Carve & stamp a patch of queer history, surrounded by botanicals

Calling all Divas, Dancing Queens and Queer Icons in the making! Get ready to light up the Holburne as we transform the Café and Terrace into a full-blown Silent Disco spectacular.

Join Joelle Taylor Winner of the T.S. Eliot Prize 2021 and the Polari Prize 2022 in conversation with Manganaro about her books C+NTO and its recent sequel Maryville

Join us at the Holburne, the originating home of Queer Bath as we close out this year’s festival in style.

Join us for a panel discussion and the launch of comic, ‘Disability, Queerness and me: An exploration of sexual experiences.’

Discover the stories of same-sex relationships in the Roman world in this talk by Dr Tatiana Ivleva

Reel Life Monsters are back with a bang! At No. 1 Royal Crescent, on June 23rd, they’ll be teaming up with Queer Bath and Queer Vision to bring you a one-of-a-kind double bill celebrating Mary Shelley’s ongoing influence on the world of horror: Re-animator and Frankenhooker.

Discussing with DIVA magazine, what queer journalism makes possible & why it still matters

Join us for a special screening of Morocco (1930) and a post-film discussion exploring Marlene Dietrich’s boundary-breaking legacy as one of cinema’s great queer icons.

Join historian and writer Eleanor Medhurst for an in conversation event exploring her acclaimed book Unsuitable: A History of Lesbian Fashion.

The clothes we wear can say a lot about who we are as people. Throughout history, clothes have been used to express political views, gender and sexuality, defiance of convention, and to spark joy in dark times.

LGBTQ+ focused zine-making workshop

Queer poetry takes to the stage; grip the open mic or be captivated by the performances

Gender is confusing. Aish and Eryn are definitely both a bit confused, even more so when other people are involved! Some people seem to think transition is a journey, but what if there’s no final destination?

The American Museum & Gardens is delighted to open our doors to welcome all to enjoy our extensive estate with spectacular views as part of Queer Bath 2026: A Citywide Celebration of LGBTQ+ Arts, Culture & Heritage.

We close the festival with a special screening of Céline Sciamma’s modern masterpiece Portrait of a Lady on Fire, shown in the Holburne’s atmospheric Picture Gallery.

Join established queer filmmakers and respected industry voices for an insightful conversation about queer storytelling, filmmaking craft, and the evolving landscape of LGBTQ+ cinema.

We open the Queer Bath Film Festival with a vibrant selection of shortlisted short films created by talented young and emerging queer filmmakers.

From the green carnation of Oscar Wilde to the quiet symbolism of violets, plants and flowers have long been used to express identity, connection and coded meaning within queer history.

Join us for an insightful and moving conversation that celebrates queer history, community, and the power of storytelling.

Join Jack Shoulder and Mark Small, writers and historians, and authors of Museum Bums, for a romp through the queer bums of history. What do Hieronymus Bosch, the Roman cult of Antinous, and the peach emoji have in common? But of course, butts, of course!

From a secret wedding in 1680, to explorations of grief and liberty in the 20th century and a search for bliss in 2223, ‘Callisto: A Queer Epic’’s poignant stories take inspiration from real life events as well as a look into what the future might hold.

This writing workshop will explore queerness & ecology with curiosity & poetic techniques.

In a crawlspace at the offices of Switchboard: a queer helpline in operation since 1974, Tash Walker and Adam Zmith discover dozens of log books kept by volunteers describing the phone calls they had taken; stories of a teenager kicked out of their home for dressing as the wrong gender; a lesbian terrified of having her baby taken away from her; a man arrested for chatting up another man in a public toilet; a young person wanting to know how to come out.

National Trust curator Dr Emily Roy, explores Messel’s time in Bath within the context of the life and work of this important figure in LGBTQIA+ history.

This unmissable performance night within the ‘Pride Was A Riot!’ exhibition will include poetry, drag, speeches, a trans clothes swap, and a mini art market (as well as maybe a cheeky open mic) Featuring: Astrid Solace, Pepper Wynters, safe T pin, Nix, and Evie Wright.

In this workshop we will play games, hear and read poetry, and do short writing exercises to explore literary devices available to us to neatly bring together even the most tangentially related thoughts and ideas.

Fresh from starring in the latest series of Taskmaster, Ania Magliano brings a brand-new show full of jokes, confessions, and occasionally unhinged observations to venues nationwide.