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
- B*tchy Bingo — Thursday 20 August 2026 • Duchess Lounge
- LGBT Cape Peninsula 2026 — Saturday 22 August 2026 • Sarepta Community Hall
- Sapphic Skate — Sunday 23 August 2026 • The Ice Station, GrandWest
- Comedy on Kloof — Tuesday 25 August 2026 • 66 Kloof Street
- The Great Queer Quiz of Everything by Stella Rosé — Thursday 27 August 2026 • Duchess Lounge
- The Pop Tarts Present: Cherry Pop’d — Thursday 27 August 2026 • Opium Lounge
- Rainbow Nation Stall at Monthly Cape Quarter Market — Friday 28 August 2026 • Cape Quarter Lifestyle Centre
- 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
- Jacks Sunday Session — Sunday 30 August 2026 • 4 Engine Avenue
- Street Fair — Thursday 3 September 2026 • Cafe Manhattan
- 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
- Purple Unbound: Touch of Purple — Saturday 5 September 2026 • The Viroxy Restaurant & Bar, 323 Main Rd, Observatory, Cape Town, 7935
- VarieTease! at Duchess Lounge — Saturday 5 September 2026 • Duchess Lounge
- OUTFIT Cape Town - Get Out, Move, Connect — Sunday 6 September 2026 • Sea Point Promenade
- A Beaulah Drag Brunch — Sunday 6 September 2026 • Woodstock Brewery, 252 Albert Road, Woodstock, Cape Town, 7925
- Parody Night Volume 04: Born This Way — Saturday 12 September 2026 • Ground Culture Cafe, Shop 5, 170 Lower Main Rd, Observatory, Cape Town, 7925
- The Queen’s Brunch — Sunday 13 September 2026 • Groot Constantia Wine Estate, Groot Constantia Rd, Constantia, Cape Town, 7806
- For The Love of She (Sapphic Writing & Connection Circle) — Sunday 13 September 2026 • The Rainbow House
- CTL Queer Book Club – 19 September 2026 — Saturday 19 September 2026 • 1 Parade St, Cape Town City Centre
- Shamanic Temple presents Queer Women's* Temple Night (SEP) — Friday 25 September 2026 • The Spice Yard, Salt Rive
- FLTH — Friday 25 September 2026 • Roxy Woodstock
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