Big Wednesday for gay Bat City! Usually hump day doesn’t get much love vis-à-vis events and their going-on. Yet this week, everyone’s gone a little mid-week wild with Wednesday biz. Great news for those who need a pick-up pre-weekend, which I recommend as the perfect way to remind yourself what all this hustle and bustle about queer joy is about. Turns out being around other LGBTQs is cool and fun! But don’t worry if you require Saturday and Sunday shindigs to fill your schedule. Those are also still in full force. All right, reader: Let’s take a little looksie at what’s going on in queer ol’ Austin this September 11 through 18…
Gayme Night
Thursday 11, Red Horn Brewery, Cedar Park
Leander and Cedar Park Pride invite LGBTQ and pluses to a board game night. Bring your own game boxes or snag one from Red Horn’s stash. 7pm.
Trans Texas Community Update and Town Hall
Thursday 11, virtual
Transgender Education Network of Texas runs another virtual info session with updates from the 89th Lege session. Sign up at bit.ly/Re-UPDATE0911. They ask that if you attended the Sept. 3 town hall to please refrain from registering to allow room for those who weren’t able to. 7pm.
Haus of Brimstone Presents: Holy Hell
Friday 12 & Saturday 13, Sterling Stage Austin
Sinners welcome at this “burlesque ritual of Satanic liberation,” with performances by a different cast of demonic talents each night. Nico de Gallo emcees and Satan’s Cheerleaders shake their pompoms at both shows. 7pm.
Turito’s B-Day Show
Friday 12, Cheer Up Charlies
DJ and artist Turito celebrates another spin around the Texas sun with a party featuring drag performances and music by Lavender Thug and DJ Angel Doll. 9pm.
Girls on Aux
Friday 12, Coconut Club
Jos tha DJ and Dope Reina refit the Coco rooftop for their new monthly ladies’ night series, featuring a reverse happy hour (10-11pm) and tunes spun all night. 10pm.
Birdies After Dark
Friday 12, Spare Birdies, Cedar Park
Drag, drinks, and many delights await you at this Cedar Park Pride-presented show hosted by Nadine Hughes. 7:30pm.
Woke Cowboy
Saturday 13, ColdTowne
Earn 1 million woke points at this hilarious affair featuring a full showcase of diverse comic voices, including Holden, Jose Da’Hype, Arielle Isaac Norman, Wasley, Derek Kopswa, Eric Remme, Chris Bryant, and Evan Rabalais. 8:30pm.
Everything’s Bigger Cabaret
Saturday 13, Showpony
May Buzzetti hosts this showcase with “music, burlesque, strong drinks, and an unyielding smoke machine.” Also featuring performances by Coneja, HJem, and Krista Marie.
LGBTQIA+ Craft Meetup
Saturday 13, Merfolk Coffee
RSVP to this social, and you’ll be spending your Saturday makin’ cool crafts and sipping delicious coffee with the Merfolk folks. 3pm.
Shock Therapy Presents B-52s Tribute Show
Saturday 13, Elysium
Pack your butter beans for a drag show dedicated to New Wave icons the B-52s, with additional themed flash tattoos, tarot-reading, vendors, and an alien costume contest. 11pm.
Project Nunway
Saturday 13, the Austin Eagle
Presented by the Weird City Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, this runway show features queer Lotería, drag, and guest judge Brigitte Bandit for the fashion contest. 7pm.
Birthday Miracle 2
Saturday 13, Tiny Minotaur Tavern
Celebrate Best of Austin LGBTQIA Club nominee the Minotaur’s second anniversary with a night where fantasy costumes are encouraged, but not required. 7pm.
End of Summer Swap Meet & Market
Saturday 13, Ani’s Day and Night
In partnership with Trans Texas and ATX Trans Pride, DJ Killgxrl throws a summer send-off swap meet featuring local trans vendors, free resources like hygiene and HRT kits, queer wellness org tabling, and a trans-centric clothing swap. 2pm.
Studio 54
Saturday 13, Cheer Up Charlies
Get disco fever with hosts Brigitte Bandit and Sir Maxim at this drag show themed to the Seventies New York dance hot spot. DJ Hot Donna spins post-show disco tunes all night.
Lezzz B. Honest: Scooby Doo
Sunday 14, Ani’s Day and Night
Host Venus Rising brings birthday girl Cambrian Explosion onto this sapphic cast for a show celebrating those meddling kids – and their dog! 7pm.
Be Gay Do Improv
Sunday 14, Hideout Theatre
Join Hideout Theatre for their monthly Pride improv jam, which remakes their upstairs theater into “an inclusive space for the queer community.” 3pm.
Bikini Brunch
Sunday 14, East Austin Hotel
Tiffany Epiphany hosts a rooftop Ru-veal with Drag Race star Irene the Alien joining the Dollmination cast for both a 1pm drag brunch and 3pm poolside show.
Campfire Queer Storytime
Sunday 14, the Vortex
World Famous *BOB* hosts this monthly storytelling social where LGBTQIA members of all ages present songs, stories, and more within their 10-to-15-minute time. This month’s event celebrates performer Kitty Von Quim’s birthday. 7pm..
Máscara: The Screening
Sunday 14, Hyperreal Film Club
Created by performers Bobby Pudrido and Solovino along with Basura, the OUTsider Fest 2025-premiered play that “delves into the fears and isolation in the transmasculine experience” screens with post-film speakers Jae Lin (ReSpec) and Kanoa Arteaga (Abundant Masculinities). 7pm.
Texas Belongs to All of Us
Sunday 14, RSVP for location
Trans Texas takes their fall tour of community teach-ins and creative workshops across the state in the wake of the 89th Lege’s strikingly anti-trans spirit, which requires you register at falltour2025.transtexas.org to get a specific location and time.
Sungays: The Films of David Wojnarowicz
Sunday 14, We Luv Video
AIDS activist and avant-garde artist David Wojnarowicz would’ve celebrated his 71st birthday this year, so We Luv’s queer cinema series Sungays screens his various film works to reinvigorate his legacy. 6pm.
Disney Bebesota Brunch
Sunday 14, Taquero Mucho Domain
Your best girls (Angel Rawze, Amber Nicole Davenport, Beauty, and Penny Copperfield) perform tunes from the House of Mouse, spun by DJ Eriq Stylez. 1pm..
Bronco: Sunday Special
Sunday 14, Sagebrush
Boot scoot with special guest Paisley Fields, who performs live for their new music video. Country Fried Dance teaches new footwork to Fields’ latest tune, “Hands Off the Hat,” vendors gather outdoors, and Free Lunch vends food. 4pm.
Trans Rights & Bodily Autonomy ELCD Celebration
Sunday 14, Double Trouble
Celebrate our city’s DSA (Democratic Socialists of America) helping to get over 100 enhanced library cards pledges to normalize their use with a party featuring drag, photo superlatives, banner making, trivia, and a hexxing of our not very nice legislators. 12pm.
Queer Trivia
Tuesday 16, Cheer Up Charlies
Become aware of bisexuals at this trivia night themed for Bisexual Awareness Month, hosted by the Little Gay Shop and Aira Juliet. 7:30pm.
Queen of the Hill: Fancy That
Wednesday 17, Double Trouble
The Owie-hosted mid-week drag show salutes pop royals PinkPantheress, Marina, and Lady Gaga with performances by Mars and Arinna Dior Davenport. DJ Mercurial spins, and Dub Trubs serves all-day happy hour sippies. 8pm.
Queer Poppies Walking Club
Wednesday 17, Stilling Basin Trailhead in Georgetown
LGBTQ walk club Queer Poppies stretch their collective legs for another jaunt, this time through Georgetown’s Stilling Basin Trailhead. RSVP ahead of joining for any additional details. 6:30pm.
Virgins: A Lorde Drag Tribute Show
Wednesday 17, Cheer Up Charlies
Damiana Divine hosts an all-trans talent tribute to Lorde’s latest album, in honor of the artist’s sold-out concert here in Austin. 9pm.
Clown Night: Return of the Freak
Wednesday 17, Fallout Theater
Back from French clown school, host Marceline Amaris returns the goofy fun of this clown comedy show. 7:30pm.
This article appears in September 12 • 2025.
