UPCOMING QUEER EVENTS

TIME TO GET OUT!

Vancouver Is Funny
Sep
1
to Sep 30

Vancouver Is Funny

A month-long comedy festival running throughout September 2026 featuring a mix of local stand-up, touring headliners, indie shows, live podcasts, and alternative comedy formats spread across multiple venues in the city.

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Fringe Festival Patio
Sep
5
to Sep 20

Fringe Festival Patio

The Fringe Festival is lighting up Granville Island every night with a mix of your fave local performers, refreshments, and fun activities at our covered outdoor patio

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Dr Faustus
Sep
10
to Sep 20

Dr Faustus

  • Granville Island Picnic Pavilion (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Drawn toward the dark arts and craving unlimited knowledge and influence, Faustus makes a literal deal with the devil: 24 years of magic and power in exchange for his mortal soul.

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All We Have
Sep
10
to Sep 20

All We Have

All We Have is a tender and deeply human new play about the people who shape us, the connections we hold close, and what we’re left with when life doesn’t go according to plan. Multiple Shows.

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Vancouver Queer Film Festival
Sep
10
to Sep 20

Vancouver Queer Film Festival

The 38th annual Vancouver Queer Film Festival (VQFF) returns this fall featuring 87 films from around the globe centered on the overarching theme, “A Seat at the Table”. Inspired by visual artwork from local Black queer artists Odera Igbokwe and Tolu Ayoka, the 2026 programming focuses on belonging, shared community space, and collective liberation.

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fml: funny, my life
Sep
13
to Sep 20

fml: funny, my life

Each show features a diverse lineup of artists sharing stories based on a given prompt. Think "The Moth" meets Mike Birbiglia. Multiple dates.

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Rhymes with Rain
Sep
16
to Sep 27

Rhymes with Rain

Co-authored and performed by dance artists Ziyian Kwan and Shion Skye Carter, rhymes with rain is an expressive duet exploring themes of rupture, memory, and repair through a collaborative blend of movement, text, and media design. Sept 16-20. 24-27.

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Double Indumbnity
Sep
18

Double Indumbnity

Sparkling chanteuse John Coons and Broadway-musician-turned-adult-performer Jonah Wheeler arrive in Vancouver with an evening of queer frivolity, original songs, and unhinged mashups.

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Vanchella #5
Sep
19

Vanchella #5

Come to Vanchella for its 5th year at the Birdhouse! A drag show festival experience! Featuring Vancouvers favourites drag artists emulating the world’s hottest artists!

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Josh Thomas - Jiggle, Jiggle
Sep
20

Josh Thomas - Jiggle, Jiggle

And he's back on the road! After returning to stand-up in 2020 with his international tour Whoopsie Daisy, Josh is now bringing his brand new live show Jiggle Jiggle to Vancouver as part of the Vancouver is Funny festival.

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LUNAR SWAY - FILM
Sep
20

LUNAR SWAY - FILM

Written during a period of unrequited love, writer-director Nick Butler transforms personal heartbreak into a wistful, offbeat odyssey where melancholy and deadpan humour coexist.

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Babes Babes Babes
Sep
20

Babes Babes Babes

A jam-packed, laugh out loud, adults only cabaret combining burlesque, drag, comedy, extravagant costumes, showstopping group numbers and naughty humour in a raucous spectacle that will leave you wanting more! 

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Birdie Choir
Sep
21

Birdie Choir

If you love to sing, you love queer community, and you're looking for a fun evening out to meet new friends and make music together, our choir is for you!

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Oktoburlesque
Sep
22

Oktoburlesque

Kick off this Oktoberfest season with a unique and heartfelt cultural experience featuring the best local beer, bratwurst, buxom beauties and bouncing booties. Must be 19 years or up. 

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LezDance
Sep
26

LezDance

  • B-22610 116 Avenue Maple Ridge, British Columbia, V2X 0S4 Canada (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

It is officially time to rally the crew. We are throwing the ultimate Women's Only 25+ Lesbian Dance Night.

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Man Up x King Sized
Sep
26
to Sep 27

Man Up x King Sized

This is an ICONIC event bringing together kings who have been performing for over 20 years 🤯 alongside the newest generation of drag. We’re getting hunky, funky, faggy & braggy

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Rocky Riobo’s The Fable Tour: Forever
Sep
27

Rocky Riobo’s The Fable Tour: Forever

  • CapU Centre for the Performing Arts, Capilano University, (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Rocky Riobo is queer Colombian-Canadian jazz artist and theatrical storyteller, and this is the opening night of her 18-month Fable Tour exploring love, identity, belonging and becoming through live music, storytelling, dance and plenty of old Hollywood glamour and queer joy.

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Queering the VIFF
Oct
1
to Oct 11

Queering the VIFF

Featuring local BC storytellers alongside international feature films, documentaries, and short film showcases like Short Forum 8: Queer Magic, the Vancouver International Film Festival includes a spectrum of 2SLGBTQiA+ cinema across its 2026 program schedule.

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Come 2 Brazil
Oct
10
to Oct 11

Come 2 Brazil

Come 2 Brazil returns on Oct 2 at the Birdhouse! With the city’s hottest DJs and gogos— we’ll keep it bouncing all night long!

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The Chutzpah! Festival
Nov
3
to Nov 15

The Chutzpah! Festival

The 26th Annual Chutzpah! Festival returns to Greater Vancouver this November 3–15, 2026, bringing a dynamic 13-day lineup of music, theatre, comedy, dance, and storytelling through a multicultural Jewish lens.

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Christmas Sing Along
Dec
11

Christmas Sing Along

  • Khaghan Persian Restaurant and Bar North Shore (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Join us for a beautiful, community event where you can sing your heart out to all the songs made famous by the most wonderful time of the year!

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Besties YVR
Sep
12
to Sep 13

Besties YVR

Join Besties for Alt-Pop Night at The Astoria in Vancouver! Live music from Chloe Star & Jenna Doe, plus queer DJs until late.

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Blue Boy Trial
Sep
12

Blue Boy Trial

Based on a true story, transgender filmmaker Iizuka’s remarkable film is set in 1960s Japan combines a remarkable cast with production and costume designs to recreate the 60’s-era Tokyo of smoky nightclubs and bustling back alleys as well as the intense courtroom atmosphere.

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LP All Is Not Lost Tour
Sep
5

LP All Is Not Lost Tour

Multi-platinum singer-songwriter LP has captivated global audiences with their transcendent, sold-out live shows, soar-away vocals, and genre-fluid style. You don’t want to miss this concert!

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The Really Gay History Tour!
Aug
30

The Really Gay History Tour!

  • 930 Burrard Vancouver, British Columbia, V6A 2V8 Canada (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

One of North America's very first queer history tours, and your guide Glenn Tkach, will leave you laughing, crying, and thinking over two hours spent exploring the city's West End.

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