Pride season is here, and we’ve done the legwork so you don’t have to. From sapphic beach parties to film festivals and events for all ages, here’s our big list of queer & sapphic events in London to fill your calendars with this summer 2026.
Queer Events in June 2026
Sapphics at the Pub
Friday 5 – Saturday 6 June 2026, 7pm – 2am. The Owl & Hitchhiker, London.
Kick off the summer with a sapphic night of connection, community and giving back, this time bigger than ever at The Owl & Hitchhiker. Expect drinks, dancing, games and crafts, plus the chance to build connections across the community, with all ticket proceeds going to Micro Rainbow, a charity providing safe housing, employability and social inclusion support for LGBTQI refugees and people seeking asylum. Trans women and AFAB non-binary people welcome. 18+.
Queer East Festival
Until 6 June 2026. Barbican, BFI Southbank, ICA, Rio Cinema and venues across London.
Catch the closing days of one of London’s best film festivals. Now in its seventh year, Queer East showcases boundary-pushing LGBTQ+ cinema and live arts from East and Southeast Asia and its diaspora, with a 2026 programme leaning into queer cinema heritage: 35mm prints, 4k restorations and rare archival material spanning six decades, alongside UK premieres. Tickets are usually around £14-16, less for under-18s and disabled attendees, with £5 under-25 tickets at the ICA.
Queer Edge Dine
Thursday 11 June 2026, 6pm – 11pm. Unlock, Hackney Wick, London.
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QE Dine is a dining experience from East London collective Queer Edge, taking over a restaurant for one big gay dinner party. The night pairs a rotating three-course set menu from local chefs Zoe Argiros and Robert Ninebob with live entertainment from Rhys’ Pieces, offering a more conversational, community-led alternative to club nights without losing the vibe. Doors at 6pm to mingle, dinner and a show from 7 to 9pm, then move seats and take it to the dancefloor until 11pm. It runs every second Thursday of the month at Unlock in Hackney Wick, so if you can’t make June there’s one every month after. Flag any dietary requirements ahead of time so they can cater for everyone.
G.IRL Singles Mixer – all ages
Friday 12 June 2026. The Cocktail Club, Old Street, London. £20.
Not into a sweaty club night but still want to meet people? G.IRL runs lower-key Singles Mixers, and this all-ages edition at The Cocktail Club on Old Street is a gentler way to put yourself out there before the Pride chaos kicks off.
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Embroider your magic workshop
Saturday 13 June 2026, 2pm – 4pm. The Damsel Collective, London.
For Florence + the Machine devotees with a crafty streak. This beginner-friendly embroidery workshop has you stitching your favourite Florence symbol into a hoop wall hanging while her best-known songs play in the background, all channelling that completely-alive, mythology-soaked energy. All materials are provided, and you’ll be guided by Clara Jasmine, a London art teacher and artist drawn to ritual, tarot and nature. No pressure to finish on the day; you’ll take home a goodie bag with a needle and threads to complete it in your own time. £35.
Big Sapphic Beach 2026
Saturday 13 June 2026, 3pm – 11pm. London City Beach, South Bank, SE1 9PU.
London’s getting a beach, and it’s ours for the day. Big Sapphic Beach is back on the South Bank with golden sand, deck chairs, beach huts, giant inflatables and an 80ft marquee, plus a Rodeo Ride if you’re feeling brave. There are frozen drinks, cocktails, champagne bars and a BBQ, with DJs Kaspa, 2-Traxx, Yvette Lindquist, Misty B and Suni Side Up running queer anthems, RnB, house and Balearic beats inside and out. Come with your crew and book a beach hut, or roll up solo and head to the Tropical Meet Hut to find your people. Dress code is full heatwave. It’s 21+ and you may need photo ID. Eight minutes from Waterloo, just behind the National Theatre.
SaFFlicks Pride Film Festival
8 – 21 June 2026 (online), with an in-person launch at L FEST in Shrewsbury, 5 – 7 June.
A whole festival of sapphic storytelling, streaming worldwide. SaFFlicks Pride Film Fest returns for Pride Month with five standout short films centring lesbian, bisexual and wlw experiences across comedy, drama and documentary, in partnership with Lesflicks. It launches in person at L FEST: Back to Basecamp in Shrewsbury before moving online from 8 to 21 June, so you can watch from your sofa wherever you are. The 2026 programme spans a chaotic coming-out comedy (Lez Be Honest), a tender look at bisexuality and vaginismus (What Friends Are For), a documentary on community-led queer spaces behind Southend Pride (Why We Pride), an undefined-relationship reckoning (Playground) and a tense two-hander set in a stalled lift (Trapped). A lovely way to discover fresh independent voices and authentic queer stories from the UK and USA.
Queer book binding workshop
Tuesday 16 June 2026, 7pm – 8pm. Aya and Suki, 62 Broadway Market, London E8 4QJ.
Not everything has to be a dancefloor. This beginner-friendly workshop from Sappho Events teaches you the classic book binding technique step by step, and you’ll leave with an A5 notebook you made yourself. All tools and materials are provided, plus colouring and drawing bits to decorate your cover, and it’s open to all skill levels. Facilitated by Victoria Ibbett for Rebecca Meltzer, with Sappho Events welcoming LGBTQ+ women, trans and non-binary people. £25 general admission, £20 concession. Heads up that the venue and bathrooms have a few steps.
G.IRL Singles Mixer – 30+
Friday 19 June 2026. The Cocktail Club, Old Street, London. £20.
The same easy, low-pressure format, this time for the 30-and-over crowd. A nice way to meet like-minded people without the late-night club energy.
Drag Dykes 2.0
Saturday 20 June 2026, 10pm – midnight. The Old Nun’s Head, 15 Nunhead Green, London, SE15 3QQ.
For something rowdier and more DIY, this is the unofficial afterparty to the Dyke March. Ariana Cherry presents a club night and drag show down in Nunhead, with performances from Amethyst and Asmari plus DJ duo Em & Liv keeping the dancefloor going. A proper community night to round off a day of marching, and a lovely antidote to the bigger, glossier Pride events.
40+ LGBTQ women’s social
Saturday 20 June 2026, 12:30pm – 2:30pm. London LGBTQ+ Community Centre, 60-62 Hopton St, London SE1 9JH.
Pride doesn’t have to mean a late one. This relaxed daytime social from Sappho Events brings together LGBTQ women, trans and non-binary people over 40 for tea, coffee and conversation at the London LGBTQ+ Community Centre. An easy, low-key way to meet people, and it’s completely free (just grab your ticket in advance). The venue is wheelchair accessible with step-free access to the toilets.
London Dyke March
Saturday 20 June 2026. Central London.
The protest at the heart of the day. The London Dyke March is back for its third instalment since reviving, a grassroots, non-commercial and firmly trans-inclusive march for dykes and their allies. Dyke Marches have a long history in the US but have been rarer here since the Lesbian Strength marches of the 1980s, so this is a proper moment. It’s free to join, welcoming to all, and unapologetically a demonstration of visibility and rights rather than a branded parade. Round off the day at one of the afterparties (Drag Dykes 2.0 is the unofficial one) and you’ve got Pride done properly. Full route details are dropping closer to the time, so keep an eye on the organisers.
Hedonist
Saturday 20 June 2026, 2pm – 11pm. Brixton, London.
After a couple of years off, the cult queer day festival is back. Hedonist started in 2022 as a scrappy idea about making more space for queer creatives, DJs and artists, and grew into something much bigger: immersive worlds, 30+ artists and hours of music. For its return it’s promising bigger, weirder and hotter. Expect multiple themed spaces, from FADE (dark, sweaty house, techno and trance) to TRIP (psychedelic, anything-goes poppy dance and house) and a Courtyard for sun, chats and flirty eye contact. True to form, it’s not about big headline names but about energy, new artists and unexpected moments. Lineup and full ticket info are dropping soon.
Lesbian Wine Night
Thursday 25 June 2026, 7pm – 11:30pm. Lisa’s, London.
A gorgeous, low-key evening of wine and good company from the Lesbian Supper Club. This is one to come and unwind at: great wine, canapés included with your ticket, and a relaxed room full of queers there to meet new people and be part of the community. Capacity is limited and it tends to be a monthly fixture that fills up, so book ahead rather than hoping for the door.
Portrait of a Lady on Fire @ The Arzner Cinema
Tuesday 23 June 2026 (2:30pm) and Wednesday 24 June 2026 (3:45pm). The Arzner, 10 Bermondsey Square, London SE1 3UN.
If your Pride leans more swoon than sweat, this is essential. Céline Sciamma’s aching, slow-burn masterpiece, the one about a painter commissioned to secretly paint a young woman’s wedding portrait on an isolated Brittany island in the 18th century, returns in a 4K reissue. Catch it at The Arzner, London’s LGBTQ+ cinema and bar in Bermondsey, where you can pair it with a cocktail (2-for-1 happy hour runs 4-6pm daily). Runtime 121 minutes, rated 15. Two screenings only, so book ahead.
Bonanza: Deep Down South @ The Cock Tavern
Thursday 25 June 2026 (7:00pm). The Cock Tavern, 340 Kennington Road, London SE11 4LD.
Bonanza is a safe saloon for the LGBTQ+ community to go full cxnty cowboi. Think sequinned stetsons, neckerchiefs, chaps… or whatever the hell makes you feel sexy. Doors swing open at 7pm with ranch-ready looks, drinks deals, and stolen glances between cowfolk, before Queer Line Dance Club kicks off the first two-step at 7.45pm. At 9pm, Paisley Fields and their band ride in all the way from the USA with a CUNTRY set guaranteed to get your spurs spinning, followed by more line dancing at 9.45pm. Then DJ Areola Grande Latte takes the reins till midnight with boot-stomping bangers from Cowboy Carter, Chappell Roan, Taylor Swift, Ke$ha, CMAT, Kacey Musgraves, Madonna (Music era) and – of course – our queen Dolly. Grab your lasso, we’re about to catch a groove.
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Blue Tit x Sapphics pre-Pride party
Friday 26 June 2026, 7pm – 11pm. Blue Tit Hammersmith, London.
A pre-Pride party with a feel-good cause. Sapphic Nights teams up with Blue Tit hair salon for a fundraiser in their gorgeous Hammersmith space, with cocktails and DJs all night. The twist: five of the salon’s stylists are auctioning off their haircuts via a raffle to raise money for charity, so you could leave with a fresh trim and a warm glow. Get there on time for a shot at winning. Everyone’s welcome, as long as you’re coming with love.
Pride in Southwark
Saturday 27 June 2026, stage 1pm – 6pm. Mint Street Park, London SE1.
A Pride for the people: proudly grassroots, unapologetically queer and free from corporate sponsors. The day kicks off with a march from the London LGBTQ+ Centre (SE1 9JH), taking to the streets before arriving at Mint Street Park for 1pm. From there, expect live music and drag from Kate Butch, Anna Toni, Son of a Tutu, Ada Campe, the Samba Sisters Collective, the Alpha Dancers and more, plus community stalls from local organisations and creatives, a fully licensed bar and a few surprises to keep you dancing all afternoon. A warm, community-built welcome whether you’re local or just visiting.
FLIRRRT our way into summer
Saturday 27 June 2026, 8pm – 2am. Bar Social, London.
A women’s night with old-school vibes, NB and trans inclusive, and built for letting go, dancing and connecting. FLIRRRT promises music all night long, the kind that keeps you moving without thinking, plus a smiling, good-energy crowd and DJs Ariela and Halo-is with a guest to be announced. The signature touch: complimentary gelato, back by popular demand. There’s a free cloakroom too. A flirty, feel-good way to dance into summer.
However you do Pride this year, on a dancefloor, on the sand, in a cinema, or marching down Piccadilly, we’ll see you out there.
Nonchalant x
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This article was written by one of our creative team writers here at Nonchalant Magazine.
