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.
Check out our guide here for everything you need to know about submitting an event. If you have any questions or need to update a posted event, please email us at thelist@maxottawa.ca. To submit an event, scroll to the bottom of the page, or click here.
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JC Simon – Tanks & Tees
Enjoy a fabulous 3 course meal and bottomless drinks while watching a gag-worthy drag lineup hosted by Devona Coe.
$30
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Drag Me To Live! is celebrating 3 years of incredible monthly drag events on August 6th!
$17.55
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Come by the Rainbow for a Friday night of live music brought to you by queer indie performers
$15 – $20
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$30
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Hosted by Miss Patience Plush feat: Saffron St. James, Ruby Foxglove, Wysteria, Randi Rouge, Omari B. Johnson, Gigi, Caligula & many more!
$7
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Experience her new dark pop/alt rock EP for the first time including a live performance
$15 – $20
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2 events,Enjoy a fabulous 3 course meal and bottomless drinks while watching a gag-worthy drag lineup hosted by Devona Coe.
$30
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An all-Asian drag fiesta celebrating queer Asian joy and diversity served with sizzling hot Filipino food, laughs, and surprises!
$15
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BJ Stoker and The Boys bring you a night of drag king excellence at Ottawa's Home for Drag - 41 York St, 2nd floor!
$7
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Get ready to experience the hottest underground burlesque show in the city this August at 613 Basement - it's gonna be wild!
$17.31
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Slut Ranch
live music x rave DJs x save a horse ride a cowboy! Get wrangled into something sweaty, glitchy, and gloriously unhinged.
$5 – $10
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Capital Pride Pageant After Party
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Celebrate Pride with Kind Space at their fourth annual party! Get dressed up and come by for mocktails, socializing and karaoke
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Get tickets for the Capital Pride Pageant where performers will compete for the titles of Mr., Mx., and Mrs., Capital Pride 2025.
$47.55 – $60.10
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Queen & Queer
T4T PJ PARTY – Big Dyke Weekend
A pride party for exclusively for trans, gender non-confirming, and nonbinary folks.
$15 – $30
Revolt of the Freaks: A Pride Spectacular
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
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
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
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
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Join us as we paint the capital in every colour of the rainbow and celebrate the kings who are reclaiming their thrones
$15 – $20
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Lez Go: Bliss Pride Party
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
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
Bumpah 2 Bumpah
A QTBIPOC community party taking over the TD Main Stage during this year's Pride festival
Fierce Fusion
Enjoy a fabulous 3 course meal and bottomless drinks while watching a gag-worthy drag lineup hosted by Devona Coe.
$30
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Lez Go: Bliss Pride Party
Ottawa Pride Bar Crawl Party
DYKE DINO PARTY – Big Dyke Weekend
Pitbull Party
Bumpah 2 Bumpah
Fierce Fusion
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They get naked. They read. A different theme every month from Ottawa's trailblazing literary salon — since July 2017.
$24
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Ottawa's all-male-identified burlesque revue. Titillation and hilarity guaranteed. Since 2024.
$20 – $24
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Hosted by EdithPuthie Feat. Mizrabelle, Canary Quinn, Yeti, Miss Patience Plush, and Opal Essence at The Lookout- 41 York St, 2nd Floor!
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Drag Me To Live! presents it's second ever Open Stage, hosted by the fabulous Eden Moore and featuring a lineup of upcoming drag artists!
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Laylit 7-Year Anniversary Tour
Celebrate 7 years of Laylit at Club Saw! Laylit is an acclaimed platform celebrating artists from the Arab and SWANA region and its diaspora.
$20 – $30
Enjoy a fabulous 3 course meal and bottomless drinks while watching a gag-worthy drag lineup hosted by Devona Coe.
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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.