BiFest

A BiFest is a one-day festival celebrating bisexuality, with workshops and discussions during the day and social events in the evening, complementing the larger convention BiCon. Currently there have been seven BiFests around the UK since 1999, with the busiest attracting around 130 people.

The first BiFest, in 1999, was a "Festival of Bisexuality", and was combined with a bisexual march through London. However, the idea was not taken up again until 2005, when a new organising team stepped forward to create an annual BiFest in London.

The structure of BiFest is in some ways similar to the earliest BiCons, which were one or two days long and had few program streams.

Past events

Event	Dates	Venue	Attendance
(London) BiFest 1999	13 February 1999	University of London Union, Malet Street, London
(London) BiFest 2005	14 May 2005	London Action Resource Centre, Whitechapel, London	130+
Manchester BiFest 2005	10 December 2005	Thompsons Arms, Manchester	100+
Brighton BiFest 2006	11 February 2006	The Cowley Club, Brighton
London BiFest 2006	6 May 2006	'Doggett's Coat and Badge, Blackfriars Bridge, London	130+
Manchester BiFest 2006	23 September 2006	Lesbian and Gay Foundation, Manchester	60+
Brighton BiFest 2007	12 February 2007	Royal Albion Hotel, 35 Old Steine, Brighton	90+

Future events

Event	Dates	Venue
London BiFest 2007	19 May 2007	Doggett's Coat and Badge, Blackfriars Bridge, London

Manchester has announced that they intend to hold a BiFest in 2007, possibly in July. Sheffield are also looking at staging a Bifest.

See also

• Bi Community News
• BiCon (UK)

External links

• BiFest
• BiFest LiveJournal Community
• BiFest 1999

This article is based on a GNU FDL LGBT Wikia article: BiFest

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