Queer Utopias

🪐 Book now for our festival Queer Utopias on Saturday 18th May, 2-10pm 🪐

Join us in celebrating queer culture with a fantastic lineup for the LGBTQIA+ community and friends!

🍄 Artist Diana Puntar is creating our very own Queer Utopias dance floor – think disco lights and mushrooms!

💅🏻 Glam up with Swamp Fairy Nails.

💬 Thought-Provoking Conversations: Dive into the world of queer love, life, and landscapes with Diarmuid Hester and Noreen Masud.

🌌 Crafting Queer Dreamcatchers: join Zaki Musa’s workshop on crafting queer dreamcatchers from 3-5pm!

📖 Pleasure Activist Ama Josephine Budge takes you on a mind-bending journey through performance reading and writing.

⚽ Football Kickabout: Bad at sports? Doesn’t matter! Join Babeworld for a low-key football match: kickabout from 4-5pm, with the game at 5pm!

🔮 Mystical Tarot Readings: Have your future unveiled by the incredible Margrave Lucian from 2:30-7pm.

🔥Performances from artist bones tan jones.

📚 Don't miss our Zine Fair from 2pm-6pm, showcasing the finest queer publications around.

🌭 Food trucks will serve vegan bites in the courtyard from 2-10pm! 😋

🎤 The night will close Club Urania style, with Open Mic performances from 7-9pm!

More TBA!

Event Timings

2.00pm-6.00pm - Suitable for all ages! Young people under the age of 13 need a parent or guardian with them.

7.00pm-10.00pm- After party for everyone aged 16+.

We have Early Bird, pay-what-you-can and family tickets available for this event. Family tickets are for 2 adults and unlimited under 18's. If cost is a barrier to attending, please email [email protected].

Important information about alcohol and ID:

The event will have a bar serving alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks.

When you arrive, we will check your ticket/booking and give you a wristband.

Staff will ask to see some form of identification if you would like an 18+ wristband. The 18+ wristband will mean you can buy alcoholic drinks at the bar. Please note that we will not be able to give you an 18+ wristband without seeing some form of ID.

Access:

This event will have a decompression space.

The event will have one room where music will be played, but there will not be any flashing lights or loud noises.

The venue has a wheelchair accessible toilet that also has a baby/toddler changing area. All toilets are gender neutral.

Parking is available onsite and is free of charge, and there are two disabled parking spaces.

Host or Publisher Wysing Arts Centre