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[queermtl]

QUEER MTL THINGS TO DO: DECEMBER 2022

Every month, Montréal’s queer calendar is stuffed full of exciting events, parties and performances. Here’s some of our picks for the best LGBTQ+ things to do in the city this December. For further announcements, follow QueerMTL on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and Tumblr! Got an event coming up? DM it our way!

EVENT OF THE MONTH:

🎤 Marking their first concert presentation in Montréal, lesbian-event organizers Ellelui present Constellations: A Benefit Concert for Black Healing Fund at Théâtre Fairmount on Friday, December 16, 2022. Featuring performances by Naïka Champaïgne, OK Naledi and Fraud Perry (with bonus afterparty sounds from KidCrayola), proceeds will assist the volunteer-run Black Healing Fund in providing funding for mental health and wellness services to low-income members of the community. Tickets are available at Universe.

EVENTS

🕯 In recognition of World AIDS Day, Montréal’s Parc de l’Espoir (founded by ACT UP Montréal in 1991) hosts a Vigil for those lost to HIV/AIDS. Free and open to all at 5:00 PM. 🎤 Ria Mae comes to Le Studio TD on December 1, 2022, with Virginia to Vegas and Noelle. Tickets at Evenko.

🎥 Co-presented by Séro.Syndicat // Blood.Union - BUSS, AIDS Community Care Montreal (ACCM) and Queer Film Club, Day Without Art: Being & Belonging features works by HIV-positive artists and a Q&A with artist activists Camila Arce and Mikiki. At Cinéma de Sève on the Concordia University campus at 6:30 PM. Tickets available at the link above.

🎥 All the Beauty and the Bloodshed, documenting both photographer Nan Goldin’s luminous career as well as her fight against big pharma, comes to Cinema du Parc from December 2, 2022. 

🎤 The Rufus et Martha Wainwright Ensemble + Famille host Étoiles et Toi, their annual holiday spectacle at Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste on December 3, 2022. Pop Montréal has tickets here. 

🎭 GW Brazier’s Brother 12: A Cult Rock Opera, based on a true story, receives its world premiere on December 3, 2022 at O Patro Vys. Tickets at thepointofsale.

💪 Diablos Boylesque: Holidays Edition is coming to Bar Le Cocktail on December 4, 2022 to answer the question as to just who’s been naughty or nice this year. Tickets at Eventbrite.

🎤 Ellelui’s Sapphic Open Mic Night welcomes one and all on December 6, 2022 at The Diving Bell Social Club. PWYC, with nobody turned away for lack of funds.

✏️ Drink & Draw returns to Bar Le Cocktail on December 7, 2022 (and again the week following on December 14, 2022), featuring live models to sketch. Presented by Hommehomo.

🐶 Montréal’s puppy community gathers at Bar Le Stud on December 8, 2022 for Puppy Noël.

📚 The Violet Hour Book Club will read and discuss Cantoras by Carolina De Robertis and gather to discuss on Saturday, December 10, 2022 at the Archives gaies du Québec. (They’ll also be reading The End of Eddy by Édouard Louis for their next meeting on Saturday, January 3 2023).

🎤 The Backstreet Boys Burlesque takes over Café Cléopatra on December 10, 2022. Tickets at Eventbrite. 

🎤 Sing your heart out with Boney M at the stately L’Olympia on December 14, 2022. Tickets here.

🎤 The Tales of Gender Affirmation Open Mic Fundraiser featuring comedy, music, poetry and more alongside special appearances from Raquel Maestre, Binya Koatz, Alo Azimov and a Respectful Roast Battle with Gowtham Kasy will take place at The Diving Bell Social Club on December 15, 2022.

🐻 The bears will be out in force at Bar Le Stud on December 16, 2022, to celebrate Bear Noël.

🌱 Root to Branch brings the Queer Solstice Swap to Frigo Vert on Saturday, December 17, 2022, an opportunity to buy or trade with local QTBIPOC artisans and makers.

🤣 Queer Comedy All Stars is back at the Diving Bell Social Club on December 29, 2022 with host Lucy Gervais, All Azimov, Maka, Darragh Mondoux, Ash Davis and headliner Dan James. Tickets, which usually go quick, are available here.

🤣 Stand-Up St. Henri Open Mic runs every Tuesday throughout the month of December at Montréal Improv. With a focus on giving stage time to women, non-binary, queer comedians and allies, it’s the perfect fit for comedy fans. Tickets at Eventbrite.

PARTIES

🥳 Celebrate 27 years of Bar Le Stud on December 3, 2022! 

🥳 Techno Haute Couture: Oil Edition brings a night of electronic sounds to KIN Experience on Saturday, December 3, 2022. Tickets available here. 

🥳 The Dark Eighties: Cult 80s Hits Party returns to Bar Le Ritz PDB on Friday, December 9, 2022 with a night full of your goth faves. Don’t forget the eyeliner, and purchase tickets at Eventbrite.

🥳 Queen & Queer celebrates their seventh event and first anniversary with a birthday party at La Sala Rossa on Saturday, December 10, 2022, featuring sets from resident DJ Sam and special guest DJ BlackGold. Tickets here.

🥳 Les Divas d’Hochelaga take over Blockhaus on December 10, 2022 with All I Want pour Noël dance party, featuring all your favourite pop divas’ seasonal hits.

🥳 The F4gtory Collective brings their Industrial dance party MANUF4GTURED to Bar Le Ritz PDB on December 10, 2022. 

🥳 Tension Shibari school and lifestyle space in Montréal’s gay village is hosting a Queer Dance Party on Saturday, December 10, 2022.

🥳 Homopop’s popular tribute nights continue with a Beyoncé Dance Party (featuring local queen royalty Kiara and Lady Boom Boom) on December 16th at Cabaret Berlin. 

🥳 District Events’ Frosty guarantees to heat up Club Soda on Saturday, December 17, 2022 with sets from DJ Ashley Gauthier and DJ Isaac Escalante. Grab tickets here. 

🥳 Super Taste MTL want you to dance the night away at VOULEZ-VOUS 2023 to all your favourite new-wave and disco hits at Bar Le Ritz PDB. Tickets available here.

🥳 Say goodbye to 2022 in style at Cirque De Boudoir’s Carnavalesque 2023 Snow Ball New Year’s Even Party at Bain Mathieu on December 31, 2022, hosted by the legendary Plastik Patrik. Tickets at Eventbrite.

🥳 Bar Le Stud rings in the new year with Party du Nouvel An on December 31, 2022, featuring free entry. We’d suggest arriving early!

🥳 Celebrate New Year’s Eve at the epic L’Olympia in the heart of the Gay Village with music from Domeno, TIZI and Michael Louis. Get your tickets here.

DRAG

👑 In collaboration with Montréal’s gay rugby team Armada Montréal (who trade in their jerseys for drag), Gisele Lullaby hosts Armado – Edition Noel at Cabaret Mado on December 1, 2022. Tickets here.

👑 Self-professed “tiny shapeshifting glamour demon” Yikes Macaroni brings Chum Dump #6—Joyeux Noel Open Stage to Bar Le Cocktail on December 3, 2022. 

👑 The incredible drag chameleon Jimmy Moore brings Merry Christmas: Jimmy Moore Does Mariah Carey to Cabaret Mado on December 3, 2022. Tickets available here.

👑 Montréal drag kings Rock Bière and RV Metal host Bière et Métal featuring the city’s finest fellow talents on December 8, 2022 at Cabaret Mado. Tickets here.

👑 Lulu Shade presents Garden of Shade – Winter Edition at Bar Le Cocktail with Sarah Winters, Misty Waterfalls, Sally D and Niko Lubie on December 13, 2022.

👑 Underkingstruction: Werking in the Snow Edition, hosted by Ad’Horrible, Niko Lucie and Mike Oxlong promises to be the most unique holiday drag open stage show in Montréal on December 15, 2022 at Notre-Dame-Des-Quilles. Sign up here to perform. PWYC!

👑 Miami Minx brings Les Folies Draglesque to Cabaret Mado on December 15, 2022, a night open to all genders and bodies in the spirit of burlesque, drag and all things in between. Tickets available here.

👑 Uma Gahd and Selma Gahd bring their spooky COVEN back for its December edition featuring Bijuriya to The Diving Bell Social Club on December 16, 2022.

👑 Lady Boom Boom hosts La Revue Drag 2022 at Cabaret Mado on December 18, 2022, featuring Clay Thorris, Démone LaStrange, Jessie Précieuse, Miss Mira Belle, Pétula Claque, Walter Ego and surprise guests. 

👑 Celebrate the holidays in drag with Deux folles à Noël at Bar Le Cocktail on December 22, 2022, hosted by Miss Butterfly and Michel Dorion. Tickets here.

👑 Wow! A special finale screening of Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs. The World is coming to the Olympia de Montréal on December 23, 2022! And the line-up is incredible, featuring Anita Wigl'it, Gisele Lullaby, Kendall Gender, Kiara, Kitana Sweett, Kiara, Rajah Ohara, Rita Baga, Silky Nutmeg Ganache, Stephanie Prince, Vanity Milan and Victoria Scone, hosted by Uma Gahd! Grab tickets at the link. 👠

👑 Rainbow hosts Bingo Disco on December 28, 2022. And what’s better than drag bingo? Not much! Tickets here. 

👑 Jimmy Moore keeps the hits coming with Jimmy Moore personnifie Lady Gaga at Cabaret Mado at both 7:30 and 10:00 pm on December 29, 2022. Tickets for both shows available here.

👑 Crystal Starz hosts Starz Night at Bar Le Cocktail with special guests Sasha bags and Lana Dalida on December 29, 2022. Pre-show tickets are available at lepointdevente.

👑 Ring in the New Year at Bar Le Cocktail’s Bonne Année 2023 on December 31, 2022 with queens Ciatha Night, Crystal Starz, Chouchoune, Chibouki and Sally-D. Tickets available now.

👑 Every Tuesday, Canada’s Drag Race season 3 winner Gisèle Lullaby hosts Full Gisèle at Cabaret Mado. Tickets and schedule at Cabaret Mado’s website.

👑 On Friday nights, the legendary Mado Lamotte hosts Mado Reçoit at her namesake club, Cabaret Mado. Each week, she shares the stage with a hand-picked roster of queens. Tickets and lineup info here. 

👑 Bar Le Cocktail’s regular weekly events include Butterfly de Nuit with Miss Butterfly on Thursdays, Vendredi Fou with Michel Dorion on Fridays and Samedi Drôles de Drags with a rotating cast of queens. Check listings for specific details, and pick up tickets here.

[dapperq]

She’s baaaack! You know her. You love her. And now @cbglasser - an MC and the architect and producer of some of the most infamous queer nightlife events across the country, including in Manhattan, Brooklyn, LA, Miami, Palm Springs and more, will be our runway MC for our 7th New York Fashion Week show, “Bloom,” in partnership with @brooklynmuseum and sponsored by @transguysupply and @meow__wolf September 8th: Sip & shop from 6-8pm, runway show from 8-10pm, and afterparty from 10-11pm all in Brooklyn Museum’s spectacular Beaux Arts Court. Tickets in bio! Picture by @heatherleighcullum #dapperqnyfw #dapperq #nyfw2022 #queerfashion #queerstyle #queernightlife #nycnightlife (at Brooklyn Museum) https://www.instagram.com/p/CgtrUYPulN_/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[wherelifeissimple]

A couple of shots from the last month or so . You meet a lot of fun and interesting people in queer social nights 💃🏻 - - - - - - - - - #queer #queernightlife #dragqueens #tatianna #nayshalopez #banakadev #gay #dcgay #instagay #curls #curlyhair #longcurls #naturalhair #naturalcurls #colombiano #latinx #hispano #friends #ganggang #picthers #avalonsaturdays #glasses #lips #nightlife https://www.instagram.com/p/BvwTScLDz7H/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=lmaibzdhbwjg

[vcuqueernightlife]

Chosen Family, Charlotte Drury, 2012.

"Good counsel and aid with any number of matters including housing, funds, and assistance with gender transformation also helps members negotiate daily struggles of economic disenfranchisement and such interpersonal challenges as managing romance. Thus, the whole system of status attainment serves the needs of empathetic kinship." (Jackson, 5).

I chose this passage because I feel I often hear about Voguing and the Ballroom Scene in terms of the music, the movement and its influence on popular culture. I felt this was an important insight into the value of the practice and community to participants. That houses, and the care that manifest in these collectives can not only bolster one's life in the scene, but be a site of sustenance and support for individuals who may not have the support of their biological families, the state or society at large. In this way houses share a lot with the concept of "chosen family" which is popularly talked about in Queer/LGBT+ communities, as an alternative to the supports many of us have been denied by our parents and others. For me this is a sort of bittersweet notion, because as nice as it sounds I don't feel like I have found a family, or a community which operates in this way. Part of what I'm working on in my art practice is making space for that kind of building/bonding, but I always get stuck at the people part. Andrea Medina. 

[sluttyghostshop]

@vein67 killer clown boi Paint by @fierce_invalids for @sluttyghostshop . . . #sluttyghostvintage #sluttyghost #art #artistsoninstagram #queerartist #handmade #vintage #punk #alternative #queernightlife #gay #LGBT #nonbinary #nonbinaryfashion #queerfashion #gayfashion #fashion #goth #clothes #smallbusiness #NYC  #alternative #alternativefashion #alternativemodel #spooky#custom https://www.instagram.com/p/Bww_FpSFMAN/?igshid=iqeqd1oqygj2

[void-flesh]

2019 is the year we bring back the bed jacket . . . #aesthetic #vintage #vintagefashion #chronicillness #fibromyalgia #fashion #cripplepunk #queer #trans #nonbinary #theythem #softboyaesthetic #pastel #pastelgoth #goth #gothgirl #gothboy #brooklyn #queernightlife #clothesforsale https://www.instagram.com/p/Bs2Crn4BzR_/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=15zyk6xv6q9pb

[houseofjuice]

That time of the month comes every month when @djandronyc comes through to rock out for our amazing #NYC #queercommunity. Lounge with the fruitiest #Craftbeers in hand. Enjoy the vibes of our private courtyard beergarden and share conversations with the best company to be had all in one safe space @taproomat642rogersave. Curious about our drinks menu? Check out @taproom642menu Curious about past events? Check out coverage by @gomagazineny __ #beergarden #queerevents #queernightlife #gay #lesbian #transgender #androgynous #nonbinary #bisexual #queer #fucklabels #dyke #butch #craftbeer #nycnightlife #hardcider #kombuchaontap #nonalcoholic #boozy #taproom #flatbush #Brooklyn

[jacksonvontrapp]

Pet the kitty for the big spenders 🐈 💰 🥂💃🏼 @sucia_sunday 📹 @chrisdiva . . . . . . . . . #vannavicious #dragqueen #dragshow #suciasundays #bigspender #whatkatiedid #vintage #femefatale #pinupgirl #blondebombshell #queernightlife #pinup #retro #jaynemansfield #amandalepore #marilynmonroe #blonde #gay #burlesque (at C Frenz)

[epicdas]

Being single on Valentine’s Day isn’t so bad afterall... 🔥🔥🔥 . . . . . #SpotlightLA #LAunderground #queernightlife #LA #friends (at Los Angeles, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8ncYBDhyU8/?igshid=1okgttt5o6ime

[djstormageddon]

Delivering the news or DJing. Who’s to say? #rogerrabbit #whoframedrogerrabbit #whoframedrogerrabbitcosplay #cosplay #costume #lowereastside #saturdaynight #livemusic #jessicarabbit #nycnightlife #queernightlife #wedotheweirdstuff #metropolisburlesque #bunny #looneytunes #saturday #weekend #burlesqueshow #nerdy #nerdlesque #boylesque #gogo #silly #thingstodoinnyc #redhead #redhair #disney #warnerbros #cartoon #toontown https://www.instagram.com/p/B7wxlSfnJBY/?igshid=81cvr614c3in

[erisis]

Sooooooo, Queer Punk Drag Night at The Majestic was awesome this weekend!! The music and scene was fantastic!And I unexpectedly bumped into a really cool and stylish Instagram friend from The South who I haven’t seen in person since I met her several years back at the Arisia Conference!! #trans #adventurer #queers #femmes #goth #punk #tallgirlsrock #transwoman #fun #queernightlife #northampton #massachusetts (at The Majestic Saloon) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2dRlChhNYL/?igshid=1nxnqsitcwa8u

[dapperq]

We’ll be here for the third year in a row! @henriettahudson the oldest brick and mortar queer women’s bar throws down 6/23 in Manhattan, outdoor venue, riverside seating/dance floor, beautiful view of Brooklyn Bridge, sexiest and most talented DJs @thatsmymo @djwhitneyday @ladyhoodmusic , hottest MC @cbglasser and more. Stop by our table! #pride2018 #womenwhospin #womeninmusic #dapperq #queerstyle #queerfashion #queernightlife #queernyc #prideagenda #thatgirljames #tomboylookbook #siren @henriettahudson is a supporter of the dapperQ platform and annual show. (at Watermark Bar)

[qwocmap]

The beautiful film Waking Hour by Nava Mau shares the Trans Latina voice we need to hear!

Get your FREE tickets today for guaranteed seats: http://bit.ly/2019QWOCFF

[vcuqueernightlife]

"I want to be clear that the kind of "look" I find most inspiring celebrates the creatively strange, the nonnormative, the weirdos and the freaks, the people who make a spectacle of themselves when it would be so much easier to simply fit in. In queer circles it's called a look not because it blends in and disappears but because you have to look at it. You single it out. You want to look at it because it is interesting, so you look twice, three times, taking it in again and again."

I'm very interested in this pattern of thought in regards to queer fashion, using this means of expression as a form of safety mechanism. Many queer individuals, especially QTPOC and trans feminine individuals, run the risk of being publicly harassed, but through the use of over-the-top fashion can be used as a form of protection, a distraction from danger by turning the feeling of having eyes on you into a form of power from the knowledge that you look fucking amazing. There can be a sense of comfort in knowing that despite what people think, you have the confidence to continuing being yourself, bringing out a strut and a flip of the hair just to flex on the people who try to tear you down. I was especially reminded of the looks of Arca, (@arca1000000 on instagram), who frequently uses fashion and performance art as a factor in her live performances, unafraid to use visceral, raw, and ethereal imagery to express herself.

[sluttyghostshop]

#SP00KY MARKET🖤☠️🕸🌷@sluttyghostshop presents a super sp00py market next Wednesday at Flowers 🌸 🌷climb out of ur coffins ⚰️ throw on some glitter and come dance, shop, and see some super cute shows🖤 . . 🕸DJs @pauli.cakes @_skullfucker . . 🕸SHOWS @mattellinmusic @badnewsbeardrag @thewomaninthewoods66 @dylanmarsgreenberg @shanitabump . . 🕸TATTOOS @aaaelitaaaa . . 🕸VENDORS @sluttyghostshop @fleuresce.plantscaping @luxuryc4rc4ss . . . . #sluttyghost #sluttyghostshop #flowersforalloccasions #diy #diyparty #diyspace #bushwick #fleamarket #springmarket #handmadeclothing #queercommunity #safespace #flashtattoos #popupshop #popupmarket #popup #pastelgoth #alternativefashion #queernightlife #lgbtq🌈 (at Flowers for all Occasions) https://www.instagram.com/p/BuCalrmFgw2/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1porf9shtuduu

[nightowl421]

This is definitely a dance party 😎 . @carlarans #albumrelease #seattle @timbreroom #queernightlife (at Timbre Room) https://www.instagram.com/p/BwYbusDFp0F/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=sre0w0vzkfb1