2025 LINEUP
FRIDAY DAYTIME
UpSkill Careers Afternoon and Researching the Rainbow Showcase
FRIDAY NIGHT
Our welcome party with drag performances, the #STUDENTPRIDE Awards topped off by the G-A-Y Heaven afterparty
SATURDAY DAY & NIGHT
The main Festival event, hosting the UK’s largest LGBTQIA+ student event, including celebrity stage panels, the community marketplace and so much more! We’re closing off with LGBTQIA+ club nights in Soho.
CELEBRITY INTERVIEWS
CAREERS FAIR
CLUB NIGHTS
BOTTOMLESS DRAG BRUNCH
THERAPY PUPPIES
SOHO DRINKS DEALS
#STUDENTPRIDE AWARDS
CELEBRITY INTERVIEWS CAREERS FAIR CLUB NIGHTS BOTTOMLESS DRAG BRUNCH THERAPY PUPPIES SOHO DRINKS DEALS #STUDENTPRIDE AWARDS
UpSkill
Friday Daytime
35 Marylebone Road
12:30pm / Registration Opens
1pm / Panel discussion:
Queer futures: thriving in the workplace with authenticity.
2pm / Assessment Masterclass Introduction
2:30pm / Masterclass: Confidence
3pm / Masterclass: Presenting
3:30pm / Masterclass: Interview Skills
4pm / Concluding Sessions:
Networking drinks 🍸
Headshots 👩🏻💼
CV Clinic 📝
5pm / Daytime Event Concludes
Friday Night
35 Marylebone Road
7:00pm / Doors open
7:30pm / Free entry drink then £3.50 / £1.50 drinks all night
8.00pm / Opening performances
8.30pm / National Student Pride Awards
9.00pm / Perfomance closing set and DJ Sets
G-A-Y HEAVEN - Embankment
10.30pm / Opening night with queue jump, free entry and £3.50 drink deals
SATURDAY
SATURDAY
Saturday Daytime
35 Marylebone Road
12:30pm -5.30pm
Free Goody Bags for the first 500 students through our doors
Music Stage and Quiet Zone
Therapy Puppy Hub
Careers Fair with 60+ brands and companies
Community Marketplace with 40+ creators and charities
1:30pm Main Stage and Bar Opens! hosted by Tia Kofi and Charlie Craggs
Queer Question Time
Panel Discussion: Access Denied? Reclaiming the Right to Inclusive Care
Headline Celebrity Interview | TBA
Lip Sync Battle
THE LIP SYNC BATTLE
The UK’s Largest LGBTQ+ Inclusive Student Recruitment Fair and Community Marketplace
CLUBBING AT
G-A-Y HEAVEN
at G-A-Y HEAVEN, EMBANKMENT
With a weekend wristband get:
Free Entry on the door
Queue Jump until 00:00
£3.50 Drinks deals all night