Discover LGBTQ+ and ally events happening in West Michigan
🕠 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
A free community event where participants bring their own crafts and contribute to a shared background playlist.
🕖 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
📍 Founders Brewing Co.
Ready to tap into your brainpower? Join us every fourth Monday of the month for Trivi-YAH at Founders! 🪑 Tables open: 6:00 PM 🕖 Trivia starts pouring: 7:00 PM 👥 Teams of 1-6 players ❓ 5 rounds of general trivia 💰 Win up to $25 in gift cards 💸 Free to play Trivi-YAH is specially brewed for good times- expect delicious beer, fantastic vibes, and a crowd that knows how to raise a glass!
🕕 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
📍 Lotus Brew
🕙 10:00 PM
It's Amateur Cabaret Night!
🕖 7:00 PM
📍 Gimme’s Par and Grill
Draw More Art Social: free & open to the public, a low stress social hang that is drop in friendly.
🕢 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
📍 Cafe Mamo
Feb 26, 2026, 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM Cafe Mamo, 1601 Plainfield Ave NE, Grand Rapids, MI 49505 Tickets are sold individually. Our system will automatically combine your purchase to accommodate group seating. If buying individually as a group, please note a group/party name on the registration form so we can combine your seating. TICKET INCLUDES: welcome beverage + trivia + drag show
🕕 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
📍 The Crafted Copper
Monthly Euchre Tournament Our MONTHLY EUCHRE TOURNAMENT is held on the fourth Thursday of each month from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. at The Crafted Copper. This is an opportunity for anyone within the LGBTQIA+ community ages 18 and up to socialize, connect, and have fun while sharing in a few rounds of this popular Midwestern card game. Entry is $10 per person, with the proceeds going to support programs at OutFront Kalamazoo. Winners will receive free OutFront Kalamazoo merchandise.
It's Kick-Ass Karaoke, hosted by DeeDee Chaunte! Every 2nd and 4th Thursday join us at 10pm and come enjoy our NEW Karaoke platform and NEW selection of songs with amazing drink specials and mug specials! It's Thirsty Thursday at 10 PM! $3 Wells and $2 Domestic Bottles $2 off Premium Beer, Call, & Top Shelf $5 cover - only 21 and up admitted.
Queer Writers Social: free & open to the public, a low stress social hang that is drop in friendly.
Open dance floor all night long!
🕗 8:00 PM
RuPaul's Drag Race Viewing Party! Hosted by Dee Dee Chaunte, Kimberly Korruption, and a rotating guest host $5 Cover Doors open at 8 PM Only 21+ admitted
📍 The Studio at 414
A late-night Monster Drag Brunch featuring vampiric glamour, immortal rock-star energy, and dark early-2000s nostalgia. The show consists of two immersive acts designed to flow with dining service. Performers include: - Mutha Auroara Manifesto - Petty Lewinsky - Marz - Thon Zillenial - Cita Rhode - Roaming Monster Guests Event is for ages 18+. Doors open at 7:00 PM, Show starts at 7:30 PM. Use code EARLYBIRD for 15% off dinner tickets until January 25, 2026.
Sapphic refers to a interest or relationship between a femme-identifying person and those attracted to them, inclusive of all presentations for this event. This is a free event 2nd & 4th Saturdays 6-8pm It's meant as a social hang for folks to get to know each other, have a safe alt space to celebrate who they are while meeting friends & new faces. See you there!
🕒 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
HOWLR: Furry Social Mixer. Harnesses, pup hoods, and fursuits are welcome! Please keep it PG-13.
🕛 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Queer Fibers Arts: free & open to the public, a low stress social hang that is drop in friendly.
This is a free event, you do not need to bring anything. All are welcome. This is a free community dinner to meet your neighbors & community, every Sunday 6-8pm. Our public pantry & library will still be open as well. If anyone is bringing dishes please email us at lotusbrewcoffee@gmail.com with the following Allergens list of the dish If there are any pets in the house where you're making it.
📍 House Rules Board Game Lounge
We put our heads together with our friends at Betka-Pope Productions, and we're starting a monthly trivia night! They call it Trivi-YAH, and we've heard it's a blast! Now on Mondays (1st, 3rd, and 5th of the month) from 7-9pm! And it's free to play! So start getting your team together, and let's do this!
🕡 6:30 PM
Join us for March's Autism Book Club where we will be discussing: - "The Autists: Women on the Spectrum" by Clara Törnwall - "The Autist's Guide to the Galaxy: navigating the world of 'normal' people" by Cassiane Alexander-Reid These are Adult Non-Fiction books (Memoir, Self-Help). Every first Thursday of each month through the rest of the year, we’ll meet @ 6:30 in the store to discuss a different book or books! Always open to all:)
📍 Revel & Roll West
Join us on March 5th from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. at Revel & Roll West for our next First Thursday! FIRST THURSDAY is a monthly social program working to connect LGBTQIA+ folks ages 21 and up* and support local LGBTQIA+-owned and affirming businesses. Join us from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. on the first Thursday of each month.
🕔 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
📍 OutFront Kalamazoo
Trans Art Gallery Friday, March 6, 2026 5:00 PM 8:00 PM OutFront Kalamazoo (map) Visit OutFront Kalamazoo’s Trans Art Gallery during March Art Hop! In celebration of Trans Day of Visibility, this event will feature up to ten local trans+ artists who will be displaying and selling their original work. This event will take place on at on Friday, March 6 from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. at OutFront Kalamazoo. ***Attention trans+ artists! Interested in joining the gallery? Apply now through Friday, February 13.
🕡 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
📍 KDL East Grand Rapids
🕠 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
📍 Wealthy Street Annex
Rapidian Writers’ Room is our monthly meeting, held from 5:30 to 7 p.m. every second Wednesday of the month at the Wealthy Street Annex, located at 1110 Wealthy St. SE. At Rapidian Writers’ Rooms, we discuss story ideas, roadblocks and writing tips. These meetings are open to anyone regardless of experience. All we ask is that you’re curious about things happening in your community and want to write about them. It’s free, low-pressure and open to everyone. Thank you to our friends at Harmony Brewing Company for sponsoring our writers’ rooms.
🕥 10:30 AM
📍 The Nook
Join us for a coffee meetup at The Nook in Belding!
🕜 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM
📍 Dormouse Theatre
This family-friendly showcase features new and experienced drag performers alike. Hosted by Ms. Kalamazoo Pride 2025 Jade Harmony, this year’s event will take place on Saturday, March 21 at the Dormouse Theatre. Doors open at 1:00 p.m. - and don’t forget to tip your favorite performers!
🕙 10:00 AM
📍 A Pleasant Dog
🕗 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
📍 Pyramid Scheme
We put our heads together with our friends at Betka-Pope Productions, and we're going to start doing a monthly trivia night! They call it Trivi-YAH, and we've heard it's a blast! Here's the first 3 dates, all on Sunday nights, from 8-10pm for those 21+! And it's free to play! So start getting your team together, and let's do this!
We put our heads together with our friends at Betka-Pope Productions, and we're starting a monthly trivia night! They call it Trivi-YAH, and we've heard it's a blast! Now on Mondays (1st, 3rd, and 5th of the month) from 7-9pm! And it's free to play! So start getting your team together, and let's do this! Theme: Twilight
Join us for April's Autism Book Club where we will be discussing "Stories of Autistic Joy" edited by Laura Kate Dale. This is an Adult Non-Fiction anthology and memoir. Every first Thursday of each month through the rest of the year, we’ll meet @ 6:30 in the store to discuss a different book or books! Always open to all:)
🕕 6:00 PM
Save the date for Gays In Faith Together's LGBTQ Adult Prom: A Night in the Enchanted Garden. April 18th, 2026 Details to come!
🕕 6:00 PM - 10:30 PM
📍 Watermark Country Club
📍 KDL Byron Township
TMGR III - Save the date!
Join us for May's Autism Book Club where we will be discussing "How to Have a Killer Time in DC" by Sam Lumley. This is an Adult Fiction Mystery, Contemporary, and Queer novel. Every first Thursday of each month through the rest of the year, we’ll meet @ 6:30 in the store to discuss a different book or books! Always open to all:)
📍 KDL Cascade Township
🕐 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
📍 Fulton Street Market
Join us for a celebration of local queer and queer-aligned artists, makers, businesses, and organizations. Get your pride gear shopping done locally and just in time for June! 🌷 Sunday, May 24th 🌞 1:00–4:00 PM 📍 Fulton St. Market 🌦️ Rain or shine! 🎟️ Free, family friendly, and open to the community Stroll through a garden of creativity featuring: 🌸 Local queer & queer-aligned art vendors 🌿 Community organizations & services 🌼 Unique small businesses 🌮 Delicious food trucks 🎨 Kids activities and family-friendly fun 💃 Pop-Up Performances 🌱 NEW THIS YEAR: BUDDING ARTIST WAY 🌱 We’re thrilled to introduce Budding Artist Way, a special section of the market highlighting youth artists aged 16 and younger. Come support the next generation of creativity! Whether you’re shopping for one-of-a-kind art, connecting with community, supporting local makers, or simply soaking up the joyful atmosphere, Queer Art Mart is the perfect way to celebrate spring together. Mark your calendar, bring a friend (or three!), and come watch our community bloom. 🌺
Join us for June's Autism Book Club where we will be discussing "Changelings: An Autistic Trans Anthology". This is a Young Adult Fiction Anthology (Queer). Every first Thursday of each month through the rest of the year, we’ll meet @ 6:30 in the store to discuss a different book or books! Always open to all:)
We put our heads together with our friends at Betka-Pope Productions, and we're starting a monthly trivia night! They call it Trivi-YAH, and we've heard it's a blast! Now on Mondays (1st, 3rd, and 5th of the month) from 7-9pm! And it's free to play! So start getting your team together, and let's do this! Theme: Star Wars
Join us for July's Autism Book Club where we will be discussing "Invisible Differences: A Story of Autism, Adulting, and Living Life in Full Color" by Julie Dachez. This is an Adult Non-Fiction Graphic Novel and Memoir. Every first Thursday of each month through the rest of the year, we’ll meet @ 6:30 in the store to discuss a different book or books! Always open to all:)
Join us for August's Autism Book Club where we will be discussing "Life on the Bridge: linking my world to yours as an autistic therapist" by Kaelynn Partlow. This is an Adult Non-Fiction Memoir, Educational, and Therapy book. Every first Thursday of each month through the rest of the year, we’ll meet @ 6:30 in the store to discuss a different book or books! Always open to all:)
We put our heads together with our friends at Betka-Pope Productions, and we're starting a monthly trivia night! They call it Trivi-YAH, and we've heard it's a blast! Now on Mondays (1st, 3rd, and 5th of the month) from 7-9pm! And it's free to play! So start getting your team together, and let's do this! Theme: The Muppets
Join us for September's Autism Book Club where we will be discussing "All Tangled Up in Autism and Chronic Illness: A Guide to Navigating Multiple Conditions" by Charli Clement. This is an Adult Non-Fiction Self-Help book. Every first Thursday of each month through the rest of the year, we’ll meet @ 6:30 in the store to discuss a different book or books! Always open to all:)
Join us for October's Autism Book Club where we will be discussing "Moon Dust in My Hairnet" by J.R. Creaden. This is an Adult Fiction Sci-Fi and Queer novel. Every first Thursday of each month through the rest of the year, we’ll meet @ 6:30 in the store to discuss a different book or books! Always open to all:)
Join us for November's Autism Book Club for Picture Book Month! We will be exploring various picture books including: - "My Friend Julia" - "This is How We Talk" - "Tummies Flip, Hearts Skip" - "How Are You Verity?" Every first Thursday of each month through the rest of the year, we’ll meet @ 6:30 in the store to discuss a different book or books! Always open to all:)
We put our heads together with our friends at Betka-Pope Productions, and we're starting a monthly trivia night! They call it Trivi-YAH, and we've heard it's a blast! Now on Mondays (1st, 3rd, and 5th of the month) from 7-9pm! And it's free to play! So start getting your team together, and let's do this! Theme: Book Club
Join us for December's Autism Book Club where we will be discussing: - "Just the Job!: A Light-Hearted Guide to Office Life for the Autistic Employee" - "The Canary Code: A Guide to Neurodiversity, Dignity, and Intersectional Belonging at Work" by Ludmila N. Praslova - "Learning from Autistic Teachers: How to Be a Neurodiversity-Inclusive School" These are Adult Non-Fiction books (Self-Help, Educational, Work). Every first Thursday of each month through the rest of the year, we’ll meet @ 6:30 in the store to discuss a different book or books! Always open to all:)
