240+ Top Gay Events in October

Celebrate gay Halloween in New Orleans or get down and dirty in Maspalomas for Fetish Week!

240 Gay Events in OCTOBER

Celebrate gay Halloween in New Orleans or get down and dirty in Maspalomas for Fetish Week!

October is the season for dressing up and no where better to do that than in New Orleans. The annual Halloween Ball is one of our editors top picks! Or check out our guide to the very best Gay Halloween festivities!

Fancy something hotter, then head to Gran Canaria for the Maspalomas Fetish Week – 7 days of hot action under the Spanish sun.

Meanwhile Pride Lovers have double the fun with both Atlanta and Las Vegas hosting their annual celebrations in October.

Looking further ahead? Discover the very best Gay Christmas Markets, many opening from late November!

Our Editor’s Top Choices

October is the season for dressing up and no where better to do that than in New Orleans. The annual Halloween Ball is one of our editors top picks! Or check out our guide to the very best Gay Halloween festivities!

Fancy something hotter, then head to Gran Canaria for the Maspalomas Fetish Week – 7 days of hot action under the Spanish sun.

Meanwhile Pride Lovers have double the fun with both Atlanta and Las Vegas hosting their annual celebrations in October.

Looking further ahead? Discover the very best Gay Christmas Markets, many opening from late November!

Featured Event

Maspalomas Fetish Pride

From: Oct. 03.2025 - To: Oct. 12.2025

Tuesday, Nov 4th, 2014

Maspalomas Fetish Week takes place every October on the popular island of Gran Canaria. The event is fast becoming one of the most popular fetish parties of the Autumn season, allowing Europeans to escape the cold and head to warm Gran Canaria.

Atlanta Pride

From: Oct. 09.2025 - To: Oct. 13.2025

Thursday, Sep 1st, 2016

Events begin with the Official Atlanta Pride Kickoff Party, at the fantastic Georgia Aquarium on Friday. This is a sell out event. Following this and lasting until 3 am, there's the Official Atlanta Pride Kickoff After Party

Las Vegas Gay Pride

From: Oct. 10.2025 - To: Oct. 12.2025

Monday, Nov 3rd, 2014

Las Vegas Gay Pride is built around two key events, Las Vegas Pride Night Parade, on Friday & Las Vegas Pride Festival Festival, taking place on Saturday.

Top Gay Events in October

Winter is just around the corner. Spice things up with a Halloween escape or enjoy an end of Autumn pride.

Dollywood Harvest Festival and LumiNights

From: Sep. 12.2025 - To: Oct. 27.2025

Wednesday, Apr 28th, 2021

The annual Dollywood Harvest Festival is a must-see experience during the fall season. Days full of play extend to nights all aglow at Harvest Festival featuring Great Pumpkin LumiNights.

Munich Gay Oktoberfest

From: Sep. 20.2025 - To: Oct. 05.2025

Monday, Nov 3rd, 2014

Munich Gay Oktoberfest, also know as Rosa Wiesn Oktoberfest is actually a combination of different events taking place during a larger Oktoberfest in Munich.

South Carolina Pride Parade & Festival

From: Sep. 28.2025 - To: Oct. 04.2025

Tuesday, May 18th, 2021

The SC Pride Parade & Festival or Famously Hot South Carolina Pride as the Locals know it takes place in early Autumn in the capital city, Columbia

Belgium Bear Pride Brussels

From: Oct. 01.2025 - To: Oct. 06.2025

Thursday, Mar 2nd, 2017

For Many years in October has been all about Bears in Belgium and was formerly known as Mr Bear Belgium. dont forget the honey

Fiestas de Octubre Guadalajara & Day of the Dead

From: Oct. 01.2025 - To: Oct. 31.2025

Friday, Feb 18th, 2022

In Jalisco, the city of Guadalajara celebrates their passion for music, culture, art, sports and gastronomy throughout October.

BearScots Weekend Edinburgh

From: Oct. 02.2025 - To: Oct. 05.2025

Tuesday, Jul 31st, 2018

BearScots Weekend Edinburgh. Come join the bears for their annual gathering in Catch up with old friends and make new ones over this 4 day event

Mates Leather Weekend Provincetown

From: Oct. 02.2025 - To: Oct. 06.2025

Thursday, Sep 15th, 2022

Mates Leather Weekend brings together like-minded and leather-wearing guys from around the world during the cooling fall weather, perfect for enjoying all the sights of Provincetown

Manchester Leather Weekend

From: Oct. 03.2025 - To: Oct. 06.2025

Tuesday, Aug 7th, 2018

Manchester Leather Weekend including parties and more dinners as well as popular Workshops, run in association with the LGBT Foundation.

XXO Party Bangkok

From: Oct. 03.2025 - To: Oct. 04.2025

Monday, Mar 11th, 2019

XXO Bangkok will bring the hottest gogos and sexy guys from Asia and beyond together to celebrate their 5th anniversary.

RiSE Festival Las Vegas

From: Oct. 03.2025 - To: Oct. 04.2025

Saturday, Mar 27th, 2021

Held in the Mojave Desert outside of Las Vegas attracting thousands of visitors launch thousands of lanterns into the night desert sky

Austin City Limits

From: Oct. 03.2025 - To: Oct. 12.2025

Wednesday, Jun 23rd, 2021

The Austin City Limits Festival is one of the city's most important events attracting half a million visitors, many of them from the LGBT community

Puppy Italia Milan

From: Oct. 03.2025 - To: Oct. 05.2025

Thursday, Aug 19th, 2021

The Italian Puppy presents, "Puppy Italia" in Milan, an October event for puppies, masters and friends

Knoxville Pride Parade & Festival

From: Oct. 03.2025 - To: Oct. 04.2025

Wednesday, Jan 26th, 2022

Knoxville Pride, or "Knox Pride" as it is known locally, takes place in mid-June each year and is one of Tennessee's most colourful pride festivals.

Festa de la Verema Sitges

From: Oct. 03.2025 - To: Oct. 05.2025

Monday, Oct 7th, 2024

Immerse yourself in one of Sitges's most unique Autumn festivals, a celebration of wine and culture

Sinland Tokyo Circuit Festival

From: Oct. 03.2025 - To: Oct. 06.2025

Tuesday, Oct 29th, 2024

Sinland is Tokyo's hottest Circuit Event held each year in early October.

Red Dress Party San Diego

From: Oct. 04.2025 - To: Oct. 04.2025

Tuesday, May 1st, 2018

This is a night of music and dancing mixed with charity and fun, where all attendees and we mean everyone

Notte Bianca Valetta Malta

From: Oct. 04.2025 - To: Oct. 04.2025

Friday, Apr 16th, 2021

Notte Bianca is a memorable event held every October in Malta's beautiful city of Valetta, celebrating culture and romance

Unshaved Berlin Bear Circuit party

From: Oct. 04.2025 - To: Oct. 04.2025

Sunday, Mar 27th, 2022

Unshaved is more than a party; it's a movement! Enjoy great Pop, Disco, Dance + Club Classics for hunks and bears.

Castro Street Fair

From: Oct. 05.2025 - To: Oct. 05.2025

Saturday, Oct 22nd, 2016

Created by Harvey Milk in 1974, this annual festival celebrates the Castro District community with a day of eclectic fun.

Berlin Festival of Lights

From: Oct. 08.2025 - To: Oct. 15.2025

Friday, Jul 23rd, 2021

Every year in Fall Berlin becomes the city of light art. The light productions on the world-famous landmarks, monuments, buildings and squares of the German capital make the FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS

Infinity Torremolinos October Edition

From: Oct. 08.2025 - To: Oct. 12.2025

Wednesday, May 11th, 2022

Infinity Torremolinos has become one of the most significant events of the Season in Torremolinos and now returns with a second event marking the end of the high

Luxembourg Bear Pride

From: Oct. 09.2025 - To: Oct. 12.2025

Tuesday, Sep 12th, 2017

Join hundreds of hot bears and chasers in one of the newest bear events in Europe at Luxembourg Bear Pride. The event takes place each October

Atlanta Pride Circuit Party

From: Oct. 09.2025 - To: Oct. 13.2025

Friday, Mar 12th, 2021

Atlanta Pride Circuit Party, known as the Big Ol' Slice of Atlanta Gay Pride features a weekend of top DJs and great parties.

New York Comic Con

From: Oct. 09.2025 - To: Oct. 12.2025

Monday, Mar 22nd, 2021

New York Comic Con is the East Coast's largest pop culture convention and the only one that takes place in the comic book capital of the world

London Cocktail Week

From: Oct. 09.2025 - To: Oct. 19.2025

Wednesday, Mar 24th, 2021

London Cocktail Week is an enormous celebration of the UK capital's fantastic cocktail scene and the biggest event of it’s kind in the world

Gaydelight Stuttgart

From: Oct. 09.2025 - To: Oct. 09.2025

Friday, Mar 8th, 2024

Gaydelight is the biggest gay party during the annual Stuttgart Spring Festival and the Cannstatter Volksfest.

Into the Tank Gran Canaria

From: Oct. 10.2025 - To: Oct. 10.2025

Thursday, Jan 24th, 2019

Into the Tank Gran Canaria is one of the biggest official parties to take place during MASPALOMAS FETISH WEEK Europe's sleaziest gay fetish party

Atlanta Future Pride

From: Oct. 10.2025 - To: Oct. 12.2025

Thursday, Jun 24th, 2021

Celebrate pride with a world class circuit festival featuring the biggest and best names on the DJ scene, amazing lighting and sound and a thumping sexy atmosphere

European Porn Awards Torremolinos

From: Oct. 10.2025 - To: Oct. 10.2025

Thursday, Sep 15th, 2022

Lights Bar Torremolinos and Scruff present the European Porn Awards Winners Ceremony

Atlanta Heretic Pride

From: Oct. 10.2025 - To: Oct. 12.2025

Sunday, Sep 17th, 2023

Alan Collins presents his unique Atlanta Pride circuit weekend celebration at The Heretic

OurFest Philadelphia (Formerly OutFest)

From: Oct. 11.2025 - To: Oct. 12.2025

Monday, Feb 25th, 2019

Ourfest (formerly OutFest) Philadelphia taking over the Gayborhood neighborhood of Philadelphia in Midtown Village, OurFest celebrates Philadelphia’s LGBT history