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Glasgay Until Sun 08 Nov 2009 in Glasgow Glasgay is Scotland's annual celebration of gay and lesbian culture. The festival is a multi-artform event which takes place at dozens of venues across this fabulous city. The month-long event presents a varied programme of top acts and new artists from around the world with events spanning comedy, music, film, theatre, visual art, performance art, literature, club nights, education events and community arts projects. The programme always features international, national and local artists. Since the festival's inception in 2002, the audience has quadrupled and now attracts close to 25,000 people each year. more »

Mother City Queer Project Festival Until Thu 31 Dec 2009 in Cape Town Borne out of a much smaller event that was held back in 1994, the annual Mother City Queer Project Festival (MCQPF) is one of biggest gay and lesbian events in the city. more »	Winter Party Festival Until Wed 31 Mar 2010 in Miami Miami's annual Winter Party Festival is a flamboyant affair for the city's vibrant lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) communities. more »
HERO Festival Until Mon 01 Mar 2010 in Auckland Billed as a polysexual celebration, the HERO festival ruffles a few society feathers with such events as the Big Gay Out, the Drag King Workshop and the Lesbian Tea Dance but Auckland's gay and lesbian festival has been going since the 1980s, reinventing itself with a new look each year while sticking to its cornerstone events. more »	Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Until Mon 01 Mar 2010 in Sydney The Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras began in 1978 as a parade down the city's Oxford Street to mark International Gay Solidarity Day (in commemoration of the Stonewall Riots in New York's Greenwich Village). more »

Coming up...

Miami Gay and Lesbian Film Festival (MGLFF) Until Sun 30 May 2010 in Miami Featuring a packed programme of culturally diverse films, the festival aims to enrich, entertain and educate the public through films that offer historical and contemporary perspectives on the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender experience. more »	London Burlesque Festival Until Fri 30 Apr 2010 in London Over the past decade the art of Burlesque has grown to near mainstream popularity in North America. more »
Lesbian and Gay Pride Day Until Mon 31 May 2010 in Brussels Lesbian and Gay Pride Day in Brussels attracts around 15,000 participants and visitors to a full programme of events, running way past midnight. more »	Zurich Pride Until Wed 30 Jun 2010 in Zürich Each year thousands of revellers throng the streets of Zurich for this colourful celebration, which is one of the largest gay and lesbian events in Switzerland. more »
Paris Lesbian and Gay Pride Until Wed 30 Jun 2010 in Paris Celebrating its large gay and lesbian communities, Paris lives up to its liberal reputation with its annual Lesbian and Gay Pride, an event that has become one of the biggest and best celebrations of its kind in the world. more »	Christopher Street Day Parade Until Wed 30 Jun 2010 in Berlin Christopher Street Day (CSD) Parade is an enormous outdoor gay and lesbian party that has taken place every summer in Berlin since 1979. more »
Pride Week Until Wed 30 Jun 2010 in Toronto Up to a million people take to the streets to enjoy this week-long, fun festival of arts and culture celebrating humanity's diverse sexual and gender identities, histories, cultures, families, friends and lives. more »	Bordeaux Lesbian and Gay Pride Until Wed 30 Jun 2010 in Bordeaux More reserved than some of France's other Pride events, the Bordeaux Lesbian and Gay Pride is heavy on its political message. more »
West End Festival Until Wed 30 Jun 2010 in Glasgow This old fashioned community festival and street party takes place in a district of old stone houses and broad streets among parks and open spaces. more »	Oslo Gay and Lesbian Film Festival (OGLFF) Until Wed 30 Jun 2010 in Oslo Part of the city's Gay Pride Week known as 'Skeive Dager', the annual festival screens a wide variety of feature films, shorts, animations and documentaries with a gay, lesbian, bisexual or transsexual theme. more »
Lisbon Pride Until Wed 30 Jun 2010 in Lisbon Thousands of revellers pack the city's streets for this annual event which is the highlight of the city's gay and lesbian calendar. more »

NB: While every care has been taken to ensure the information provided is accurate, we advise you to check with the event organisers before travelling to confirm the details are correct.