LGBTQ+ Arts, Culture & Music in Chicago

Updated Oct 20, 202636 upcoming eventsChicago · Elgin · Joliet + 3 more areas

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Drinking & Dragons at Fathom
byFathom
Every 3rd Wednesday of the month • 6 PM to 10 PM
Chicago, IL
From $25
Queer Book Club: The Fox Maidens
byEla Area Public Library (Out and About at Ela)
Oct 22nd • 7 PM to 8:30 PM
Lake Zurich, IL

Upcoming events

Feminist Craft Circle - October
Oct 20th • 6 PM to 8 PM
Side Street Studio Arts (Drag Me to Elgin)
Elgin, IL
Long Reads: The Will to Battle Part One (beginning to ch 10)
Oct 20th • 7 PM to 9 PM
Chicago LGBTQ Book Club (Meetup)
Chicago, IL
Drinking & Dragons at Fathom
Every 3rd Wednesday of the month • 6 PM to 10 PM
Fathom
Chicago, IL
From $25
BARK BARK BITE: a comedy show at Dorothy
Oct 21st • 7 PM to 8:30 PM
Dorothy’s Downstairs
Chicago, IL
OPEN MIC - October
Every 3rd Wednesday of the month • 7 PM to 10 PM
Side Street Studio Arts (Drag Me to Elgin)
Elgin, IL
Queer Book Club: The Fox Maidens
Oct 22nd • 7 PM to 8:30 PM
Ela Area Public Library (Out and About at Ela)
Lake Zurich, IL
Late Night Sapphics
Oct 22nd • 7:30 PM
Late Night Sapphics
Chicago, IL
From $20.25
Give It To Me Gay!
Oct 22nd • 8:30 PM
Give It To Me Gay!
Chicago, IL
Karaoke Cabaret
Oct 22nd • 9 PM to 1 AM
Meeting House Tavern
Chicago, IL
Free
Beer Belly Open Mic
Thursdays • 10 PM to 3:30 AM
2Bears Tavern Uptown
Chicago, IL

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Meet the community

Adam L. McMath

President and Executive Director, Black Alphabet

Adam L. McMath has led Black Alphabet since 2018 and grew it from a film festival into an arts and wellness group that offers free art therapy. He co-founded the Jamii Center for Arts and Media and was inducted into the Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame in 2025.

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