This page lists LGBTQ+ events in Cape Town, including nightlife, drag shows, parties, workshops, social gatherings, and community events.
It includes both entertainment-focused and community-focused events across the city.
It helps people discover what is happening in Cape Town's LGBTQ+ community.
Events in Cape Town
- 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 Pop Tarts Present: Cherry Pop’d — Thursday 27 August 2026 • Opium Lounge
- The Great Queer Quiz of Everything by Stella Rosé — Thursday 27 August 2026 • Duchess 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
- Purple Unbound: Touch of Purple — Saturday 5 September 2026 • The Viroxy Restaurant & Bar, 323 Main Rd, Observatory, Cape Town, 7935
- Doek On Fleek Pride Picnic Cape Town — Saturday 5 September 2026 • Castle Street, Castle of Good Hope
- 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
- For The Love of She (Sapphic Writing & Connection Circle) — Sunday 13 September 2026 • The Rainbow House
- The Queen’s Brunch — Sunday 13 September 2026 • Groot Constantia Wine Estate, Groot Constantia Rd, Constantia, Cape Town, 7806
- 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
- The Unofficial Pink Party – September 2026 — Tuesday 29 September 2026 • 54 Queen Victoria Street
- CTL Queer Book Club – 21 November 2026 — Saturday 21 November 2026 • 1 Parade St, Cape Town City Centre
- The Unofficial Pink Party – November 2026 — Saturday 28 November 2026 • 54 Queen Victoria Street
- CTL Queer Book Club – 5 December 2026 — Saturday 5 December 2026 • 1 Parade St, Cape Town City Centre