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Queer nights out, arts, talks and community gatherings, in time order. These events are explicitly tagged or described by their sources as LGBTQ+. Our coverage is growing; check the organiser for entry details.
Monday 5 Oct · 5:00pm – 10:00pm
The Rooftop Bar @ East Village Hotel SQS Sydney Queer Social is an LGBTIQA+ charity program with social events for everyone! 🌈✨
Listed by HumanitixTuesday 6 Oct · 6:30pm
The Loud & Proud Choir is a community singing group that welcomes people from the LGBTQIA+ community and their straight allies. We raise thousands of dollars each term for queer/trans charities with our fundraising concert. If you are looking for community, new friends, a fun hobby, and musical expression.. join our next term! We would love to welcome you aboard!
Listed by City of Sydney What's OnTuesday 6 Oct · 6:45pm – 9:00pm
Inner West Sketch Club is a weekly safe space and a LGBTQIA+ collective of creative individuals who want to have fun and make new friends. Every Wednesday evening will see a new model take to the stage, sometimes clothed, sometimes not. Basic materials (charcoal, pencils and paper) are provided, but feel free to bring your own art materials of choice. Please be aware this is a group, not a class, although basic advice will happily be shared.
Listed by HumanitixWednesday 7 Oct · 5:00pm – 8:00pm
Q&A is going on hiatus! We are excited to see you at our last (for now) Q&A social group. This group will be held on Wednesday, the 7th of October from 5pm-8pm.
Listed by HumanitixWednesday 7 Oct · 6:45pm – 9:00pm
Queer Sketch Club is a fortnightly safe space and a LGBTQIA+ collective of creative individuals who want to have fun and make new friends. Every Wednesday evening will see a new model take to the stage, sometimes clothed, sometimes not. Basic materials (charcoal, pencils and paper) are provided, but feel free to bring your own art materials of choice. Please be aware this is a group, not a class, although basic advice will happily be shared.
Listed by HumanitixThursday 8 Oct · 5:30pm – 8:30pm
Bayaba Ba Nya: Performing Culture Staging critical spatial acts of political resistance with Amiera Piscopo. Hosted by Bangawarra.
Listed by HumanitixThursday 8 Oct · 6:00pm – 8:00pm
Please join us for an in-conversation with the wonderful Dr Kieran Kennedy to discuss his new book This Explains Everything: A Psychiatrist’s Guide to Navigating Adult ADHD. About the Author
Listed by HumanitixThursday 8 Oct · 6:00pm – 9:00pm
Established in 2007, the Honour Awards provides NSW’s LGBTQ communities with an important opportunity to recognise excellence and celebrate achievements, as well as the difference that particular community members and organisations make in our lives. Guests will enjoy:
Listed by City of Sydney What's OnThursday 8 Oct · 6:00pm – 8:30pm
Join ACON's Masculinity Workshops, a series of inclusive sessions for LGBTQ+ people of all genders who want to explore what masculinity means to them in a safe, supportive and engaging environment. The workshops are open to cis and trans men, non-binary people, and masc and butch women. Through guided discussion and reflection, participants will have the opportunity to explore their relationship with masculinity, connect with others and share experiences.
Listed by City of Sydney What's OnThursday 8 Oct · 6:00pm – 11:00pm
An Unholy Funeral – The Death of Divine! A one-off event in the MCA’s iconic Foundation Hall, designed to lay to rest memories of Divine Playhouse.
Listed by City of Sydney What's OnThursday 8 Oct · 6:00pm – 9:00pm
We give you the opportunity to learn the art of roti stretching from our very own Roti Master himself. Suresh will talk you through all the techniques you need to know to make the perfect dough, and then show you how to flip the roti for basic stretching. From there, he will then show you all the different ways to work the roti into shapes and styles like the many ways we serve in Kafe Kooks.
Listed by City of Sydney What's OnThursday 8 Oct · 6:30pm – 8:00pm
DANCE THERAPY: Beginner Pop Dance Session | Darlinghurst, Sydney 📌 Upcoming Themes & Dates (2026)
Listed by HumanitixThursday 8 Oct · 6:30pm
The Loud & Proud Choir is a community singing group that welcomes people from the LGBTQIA+ community and their straight allies. We raise thousands of dollars each term for queer/trans charities with our fundraising concert. If you are looking for community, new friends, a fun hobby, and musical expression.. join our next term! We would love to welcome you aboard!
Listed by City of Sydney What's OnThursday 8 Oct · 7:00pm – 7:30pm
We'll be discussing The Man Who Fell in Love With the Moon (1991). This is a coming-of-age novel. Written in a poetic, unconventional style, the novel is a celebration of queer identity and a dark meditation on survival, desire, and the need to find one’s own place in the world.
Listed by City of Sydney What's OnFriday 9 Oct · 12:00pm – 3:30pm
School holiday workshop for young people. Customise your own clothes, supplied trucker hats, tote bags and more using acrylic pens and gold foil! Experiment with graffiti lettering, characters, symbols, slogans and doodles to create something loud, weird, funny or completely your own. Tote bags and trucker hats are supplied, or bring your own jacket, jeans, shirt or other fabric item to transform with designer Gary Bigeni
Listed by City of Sydney What's OnFriday 9 Oct · 6:00pm – 8:00pm
Join us on Friday 9 October, 6–8pm, for the opening of Andy Ewing: Ancestor Spirits , alongside Kirthana Selvaraj: In the Half Light by the inaugural recipient of the Andy Ewing Fellowship. Ancestor Spirits is the first major posthumous survey of Vietnamese-Australian artist and curator Andrew (Andy) Hau Ewing (1964–2021), bringing together artworks, drawings, archival material and ephemera from across his career.
Listed by City of Sydney What's OnSaturday 10 Oct · 10:00am – 11:00am
She Can Grappling 💥 Want to feel stronger, safer, and more confident? Join She Can Grappling, a beginner-friendly technique and defence class run through our partnership with Partizian Grappling Academy! Learn grappling basics in a supportive, empowering environment from women or non-binary instructors- no experience needed.
Listed by HumanitixSaturday 10 Oct · 10:45am – 1:00pm
Weekend Homosketchuals is a regular life drawing group, LGBTQIA+ safe space and a collective of creative individuals who want to have fun and make new friends. Every Saturday morning will see a new model take to the stage, sometimes clothed, sometimes not. Basic materials (charcoal, pencils and paper) are provided, but feel free to bring your own art materials of choice. Please be aware this is a group, not a class, although basic advice will happily be shared.
Listed by HumanitixSaturday 10 Oct · 2:00pm – 3:30pm
DANCE THERAPY: Beginner Pop Dance Session | Darlinghurst, Sydney 📌 Upcoming Themes & Dates (2026)
Listed by HumanitixSaturday 10 Oct · 3:00pm – 4:00pm
Lesbian Soccer Club (LSC) – Social Kickabout 🌈⚽️ Date: Saturday 10 October
Listed by HumanitixSaturday 10 Oct · 7:00pm – 8:30pm
Celebrate Love Your Bookshop Day with debut author Josh Hortinela, in-conversation with Shae Winter! Hate You to Love You is a heartwarming queer romance debut about two exes forced to work together on a whirlwind book tour, from a beloved bookseller and influencer! Joshua Hortinela is a writer and bookseller who also works in social media marketing. A passionate reader, he has worked in the book industry for nearly ten years. He also works as a freelance writer, photographer and moderator for events. When he’s not adding a ridiculous number of books to his staff holds at work, he can be found reading romance novels, rewatching 13 Going On 30 for the millionth time, or drinking a cosmopolitan. He lives in Sydney and can tell you where to find the best coffee or cocktail in town.
Listed by HumanitixSaturday 10 Oct · 7:30pm – 11:55pm
Sydney’s gothic alternative darkwave night TRANSCENDENCE returns to our home The Chippo Hotel. We are taking over the entire venue across 2 levels! Street Level: Velvet lounge chill space, Beer Garden, Mama B’s Bistro open until 9pm
Listed by HumanitixSunday 11 Oct · 1:15pm – 3:30pm
Join us for a powerful discussion on family and belonging in the Chinese Queer community as part of Mental Health Month in October. This event, hosted by ANTRA, Associate Professor Quah Ee Ling (Western Sydney University) and City of Canada Bay Libraries, is part of a relaunch of ANTRA’s Tongxing 同行 initiative, which is their Chinese-speaking LGBTQIA+ peer support and resource navigation program.
Listed by HumanitixSunday 11 Oct · 1:30pm – 5:00pm
Spectra Jazz Orchestra is turning 10 years old! Come and celebrate with Spectra for an afternoon at Petersham Bowling Club. Spectra Jazz Orchestra is an initiative for young
Listed by HumanitixSunday 11 Oct · 6:00pm – 10:00pm
sick of being the only bipoc in mainstream queer spaces? tired of being left swiped on hinge by people who think you look too ‘intimidating’?
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Monday 5 Oct · 12:00pm – 1:00pm
Office day in the city? Spend your lunch break doing something that actually wakes you up. This is a welcoming, queer-friendly, judgement-free Zumba class where you can show up as you are, move how you can, and leave feeling lighter (and weirdly more productive for the rest of the afternoon).
Listed by City of Sydney What's OnMonday 5 Oct · 6:30pm – 7:30pm
A different meditation. style each week. Everyone welcome, beginners welcome.
Listed by City of Sydney What's OnTuesday 6 Oct · 1:30pm – 3:00pm
Join us for a deep dive into Sydney’s queer history as you’re guided along the streets of Darlinghurst from Hyde Park to Paddington. Ever wonder which community venues were the talk of the town in the ‘70s and 80’s heyday of ‘The Golden Mile’?
Listed by City of Sydney What's OnTuesday 6 Oct · 5:00pm – 6:30pm
These lessons are designed for fencers of any gender aged between 14 and 17 to teach them the core techniques of historical swordplay, particularly with sabre, foil and rapier, as well as provide a safe and friendly environment to practice sparring with swords. If you have any questions, please contact
Listed by City of Sydney What's OnThursday 8 Oct · 1:30pm – 3:00pm
Join us for a deep dive into Sydney’s queer history as you’re guided along the streets of Darlinghurst from Hyde Park to Paddington. Ever wonder which community venues were the talk of the town in the ‘70s and 80’s heyday of ‘The Golden Mile’?
Listed by City of Sydney What's OnFriday 9 Oct · 3:30pm – 7:00pm
We are a group of teens from around Sydney who have made this safe space to hang out. It’s a place where you are free to be yourself and express yourself however you please. It’s for people ages 12-19 only.
Listed by City of Sydney What's OnSaturday 10 Oct · 11:00am – 5:00pm
4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art presents Andy Ewing: Ancestor Spirits, the first posthumous survey of pioneering queer Vietnamese-Australian artist and curator Andrew (Andy) Hau Ewing (1964–2021), alongside Kirthana Selvaraj: In the Half Light, a newly commissioned body of work by the inaugural recipient of the Andy Ewing Fellowship. Presented across 4A’s galleries and 4A LAB, the exhibitions explore cultural inheritance, queerness and the body. Artworks, archival material and personal ephemera offer an intimate account of Ewing’s life, while Selvaraj’s paintings respond to his explorations of identity, memory and illness through her own experiences. Together, the exhibitions trace how Ewing’s practice continues to resonate through a new generation of artists.
Listed by City of Sydney What's OnSaturday 10 Oct · 12:30pm – 2:30pm
Wayahead’s Surry Hills LGBTQIA+ Anxiety Support Group provides a free, safe and supportive space for people experiencing anxiety to connect with others, share experiences and access peer support. The group is open to LGBTQIA+ community members seeking support with anxiety. Whether you would like to talk, listen, learn from others or feel less alone, you are welcome to attend.
Listed by City of Sydney What's OnSunday 11 Oct · 11:00am – 5:00pm
4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art presents Andy Ewing: Ancestor Spirits, the first posthumous survey of pioneering queer Vietnamese-Australian artist and curator Andrew (Andy) Hau Ewing (1964–2021), alongside Kirthana Selvaraj: In the Half Light, a newly commissioned body of work by the inaugural recipient of the Andy Ewing Fellowship. Presented across 4A’s galleries and 4A LAB, the exhibitions explore cultural inheritance, queerness and the body. Artworks, archival material and personal ephemera offer an intimate account of Ewing’s life, while Selvaraj’s paintings respond to his explorations of identity, memory and illness through her own experiences. Together, the exhibitions trace how Ewing’s practice continues to resonate through a new generation of artists.
Listed by City of Sydney What's On