Queer MTL things to do: August 2025

This August is particularly proud in Montréal, when both Fierté Montréal Festival and the all-new Wild Pride take over the city’s streets and venues with queer joy. 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, 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
🕹️ Gaming
👠 Ballroom / Vogue
Find tickets for drag shows at Cabaret Mado and Bar Le Cocktail at their websites.
Find all ticketing and further information for Fierté Montréal at their website.
Find all ticketing and further information for Wild Pride at their Instagram.
🏳️🌈 The Québec Lesbian Archives presents Keeping our memories alive! Tracing lesbian history in Montréal, MEM—Centre des mémoires montréalaises all month long.
🏳️🌈 SEX GARAGE: 35 years later, curated by Michael Hendricks and René LeBoeuf opens on July 16, 2025 and runs Wednesdays to Saturdays, Archives gaies du Québec and Parc de l’Espoir.
Friday, August 1, 2025
💪 Wild Pride presents a Boxing Class, Pelea Boxing Club
🏳️🌈 Wild Pride presents Jeunesse Lambda for 2SLGBTQIA youth, L’Astérisk
🏳️🌈 Wild Pride presents Jess Lieu, an erotic grief ritual for QTBIPOC only, Brique par Brique
🎭 Wild Pride, The Sky is the Limit and Sort Of Production presents Regarding Antigone, Teesri Duniya Theatre
🏳️🌈 Fierté Montréal and M.A.D. Festival present Rainbow Market, rue Sainte-Catherine
🎨 Fierté Montréal and Cri de raillement present In the blur of pleasure: A photo exhibit on consent in the context of PnP/chemsex, QG du Festival Fierté Montréal
🎨 Fierté Montréal and Interligne present Dialogues à travers le temps : partage intergénérationnel LGBTQ+, Espace ONF
🎨 Fierté Montréal and ACCM present Two Lines, One Story: Tracing HIV Through ACCM’s Archive, Espace ONF
📚 Fierté Montréal and Literary Pride present Literary Workshop with Lanzz Trilène, Théâtre La Comédie de Montréal
🥳 Fierté Montréal and Weekend Pup Montréal host 5@7 Launch of Weekend Pup Montréal, Bar L’Aigle Noir
🏳️🌈 Fierté Montréal, T’es mon genre and Carrefour Jeunesse Emploi Centre-Nord present Saint-Michel in colors, Parc René-Goupil
🎶 Fierté Montréal presents FeminiX with Le Belladone, Soraï, Mansa and Maya Margarita, Esplanade Tranquille
🎨 Fierté Montréal, Fugues and ViiV Healthcare presents Pride Has Its Flags, an exhibition of pride flags, Esplanade Tranquille
👑 Fierté Montréal presents Completely Gaga with Lady Boom Boom, Scène Dovato
🎨 Fierté Montréal and Epicenter Revolutions presents Self-Documenting Internal Transformations-Vernissage, Eastern Bloc
👑 Fierté Montréal presents Nasty Gloss + Moh Dafok’s Carnaval with Nasty Gloss and Moh Dafok, Jardins Gamelin
💪 Fierté Montréal and Montréal Roller Derby present Roller Derby Expo Game, Aréna Howie-Morenz
🎭 Fierté Montréal and Misfit Productions present Lesbian Wildness Retreat From Hell, Cabaret Lion d’Or
📚 Fierté Montréal and Literary Pride present Transpoetry: An Evening of Poetry with Pascale Cormier, Théâtre La Comédie de Montréal
🤣 Fierté Montréal presents L’été de ma Fierté! with Katherine Levac, Anne-Sarah Charbonneau, Mathieu Dufour and Mona de Grenoble, Théâtre Maisonneuve
🎭 Fierté Montréal and Jhalak Montréal present Chutney 2.0: A South Asian Pride Cabaret with AA Batteries, Mx Masala, Trisha Ghosh, Dhruva, Kaustav Ghosh, Kajol, Imogen Quest and Bijuriya, Bain Mathieu
🥳 Fierté Montréal, WoofMTL and Weekend Pup Montréal presents Unleashed, Tension
💪 Montréal Roller Derby hosts Beast of the East 2025 tournament, Arena Howie Morenz
🎥 Susan Seidelman’s Desperately Seeking Susan starring Madonna, Cinema Moderne
🎥 Wong Kar Wai’s In the Mood for Love: 25th Anniversary, Cinema Moderne
👑 Mado reçoit with Mado Lamotte and special guests, Cabaret Mado
👑 Vendredi Fou with Michel Dorion, Bar le Cocktail
🥳 Super Taste MTL hosts the Voulez-Vous Disco & New Wave Dance Party, Bar Le Ritz PDB
🎶 Osheaga with The Killers, Parc Jean-Drapeau
🎭 Furlesque! A Furries Burlesque Show! with Irony, Mia Culpa, Miami Minx, Rhapsody Blue, The Wiggle Room
🎭 Friday Fuddle presents Priday Puddle Open Mic Night, 2531 rue Ontario Est
Saturday, August 2, 2025
💪 Wild Pride and Outrun present a 2SLGBTQIA+ only running club, Parc La Fontaine
💪 Wild Pride presents Moving Just Fine mat pilates, Studio Moving Just Fine Pilates
💪 Wild Pride, Skatepark by Planche Collective and M.A.R.S. presents an Inclusive skating session, Skatepark Ahuntsic
🎭 Wild Pride presents Kay Komizara, a queer improv workshop, Teesri Duniya Theatre
🏳️🌈 Wild Pride presents Jeunesse Lambda for 2SLGBTQIA youth, L’Astérisk
🕹️ Wild Pride and Press Start Coop present a queer gaming panel, Bâtiment 7
💪 Wild Pride presents a yoga class, Mouvement Imparfait
🎨 Wild Pride and Studio 3 Tables presents QTBIPOC Clay Play, Atelier 3 Tables
🎤 Wild Pride presents Queer Karaoke, BMP-Coop
🥳 Wild Pride and CTRLLAB presents FRKY, CTRLLAB Art House
🎨 Fierté Montréal and Cri de raillement present In the blur of pleasure: A photo exhibit on consent in the context of PnP/chemsex, QG du Festival Fierté Montréal
🎨 Fierté Montréal, Fugues and ViiV Healthcare presents Pride Has Its Flags, an exhibition of pride flags, Esplanade Tranquille
👑 Fierté Montréal and Marché Artisans host a Drag Brunch with Miss Fountain, Jessie Précieuse and Moh Dafok, Marché Artisans
🎨 Fierté Montréal and Epicenter Revolutions presents Self-Documenting Internal Transformations, Eastern Bloc
🏳️🌈 Fierté Montréal and M.A.D. Festival present Rainbow Market, rue Sainte-Catherine
🏳️🌈 Fierté Montréal and LGBT+ Family Coalition hosts All you need to know about surrogate pregnancy in Québec, MEM—Centre des mémoires montréalaises
🏳️🌈 Fierté Montréal and Les 3 sex* present I’m Bi, Actually—Talking Bisexuality with Audrey Paquette, Henri-June Pilote and Vitalia, MEM—Centre des mémoires montréalaises
🎨 Fierté Montréal and Interligne present Dialogues à travers le temps : partage intergénérationnel LGBTQ+, Espace ONF
🎨 Fierté Montréal and ACCM present Two Lines, One Story: Tracing HIV Through ACCM’s Archive, Espace ONF
📚 Fierté Montréal and Literary Pride present Signs of Diversity with Pierre-Olivier Beaulac-Bouchard, Théâtre La Comédie de Montréal
🥳 Fierté Montréal and Merck presents Mundo Disko with B’ugo, Empress, Kim Richardson, The Mighty Real Gospel X and Lost Heroes, Esplanade Tranquille
🎶 Fierté Montréal presents Special K, Scène Dovato
🏳️🌈 Fierté Montréal and Weekend Pup Montréal presents Pup Montréal 2025 Contest, Bain Mathieu
🎶 Fierté Montréal presents Chloe Lallouz and Badgalquirit, Jardins Gamelin
📚 Fierté Montréal and Literary Pride presents Diversity Spelled Out with Maguy Métellus, Théâtre La Comédie de Montréal
🎭 Fierté Montréal and Misfit Productions present Lesbian Wildness Retreat From Hell, Cabaret Lion d’Or
🥳 Fierté Montréal and Bear-IT MTL present Kink! Playground with DJ Gordon John and DJ Trnd, Bain Mathieu
🥳 Fierté Montréal presents L’After Mundo Disko Dôme with Cormac, Frigid and Lost Heroes, Société des arts technologiques—La Satosphère
💪 Montréal Roller Derby hosts Beast of the East 2025 tournament, Arena Howie Morenz
👑 Jimmy Moore personifies Lady Gaga, Cabaret Mado
👑 Mado reçoit with Mado Lamotte and special guests, Cabaret Mado
👑 Late Night with Jessie Précieuse, Kiara and Marla Deer, Cabaret Mado
👑 Telelment Swift with Kelly Day, BB Nounours, Diva on a Dime and Debby Zoo, Bar Le Cocktail
👑 Drôles de Drags with Emma Déjàvu, Bar Le Cocktail
🎥 Wong Kar Wai’s In the Mood for Love: 25th Anniversary, Cinema Moderne
🎥 Miloš Forman’s Amadeus, Cinema Moderne
🎥 Uli Edel’s Christiane F., Cinema Moderne
🎤 Bareoke karaoke strip tease, Café Cléopatra
📚 The Violet Hour Book Club reads Ben Ladouceur’s I Remember Lights, Espace des Possibles dans La Petite-Patrie
🎶 Osheaga with Tyler, The Creator, Parc Jean-Drapeau
🎭 Bijoux presents Leo Season: Queer Dance Party and Performer Showcase with Sami Landri, Complexe Sky
🎭 Souvenirs Queers presents Souvenirs Queers 2025: PJ’s / The Tropical Room, a reconstruction and celebration of the former spaces of two of Montréal’s most historic queer gathering places at their former address with Esirena, Charlotte Paradis, Alice “Winterland” Siregar, Jaqq Strapp, Ciatha Night, Miss Pretty Pretentious, Votre Dame, Rose Doresca and Maya Lewis, 1420 rue Peel
👑 Green Eggs & Glam: Drag Brunch & Beyond!, Bernard Cabaret Gourmand
Sunday, August 3, 2025
📚Wild Pride and Helem Montréal x Lowkiki x Niko Lubie present Drag Storytime, L’Euguélionne
💪Wild Pride and Infinity Movement present a strength & movement class, Infinity Studio
🥳Wild Pride and Sweet Like Honey x CSL x L’Asterisk present Plantain & Rice, a market, cookout and performance, Brique par Brique
🏳️🌈Wild Pride and Sainte-Marie for Palestine present a queer picnic, Parc Laurier
🕹️Wild Pride and Kay Komizara present a Transfem Board Game Night, L’Euguélionne
🎭Wild Pride presents a Sapphic Open Stage, The Wiggle Room
🎨Fierté Montréal and Cri de raillement present In the blur of pleasure: A photo exhibit on consent in the context of PnP/chemsex, QG du Festival Fierté Montréal
🎨Fierté Montréal, Fugues and ViiV Healthcare presents Pride Has Its Flags, an exhibition of pride flags, Esplanade Tranquille
🎨Fierté Montréal and Epicenter Revolutions presents Self-Documenting Internal Transformations, Eastern Bloc
🏳️🌈Fierté Montréal and M.A.D. Festival present Rainbow Market, rue Sainte-Catherine
🎨Fierté Montréal and Interligne present Dialogues à travers le temps : partage intergénérationnel LGBTQ+, Espace ONF
🎨Fierté Montréal and ACCM present Two Lines, One Story: Tracing HIV Through ACCM’s Archive, Espace ONF
🏳️🌈Fierté Montréal and LGBT+ Family Coalition host LGBTQ+ Family Brunch with Barbada, Time Out Market Montréal
🏳️🌈Fierté Montréal and the Archives gaies du Québec host Intergenerational diagloue: our memories of HIV with Hugues Lefebvre Morasse, Denis Cormier-Piché, Denis Caron and Gregg Rowe, Archives gaies du Québec
🏳️🌈Fierté Montréal and Weekend Pup Montréal hosts the Weekend Pup Montréal Poutine Lunch, Bar Le Stud
👑Fierté Montréal and LGBT+ Family Coalition presents Tales, Tunes & Wonders—A Special for Little Dreamers with Barbada, Marla Deer and Ensemble vocal Extravaganza, Scène Dovato
🏳️🌈Fierté Montréal presents Pride in Montréal since 1979: Moving Perspectives, MEM—Centre des mémoires montréalaises
🎶Fierté Montréal and Ici musique presents Battle of the Bangers Vol. 2 with Eugénie Lépine-Blondeau and Vanessa Destiné, Esplanade Tranquille
🎶Fierté Montréal presents DJ Stéfane Lippé, Scène Dovato
📚Fierté Montréal and Literary Pride presents Glitter-ati! with Jessie Précieuse, Théâtre La Comédie de Montréal
🎭Fierté Montréal and Misfit Productions present Lesbian Wildness Retreat From Hell, Cabaret Lion d’Or
🎶Fierté Montréal and Ici musique presents ImmiX with Angelo, Calamine, Fernie, Gabrielle Destroismaisons, Kinkead, Lennikim, Lisa LeBlanc, Martine St-Clair, Safia Nolin and Täbï Yösha, Esplanade Tranquille
💪Montréal Roller Derby hosts Beast of the East 2025 tournament, Arena Howie Morenz
👑Le Tracy Show with Tracy Trash and special guests, Cabaret Mado
👑Dimanche Show with Michel Dorion, Bar Le Cocktail
🎥Susan Seidelman’s Desperately Seeking Susan starring Madonna, Cinema Moderne
🥳Dad Bod Tea Dance with Dr Love and Laura Ingalls, Robin des Bois
🎶Osheaga with Olivia Rodrigo, Parc Jean-Drapeau
🎭Sapphic Open Stage Variety Show, The Wiggle Room
🎭Montréal Improv presents Pride ‘Prov, an all-queer improv comedy fundraiser, Impro Montréal
👑Le Brunch aux folles with Misty Waterfalls, Ruby Doll and Pétula Claque, Bar Social Verdun
Monday, August 4, 2025
🥳 MESSY presents Wetfest with Saturgays, Cabaret Lion d’Or
🎨 Fierté Montréal and Cri de raillement present In the blur of pleasure: A photo exhibit on consent in the context of PnP/chemsex, QG du Festival Fierté Montréal
🎨 Fierté Montréal and Epicenter Revolutions presents Self-Documenting Internal Transformations, Eastern Bloc
🎨 Fierté Montréal and Interligne present Dialogues à travers le temps : partage intergénérationnel LGBTQ+, Espace ONF
🎨 Fierté Montréal and ACCM present Two Lines, One Story: Tracing HIV Through ACCM’s Archive, Espace ONF
👑 Fierté Montréal and Trojan present The High Heels Obstacle Race, Intersection of rue Sainte-Catherine Est and rue De Champlain
📚 Fierté Montréal and Literary Pride present War of 2SLGBTQ+ Words with Amélie Boivin-Handfield, Luc Arsenault, Stéphanie Desrochers, Jordan Dupuis and Marie-Hélène Racine-Lacroix, Théâtre La Comédie de Montréal
🎥 James Bidgood’s Pink Narcissus, Cinema Moderne
🎥 John Waters’ Polyester dubbed in québécois French with English subtitles, starring Divine, Cinéma Public
🎥 Miranda July’s The Future, Cinémathèque québécoise
Tuesday, August 5, 2025
💪 Wild Pride and Infinity Movement present a strength & movement class, Infinity Studio
📚 Wild Pride and Writers for Palestine present Solidarity Reading for Palestine, Bar Star Bar
🏳️🌈 Wild Pride presents Jeunesse Lambda for 2SLGBTQIA youth, L’Astérisk
🥳 MESSY presents Wetfest with Sweet Like Honey, Cabaret Lion d’Or
🎨 Fierté Montréal and Cri de raillement present In the blur of pleasure: A photo exhibit on consent in the context of PnP/chemsex, QG du Festival Fierté Montréal
🎨 Fierté Montréal and Epicenter Revolutions presents Self-Documenting Internal Transformations, Eastern Bloc
🎨 Fierté Montréal and Interligne present Dialogues à travers le temps : partage intergénérationnel LGBTQ+, Espace ONF
🎨 Fierté Montréal and ACCM present Two Lines, One Story: Tracing HIV Through ACCM’s Archive, Espace ONF
🎥 Fierté Montréal, Image+Nation and the NFB present CinéQueer on the Big Screen with Ann Marie Fleming’s A Short Film About Tegan & Sara and Noam Gonick’s Parade: Queer Acts of Love and Resistance, Salle Alanis-Obomsawin de l’Office National du Film du Canada
🎭 Fierté Montréal and Latino Burlesque Canada presents Diablos Boylsesque Latinx with Anaconda LaSabrosa, Castro, Cherry Topp, DOM, MCherry, Miami Minx, Niko Lubie, Queef Latina and Salty Margarita, Scène Dovato
👑 Fierté Montréal, Les Drags patronnesses and Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence of Montréal present The Drag Patronnesses’ Tea Garden Party for 2SLGBTQ+ elders, Place du Village
🤣 Fierté Montréal and La Presse presents Des gags et des paillettes with Phil Lacroix, Yann Aspirot, Tranna Wintour, Coco Belliveau, Charlie Morin, Andrew Khoury, Portia K, Magali Saint-Vincent, Yasmine Léveillé, Maxence Garneau and Saad Fennich, Théâtre le National
📚 Fierté Montréal and Literary Pride presents The Bare Naked Truth of the Words with Denis-Martin Chabot, Aïcha Black, Aude Seppey, Christophe Gheeraert, Luc Arsenault, Marc-André Cassavant, MC Joannis and Pierre-Olivier Beaulac-Bouchard, Théâtre La Comédie de Montréal
👑 Full Gisèle with Gisèle Lullaby and special guests, Cabaret Mado
🎥 Susan Seidelman’s Desperately Seeking Susan starring Madonna, Cinema Moderne
🎥 Wong Kar Wai’s In the Mood for Love: 25th Anniversary, Cinema Moderne
Wednesday, August 6, 2025
💪 Wild Pride and Moving Just Fine present Reformer Pilates, Studio Moving Just Fine Pilates
🏳️⚧️ Wild Pride and Juritrans host a Trans Legal Clinic, L’Astérisk
🏳️🌈 Wild Pride and Sweet Like Honey host a BIPOC only Sapphic Sex-Ed, Black Healing Center
🤣 Debout.tes / Stand-Up hosts a Stand-Up Night, Bar Social Verdun
🎨 Fierté Montréal and Cri de raillement present In the blur of pleasure: A photo exhibit on consent in the context of PnP/chemsex, QG du Festival Fierté Montréal
🎨 Fierté Montréal and Epicenter Revolutions presents Self-Documenting Internal Transformations, Eastern Bloc
🎨 Fierté Montréal and Interligne present Dialogues à travers le temps : partage intergénérationnel LGBTQ+, Espace ONF
🎨 Fierté Montréal and ACCM present Two Lines, One Story: Tracing HIV Through ACCM’s Archive, Espace ONF
🏳️🌈 Fierté Montréal and Pride at Work Canada present ProPride Montréal, Square BDC
🏳️🌈 Fierté Montréal, T’es mon genre and Carrefour Jeunesse Emploi Centre-Nord present Villeray et Parc-Extension in colors, Parc Saint-Roch
🎥 Fierté Montréal, Image+Nation and the NFB present CinéQueer on the Big Screen with Vivek Shraya’s Reviving the Roost and Klara Tasovska’s I’m Not Everything I Want To Be, Salle Alanis-Obomsawin de l’Office National du Film du Canada
🎭 Fierté Montréal presents Bloc Bollywood with DJ Deep, Bijuriya, Kajol and Veils of Bollywood, Scène Dovato
👑 Fierté Montréal presents Sami et ses ami·e·s with Sami Landri, Darling Delight, DJ Hermano, Eboni La’Belle, Erika Suarez, Virginie B, Xénia Gould and Rossomodo, Jardins Gamelin
🤣 Fierté Montréal and La Presse presents Des gags et des paillettes with Phil Lacroix, Yann Aspirot, Tranna Wintour, Coco Belliveau, Charlie Morin, Sam Cyr, Andrew Khoury, Portia K, Magali Saint-Vincent, Yasmine Léveillé, Maxence Garneau and Saad Fennich, Théâtre le National
🎭 Fierté Montréal and Misfit Productions present Lesbian Wildness Retreat From Hell, Cabaret Lion d’Or
👑 Jimmy Moore personifies Madonna: The Celebration Tour, Cabaret Mado
👑 Le Sami Party with Sami Landri and special guests, Cabaret Mado
🎥 Atom Egoyan’s Exotica, Cinema Moderne
🎭 The Poly Mic queer open mic night, Bar Notre-Dame-des-Quilles
👠 Vogue Class with Kuntiana, Studio Bizz
Thursday, August 7, 2025
👑 C’est ma toune! with Bobépine, Jessie Précieuse, Lady Boom Boom and Moh Dafok, Cabaret Mado
👑 Queerdos with Gina Gates, Jay Show, Carmen Sutra and Niko Lubie, Cabaret Mado
👑 One Butterfly Show with Miss Butterfly, Bar Le Cocktail
🏳️🌈 Wild Pride and L’Astérisk hosts Refresh, Studio 414
🎨 Wild Pride and Sidetracks x Sherry host Screenprinting & Animation Workshop, Brique par Brique
🥳 Wild Pride and Helem Montréal present Mélodies & Murmures : Musique et Poésie, MABRASSERIE
🎭 Wild Pride presents Pride Burlesque Special, The Wiggle Room
🎭 Wild Pride presents the Trans Masc Choir : Le Lotus blanc, BMP-Coop
🎨 Fierté Montréal and Cri de raillement present In the blur of pleasure: A photo exhibit on consent in the context of PnP/chemsex, QG du Festival Fierté Montréal
🎨 Fierté Montréal, Fugues and ViiV Healthcare presents Pride Has Its Flags, an exhibition of pride flags, Esplanade du Parc Olympique
🎨 Fierté Montréal and Epicenter Revolutions presents Self-Documenting Internal Transformations, Eastern Bloc
🎨 Fierté Montréal and Trans+Archive present Trans+Archive: Memory as Method, Casa Del Popolo
🎶 Fierté Montréal presents Bimini DJ Set—La Soirée 100% Drag Opening with Bimini, Esplanade du Parc Olympique
👑 Fierté Montréal presents The Drags Come Say Hi to the VIQ Space! with Rita Baga, Barbada, Adriana The Bombshell, Clay Thorris, Crystal Starz, Detox, Fay Miss, Foxy Lexxi Brown, Gisèle Lullaby, Jimmy Moore, Johnny Jones, Kennedy Davenport, Lady Boom Boom, LaGladu, Lemon, Makayla Couture, Manny, Marla Deer, Morphine Love Dion, Pandora Nox, Peggy Sue, Rainbow, Sasha Baga, Soa de Muse, Star, Derek Wood and Uma Gahd, Esplanade du Parc Olympique
👑 Fierté Montréal presents La Soirée 100% Drag with Rita Baga, Barbada, Adriana The Bombshell, Detox, Gisèle Lullaby, Kennedy Davenport, Lady Boom Boom, Lemon, Makayla Couture, Morphine Love Dion, Pandora Nox, Soa de Muse, Star and Uma Gahd, Esplanade du Parc Olympique
🎶 Fierté Montréal presents Poulin + La Sécurité, Scène Dovato
🎭 Fierté Montréal and Misfit Productions present Lesbian Wildness Retreat From Hell, Cabaret Lion d’Or
🥳 Fierté Montréal presents Louche XXL Édition Fierté Montréal with Nicky Doll, Aizysse Baga, Detox, Ian Jackman, J4DE, Kuntiana, Makayla Couture, Paolo Askia and Satinée, Club Soda
🎥 Susan Seidelman’s Desperately Seeking Susan starring Madonna, Cinema Moderne
🎥 Wong Kar Wai’s In the Mood for Love: 25th Anniversary, Cinema Moderne
🎥 Uli Edel’s Christiane F., Cinema Moderne
👠 Black Gxrl Sesh for Black folks only, @blackgxrlsesh
🎭 Fierce: A Pride Burlesque Special with Miami Minx, Baby Hector, Holly Von Sin, Petro and Sasha Désir, The Wiggle Room
🏳️🌈 Indigenous Futures Research Centre hosts Zine-Making Workshop 2—Crafting Indigiqueer Futures, Pavilion Ev Building
Friday, August 8, 2025
🏳️🌈 Wild Pride presents Community Day, Teesri Duniya Theatre
🥳 Wild Pride and In Pain and Insane hosts a Day Party & Variety Show, Brique par Brique
💪 Wild Pride presents a Boxing Class, Pelea Boxing Club
🏳️🌈 Wild Pride presents Jeunesse Lambda for 2SLGBTQIA youth, L’Astérisk
🏳️🌈 Wild Pride and Helem Montréal x Independent Jewish Voices Montréal present a Shabbat Dinner, Charlevoix Park
🏳️⚧️ Wild Pride and AGIR host a Trans Care Day for trans migrants only, register to get location and time
🥳 Jhalak Montreal and Tashan Events presents Jashn: A South Asian Montréal Pride Celebration with DJ Symfonic and DJ Deep, Bar Le Ritz PDB
🥳 Wild Pride and Virtualis present Virtualis Pride with Ari Cherry, Paolo Askia, Sisi Superstar, Monib and TIKKOII preceeded by a screening of Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato’s Party Monster, Cinéma L’Amour
🥳 Wild Pride and Discoño present Orgullo Pride, SAT
🎨 Fierté Montréal and Cri de raillement present In the blur of pleasure: A photo exhibit on consent in the context of PnP/chemsex, QG du Festival Fierté Montréal
🎨 Fierté Montréal, Fugues and ViiV Healthcare presents Pride Has Its Flags, an exhibition of pride flags, Esplanade du Parc Olympique
🎨 Fierté Montréal and Epicenter Revolutions presents Self-Documenting Internal Transformations, Eastern Bloc
📚 Fierté Montréal and Literary Pride present Outdoor Book Fair, Rue Sainte-Catherine Est
🏳️🌈 Fierté Montréal presents Community Days, Rue Saite-Catherine Est
💪 Fierté Montréal and ACCM present Friends for Life Bike Rally Arrival in Montréal!, Parc La Fontaine
🎶 Fierté Montréal presents DistinXion with Chloe Lallouz, Fefe Dobson, Charlotte Day Wilson and G Flip, Esplanade du Parc Olympique
🥳 Fierté Montréal and BIMBO present BIMBO Schoolbus, Scène Dovato
👑 Fierté Montréal presents Gisèle Lullaby’s G Stop with Gisèle Lullaby, Esplanade du Parc Olympique
🎭 Fierté Montréal and Misfit Productions present Lesbian Wildness Retreat From Hell, Cabaret Lion d’Or
🥳 Fierté Montréal presents Pleasuredome Vol. 3 Édition Fierté Montréal with West End Gays, Dropo and Karim Olen Ash, Société des arts technologiques—La Satosphère
👑 Mado reçoit with Mado Lamotte and special guests, Cabaret Mado
👑 Late Night with Sasha Baga, Jessie Précieuse and Johnny Jones, Cabaret Mado
👑 Vendredi Fou with Michel Dorion, Bar Le Cocktail
🎥 John Greyson’s Lilies with film scholar Thomas Waugh in attendance, Cinéma Public
🏳️🌈 BLUF Montréal leather men monthly gathering, Bar Le Stud
🎥 Russian Canadian Democratic Alliance and Fierté Montréal present Agniia Galdanova’s Queendom, Cinema Moderne
Saturday, August 9, 2025
🏳️🌈 Wild Pride and Flinty Fae host a Queer Market, Location TBC
💪 Wild Pride presents Moving Just Fine mat pilates, Studio Moving Just Fine Pilates
🏳️🌈 Wild Pride presents Community Day, Teesri Duniya Theatre
🏳️🌈 Wild Pride presents Jeunesse Lambda for 2SLGBTQIA youth, L’Astérisk
🥳 Wild Pride and Henry Richa presents FARAH—the Wild [Pride] Party punk rave with Skkandaloza, Dahlia Waller, Miami Deathrow and P4blo, 129 av Van Horne
🎭 Wild Pride and Alterhéros present a Cabaret Show, Bar Le Ritz
👯♀️ Wild Pride and Kat Charles host Dancing Freedom, Black Healing Centre
🏳️🌈 Wild Pride and Québec Lesbian Network host a Lesbian Picnic, Parc Médéric Martin
🎭 Wild Pride and Dense & Stage host a Physical Theatre Workshop, Teesri Duniya Theatre
🎨 Wild Pride and MKBA host Afrofuturism is Queer Legacy—Poster Making Workshop for Black folks only, Black Healing Centre
🎨 Fierté Montréal and Cri de raillement present In the blur of pleasure: A photo exhibit on consent in the context of PnP/chemsex, QG du Festival Fierté Montréal
🎨 Fierté Montréal, Fugues and ViiV Healthcare presents Pride Has Its Flags, an exhibition of pride flags, Esplanade du Parc Olympique
🎨 Fierté Montréal and Epicenter Revolutions presents Self-Documenting Internal Transformations, Eastern Bloc
📚 Fierté Montréal and Literary Pride present Outdoor Book Fair, Rue Sainte-Catherine Est
🏳️🌈 Fierté Montréal presents Community Days, Rue Saite-Catherine Est
🏳️🌈 Fierté Montréal presents Kids Activities!, Place du Village
👑 Fierté Montréal presents Drag Tea with Bobépine and Lady Guidoune, Rosélys
🏳️🌈 Fierté Montréal and Italo Queer Montréal presents ItaloPride, Melrose Resto
🎶 Fierté Montréal presents Xcellence with Mansa, Iniko, Vilal Hassani and Ivy Queen, Esplanade du Parc Olympique
👑 Fierté Montréal presents Tribute to the 30th anniversary of Céline Dion’s album D’eux with Bobépine, Scène Dovato
👑 Fierté Montréal presents Gisèle Lullaby’s G Stop with Gisèle Lullaby, Esplanade du Parc Olympique
🎭 Fierté Montréal and Misfit Productions present Lesbian Wildness Retreat From Hell, Cabaret Lion d’Or
🎶 Fierté Montréal presents TeQCno with ZI!, Chris Cruise and Matthias Geerts, Société des arts technologiques—Espace SAT
🥳 Fierté Montréal presents Unikorn Vol. 3 Édition Fierté Montréal with Bimini, JUMER and Mel 4Ever, Club Soda
🥳 Fierté Montréal presents Bear Playground Édition Fierté Montréal—Lost in Space with DJ TDon and Barbada, Société des arts technologiques—La Satosphère
🥳 MESSY presents Lucia, DJ Punani, Teykirisi and Süne, Village au Pied-du-Courant
👑 Jimmy Moore personifies Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour, Cabaret Mado
👑 Mado reçoit with Mado Lamotte and special guests, Cabaret Mado
👑 Late Night with Jessie Précieuse, Sasha Baga and Johnny Jones, Cabaret Mado
👑 Drôles de Drags with Miss Butterfly, Bar Le Cocktail
🎥 Miloš Forman’s Amadeus, Cinema Moderne
🎥 James Bidgood’s Pink Narcissus, Cinema Moderne
🥳 Super Taste MTL hosts 90’s Dance Party: Édition La Vida Loca, Ausgang Plaza
🥳 OMAKS, Alokin, Buymeflovvers, Dzythia and Milkē, Esc
👑 Drag Brunch with Uma Gahd and Selma Gahd, Robin des Bois
🥳 District Events presents Inferno with Henrique Viana, Sagi Kariv, Alain Jackinsky and Venus, MTELUS
🎭 Wiggle Room Pride Special: A Celebration of LGBTQ Performers with Yikes Macaroni, The Moonshine Sunshine, Casquivano, Penny RomanOff and Charli Deville, The Wiggle Room
🥳 Love Lab: Pride Show After Party with Frenchy Jones, The Wiggle Room
🥳 Underground Pride: Montréal Edition with Artin Avaznia, MONIB, Destiny & TY, Prince, Caddy & Moodz, Mix Signals and JU!CE, Turbo Haüs
🤣 Tales of Gender Affirmation hosts Tales of Gender Affirmation Pop-Up: Pride with Aloe Azimov, Seth Thomas Day and Ash Davis, Café Eevee
🥳 Tentacle Rave with Yikes Macaroni, Olivia Killjoy, Moonshine Sunshine, Natasha Nebula, Enshantay, DJ Mushin and Ruukachan, Cabaret Berlin
🥳 Queen & Queer hosts Montréal Pride Queen & Queer Dance Party with DJ Tatiana, Zabella, DJ Sam, Shannyn Hill, Xannie and Kay B, Bain Mathieu
Sunday, August 10, 2025
🏳️🌈 Wild Pride hosts a Pride March, Place des Arts
💪 Wild Pride and Infinity Movement present a strength & movement class, Infinity Studio
🥳 Wild Pride and Discoño host an Open Air Party, Location TBC
🎨 Fierté Montréal and Cri de raillement present In the blur of pleasure: A photo exhibit on consent in the context of PnP/chemsex, QG du Festival Fierté Montréal
🎨 Fierté Montréal, Fugues and ViiV Healthcare presents Pride Has Its Flags, an exhibition of pride flags, Esplanade du Parc Olympique
🏳️🌈 Fierté Montréal and Native Montréal present 3rd Annual Indigenous Pride Brunch, Centre Sanaaq
🏳️🌈 Fierté Montréal and the Canadian Foundation of AIDS Research present Nacarat Pride with Adriana The Bombshell, Carmen Sutra, Foxy Lexxi Brown and DJ Heartbreak Ting, Nacarat
🏳️🌈 Fierté Montréal presents Afro Pride, Boulevard René-Lévesque
🏳️🌈 Fierté Montréal presents their Pride Parade, Boulevard René-Lévesque
🥳 Fierté Montréal presents the Mega T-Dance with Guillaume Michaud, Henrique Viana, Black Flamingo and Marti Frieson, Esplanade du Parc Olympique
🎶 Fierté Montréal presents The McCoy Effect, Scène Dovato
👑 Fierté Montréal presents Gisèle Lullaby’s G Stop with Gisèle Lullaby, Esplanade du Parc Olympique
🥳 Fierté Montréal presents L’After T-Dance with Dijipoune, Roi Perez and Nene H, Sainte-Catherine Hall
👑 Jimmy Moore personifies Mariah Carey and J.Lo, Cabaret Mado
👑 Le Tracy Show with Tracy Trash and special guests, Cabaret Mado
👑 Dimanche Show Pride Special with Michel Dorion, Bar Le Cocktail
🎥 Wong Kar Wai’s In the Mood for Love: 25th Anniversary, Cinema Moderne
🎥 Uli Edel’s Christiane F., Cinema Moderne
🤣 The Poly Mic Showcase: Queer Comedy Night with Tranna Wintour, Sandy, Raquel Maestre, Anton May, Carmina Berbari, Adrienne Roy and music by Gaby Sue and Orisa Thandi, Bar Milton-Parc (BMP Co-Op)
🥳 Sweet Like Honey MTL and Piknic Electronik present Sweet Like Honey with Tokyo Mamii, Po, DJ Playgirl and Adia Paris, Village au Pied-du-Courant
🥳 StarQueens presents Pride Sundae with Aline Rocha, The Illustrious Blacks, The Patchouli Brothers, Irene The Alien and Gisèle Lullaby, Club Soda
Monday, August 11, 2025
👑 Da-lulu with Lulu Shade, Bonnie Slayed, Colleen De Bine, Debby Zoo, Pomp LeMousse and Sandra D’Licious, Cabaret Mado
Tuesday, August 12, 2025
🏳️🌈 Wild Pride presents Jeunesse Lambda for 2SLGBTQIA youth, L’Astérisk
💪 Wild Pride and Infinity Movement present a strength & movement class, Infinity Studio
👑 Full Gisèle with Gisèle Lullaby and special guests, Cabaret Mado
🤣 A Poly Mic presents Are You Gay?: a poly mic game show, Hurley’s Irish Pub
Wednesday, August 13, 2025
🏳️🌈 Wild Pride and Wutless present La Rhum Shoppe, Queer Caribbean BBQ, UNIA Hall
🏳️🌈 Wild Pride and Queer Sangha host Zone Out Contest, Jarry Park
🎭 Wild Pride and Mina Minou host Magic and Movement, Brique par Brique
📚 Wild Pride and Rainbow Spice Collective present Intersectional Art & Poetry Night, Black Healing Centre
🥳 Wild Pride and Sweet Like Honey present Sapphic Strip Show, Bar Taboo
👑 Club Sweat with Lady Boom Boom (as Charli XCX), Johnny Jones (as Troye Sivan) and Aizysse Baga (as Shygirl), Cabaret Mado
🎭 The Poly Mic queer open mic night, Bar Notre-Dame-des-Quilles
👠 Vogue Class with Kuntiana, Studio Bizz
🤣 Pussy Patrol and Friends 2, a night of musical comedy with Troy Stark, Zak Kik and Walter Lyng, Hurley’s Irish Pub
Thursday, August 14, 2025
🥳 Wild Pride and Femmes du monde CDN x Sweet Like Honey present Sapphic Day Party, Femmes du monde CDN
🏳️⚧️ Wild Pride and Juritrans host a Trans Legal Clinic, L’Astérisk
🏳️🌈 Wild Pride and Black Gxrl Sesh host Conflict Resolution Panel, for Black folks only, Black Healing Center
🥳 SAT x EAF with Visio & Orchestroll, Cecilia and Samiuel Gougoux, Société des arts technologiques [SAT]
👠 Black Gxrl Sesh for Black folks only, @blackgxrlsesh
Friday, August 15, 2025
🏳️🌈 Wild Pride and Commiunity Sex Worker Collective hosts Queering Sex Work, L’Euguélionne
💪 Wild Pride presents a Boxing Class, Pelea Boxing Club
🏳️🌈 Wild Pride presents Jeunesse Lambda for 2SLGBTQIA youth, L’Astérisk
🎭 Wild Pride and Mina Minou present Juice Me: Burlesque, Bâtiment 7
💪 Montréal Roller Derby hosts Home Team Championships + Travel Team Round Robin, Arena Howie Morenz
👑 Mado reçoit with Mado Lamotte and special guests, Cabaret Mado
👑 Vendredi Fou with Michel Dorion, Bar Le Cocktail
🥳 CLUB SAT x HALTE with Asha b2b Runa, Lis Dalton and J.Rom b2b Așkim, Société des arts technologiques [SAT]
🎥 Claire Denis’ Beau Travail, Cinema du Parc
🥳 Exphoria 4.0 with Live Operators, Esc
Saturday, August 16, 2025
🏳️🌈 Wild Pride presents Jeunesse Lambda for 2SLGBTQIA youth, L’Astérisk
🎨 Wild Pride and Kindred Sagas host Intergenerational Clay Day, Studio 3 Tables
👠 Wild Pride and Black Gxrl Sesh x Cxsper Constantine x Sapphire 007 and L’Astérisk present The Queer Legacy Kiki Ball, Ausgang Plaza
💪 Montréal Roller Derby hosts Home Team Championships + Travel Team Round Robin, Arena Howie Morenz
👑 Jimmy Moore personifies Lady Gaga, Cabaret Mado
👑 Mado reçoit with Mado Lamotte and special guests, Cabaret Mado
👑 En françcais s’il vous plait ? with Mia Love, Sarah Winters and Alexandra Moss, Bar Le Cocktail
👑 Drôles de Drags with Lady Boom Boom, Bar Le Cocktail
🎥 Claire Denis’ Beau Travail, Cinema du Parc
🎤 Bareoke karaoke strip tease, Café Cléopatra
🎭 Cult of AnarchKey Productions presents Dragged By The Thrash Can with Korra AnarchKey, Prudence, Yikes Macaroni, Tristan Ginger, Four Flavours Fruit Punx, C.i.D.B. and Gutser, Trash Can
Sunday, August 17, 2025
🏳️🌈 Wild Pride and Amuna Ali x Daawo Decolonial Medicine present Abolitionlist Community Meditation, Black Healing Center
🏳️⚧️ Wild Pride presents Swimming for Trans Families, Quintal Swimming Pool
💪 Wild Pride and Infinity Movement present a strength & movement class, Infinity Studio
🥳 Wild Pride, Québec Lesbian Network, Helem Montréal and Habibitch x Acidusa x DJ Blackgold present the Wild Pride Closing Party, La Sala Rossa
💪 Montréal Roller Derby hosts Home Team Championships + Travel Team Round Robin, Arena Howie Morenz
👑 Le Tracy Show with Tracy Trash and special guests, Cabaret Mado
👑 Dimanche Show with Michel Dorion, Bar Le Cocktail
🎥 Claire Denis’ Beau Travail, Cinema du Parc
🎭 Beyoncé Burlesque Tribute with The Foxy Lexxi Brown, Cat Zaddy, Yaya Havana and Zyra Lee Vanity, The Wiggle Room
Monday, August 18, 2025
🏳️🌈 Wild Pride and Tealy Ka’senni:saks Normandin present Closing Ceremony of Wild Pride, Square Saint-Louis
Tuesday, August 19, 2025
👑 Full Gisèle with Gisèle Lullaby and special guests, Cabaret Mado
🎨 Wilding AI presents Feral Frequencies, SAT
Wednesday, August 20, 2025
🎭 The Poly Mic queer open mic night, Bar Notre-Dame-des-Quilles
👠 Vogue Class with Kuntiana, Studio Bizz
🥳 MUTEK presents the Nocturne series—Night 1 with Yu Su, upsammy & Valentina Magaletti and James Holden & Wacław Zimpel, SAT
🎨 Hommehomo presents Drink & Draw, Bar Le Cocktail
Thursday, August 21, 2025
🎭 Les Folies Draglesques with Miami Minx and special guests, Cabaret Mado
🥳 MUTEK presents the Nocturne series—Night 2 with Gadi Sassoon & Portrait XO feat. 55n, Holy Tongue, Phèdre—Liquid Constancy and The Fear Ratio, SAT
👠 Black Gxrl Sesh for Black folks only, @blackgxrlsesh
🎥 Queer Cinema Club Montréal presents Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, Cinéma Moderne
Friday, August 22, 2025
👑 Mado reçoit with Mado Lamotte and special guests, Cabaret Mado
👑 Vendredi Fou with Michel Dorion, Bar Le Cocktail
🥳 MUTEK presents the Nocturne series—Night 3 with Loidis, Gayance, Kyle Hall and Martyn Bootyspoon, SAT
🎥 Larry Clark’s Kids, Cinema du Parc
🤣 Shibarire with François Quirion and Sam Lefebvre, a night of comedy, kink and shibari, Tension
🎭 Flame Fatale presents The Devilishly Divine Show with Flame Fatale, Olivia Killjoy, Célesta O’Lee, Holly Von Sinn, Sugar Vixen and Miss Behave, Café Cléopatra
Saturday, August 23, 2025
👑 Mado reçoit with Mado Lamotte and special guests, Cabaret Mado
👑 Drioles de Drags with Crystal Starz, Bar Le Cocktail
🥳 MUTEK presents the Nocturne series—Night 4 with i+eo—Portals, Silkback, Ma Sha, NikNak, Daniela Huerta, LMO, Gendron, Myre, Tessier and Mok-T & Bar Rubinstein, SAT
🎥 Larry Clark’s Kids, Cinema du Parc
Sunday, August 24, 2025
🎥 Alfonso Cuarón’s Y tu mama también, Cinema du Musée
👑 Le Tracy Show with Tracy Trash and special guests, Cabaret Mado
👑 Chouchoune, 15 ans de carrière with Chouchoune, Bar Le Cocktail
🥳 MUTEK presents the Nocturne series—Night 5 with Sabrina Ratté & Roger Tellier-Craig—Cyberdelia, Topdown Dialectic, aria—a fine line between crises and opportunity, Shackleton, SIM—SLOWTECHERS, Valesuchi, Bitter Babe and Kaiwa, SAT
🎥 Larry Clark’s Kids, Cinema du Parc
🎶 Tate McRae: Miss Possessive Tour with Zara Larsson, Bell Centre
Tuesday, August 26, 2025
👑 Full Gisèle with Gisèle Lullaby and special guests, Cabaret Mado
Wednesday, August 27, 2025
👑 Onya Nerve, Cabaret Mado
🎭 The Poly Mic queer open mic night, Bar Notre-Dame-des-Quilles
👠 Vogue Class with Kuntiana, Studio Bizz
Thursday, August 28, 2025
👑 Starz Wars with Crystal Starz and special guests, Cabaret Mado
👠 Black Gxrl Sesh for Black folks only, @blackgxrlsesh
🏳️🌈 Montréal Fetish Weekend 2025, various locations
Friday, August 29, 2025
👑 Mado reçoit with Mado Lamotte and special guests, Cabaret Mado
👑 Vendredi Fou with Michel Dorion, Bar Le Cocktail
🎥 PT Anderson’s Boogie Nights, Cinema du Parc
🏳️🌈 Montréal Fetish Weekend 2025, various locations
Saturday, August 30, 2025
👑 Jimmy Moore personifies Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour, Cabaret Mado
👑 Mado reçoit with Mado Lamotte and special guests, Cabaret Mado
👑 J’Emm chanter with Pétula Claque and EmmÔtional Damage, Bar Le Cocktail
👑 Drôles de Drags, Bar Le Cocktail
🎥 PT Anderson’s Boogie Nights, Cinema du Parc
🥳 Super Taste MTL hosts Dance Party 2000: Back to School!, Bar Le Ritz PDB
🏳️🌈 Montréal Fetish Weekend 2025, various locations
🥳 DEBASEMENT Labour Day Weekend 2025: K!nky Dance & Play Party with DJ Davidé, Cabaret Berlin
Sunday, August 31, 2025
👑Jimmy Moore personifies Céline Dion, Cabaret Mado
👑Dimanche Show with Michel Dorion, Bar Le Cocktail
🎥PT Anderson’s Boogie Nights, Cinema du Parc
🏳️🌈Montréal Fetish Weekend 2025, various locations
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🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ 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.
