Thank gay it’s Friday. Feel free to jump up and down and/or squeal a little. Today’s LGBT events may make doing so irresistible: Happy hours, gatherings, sports, shows and the night lights of bars and parties.

• Let the workweek go. AGLCC Fourth Friday Mixer (top photo) @ Margaret Mitchell House, 5:30 p.m., GLAAD Ladies & Friends Happy Hour @ Bellissima, 6 p.m., Fourth Fridays Art Walk @ Studioplex, 6 p.m., Piano Cocktail Hour with David Reed @ Mixx, 6:30 p.m., and Friday Knight Dances @ Knights of Columbus, 6:30 p.m.

• Gay-founded and gay-officiated. Rabbi Joshua Lesser (middle photo) leads potluck dinner and Kabbalat Shabbat with Congregation Bet Haverim, 6:30 p.m.

• Sweat it out. Fall Softball games with Decatur Women’s Sports League, 6 p.m., and Swimming & Water Polo with Atlanta Rainbow Trout, 7:30 p.m.

• Still, as much as ever, and for as long as it takes. Gay and Bisexual HIV Town Hall panel @ Loudermilk Center, 6:30 p.m., and the Sapphire Ball benefits The Living Room @ Commerce Club, 7 p.m.

• Women on the verge. Maria Gabriella Band (bottom photo) @ Bellissima, 8:30 p.m., and London Calling @ My Sisters’ Room, 10 p.m.

• Play time. “Shakespeare Follies” @ 7 Stages, 7:15 p.m., and “Pageant: The Musical” @ 14th Street Playhouse, 8 p.m.

• Friday night lights. Click through more than a dozen gay bars and parties on Friday’s nightlife calendar, including DJ Lydia Prim @ the Heretic, 10 p.m., and DJay McCracken @ Amsterdam Atlanta, 10 p.m.

There are even more gay things to do on today’s Gay Agenda. View the full list on Project Q Atlanta’s interactive community calendar. You can also submit your own events.