LGBTQ+ Organisers in South Africa

Discover LGBTQ+ event organisers, community groups and teams creating events across South Africa.

• Acentra West

  Acentra West is a Cape Town-based drag performer, host, MC and event creative. Acentra creates drag bingo, themed entertainment, Pride celebrations, live performances and collaborative events, bringing glamour, humour and audience participation to venues and private functions.

• Aloha Jacqueline

  Poet, songwriter and integration guide, and the founder of The Brave Collective. Jacqueline creates warm spaces where people feel seen and heard, and can express themselves freely, gently eliciting creativity, courage, and connection. She is currently working on a poetry collection, Falling in Love with She.

• Buddies Night Out

  Established in 2013, Buddies Night Out produces LGBTQIA+ pop-up nightlife and street-party events in Cape Town and Johannesburg. Its parties bring together DJs, dancing and community celebration, including Cape Town Pride street-party editions. The organiser’s own website documents events across both cities and its focus on inclusive spaces and community connection.

• Gat Party

  Gat Party hosts monthly LGBTQIA+-welcoming langarm and sokkie dances at Bothasig Hall in Cape Town. Its regular parties are usually held on the last Saturday of the month, alongside themed and holiday editions. The music includes langarm, sokkie, disco, pop and familiar dancefloor favourites. Admission is by advance booking, and the organiser publishes current dates, prices and event details on its website.

• Activate Wits

  Activate Wits is an LGBTQIA+ rights-oriented student society at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg. The Wits University Transformation and Employment Equity Office lists the group among its sexual-orientation and gender-identity advocacy resources, connecting students with community and inclusion initiatives.

• Bear Talent

  Bear Talent is a Cape Town event organiser associated with queer cabaret, drag entertainment and live performance. Its event history includes HotBox Cabaret, an immersive variety-show experience bringing together drag artists, burlesque performers, vocalists and comedy, alongside productions such as Drag Bingo at The Doppery and R&R Extravaganza. From theatrical cabaret to playful, audience-focused entertainment, Bear Talent's listed productions showcase different sides of Cape Town's LGBTQ+ performance scene. Its events have featured performers including Rachel the Bear and RiRi Rouge, with collaborations such as HotBox Cabaret x Lekker Lekker Media bringing additional creative energy to the programme.

• Beyond Monogamy SA

  Cape Town community for people exploring polyamory, ethical or consensual non-monogamy and other relationship structures. Meetups centre consent, respect, peer support and community connection.

• Boys In Heels

  Boys In Heels is an event organiser featured in Infogaytion’s queer entertainment directory. Refer to its linked event listings for dated venue, programme and ticket information; a fuller organiser history and official contact channel remain to be confirmed.

• Cape Town Pride

  Cape Town Pride organises the city’s annual LGBTQI+ Pride Festival, Parade and Mardi Gras. Its programme combines visibility, celebration, community events and advocacy for equality. The organisation’s work provides space for LGBTQI+ people and groups to connect, raise awareness and challenge discrimination. Cape Town Pride has announced its February 2027 festival, culminating in the parade and Mardi Gras on 27 February, and is preparing to host WorldPride in 2028.

• Comedy on Kloof

  Comedy on Kloof presents a queer-friendly comedy night on Cape Town’s Kloof Street. The recurring programme features South African comedians, rising talent and occasional international guests, with a changing lineup and opportunities to socialise over food and drinks. Event pages provide the current venue, booking and show-time details.

• CTL (Cape Town Lesbians)

  CTL Cape Town Lesbians is a volunteer-led community group bringing sapphic people, women who love women, and trans and non-binary people together in Cape Town. It organises activities including queer book clubs, picnics, film evenings, board games, art classes and discussions. The group aims to keep activities affordable and, where possible, free to make community participation more accessible.

• Curated by KAYA

  Curated by KAYA programmes live arts, creativity and community events in Cape Town. The organiser’s public calendar includes poetry, storytelling and open-mic evenings, comedy, music performances, creative workshops and queer-centred events such as A Queer Lens. The format and collaborators vary by event; see the organiser’s current announcements for the latest lineup and booking details.

• DECONFORM

  South African organiser curating activity-based events for LGBTQ+ communities. Its Queeriokie Gamesnight format brings together karaoke, games and social connection in a queer-centred setting.

• Forum for the Empowerment of Women (FEW)

  Founded in 2002, the Forum for the Empowerment of Women FEW advocates for the rights and safety of Black lesbian, bisexual and queer women in South Africa. Its work includes community-building, public education, hate-crime response and advocacy. FEW initiated Soweto Pride in 2004, helping create a visible space for LGBTQIA+ communities in the township.

• Gay Gaze

  Cape Town social-event collective creating LGBTQIA+ gatherings around fashion, music, food and community connection. Its event formats include Gay Gaze and People in Colour.

• House of INVADE-

  Johannesburg collective of queer Black women artists, changemakers and cultural workers working across Riso printing, self-publishing, book design and community-led archival practice.

• Invasion Events

  Invasion Events is a Durban-based queer event organiser founded by Honey James. Its events centre LGBTQIA+ celebration, nightlife, music and opportunities for community members to meet and dance. The organiser uses themed parties and a changing entertainment programme to create spaces for queer self-expression in Durban.

• Mr Gay Nation SA

  Mr Gay Nation SA organises a national LGBTQIA+ pageant celebrating personal expression, leadership and community advocacy. Its programme provides a platform for finalists and titleholders to represent inclusion and positive change. The official pageant website names Jaunnés Bergh as Mr Gay Nation Champion 2026 and Mr Rara’s 2026.

• NMB Pride

  NMB Pride is an LGBTQIA+ non-profit organisation based in Gqeberha, Nelson Mandela Bay. Its annual Pride Festival brings together community members, families, artists, businesses and allies for visibility, equality and celebration. Programming has included a Pride March, drag and music performances, community speakers, stalls, exhibitions and awareness campaigns. The organisation uses the festival to encourage community empowerment, inclusion and conversations about human rights and wellbeing.

• Other Village People

  Queer collective curating intentional social spaces and supporting queer creatives. Other Village People created Same Sex Saturday, established in 2015, and also produces larger community-led experiences including Queertopia.

• Pretoria Pride

  Pretoria Pride organises LGBTQIA+ Pride programming in Pretoria and the wider Tshwane area, providing opportunities for community visibility, participation and celebration. Its events include Pride gatherings and related pageant activities; individual dates, venues and programmes should be checked against the current event announcements.

• Pride of Africa / Johannesburg Pride

  Pride of Africa and Johannesburg Pride bring together LGBTQ+ visibility, celebration, community advocacy and cultural events in Gauteng. Johannesburg Pride has a history spanning more than three decades and is associated with the annual Pride march and festival. Led by Kaye Ally, the wider Pride of Africa platform also supports events such as the emPOWERment Summit and Queer Met, creating opportunities for community participation, public dialogue and celebration.

• Queer Capital Drinks

  Queer Capital Drinks QCD is a monthly LGBTQ+ social and networking gathering in Pretoria/Tshwane. It typically meets on the second Wednesday of the month at rotating LGBTQ-owned or managed venues, with locations announced in advance. The informal format brings together established friends and newcomers for conversation, connection and community.

• Queer Jozi Drinks

  Johannesburg LGBTQ+ social organiser behind recurring drinks meetups and community gatherings, including Pride-focused social events.

• Queer Surf Cape Town

  Queer Surf Cape Town organises inclusive monthly surf and beach meetups at Muizenberg’s Surfer’s Corner. Beginners and experienced surfers are welcome, as are people who simply want to enjoy the beach and community. The group offers encouragement and informal support in the water, with loaner surfboards and wetsuits available through Lifestyle Surf Shop at advertised sessions. Meetups often finish with coffee, lunch or a beach picnic. Attendance has been free, with Quicket registration requested for numbers; check each event for its current details.

• RUSH

  Queer-led Johannesburg events promoter producing themed parties and venue takeovers rather than operating from one permanent club. RUSH centres queer culture while welcoming respectful allies and moves between venues for each event concept.

• Sinje Concepts

  Sinje Concepts creates queer-focused entertainment and social events in the Eastern Cape. Its GQ Queer Reunion programme brings together music, DJs, live performance and dancing in Gqeberha, with an emphasis on reconnecting friends and celebrating local LGBTQ+ culture. The second annual edition took place in September 2026.

• South African Queer Movement

  South African Queer Movement appears as an event organiser in Infogaytion’s South African programme. The public record does not yet establish a reliable organisational history or formal structure; its dated event listings are the appropriate source for confirmed activities until the organiser supplies an official introduction.

• Stella Rosé

  Stella Rosé is a Cape Town drag performer, host and event creator associated with productions including Classy Gal and The Queen’s Brunch. The organiser identity is used for events promoted under the Stella Rosé name, while the separate performer profile covers on-stage appearances and artistic credits. Current programmes and venues are published through the organiser’s event listings.

• The Brave Collective

  Cape Town practice space founded by queer poet and facilitator Aloha Jacqueline, creating guided writing and self-expression experiences focused on connection, reflection and living more honestly.

• The Death of Glitter

  The Death of Glitter D.O.G. is a Cape Town queer nightlife and club-culture project associated with alternative music, performance and bold, experimental parties. Its October 2026 event D.O.G: THE END marked the closing chapter of the project’s first decade, with DJs, live artists and performers at Botanik Social House. The organiser’s events span club music and queer performance culture.

• The Kings Collab

  The Kings Collab is a Cape Town queer performance collective creating opportunities for drag kings and other stage artists. Its productions include Imagine Drag: Extravaganza, a multidisciplinary drag variety show, and Phantasmagoria, which combined drag performances and live music in Observatory. The collective also shares community and performance updates on Instagram.

• The Sapphic Project

  Cape Town community organiser creating social events for queer women, sapphic and non-binary people, including singles mixers and connection-focused gatherings.

• Unofficial Pink Party

  Unofficial Pink Party is a Cape Town LGBTQI+ party series established to create welcoming spaces for dancing, expression and community. Over approximately twelve years it presented more than 70 parties across multiple venues, featuring DJs and performers. The organisers announced 2026 as the series’ final year, with closing events celebrating the community that built it.

• Village Drinks Cape Town & Stellenbosch

  Village Drinks Cape Town & Stellenbosch organises regular LGBT+ social and professional networking gatherings in Cape Town, Stellenbosch and surrounding Winelands communities. The events are designed for meeting new people, reconnecting with friends and building face-to-face connections in a welcoming setting. Gatherings have taken place at venues including Café Manhattan in De Waterkant and The Thirsty Scarecrow near Stellenbosch, with event-specific venues, booking arrangements and entry details announced through the organiser. Village Drinks describes its gatherings as run by LGBT people for the LGBT community.