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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Events
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This special cyanotype workshop is designed for returning participants with some cyanotype experience!
$30 – $50
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This month's group for gay men over 50, we're diving deep into world of dragon boating!
Free
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1 event,
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A beginner's poetry workshop featuring pieces from some of the best contemporary queer poets
Free
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1 event, |
4 events,
JC Simon – Tanks & Tees
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Market & Fun-day full of queerness, vendors, and fun activities!
Free
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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5 events,
JC Simon – Tanks & Tees
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We're kicking off Pride month with an afternoon party at The Grove featuring DJ del Pilar!
Free – $20
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2 events,
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Come by MAX tonight for your mpox vaccine ahead of this month's Pride festivities!
Free
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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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3 events,
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Part of the Pride Is Political Weekend Events collection
Free
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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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5 events,
August Queer Bikepacking Trip
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Pride Capital Volleyball's summer workshop series led by James Battiston
$25
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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6 events,
August Queer Bikepacking Trip
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Delve deep in to the world of feminine ecstatic experience with Muse Fontaine
$30
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2 events,
Virtual Event
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Join us for a virtual gathering where we celebrate queer identities and explore the topic of death in a safe and supportive space this August!
Free – $30
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1 event,We're hosting a pop-up vaccine clinic and will be offering vaccines against HPV, hepatitis A and B, and both doses for mpox.
Free
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Join Centretown neighbours at McNabb Park for a picnic, composting workshop, and live performances by OK Naledi and the Queer Youth Choir
Free
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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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8 events,
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Join us to kick off the Pride festivities and help us prepare for the festival!
Free
Are you between the ages of 14-19 and interested in connecting with other Queer youth in your community?
Free
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This show features images of queer domesticity through local artworks. Join us for a vern and open-mic poetry night. Bring your writings!
Free
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Celebrate Pride at Beandigen making beaded pride pins and learning more about 2 Spirit people's experiences today.
$50
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Celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Rocky Horror Picture Show at the ByTowne with a special behind-the-scenes documentary of the film's production
$20
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11 events,MAX Ottawa is hosting its second annual Confidence is Key: Ballroom Workshop series. Sign up for one of the four free events!
Free
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Join us on our next field trip to Major's Hill Park for a picnic and to watch the fireworks!
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An fabulous summer volleyball tournament organized by Pride Capital Volleyball and sponsored by the PrEP Clinic
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Join fellow queers on the court at Pride Capital Volleyball's free drop-in session
Free
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6 events,MAX Ottawa is hosting its second annual Confidence is Key: Ballroom Workshop series. Sign up for one of the four free events!
Free
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Come for the bacon, stay for the legs! Capital Tease is back with another titillating burlesque show to get you Pride-ready!
$20 – $25
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Come hang out with the community and enjoy a family-friendly picnic at the annual Capital Pride event!
Free
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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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5 events,A week-long workshop series for 2SLGBTQ+ elders at the NAC
$105.75
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Bring out your leather and lace for an 19+, kink-positive erotic variety show on vernissage night. Masks encouraged.
Free
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9 events,
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In this month's programming for queer newcomers at MAX, we're making pride posters for the parade!
Free
A week-long workshop series for 2SLGBTQ+ elders at the NAC
$105.75
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Take the first step towards financial confidence with Capital Pride's free financial literacy workshop
Free
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Turn your old band t-shirts into something that you can knit, crochet, macrame, or weave with!
Free – $20
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6 events,A week-long workshop series for 2SLGBTQ+ elders at the NAC
$105.75
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The Ottawa Senior Pride Network and the Good Companions are hosting a Pride BBQ and afternoon of games!
$18
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Welcome to the 2025 Capital Pride Human Rights Panel! Join us for an engaging discussion on queer and trans safer space-making.
Free
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An advocacy panel on the history of blood donation and the queer community in Canada, organized by Capital Pride and pflag.
Free
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12 events,
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
A week-long workshop series for 2SLGBTQ+ elders at the NAC
$105.75
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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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13 events,
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
A week-long workshop series for 2SLGBTQ+ elders at the NAC
$105.75
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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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A queer space for Black joy, dancing, connection, and community.
Free
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21 events,
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
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MAX is hosting a pop-up mpox vaccine clinic during the Pride Street Festival.
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Brunch for dykes of colour before the Dyke March
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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. |
12 events,
Lez Go: Bliss Pride Party
Ottawa Pride Bar Crawl Party
DYKE DINO PARTY – Big Dyke Weekend
Pitbull Party
Bumpah 2 Bumpah
Fierce Fusion
The annual Street Festival is happening on Bank St. and features community organizations and partners!
Free
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Celebrate Pride 2025 at the annual Parade starting at Elgin Street & Laurier Avenue, and ending at Kent Street and Albert Street.
Free
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Join us for a chill afternoon of LGBTQ+ friendly crafting and creativity!
$10
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5 events,Everything you need to know about facilitating events or workshops or teach-ins at The Grove Studio!
Free
Everything you need to know about facilitating events or workshops or teach-ins at The Grove Studio!
Free
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Get ready to strike and spare your way to victory at our second Drag & Bowl event, where the competition is fierce and the fun never ends!
$25 – $30
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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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1 event,
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In this month's programming for ACB queers, we're discussing how to live our sexiest summers, safely! |
7 events,
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Ottawa's all-male-identified burlesque revue. Titillation and hilarity guaranteed. Since 2024.
$20 – $24
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2 events,
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Viens jaser avec nous au K1 en français du 29 août pour une discussion ouverte et joyeuse autour de la sexualité, du plaisir, et de la santé queer ! |
3 events,
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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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7 events,
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An outdoor social and pizza party at the NAC rooftop garden with the Gay Garden Society.
$5 – $10
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Come soak up the last of the summer sunshine & as you laugh with someone new!
$25 – $30
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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!
$10
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4 events,
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Have more fun with accessibility in kink for neurodivergent and neurotypical individuals
$55 – $65
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A film blending multiple art forms portraying the lives of queer people practicing different religions.
$10
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6 events,
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
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Have more fun with accessibility in kink for neurodivergent and neurotypical individuals
$55 – $65
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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K1: Summer Safety
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.