Queer MTL things to do: April 2025

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🎥 Cinema

👑 Drag

🥳 Parties

🎶 Concert

✊ Activism

🏳️‍⚧️ Trans

🏳️‍🌈 Community

😆 Comedy

🎭 Performance

💪 Sports

👯‍♀️ Dance

🎤 Karaoke

🎨 Arts

📚 Literary / Educational

👠 Ballroom / Vogue

Tuesday, April 1, 2025  
🎨 Pointe-à-Callière’s exhibition Witches—Out of the Shadows runs until April 6, 2025, Pointe-à-Callière  
👑 Full Gisèle : Sex in the city with Gisèle Lullaby, Jessie Précieuse, Marla Deer, Clay Thorris and Bambi Dextrous, Cabaret Mado 
🏳️‍🌈 Chambre de Commerce LGBT du Québec hosts a Cocktail de la diversité, Casino de Montréal 
🎥 Sean Baker’s Anora, Cinema Moderne  
   
Wednesday, April 2, 2025  
🎨 @Hommehomo hosts Drink & Draw with live model, Bar Le Cocktail 
🎭 The Poly Mic queer open mic night, Bar Notre-Dame-des-Quilles 
🎶 Heart: Royal Flush Tour 2025 with Cheap Trick, Bell Centre 
  
Thursday, April 3, 2025  
🎶 Ninja Sex Party with TWRP, MTELUS 
🎥 Pedro Almodovar’s The Room Next Door, Cinema du Musée  
🎥 Coralie Fargeat’s The Substance, Cinema Moderne  
👑 Sashalicious: Bad Girls Academy with Sasha Baga, Crystal Starz and Tracy Trash, Cabaret Mado 
👑 Concours MX Cocktail 2025 with Michel Dorion, Bar Le Cocktail 
    
Friday, April 4, 2025  
🏳️‍🌈 Button Making Workshop, Centre communautaire LGBTQ de Montréal 
🎥 David Lynch’s Blue Velvet, Cinema Moderne  
🎥 David Lynch’s Lost Highway, Cinema du Parc  
👑 Mado Reçoit with Mado Lamotte, Bobépine, Sasha Baga, Rawxy and Nana, Cabaret Mado 
👑 Vendredi Fou with Michel Dorion, Bar Le Cocktail 
    
Saturday, April 5, 2025  
🏳️‍🌈 Archives gaies du Québec and Mes pants de queer host a Zine Workshop as part of the  queer zine exhibition GÉNÉRATION XEROX, Archives gaies du Québec 
🎤 Bareoke: Strip Karaoke, Café Cléopatra  
🎭 Cult of AnarchKey presents QUEERCORE: Rock N Roll—Queer Cabaret of classic Rock + Metal with Korra AnarchKey, Infernal Desires, Jaqq Strapp, Mx Honey Jack, Mortal Mess, Just Hxrny, Woody Fungi and Sir Vergon, Complex Sky 
🥳 Club Palo presented by Palomosa and (Avec)Courage UBISOFT, with A. Deeplove (Andrew Vanwyngarden / MGMT), Society for Arts and Technology [SAT]  
🥳 Esc and Trilфbeat present Masters of Puppets Canada Teaser: Montréal with Juanija, Sonik23, Judge Ming, Antonymous, Noein and Helox, ESC 
🎥 David Lynch’s Blue Velvet, Cinema Moderne  
🎥 David Lynch’s Lost Highway, Cinema du Parc  
👑 Mado Reçoit with Mado Lamotte, Bobépine, Sasha Baga, Rawxy and Nana, Cabaret Mado 
👑 Jimmy Moore personifies Céline with Jimmy Moore, Cabaret Mado 
👑 Drôles de Drags with Miss Butterfly, Ciathanight, Crystal Starz or Emma Déjàvu in rotation, Bar Le Cocktail 
    
Sunday, April 6, 2025  
🎭 La ligue d’impro Gailaxie, Cabaret Mado 
👑 Le Tracy Show with Tracy Trash and special guests, Cabaret Mado 
🎥 Sean Baker’s Anora, Cinema Public  
🎥 David Lynch’s Lost Highway, Cinema du Parc
👑 Scrambled Legs Drag Brunch with Uma Gahd, Bernard Cabaret Gourmand

Tuesday, April 8, 2025 
👑 Full Gisèle : Freaks with Gisèle Lullaby, Uma Gahd, Selma Gahd, Aizysse Baga and Lady Boom Boom, Cabaret Mado 
👑 Eye of Horus presents Arcane—The Drag Show with Kleopatra Perfection, Prudence, Val The Freak, Sardonyx, Skyy and Areola Grande, Bar Le Cocktail  
  
Wednesday, April 9, 2025  
🎭 The Poly Mic queer open mic night, Bar Notre-Dame-des-Quilles 
👑 Da-Lulu with Lulu Shade, Dolores Diamonds, Muz'Emma, Asmatix and Bonnie Slayed, Cabaret Mado 

Thursday, April 10, 2025  
🥳 QUARTZ Soirées Lesbiennes—Edition Spéciale Dating, Bar Confessional 
🎭 The L Word LIVE—Season 3, with Sarah Laurendeau, Marie-Soleil Dion, Mathéo Pineault, Florence Blain Mbaye, Marie-Fanny Guay, Camille Léonard, Noémie Lira, Mélodie Noël Rousseau and Geneviève Labelle, Cabaret Mado 
🎥 David Lynch’s Blue Velvet, Cinema Moderne  
🎭 Jean-François Quesnel productions presents BENT, Le Triangle Rose, Théâtre La Comédie de Montréal  
👑 Concours MX Cocktail 2025 with Michel Dorion, Bar Le Cocktail 
    
Friday, April 11, 2025  
🎥 Queer Cinema Club of Montréal and Image+Nation hosts two screenings of Dee Ree's Pariah, Cinema Moderne 
🥳 Cerise Noire goth night, Bar Notre-Dame-des-Quilles 
🏳️‍🌈 BLUF Montréal leather men monthly gathering, Bar Le Stud 
🎥 David Lynch’s The Straight Story, Cinema du Parc  
🎭 Jean-François Quesnel productions presents BENT, Le Triangle Rose, Théâtre La Comédie de Montréal 
🥳 Club SAT with MightyKat, Duchesse, Lio and Mok-T, Society for Arts and Technology [SAT]  
👑 Mado Reçoit with Mado Lamotte, Jimmy Moore, Océane Aqua-Black, Jessie Précieuse and Nana, Cabaret Mado 
👑 Vendredi Fou with Michel Dorion, Bar Le Cocktail 
🥳 SHADE // Emotional Armor Eyewear Launch + After Party with Niabi and EyeOfPsi, SHADE 
👠 Ballroom4Community and Montréal Kiki Ballroom Alliance presents KIKI MEETS THE MET, Montréal’s first ballroom awards ball with MCs MTL Father Broadway Mulan and Mags Old Navy, ESC    
 

Saturday, April 12, 2025  
👑 Drag Brunch with Uma Gahd and Selma Gahd, Robin des Bois 
📚 The Violet Hour Book Club reads Loghan Paylor’s The Cure for Drowning, Men pants de queer 
🥳 Homopop present WEST END GAYS House & Disco Dance Party—3rd Anniversary, Cabaret Berlin 
🎭 Jean-François Quesnel productions presents BENT, Le Triangle Rose, Théâtre La Comédie de Montréal 
🎥 David Lynch’s Blue Velvet, Cinema Moderne  
🎥 Rob Reiner’s The Princess Bride, Cinema Public  
🎥 Catherine Legault’s LARRY (iel) with director Catherine Legault and photographer Laurence Philomène in attendance, Cinema Public  
🎥 David Lynch’s The Straight Story, Cinema du Parc  
👑 Mado Reçoit with Mado Lamotte, Jimmy Moore, Océane Aqua-Black, Jessie Précieuse and Nana, Cabaret Mado 
👑 Jimmy Moore personifies Céline with Jimmy Moore, Cabaret Mado 
👑 Drôles de Drags with Miss Butterfly, Ciathanight, Crystal Starz or Emma Déjàvu in rotation, Bar Le Cocktail 
👑 Queens of 4 seasons with Sarah Winters, Lulu Shade, Esirena and Selma Gahd, Bar Le Cocktail
👠 Ballroom4Community presents Ballroom Lab Series with Nekia Zulu Versace focusing on Performance, Espace 215

Sunday, April 13, 2025  
🎭 Sapphic Open Mic Variety Show, The Wiggle Room 
🎥 David Lynch’s The Straight Story, Cinema du Parc  
🎶 Mogwai with Brainiac and Ye Gods, MTELUS 
🎭 La ligue d’impro Gailaxie, Cabaret Mado 
👑 Le Tracy Show with Tracy Trash and special guests, Cabaret Mado 
👑 SugarBear co-presents the Sugar Drag Show with Michel Dorion, Sally-D and more, Bar Le Cocktail 
👑 Scrambled Legs Drag Brunch with Uma Gahd, Bernard Cabaret Gourmand

Monday, April 14, 2025  
🎥 Catherine Legault’s LARRY (iel), Cinema Public  
🎶 Franz Ferdinand with Telescreens, MTELUS 
👑 Full Plumé with Charli Morin and Lady Guidoune, Cabaret Mado 
    
Tuesday, April 15, 2025  
🎭 Burlesque & Drag Garage Sale, The Wiggle Room 
🎶 Nelly: Where the Party At Tour with Ja Rule, Chingy and St. Lunatics, MTELUS 
👑 Full Gisèle : Meurtres et mystères with Gisèle Lullaby, Kiara, Marla Deer, Ruby Doll and Victoire de Rockwell, Cabaret Mado 
 
Wednesday, April 16, 2025 
🎨 @Hommehomo hosts Drink & Draw with live model, Bar Le Cocktail 
🎭 The Poly Mic queer open mic night, Bar Notre-Dame-des-Quilles 
👑 Out of the Closet first timers with host Aizysse Baga, Cabaret Mado 
  
Thursday, April 17, 2025  
🥳 SANTO FRIKITON with Chika, Chloe Lallouz, Lu B b2b DJ Camm, Nana Zen and Santofuego, Ausgang Plaza 
🎭 Les Folies Draglesque with Miami Minx, Cabaret Mado 
👑 Concours MX Cocktail 2025 with Michel Dorion, Bar Le Cocktail 
    
Friday, April 18, 2025  
🎶 Backxwash—Only Dust Remains Album Release Show with Magella and Fernie, Society for Arts and Technology [SAT]  
🎭 Lord of the G-Strings: A Lord of the Rings Burlesque Parody! with Yikes Macaroni, Eva Von Lips, Charli Deville, Enshantay and Jimmy Phule, The Wiggle Room 
🎥 David Lynch’s Mulholland Drive, Cinema du Parc 
👑 Mado Reçoit with Mado Lamotte, Gisèle Lullaby, Marla Deer, Clay Thorris and Nana, Cabaret Mado 
👑 Vendredi Fou with Michel Dorion, Bar Le Cocktail 

Saturday, April 19, 2025  
🎤 Bareoke: Strip Karaoke, Café Cléopatra  
🥳 All Night with Judalareign and Justin Cudmore, Society for Arts and Technology [SAT]  
🥳 Discoño with Teeno [Nino Brown b2b Young Teesh], Spinelli and mCherry, Newspeak
🎥 David Lynch’s Mulholland Drive, Cinema du Parc  
👑 Mado Reçoit with Mado Lamotte, Gisèle Lullaby, Marla Deer, Clay Thorris and Nana, Cabaret Mado 
👑 Jimmy Moore personifies Britney Spears, Cabaret Mado 
👑 Drôles de Drags with Miss Butterfly, Ciathanight, Crystal Starz or Emma Déjàvu in rotation, Bar Le Cocktail 
👑 Gaga Mayhem with Démone LaStrange, DivaOnADime and Skyler Ray, Bar Le Cocktail 

Sunday, April 20, 2025  
🥳 Dad Bod—Tea Dance with Dr Love and Laura Ingalls, Robin des Bois 
🎶 Olivier Perrault, Robin des Bois 
🎥 Rob Reiner’s The Princess Bride, Cinema Public  
🎥 Catherine Legault’s LARRY (iel), Cinema Public  
🎥 David Lynch’s Mulholland Drive, Cinema du Parc  
👑 Jimmy Moore personifies Madonna: The Celebration Tour, Cabaret Mado 
👑 Star Queens with Lexi Love, The Virgo Queen, Makayla Couture and Uma Gahd (three shows, early and late), Cabaret Mado 
👑 Dimanche Show with Michel Dorion, Bar Le Cocktail| 
👑 Scrambled Legs Drag Brunch with Uma Gahd, Bernard Cabaret Gourmand
🥳 Drama Queen, “a daytime queer dance party to queen out,” Riverside St-Henri 
    
  
Tuesday, April 22, 2025  
😆 The Poly Mic Just For Laughs Showcase with Raquel Maestre, King Ray, Eve Parker Finley, Kě, Sadie Moland, Tony McIntyre, Anton May, Carima Berbari Daou, Adrienne Roy and Aloe Azimov, Théâtre Sainte-Catherine 
🎶 Gang of Four, Théâtre Beanfield 
👑 Full Gisèle : Chauds lapins with Gisèle Lullaby, Clay Thorris, Johnny Jones, Fabien L'Amour and Charli Deville, Cabaret Mado 
  
Wednesday, April 23, 2025  
🎶 Remi Wolf with Dana and Alden, MTELUS 
🎭 The Poly Mic queer open mic night, Bar Notre-Dame-des-Quilles 
    
Thursday, April 24, 2025  
📚 Blue Met Festival presents Queer Dating Horror Stories with Johanne Pelletier, John Cotrocois, Lukas Rowland, Kadi Diop, Jennifer June Chapman, Thomas Mundinger, Christopher DiRaddo and Misty Waterfalls, Hôtel 10—Espace Godin 
🎶 The Linda Lindas, Fairmount Theatre 
🥳 QUARTZ Soirées Lesbiennes—Follow the rabbit who carries the cherries with POPTRT, Myrai and Smookie, Bar Confessional 
🎥 Margarethe von Trotta’s Rosa Luxemburg, Cinema du Musée  
👑 Haute Couture with Esirena, Rawbin and Peach, Cabaret Mado 
👑 Starz Wars with Crystal Starz, Lady Boom Boom and Jessie Précieuse, Cabaret Mado 
👑 Concours MX Cocktail 2025 with Michel Dorion, Bar Le Cocktail 
👑 Vendredi Fou with Michel Dorion, Bar Le Cocktail 
👑 Le Rita Baga Supperclub with Rita Baga and special guests, Caf’Conc
🎭 A HOLE IS A HOLE IS A HOLE IS with Sappho Ton Bogataj, Christopher Ramm and Marco Merenda, MAI (Montréal, arts interculturels)
    
Friday, April 25, 2025  
🎥 Catherine Legault’s LARRY (iel), Cinema Public  
🎥 David Lynch’s Inland Empire, Cinema du Parc  
👑 Mado Reçoit with Mado Lamotte, Peggy Sue, Carmen Sutra, Peach and Nana, Cabaret Mado 
👑 Vendredi Fou with Michel Dorion, Bar Le Cocktail 
🎭 A HOLE IS A HOLE IS A HOLE IS with Sappho Ton Bogataj, Christopher Ramm and Marco Merenda, MAI (Montréal, arts interculturels)
    
Saturday, April 26, 2025  
🥳 Homopop and Super Taste MTL present TELEPHONE: Lady Gaga & Beyoncé Dance Party, Cabaret Berlin 
📚 Blue Met Festival and The Violet Hour presents Remise du prix Violet à France Daigle with France Daigle and Christopher DiRaddo in conversation, Hôtel 10 
🎥 Hal Ashby’s Harold and Maude, Cinema Public  
�� Agnes Varda’s Les glaneurs et la glaneuse, Cinema du Parc  
🎥 David Lynch’s Inland Empire, Cinema du Parc  
👑 Mado Reçoit with Mado Lamotte, Peggy Sue, Carmen Sutra, Peach and Nana, Cabaret Mado 
👑 Drôles de Drags with Miss Butterfly, Ciathanight, Crystal Starz or Emma Déjàvu in rotation, Bar Le Cocktail
🎭 A HOLE IS A HOLE IS A HOLE IS with Sappho Ton Bogataj, Christopher Ramm and Marco Merenda, MAI (Montréal, arts interculturels)
🎤 Bareoke: Strip Karaoke, Café Cléopatra

Sunday, April 27, 2025  
🥳 SAT Roller Dance with Skate with Marly and DJ KidCrayola, Society for Arts and Technology [SAT]  
🎥 David Lynch’s Inland Empire, Cinema du Parc  
🎭 Ligue d‘impro Gailaxie, Cabaret Mado 

👑 Le Tracy Show with Tracy Trash and special guests, Cabaret Mado 
👑 Dimanche Show with Michel Dorion, Bar Le Cocktail 
👑 Scrambled Legs Drag Brunch with Uma Gahd, Bernard Cabaret Gourmand
    
Monday, April 28, 2025  
🎥 Hal Ashby’s Harold and Maude, Cinema Public  
🎥 La Mandragore hosts a screening of All the Beauty and the Bloodshed with Nan Goldin, La Mandragore
🎭 Queer Reading Series 2025 presents Three Halves Make a Whole by Camille Mankumah, Centaur Theatre 
    
Tuesday, April 29, 2025  
🎶 Twin Tribes with The Chameleons and Vandal Moon, Society for Arts and Technology [SAT]  
🎶 Beach Bunny: The Tunnel Vision Tour with Pool Kids, Théâtre Beanfield 
🎶 FLO: Access All Areas North American Tour 2025 with Chxrry22, MTELUS 
👑 Full Gisèle : Britney Spears vs Tate McRae with Gisèle Lullaby, Sasha Baga, Pétula Claque, Celes and Kelly Torrieli, Cabaret Mado 
👑 Shade Channel with Lulu Shade, Natachatte, Kleopatra Perfection and Sir Vergon, Bar Le Cocktail 
🎭 Queer Reading Series 2025 presents Queer Leadership Panel: "Queer Performance: from the underground to Centre Stage" with Kyng Rose, Richard Burnett, Alex Tigchelaar and Jesse Stong, Centaur Theatre

🎭 Queer Reading Series 2025 presents the apostles of falling off the bone by kurichka, Centaur Theatre
   
Wednesday, April 30, 2025 
🎨 @Hommehomo hosts Drink & Draw with live model, Bar Le Cocktail 
🎭 The Poly Mic queer open mic night, Bar Notre-Dame-des-Quilles 

OTHERS

👠 Montréal’s ballroom goings on can also be found at the Montréal Kiki Ballroom Alliance (Mtl-KBA) and Ballroom4Community pages on Facebook and Instagram.

👠 Twice a month on every second Tuesday, Bring It! hosts an OTA night of ballroom and vogue with commentator and DJ. Follow their Instagram for dates and details.

🎤 Queer Karaoke MTL hosts regular karaoke events. Follow their Instagram for dates and location.

💪 Montréal Roller Derby hosts regular matches and open boot camps throughout the year. Follow their Facebook page for additional info.

🤠 Club Bolo—Danse Country Montréal meet on Fridays at the Association sportive et communautaire du Centre-Sud.

👯 Tango/Salsa Queer holds lessons every Saturday, visit queertangomtl.com for information or contact tango.queer@hotmail.com or call +1 (514) 709-4678 for prices and signup information, Espaces des Arts.

🏐 Les Ratons-Chasseurs (Montréal’s LGBTA dodgeball group) holds regular events. Keep an eye on their Facebook for upcoming opportunities to join in and play.

🕹Montréal Gaymers hosts regular gatherings including board game nights and gaming gatherings. Check their Facebook for what’s next!

🏃🏾Join the Out-Run run and workout club for people relating to the queer / sapphic experience. Details on their Instagram!

🐦 Bird lovers should keep their eye on Queer Birders' regularly scheduled birdwatching events and excursions. Join the Facebook group and get those binoculars at the ready.

💪 Queer Bloc’s monthly bouldering events bring together MTL’s queer climbing community with live DJs, after-drinks and even a tattoo artist on-site. Follow their Instagram for all of the details.