What Gay Events are Happening in Seattle?
Seattle's LGBTQ+ community keeps a full calendar of annual festivals, weekly shows, and recurring events across Capitol Hill and beyond.
Annual Events
- Seattle Pride Parade & PrideFest (June) — The city's biggest LGBTQ+ celebration with a parade down 4th Avenue, free festivals on Capitol Hill and at Seattle Center, and the ticketed Queer/Pride Festival
- Seattle Queer & Trans Film Festival (October) — Presented by Three Dollar Bill Cinema, screening LGBTQ+ films with filmmaker Q&As and community events
- Northwest Leather Celebration (Spring) — Weekend-long leather and kink community gathering featuring NW Master/slave, NW Bootblack, and NW Person of Leather contests plus parties
- Seattle Pride Month (all of June) — Bar nights, brunches, fundraisers, and community events across the city
Weekly & Recurring Events
- Drag shows at Queer/Bar — Multiple nights per week including drag, karaoke, burlesque, and bingo
- Lashes Drag Show at Unicorn — Every Friday at 7:30 PM, no cover
- Le Faux at Julia's on Broadway — Long-running high-production drag dinner theater on Fridays and Saturdays
- RuPaul's Drag Race watch parties at The Cuff Complex — During Drag Race season
- Dream Girls Drag Brunch — Saturday mornings at Dreamland Bar & Diner in Fremont on a covered patio
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