Place, Pride, People: A Celebration of Lincoln's Queer History and Culture

Place, Pride, People is an evening celebrating LGBTQIA+ histories and contemporary queer life in Lincolnshire through performance, storytelling, and conversation.

Join us at The Lawn for an evening of live performance, personal testimony, poetry, drag, burlesque, and community choir — exploring the stories that have shaped queer life in Lincoln and beyond.

The evening also marks the official launch of Listening Lines, an LGBTQIA+ sound trail by Bec Smith of Urban Projections. Following the event, guests are invited to head into the Dawber Garden to experience the trail for themselves.

Part of the Reimagining Lincolnshire Community Engagement Programme, produced by Threshold and funded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund.
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Programme

5:45pm — Arrival & Welcome (bar open, background music)
6:00pm — Performance: OUTLoud Lincoln
6:05pm — Welcome & Introduction: Tanya Akrofi (Threshold / Co-producer)
6:15pm — Talk: C J DeBarra, Nottingham Queer History Archive
6:30pm — Life In Drag: Arran Hart (Celine Begone) + Q&A
6:45pm — Q&A & Rehearsal: OUTLoud Lincoln
7:00pm — Interval (bar open)
7:15pm — Conversation: Burlesque, Identity & Queer Expression — Honey B Lovelace & Pixi with Tanya Akrofi
7:30pm — Poetry Commission: Cas (Trans Poet & Local Queer Artist)
7:40pm — Trail Launch: Listening Lines — Bec Smith, Urban Projections
7:50pm — Close & Final Performance: OUTLoud Lincoln
8:00pm — Listening Lines Sound Trail in the Dawber Garden (optional, self-guided)

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🎧 Please bring headphones — at the end of the evening guests are invited to explore the Listening Lines sound trail in the gardens. Wired or wireless headphones/earbuds both work.

This event is free to attend!
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