Gully Queen

Buddies' weekly Friday night club is built by queers, for queers — rotating DJs, surprise performers, and a dance floor that serves every facet of the community. Ten bucks at the door, no pretense, just nonsense and excellence. This is where village queers come to lose it.

Toronto's bi-monthly Italo-Disco party is back with more of what makes it irresistible: cheap drum machines, romantic analog synths, and the vocals of Italian diva singers that'll have you moving. Expect everything from 80s Italo classics to modern Italian radio hits, a signature Campari spritz, and a room full of people who actually get it. DJs Aeryn Pfaff and Automaticamore are bringing the heat, with a special performance by Rosacea Cheeks.

Toronto Queer Film Festival's 10-year anniversary celebration lands on the Buddies stage for a night of experimental, strange, and DIY performances that blend rage and joy into resistance through humor. Hosted by Anasimone with performances from Nikotine, Kreme Inakuchi, Weird Alice, Dykeotomi, Fleur Fantasie, Sizzle Disco, Samantha Halas, and Conjunctivisis. Come as you are for an evening that gets weird, silly, and genuinely funny.

Volume 4 of Toronto's monthly ballroom night is here to send off summer in style. Walk the floor, watch the competition, or just feel the energy — this is ballroom culture at its finest, with eight categories from Virgin Runway to Tag Team Performance, commentary from Yéila Siriano, and DJ sets from Legendary Canada Father Pleasure x Juicy Couture. Runs 9pm–1am; $15 gets you in.

SLUR is Buddies' weekly Friday night club — by the queers, for the queers. Each week brings a rotating lineup of DJs, a different sound, surprise performers, and the kind of chaos and excellence that makes a real queer hub. Ten bucks at the door, no pretense, just a dance floor that actually gets it.

Buddies' weekly Friday night club is built by queers, for queers—each week a different crew of DJs, a different sound, and surprise performers who keep the dance floor unpredictable. It's the hub for nonsense, chaos, and excellence that village queers have been craving. Ten bucks at the door, all night on the floor.