Lube Wrestling, Queer Ecology, and Singles Paint Nite: Winter Events for LGBTQ+ and BIPOC Folx in Seattle
Well, My Sweets, I can’t believe it’s already November! Hope you had a gay and spooky Halloween. Daylight Savings confirms that Winter is officially upon us. Not my favorite weather in Seattle tbh… so I’m posting this from a sidewalk in Los Angeles — I had to escape the PNW doldrums for a couple days. Looking forward to catching some exciting local events when I get back!
Let’s see what’s stacking the calendar before end-of-year. We’re serving up another round of:
BIPOC events *
LGBTQ+ events **
QTPOC events ***
November Events
1st-2nd — Dia de Muertos Festival @ Seattle Center *
2nd — Drag Queen Sip and Paint Seattle @ Sip and Paint Seattle (4pm) **
3rd — Evening Walk @ Greenlake Park with the Queer Mountaineers **
8th —
Gays Reading Books on the Train hosted by the Queer Silent Book Club Seattle (8am) >> a one-day train trip to Portland to visit Powell’s Books, with a group dinner **
Lube Wrestling hosted by Mudhen Rugby @ Neighbors Nightclub **
10th — Doechii: Live from the Swamp Tour (concert) @ WAMU Theater (8pm) ***
13th —
A Night of Persian Poetry @ Third Place Books Ravenna *
Antifascist Boardgame Demo @ Pipsqueak Gallery (6-8pm)
Singles Paint Night LGBTQIA2S+ @ Cebreazy Paints (6-8pm) **
16th — King Princess concert @ The Showbox **🍬
19th — Queer Ecology Lecture @ The Collaborative for Social and Ecological Engagement (7-8:30pm) **
18th — She Rocks Climb Night @ Uplift Gym (Shoreline, 7-9pm) **
22nd — Seward Park Plant Walk with Queer Mountaineers (12pm) **
24th — Alex Iantaffi, Trans and Disabled: An Anthology of Identities and Experiences @ Elliott Bay Book Company (7pm) **
29th — King Mala concert @ Madame Lou’s (5:30pm) **
What’s Happening in December?
1st — World AIDS Day Fundraiser by the Seattle LGBTQ+ Center @ Location TBA (4-6pm) **
4th — Kindling: A Sapphic Speed Dating Night (ENM) @ Snapshot Brewing (6:30-8:30pm) **
6th — 2026 Community Pageant @ Skylark Cafe & Club (7-10pm) **
7th — Queer Night! Throwing on the Wheel! @ Saltstone Ceramics (6:30-8:30pm) **
12th — Earlybirds Club @ The Showbox (6-10pm) >> “A dance party designed for women, trans, and non-binary folks that starts at 6 and ends at 10 - because we have shit to do in the morning!” **
16th — She Rocks Climb Night @ Uplift Gym (Shoreline, 7-9pm) **
31st — Pink Pony Disco: The Ultimate NYE Mashup Drag Experience @ Julia’s on Broadway (7pm) **
Hope you find some fun community events to dig into before 2025 wraps up! Still working on these lists and links, but didn’t want to delay the post. Check back soon for more end-of-year happenings.
XO
