Infogaytion is a local LGBTQ+ guide to Cape Town, helping people discover venues, events, guides, and community resources across the city.
It brings together listings and curated content to make it easier to explore Cape Town's LGBTQ+ spaces.
This page is the starting point for navigating the city's LGBTQ+ community and inclusive places.
Areas in Cape Town
- De Waterkant — 42 venues
- Green Point — 17 venues
- Cape Town CBD — 7 venues
- Observatory — 3 venues
- Sea Point — 3 venues
- District Six — 2 venues
- Durbanville — 2 venues
- Camps Bay — 1 venue
Guides
- Best LGBTQ+ Things to Do in Cape Town — Cape Town offers far more than LGBTQ+ nightlife alone. From guided tours and mountain hikes to kayaking, running clubs, beaches, drag shows
- Is Cape Town Safe for LGBTQ+ Travellers? — A comprehensive safety guide for LGBTQ+ visitors to Cape Town, covering neighbourhoods, nightlife, transport, and practical tips.
- De Waterkant LGBTQ+ Area Guide — De Waterkant is Cape Town’s LGBTQ+ hub — a walkable neighbourhood known for bars, cafés, stylish stays, and easy access to the city.
- Cape Town LGBTQ+ HUB — Cape Town is widely recognised as Africa’s LGBTQ+ capital and Infogaytion’s first featured city. Explore all Cape Town LGBTQ+ city guides i
- Pup Culture in Cape Town — A grounded guide to pup culture within Cape Town’s LGBTQ+ community — exploring identity, community structure, consent culture, social gathe
- LGBTQIA+ Authors & Writers in Cape Town — A cultural reading of Cape Town's queer literary life — the poets, presses, festivals and bookshops shaping how LGBTQIA+ stories are written
Upcoming Events
- Cape Town Village Choir - Performance and Fundraising Quiz — Tuesday 28 July 2026 • Honey and Dora
- RainbowUCT x Rainbow Nation Pop-Up Shop at UCT Plaza — Thursday 30 July 2026 • UCT Plaza, Upper Campus, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, Cape Town, 7701
- FLTH — Friday 31 July 2026 • TBC
- The Queen’s Banquet — Friday 31 July 2026 • Simon's Restaurant Groot Constantia Wine Estate, Groot Constantia Rd
- EPIC Christmas in July — Friday 31 July 2026 • Bothasig Hall
- Luminary - Petal vs Poison — Friday 31 July 2026 • District Night Club
- Cape Town Village Choir Performance and Fund Raising Qui — Saturday 1 August 2026 • Honey and Dora
- Shamanic Temple presents Queer Women's* Temple Night — Saturday 1 August 2026 • The Spice Yard
- Queer Clay Social — Saturday 1 August 2026 • Mango Ginger 27 Lower Main Road
- The Time Travelers Tease — Saturday 1 August 2026 • 10 Comprop Square, Henry Vos Close, Asla Cres, Somerset West Business Park
- The Red Affair — Saturday 1 August 2026 • Zevolis, 28 Main road Rondebosch
- Brunch Club at Hard Rock Café — Sunday 2 August 2026 • Hard Rock Café Camps Bay
- Cape Town Village Choir - Performance and Fund Raising Quiz — Tuesday 4 August 2026 • Harringtons Cocktail Lounge
- CTL Queer Book Club – 15 August 2026 — Saturday 15 August 2026 • 1 Parade St, Cape Town City Centre
- Queer Surf Cape Town — Sunday 16 August 2026 • Surfers Corner, 56 Beach Road
- For The Love of She (Sapphic Writing & Connection Circle) — Sunday 16 August 2026 • The Rainbow House
- LGBT Cape Peninsula 2026 — Saturday 22 August 2026 • Sarepta Community Hall
- Kat Gilardi - Divas One Night Only — Saturday 29 August 2026 • Protea St & Klipfontein Rd, Athlone, Cape Town, 7764 Joseph Stone Auditorium
- Gat Party Milnerton — Saturday 29 August 2026 • Bothasig Hall
- Club Buddies — Saturday 29 August 2026 • District Night Club
- Upstage & Down Bad — Friday 4 September 2026 • Milnerton Playhouse, 81 Pienaar Road
- Doek On Fleek Pride Picnic Cape Town — Saturday 5 September 2026 • Castle Street, Castle of Good Hope
- OUTFIT Cape Town - Get Out, Move, Connect — Sunday 6 September 2026 • Sea Point Promenade
- CTL Queer Book Club – 19 September 2026 — Saturday 19 September 2026 • 1 Parade St, Cape Town City Centre
LGBTQ+ Venues in Cape Town
- Cafe Manhattan — De Waterkant • restaurant
- Casa Kink Dungeon — Montague Gardens • kink-fetish
- Crew Bar — De Waterkant • bar
- Downstairs @ Casa Kink — Durbanville • guesthouse
- Duchess Lounge — Observatory • lounge
- Honey and Dora — De Waterkant • cocktail bar
- Mingles by Zer021 — Woodstock • bar
- Opium Lounge — De Waterkant • nightclub
- Pink Candy Night Club — De Waterkant • nightclub
- Rainbow Nation Shop — De Waterkant • shop
- Shaft Cruise Zone — Observatory • men's sauna
- Stargayzers — Parow • nightclub
Support and Resources
- Triangle Project — mental-health
- Gender DynamiX — legal-rights
- Pride Shelter Trust — housing