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The List - Ottawa's Queerest Calendar

Find queer events, sports and recreation activities, and social happenings across the region all under one tab.

 

MAX will occasionally scour social media and event forums to post but our hope is that you, the community, will add things we might have missed.

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Queen & Queer

The 27 Club 27 York St, Ottawa

Celebrate pride in sapphic style with another Queen & Queer party!

$20 – $30

T4T PJ PARTY – Big Dyke Weekend

Art House 555 Somerset St. West, Ottawa

A pride party for exclusively for trans, gender non-confirming, and nonbinary folks.

$15 – $30

Revolt of the Freaks: A Pride Spectacular

Bronson Centre 211 Bronson Ave., Ottawa

Come live your big top fantasy this Pride! We're bringing out the freaks for a jaw-dropping spectacular!

$15 – $45

No Boys Allowed: Jungle Heat

Sky Lounge 73 York St. top floor, Ottawa

NBA events are intentionally curated to be sanctuaries for bi+* women and non-men to connect, celebrate their erotic selves.

$20 – $25

PRIDE: A Deeper Love

Probe Ottawa 41 York St 3rd & 4th floor, Ottawa

2nd Annual Mens Night- Video Dance Party. 2 separate themed floors, Licensed Bar, Live DJ, Aerial Artist, VIP Lounge, Free Coat Check.

$33.40

Frigays Ottawa Pride

Berlin Nightclub 56 Byward Market Sq, Ottawa

OTTAWA PRIDE - DO WE HAVE YOUR ATTENTION? We're back for a third year with another ICONIC Drag Race Winner & Toronto's hottest dance party!

$25.83

Hot Wench Pride Market

Parkdale Market 366 Parkdale Ave., Ottawa

Your friendly, gay, neighbourhood vintage, art & alternative market

Pop-up Vaccine Clinic

Featured
MAX Ottawa 400 Cooper St. Suite 9004, Ottawa

MAX is hosting a pop-up mpox vaccine clinic during the Pride Street Festival.

Free

Drag & Balls: Disco Inferno

Riverain Park 400 N River Rd, Ottawa

Celebrate Pride in the park with the OQSL! Softball teams will be playing in drag, DJ POWRHAUS will be spinning beats, and your support directly benefits Bruce House.

Street Festival

Street Festival

The annual Street Festival is happening on Bank St. and features community organizations and partners!

Free

Ottawa Dyke March

Minto Park 102 Lewis St., Ottawa

Calling all dykes! Gather and march this Pride with resistance and solidarity.

Free

Lez Go: Bliss Pride Party

Queen Street Fare 170 Queen St, Ottawa

Celebrate pride at Lez Go's biggest party of the year!

$30 – $40

Ottawa Pride Bar Crawl Party

Don't miss the biggest Pride 2025 Party on Saturday, August 23rd @ the hottest bars and clubs in Ottawa!

$15

DYKE DINO PARTY – Big Dyke Weekend

Art House 555 Somerset St. West, Ottawa

dinosaur-themed dance party for not-cis-man queers. come dressed as a dino, a palaeontologist, a volcano, a rock… nothing matters! get weird!

$15 – $30

Pitbull Party

Bronson Centre 211 Bronson Ave., Ottawa

An epic Pride party with hot bodies and hard beats.

$40

Bumpah 2 Bumpah

TD Main Stage 2025 236 Slater St., Ottawa

A QTBIPOC community party taking over the TD Main Stage during this year's Pride festival

Fierce Fusion

Swizzles 246 Queen Street,, Ottawa

Queer open stage night followed by dance party at Swizzles

Street Festival

Street Festival

The annual Street Festival is happening on Bank St. and features community organizations and partners!

Free

A NOTE ON LANGUAGE: We recognize that language is ever-changing and imperfect. The language MAX uses is flexible and tailored to our audience which includes people with specific lived experiences and needs. We use a variety of terms and acronyms as convenient, though imperfect shorthand, including the word queer as an umbrella term for all who identify as members of the 2SLGBTQ+ community. Language and values change from person to person, and so you may find a range of terms being used in the community events.