gahd, Cabaret Mado
Thursday, December 19, 2024
🏳️🌈 Archives gaies du Québec hosts the queer zine exhibition GÉNÉRATION XEROX, Archives gaies du Québec
🎥 Queer Cinema Club of Montréal and Image+Nation hosts two screenings of David French's How to Survive a Plague, Cinema Moderne
👑 Contestant Uma Gahd hosts screenings of Canada’s Drag Race Season 5, Bar Le Cocktail
👑 Gaga vision with Lady Boom Boom, Bar Le Cocktail
👑 Les Folies Draglesques with Miami Minx, Célesta O’Lee, Crystal Starz, Jay Show, Lily Monroe and Guy, Just Guy, Cabaret Mado
Friday, December 20, 2024
🏳️🌈 Archives gaies du Québec hosts the queer zine exhibition GÉNÉRATION XEROX, Archives gaies du Québec
👠 The Naughty List Kiki Ball with Father Broadway Mulan, Silk Pink Lady, Cherry KFC, La Sala Rossa
🥳 Solstice Noir with DJ Speechless, Audax, Bathoria and Kvk, Cabaret Berlin
👑 Vendredi Fou with Michel Dorion, Bar Le Cocktail
👑 Mado Reçoit with Mado Lamotte, Carmen Sutra, Sasha Baga, Pétula Claque and Nana, Cabaret Mado
Saturday, December 21, 2024
🎤 Bareoke: Strip Karaoke, Café Cléopatra
🥳 Cirque De Boudoir presents the Debasement Kinky XXXmas Dance Party with DJs and special guests, Cabaret Berlin
👑 Drôles de Drags with Miss Butterfly, Ciathanight, Crystal Starz or Emma Déjàvu in rotation, Bar Le Cocktail
👑 Mado Reçoit with Mado Lamotte, Carmen Sutra, Sasha Baga, Pétula Claque and Nana, Cabaret Mado
Sunday, December 22, 2024
👑 Dimanche Show with Michel Dorion, Bar Le Cocktail
🎭 Ligue d’impro Gailaxie, Cabaret Mado
👑 Le Tracy Show with Tracy Trash and Crystal Starz, Sasha Baga, Victoire de Rockwell and Pétula Claque, Cabaret Mado
Thursday, December 26, 2024
🏳️🌈 Archives gaies du Québec hosts the queer zine exhibition GÉNÉRATION XEROX, Archives gaies du Québec
👑 Contestant Uma Gahd hosts screenings of Canada’s Drag Race Season 5, Bar Le Cocktail
👑 Le party des fêtes à Chouchoune with Chouchoune and special guests, Bar Le Cocktail
Friday, December 27, 2024
🏳️🌈 Archives gaies du Québec hosts the queer zine exhibition GÉNÉRATION XEROX, Archives gaies du Québec
👑 Vendredi Fou with Michel Dorion, Bar Le Cocktail
👑 Mado Reçoit with Mado Lamotte, Gisèle Lullaby, Marla Deer, Bambi Dextrous and Nana, Cabaret Mado
Saturday, December 28, 2024
🥳 LEZ DANZE presents Party des fêtes with DJ Lili-Gaga, Stock & Soda
👑 Drôles de Drags with Miss Butterfly, Ciathanight, Crystal Starz or Emma Déjàvu in rotation, Bar Le Cocktail
👑 Mado Reçoit with Mado Lamotte, Gisèle Lullaby, Marla Deer, Bambi Dextrous and Nana, Cabaret Mado
👑 Jimmy Moore personifies Beyoncé, Cabaret Mado
Sunday, December 29, 2024
👑 Dimanche Show with Michel Dorion, Bar Le Cocktail
👑 Le Tracy Show with Tracy Trash and Lulu Shade, Bambi Dextrous and Marla Deer, Cabaret Mado
Tuesday, December 31, 2024
🥳 Queen & Queer hosts Queer Just Wanna Have Fun with Spinelli, Gurafiku, DJ Sam, Xannie and Seiizi, La Sala Rossa and La Sotterenea
🥳 SUPER TASTE and Homopop present Energy ’25, a pop and house dance party, with Sami Landri, Aizysse Baga and Lady Boom Boom, Ausgang Plaza
👑 Showtime 2025 with Mado Lamotte, Nana, Marla Deer, Tracy Trash, Gisèle Lullaby, Velma Jones, Bobépine, Peggy Sue, Kiara, Bambi Dextrous, Clay Thorris, Manny, Victoire de Rockwell and Walter Ego, Cabaret Mado
👑 Bonne année 2025! with Michel Dorion and special guests, Bar Le Cocktail
😆 Stand Up St. Henri Open Mic focusing on women, non-binary, queer and allied comedians, Impro Montréal
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.
