Twin Cities Pride

Pride of McLeod County Picnic
2025-08-16 10:00 - 17:00 (America/Chicago) | Riverside Jaycee Park, 300 Les Kouba Pkwy NW, Hutchinson, MN, 55350, United States
3rd Annual Pride Picnic on August 16, 2025 from 10 am t0 5 pm.

Drag Brunch at Blondette
2025-08-16 11:30 - 14:30 | Blondette, 527 S Marquette Ave, Minneapolis, 55402, United States
Drag Brunch is Coming to Blondette!Join us on Saturday, August 16th, 2025, at 11:30 AM as the rooftop comes alive with lip-syncs, lewks, and laughter from the drag stars of POWER: Drag Revue. Doors open at 10:00 AM with first-come, first-serve seating. The show begins at 11:30 AM, featuring high-energy performances that are sure to dazzle.
Ticket price includes entry to the show. Food and beverage will be available a la carte, with a full brunch menu offered. Entree purchase is required.
This event is open to EVERYONE so come join the fun! Please note: the playlist is upbeat and fabulous but may not be suitable for young children—parental discretion advised (PG-13).

Prime Timers Bookclub
2025-08-16 13:15 - 15:15 | Quatrefoil Library, 1220 E Lake St, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
This monthly book club is a subgroup of the Twin Cities Prime Timers Club, which is affiliated with the state and national organizations. It meets each third Saturday of the month at Quatrefoil from 1:15pm – 3:15pm.

Pot luck dinner and conversation circle for LGBTQ+ Catholics and friends
2025-08-17 16:00 - 18:00 | MN
Bring a dish; share conversation; find support during these times. We’ll gather at 4:00pm in Garvey Hall at St Frances Cabrini church, 1500 Franklin SE, Mpls. Contact Art with questions: LLFFchair@cabrinimn.org

Paint Me Queer - Wood Painting Event
2025-08-18 18:00 - 19:30 | Queermunity, 3036 Hennepin Ave, Minneapolis, MN, 55408, United States
RSVP at: https://www.elevatetccollective.org/event-details/paint-me-queer-wood-painting
Please direct questions to: e3@elevatetccollective.org

🖌️💅 Express yourself, impress yourself. Paint Me Queer is your chance to turn wood into wonders and queerness into color. Come through for art, music, community, and unapologetic self-expression. 🎶🌈 #QueerArtEvent #PaintMeQueer #MinneapolisEvents

LGBTQ+ Boundary Waters Guided Canoe Trip
2025-08-20 - 2025-08-25 | Ely Outfitting Company, 529 E Sheridan St, Ely, 55731, United States
A queer-led guided and outfitted BWCAW Canoe Camping adventure for those who identify as LGBTQ+. Sign up solo or with a freind. No experience necessary.

JR Artist In Residence Show Opening
2025-08-22 17:00 - 20:00 | Pride Cultural Arts Center, 1201 Harmon Pl, Minneapolis, 55403, United States
Join us on August 22nd at the Pride Cultural Arts Center for the opening of our Junior Artists-in-residence Art Exhibition. Our junior artists have been working hard to bring this show to life and we cannot wait to share it with the world! Stop by between 5pm-8pm to meet the next generation of Twin Cities LGBTQIA2S+ artists!
This Arts & Culture Vibrant Storefronts is funded, in part, by the City of Minneapolis Arts & Cultural Affairs Department.

Family Fun Day in the Park
2025-08-23 12:00 - 15:00 | Bridges Park Pavillion, 12250 82nd Ave N, Maple Grove, Minnesota
Family Fun Day in the Park! Hosted by Elevate Twin Cities & MnLOC August 23 | 12–3 PM Bridges Picnic Pavilion
We’re bringing JOY, BELONGING & EMPOWERMENT to the park! Games • Crafts • Food • Community vibes All ages welcome — let’s make memories together!
Bring a dish to share and your beautiful self.See you there!

Transgender Book Club
2025-08-24 13:00 - 14:00 | Quatrefoil Library, 1220 E Lake St, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
The Transgender Book Club meets the fourth Sunday of the month from 1-2pm to discuss books by and about trans people. We welcome people of all genders, orientations, and backgrounds!
2025 Meeting Calendar:
1/26 Bitter by Akwaeke Emezi
2/23 Lunar Boy by Jes and Cin Wibowo
3/23 Bluff by Danez Smith
4/27 Pageboy by Elliot Page
5/25 Girlmode by Magdalene Visaggio
6/22 We Won’t Be Here Tomorrow by Margaret Killjoy
7/27 A Shore Thing by Joanna Lowell
8/24 The Dawnhounds by Sascha Stronach
9/28 Just Happy to Be Here by Naomi Kanakia
10/26 Dead Collections by Isaac Fellman
11/23 Marley’s Pride by Joelle Retener

Conversation circle for Catholic families who have transgender and nonbinary members
2025-08-24 14:00 - 15:30 | MN
Our next circle conversation will welcome people new to this discussion and affirm those who have participated in previous meetings. We especially want to support Catholic families with trans and non binary members. We will meet Sunday, August 24, 2:00pm – 3:30pm. Location/Questions? Contact Art at LLFFchair@cabrinimn.org

Conversation circle for Catholic families who have transgender and nonbinary members
2025-08-24 14:00 - 15:30 | MN
Our next guided circle conversation will welcome people new to this discussion and affirm those who have participated in previous meetings. We especially want to support Catholic families with trans and non binary members. We will meet Sunday, August 24, 2:00pm – 3:30pm. (No parent’s circle on August 17) Location/Questions? Contact Art at LLFFchair@cabrinimn.org

Queer Craft Bar
2025-08-25 18:00 - 19:30 | Queermunity, 3036 Hennepin Ave, Minneapolis, MN, 55408, United States
Queer Craft Bar is here, babes!
Join Elevate Twin Cities & MnLoc for a colorful evening of queer joy, creativity, and connection
Pick your craft: Painting Coloring Bracelet & Keychain Making
Queermmunity – Minneapolis August 25th 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM $20 – all supplies included! RSVP at Queer Craft Bar | Elevate Twin Cities
Bring your bestie, your date, or just your gorgeous queer self Come unwind, make cute things, and meet your community
#QueerCraftBar #ElevateTCC #QTPOCJoy #MNQueerEvents #LGBTQArtsAndCrafts #CreativeQueers #TwinCitiesEvents#QueerMinneapolis #BIPOCCreatives #QueerMakers #LesbianEvents #TransJoy #ArtHeals #CraftingWithPride #SupportQueerArt#Queermmunity #QueerCollective #HandmadeWithLove #CommunityMagic #InclusiveSpaces

Twin Cities Queer Transplant Group
2025-08-27 19:00 - 21:00 | Quatrefoil Library, 1220 E Lake St, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
The Twin Cities Queer Transplant Group is a new community meetup for folks who have recently relocated to the Twin Cities. Drop by to meet new people, learn about local LGBTQIA+ resources, chat, and share your favorite Twin Cities discoveries! Locals, partners, and family welcome. Meetings hosted every 4th Wednesday at Quatrefoil Library.
Questions and information requests can be sent to TCTransplants@gmail.com

Tea Time for Transwomen
2025-08-28 17:30 - 19:00, 2025-09-11 17:30 - 19:00 | Aliveness Project, 3808 Nicollet Ave, Minneapolis, MN, 55409, United States
Tea Time is a peer support network for trans femme identifying individuals living in the Twin Cities and Greater Minnesota. The mission of Tea Time is to offer safer spaces for trans femme folks, a highly vulnerable and stigmatized population. Tea Time offers various resources such as access to HRT injection supplies, a free PrEP clinic, safer spaces to discuss issues related to stigma and shame, issues around medical transition, sexual health, peer support, family issues, etc. We offer safer spaces for trans femme folks to learn how to live and thrive through a network of peer support and care.
Tea Time meets every 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month from 5:30pm -7:00pm at The Aliveness Project located at 3808 Nicollet Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55409.
Contact Information:
Main Office: 612-822-9668.
Luna Maldonado: luna@aliveness.org
Tea Time Disscusion Topics

Name Change Clinic
Hormone Therapy
Safe Spaces
Coming Out
Community Connection
Dating / Love / Sex

LGBTQIA+ Community Restorative Yoga Class
2025-08-30 10:00 - 11:00 | Srim Yoga, 1845 Stinson Blvd NE ste 103, Minneapolis, MN, 55418, United States
The mission at Srim Yoga is to create an inclusive, healing space where all communities including LGBTQIA+ and BIPOC can access the transformative power of yoga. We are committed to equity, representation, and cultural respect, offering accessible wellness practices that empower individuals, nurture resilience, and foster community connection.
The Somatic Restore class is gentle and relaxing for all ages and body types. No prior experience is necessary. Join now; space is limited!

SAPPHIC SPEED DATING: BE RISKY ~ SOLD OUT!
2025-09-03 17:00 - 19:00 | Pride Cultural Arts Center, 1201 Harmon Pl, Minneapolis, 55403, United States
Looking for connection beyond the apps? Join us for a one-of-a-kind evening made just for sapphic folks seeking real-life chemistry. This isn’t your average singles night—it’s an intentional space where queerness is celebrated, identities are respected, and sparks are encouraged to fly. This event is all about authenticity, joy, and building bonds in real time. Whether you’re here to find love, friendship, or just enjoy the energy of community, you’ll be surrounded by people who see you and maybe you’ll leave with someone riding shotgun!.

Grill & Chill
2025-09-06 12:00 - 16:00 | Bridges Park, 12250 82nd Ave N, Maple Grove, MN
E3 x MnLOC Present:Grill & Chill!
Please RSVP via Wix one week prior to ensure we have enough food.
https://www.elevatetccollective.org/even…/aloha-summer-bbq
Bridges Picnic Pavilion July 13 | 3PM–6PM
Hawaiian vibes encouraged — but street clothes are totally cool too!
Music • Games • Activities for all ages Come connect, laugh, and build community
Let’s celebrate summer — the queer, joyful way through the use of gentle resistance. Powered by E3 & MnLOC

Plants for Perseverance During Difficult Times
2025-09-07 13:00 - 16:00 | Anam Cara, 3612 Bloomington Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
About This Event
We live in inherently dysregulating times. Genocides, global warming and the quickening of late stage capitalism deeply impact our spirits and nervous systems, individually and collectively. This class offers a space to tap into one our oldest and deepest relationships. Our plant kin offer a space of remembrance, support and friendship. They also connect with our bodies medicinally, offering calm and comfort in moments of distress. This class will explore how remembering our interconnection to all beings allows us to access our grief and also offers the medicine to keep going. We will explore what it means to be in reciprocal relationship with our plant kin, tell stories, hold space, and engage in embodied practice.
This event will take place outdoors at Anam Cara in south Minneapolis. We will have access to an indoor space in the event of rain.
Accessibility: This event will be held on even and sloped ground with short grass, potentially also sidewalk. We will mostly be sitting; total distance traveled will be less than half a mile.
Sliding scale $50 – $70. No one turned away for lack of funds. For details or questions, please email Owen at ohmarciano@gmail.com.
About the Facilitators
Maria Wesserle is a queer forager and certified wildlife tracker. Her business, Four Season Foraging, is devoted to creating a space where people can learn to interact with urban and rural wild places in meaningful and sustainable ways.
Owen Marciano of Nonna Terra is a queer & trans artist and Tarot reader of Sicilian descent/dissent, working to reclaim his relationship to land and to his ancestry through traditional crafts like embroidery and sculpture. He has made a lifelong commitment to work toward the end of oppression and violence, and is perpetually curious about the impact of colonization on our bodies and our planet.
Registration
Space is limited to better encourage participatory learning. Please register before Tuesday, September 2nd, 1pm.

Twin Cities Aroace Solidarity Group
2025-09-07 13:30 - 15:30 | Quatrefoil Library, 1220 E Lake St, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
Twin Cities Aroace Solidarity group is a joyful, embracing 21+ creative community for progressive aroace-spec (aromantic and/or asexual spectrum) and queer allies to share mutual aid and friendship; creative/artistic exchange; and learning, peer education & guidance across gender, age, income level, ethnicity & other lines of social difference. We gather at Quatrefoil monthly to socialize and discuss queer media.

Please email or text group organizer Amy Brooks at abbrooks77@icloud.com | (937) 901-9205

Better Your Communication Skills Workshop
2025-09-07 18:00 - 21:00 | time Traveler’s Public House, MN, United States
Time Traveler’s Public House is proud to host an informative presentation about how we can understand each other better and hopefully move away from having so much miscommunication and infighting inside of community, especially when we are in such need of those things being good right now. We encourage you to drop by if you got the time and I hope to see you there!!
This is a free event
Water, gluten free snack, clipboards and notebooks available

Contact for more information and the address

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/timetravelerspublichouse?igsh=MWkwd21hd3A4eTl4MA==

Phone number: (763) 280-8769″
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Venue and organizer are Time Traveler’s Public House

Link to event
The time travelers public house on Instagram: “2nd installment of “let’s talk to each other better”! Presentation and workshop on getting good outcomes from hard conversations, interpersonal dynamics, and social complexities. Sunday, September the 7t

Tuesday Toasts: Trans Stories Are Everyone's Stories
2025-09-09 17:00 - 19:00 | Urban Growler Brewery, 2325 Endicott St, St. Paul, MN, 55114, United States
Join fellow Minnesotans as we toast to LGBTQ+ equality! Socialize with family and friends as we watch HRC’s short film, “Daniel Really Suits You”. Trans and non–binary teens face the same rites of passage into adulthood as everyone else does and live far more relatable lives than anti-LGBTQ+ bullies would have you believe.

Hayloft
Urban Growler Brewing Company
2325 Endicott St, Saint Paul

Tuesday Toasts is HRC Minnesota’s opportunity to make new friends and reconnect with fellow LGBTQ+ family and friends through a casual social and informative toast.

North Country Gaylaxians Book Club (Online)
2025-09-09 19:00 - 20:30 | MN
The meeting of the Twin Cities chapter of the Gaylactic Network, an organization for the GLBT fan community, whether it be science fiction, fantasy, horror, comics, or gaming. We read and discuss books of speculative fiction with GLBT or similar content or by GLBT authors. We meet the second Tuesday of the month at 7:00 pm on Zoom. Also, monthly gaming get-togethers in a private home.
Info on events can be found on their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/NorthCountryGaylaxians/

Minnesota Lesbians of Color Support Forum
2025-09-11 18:00 - 19:30 | Queermunity, 3036 Hennepin Ave, Minneapolis, MN, 55408, United States
🌈✨ This forum is all about uplifting lesbians, sapphics, and queers of color! 💖✊It’s open to trans and nonbinary folks too! 🏳️‍⚧️💫
🎤💬 Got something on your mind?Please submit your topics before the meeting—this space is for YOU, and you get to help shape the convo! 🧠💥
Some topics we’re hoping to explore:💞 Interracial dating dynamics🌹 Sapphic dating experiences🚫 Society’s stigmas around women
Let’s talk, share, and grow together! 🤝🔥

MN Lesbians, Sapphics, and Queers of Color Support Forum
2025-09-11 18:00 - 19:30 | Queermunity, 3036 Hennepin Ave, Minneapolis, MN, 55408, United States

Only Ugly Guys
2025-09-11 19:30 - 2025-09-27 21:00 | Gremlin Theatre, 550 Vandalia Street, Suite 177, St. Paul, MN, 55114, United States
Dates:
Thursday, September 11 7:30pm PREVIEW
Friday, September 12 7:30pm OPENING
Saturday, September 13, 7:30pm
Sunday, September 14, 7:30pm
Wednesday, September 17 7:30pm
Thursday, September 18 7:30pm
Friday, September 19 7:30pm
Saturday, September 20, 7:30pm
Monday, September 22, 7:30pm
Wednesday, September 24 7:30pm
Thursday, September 25 7:30pm
Friday, September 26 7:30pm
Saturday, September 27, 7:30pm CLOSING
Synopsis:
Depravity and enlightenment, protection and liberation, love bombing / situationships / ghosting / et al – “Only Ugly Guys” delivers a stark reflection on how affection manifests in a non-committal, algorithm-fueled culture. Told through four short stories from the unique, unreliable perspective of each character, “Only Ugly Guys” experiments with what theater can be, using modern romance as its medium. Placing the audience in the role of voyeur, confidante, enabler, and friend, these scenarios interrogate, “When you have access to anything, what do you really want?”
Age Recommendation & Content Awareness:
The characters, like people in real life, are complicated. The characters swear, have sex, use recreational drugs, are partial nude, and are sometimes not very nice.
Runtime:
100 min., no intermission*
*This is subject to change, since this is a new play. Final runtime will be updated prior to Opening Night.
Box Office:
The house will open 30 minutes prior to showtime. Every ticket is General Admission regardless of the amount you choose to pay. The stage is a thrust stage, with audience seating on three sides of the stage. Ticket minimums are set at $28. Choose a price that feels right to you.
Reviews from World Premiere (2024):
“See the funny, clever, inventive, and very modern Only Ugly Guys at Open Eye Theater in South Minneapolis…and get a glimpse of the next generation of theater makers.” – Cherry and Spoon
“Hilarious and deeply introspective, the play centers around the relationships between the four characters as they search for love and connections while navigating the struggles of dating and modern life. ” – MN Daily
“Though, in fact, the play, even at its most jokey–and there are wonderful laugh lines throughout–has the ring of reality all along, and the four actors bring authenticity to their characters, all of which makes Only Ugly Guys well worth a trip to the Open Eye. This is a short run, but I wouldn’t be surprised if Open Eye brings the play back or another theatre company welcomes this production.” – Talkin’ Broadway

1st Annual Kai Cup Memorial Fundraiser
2025-09-12 18:00 - 21:00 | Earth Rider Brewery, 1617 N. Third St., Superior, WI, 54880
The Duluth Yacht Club and Trans Northland are collaborating to raise funds and awareness in memory of Kai Hoenig. Kai was an avid sailor, rock climber, theater tech, and robotics team member.
Friday, September 12, 6:00 pm, Earth Eider Brewery Fest Grounds in Superior, WI there will be a community social event with a raffle, games, and live music from Sophie Hiroko, the 2025 Trampled by Turtles Palomino Grant recipient. This is a free, all-ages event focused on fun, community building, and raising money for Trans Northland.
Saturday, September 13, 11:00 am, on Lake Superior there will be a memorial sail boat race. Boats can “buy up” their handicap rating by donating additional funds, all of which will go to Trans Northland. Awards party to follow at The Caddy Shack in Duluth.

Burnsville Pride Festival
2025-09-13 11:00 - 16:00 | Nicollet Commons Park, 12550 Nicollet Ave, Burnsville, MN, 55337, United States
Join us for the Burnsville Pride Festival, a day filled with joy, connection, and celebration of the LGBTQIA+ community and allies. This family-friendly event invites people of all ages and backgrounds to come together and honor the spirit of pride, acceptance, and inclusion.
Although this is the fourth pride festival that Burnsville has hosted, it will be the first run by a community-led nonprofit. We are expanding the festival this year to include vendors, more entertainment, and a more high profile location.
Watch www.burnsvillepride.com for more information on vendors, sponsors, and the entertainment lineup for the day!

Columba Heights Pride
2025-09-13 11:00 - 16:00 | Kordiak Park, 1845 49th Ave NE, Columbia Heights, MN, 55421, United States
Join the annual community PRIDE celebration in Columbia Heights, MN! Each year neighbors and people from across the metro are drawn to this vibrant festival. The carnival atmosphere includes musical performances, storytellers, vendor booths, a pet parade, activities, food trucks, and more. All are welcome to attend this family-friendly event!
