Lube Wrestling, Queer Ecology, and Singles Paint Nite: November 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. Channeling my beach babe vibes this week, but I’m looking forward to catching some exciting local events when I get back!
Let’s see what’s stacking the calendar before end-of-year. This is another Living Blog Post that I will continue to update as I find more events to share. 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) ***
12th —
Arts Collective Info & Open House @ Cebreazy Paints Gallery (6pm) >> Join a newly emerging collective in Pioneer Square dedicated to the BIPOC and LGBTQIA2S+ community * ** ***
Queer Sci Fi and Fantasy Trivia & Friend-Finding Night @ Nook and Cranny Books (7-9pm) **
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) **
14th — Book Signing with Mercury Stardust, the Trans Handy Ma’am @ Charlie’s Queer Books (3-6pm) **
15th —
Drag Storytime + Simon Knaphus 'Seahorses: Trans, Nonbinary, and Gender-Expansive Pregnancy' @ Charlie’s Queer Books (10-11am) **
Performative Femme Contest @ Gasworks Park (5pm) **
Turkey Bowl @ Cal Anderson Park (2pm) >> chosen family, fall chill, football, and a whole lot of heart **
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) **
21st —
Legendary Children: 10 Year Anniversary @ Seattle Art Museum (8pm) *** 🍬
Sapphic Soirée Slutpop Edition @ Asylum Collective (10pm) **
22nd —
Les Go Early @ Wildrose (6-10pm) >> for the queers who love to dance hard and sleep well **
Seward Park Plant Walk with Queer Mountaineers (12pm) **
Yalda Music Workshop for Kids @ Seattle Persian School (1pm) *
23rd — Fall Dyke Speed Dating @ Wildrose (6pm) **
27th — Seattle’s Queer Community Thanksgiving Potluck @ CC’s Seattle (3-8pm) **
29th —
Small Business Saturday Central-International District Food Walk (11am-4pm) *
King Mala concert @ Madame Lou’s (5:30pm) **
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
