Homotopia 2025 is heading to the Unity Theatre in Liverpool

THE Homotopia Festival, which is an international LGBTQ+ arts festival held annually is heading to the Unity Theatre in Liverpool! Whether you're craving bold performance, riotous laughter or a moment of queer reflection, Homotopia Festival 2025 has you covered. Help kick things off at the Festival Launch Party, at Unity Theatre, starts at:- 6pm on:- 1 November 2025. If you would like to go, book your place online at:- Homotopia.Net.

"We have lots of more activity happening throughout the month, with over 70% of our programme free to attend, there's lots for you to get involved in. Step into the glitter-soaked world of Mr Blackpool's Seaside Spectacular for an evening of drag, dance and unapologetic joy. If you fancy something a little deeper, join us for An Evening With Dross, a mesmerising blend of ritual, film and queer resistance, or explore the roots of activism in Descendant Of A Rebel Dyke. Be sure not to miss Drag Down The Borders, featuring a phenomenal line up of drag, cabaret and burlesque legends from Liverpool and London. Be sure to catch our Young Homotopia and QueerCore Showcase celebrating fresh creative voices bursting onto the scene, while Remember Nature invites you to reconnect art and the environment in powerful new ways. However you choose to join the uprising, there's something unforgettable waiting for you at Homotopia." explained Bill Elms.

Interestingly the group are currently looking for a talented and passionate arts professional to join our team as:- Homotopia Festival Producer for 2026. If interested please go to:- Homotopia.Net, for more information.

Liverpool Halloween Carnival returns for 2025

EVERY Autumn, the nights grow longer, the air turns colder, and the line between worlds begins to blur. Halloween has always been about more than just costumes and sweets - it's a time to honour our ancestors, to gather in ceremony, to transform fear into celebration. This year, Katumba Halloween Carnival reclaims those deeper roots. Their theme for 2025 will be:- "Ancestral Spirits, Ritual Fire." The idea will be this theam will weave together the diasporic origins of carnival with the ancient pagan traditions of Samhain. Born from rituals of remembrance, resistance, and renewal, carnival is a living space where communities gather to drum, dance, and light the darkness with rhythm and spirit. By fusing Afro-diasporic beats with the fire and folklore of Halloween, the procession becomes both a homage and a reinvention. A living ritual that connects past to:- present, ancestry to community, darkness to light. Event information:-

When:- Friday, 31 October 2025.
Where:- Bold Street, Liverpool.
Beginning at:- 7pm.
Theme:- Ancestral Spirits, Ritual Fire.
Celebration:- 10 years of Katumba.

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