Creative Spaces
Art studios, maker spaces, and creative communities led by queer artists
Queer and sex-positive communities have always made their own culture. Studios, makers' collectives, darkroom exhibitions, and artist-run spaces populate this category: places where the work is honest, sometimes explicit, and always made with intention. If you're a creative looking for community, start here.
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Manchester Village Pride 2026
Pride in our Village. Power to our people.
Sapphic Screening: Bottoms
A sapphic film screening and social in Edinburgh
West Art Collective Presents: Flesh at Antwerp Mansion
Halloween art, performance and workshops at Antwerp Mansion
Kendal First Friday
A monthly LGBTQIA+ community meetup in Kendal
Collage Circle
A monthly creative collage circle for women
An Evening of TROUBLE!
A celebration of learning, confidence and performance in Hull
Brum’s Queer Market
Shop queer, support local and meet community in Birmingham
Liverpool Trans Pride Bazaar
Celebrate Liverpool Trans Pride and shop from more than 20 trans+ artists
Mattina
Queer-led Italian coffee, comfort food and community in MediaCity
Broadway Comedy Cabaret
Six musical-theatre performers present Broadway’s funniest songs.
Bitches in Stitches Comedy Night
An all-female stand-up comedy night hosted by Natalia Schwartz.
Women in Comedy Festival: Quirks & Foibles: Sketch Show Bingo!
An interactive combination of sketch comedy and bingo from a three-woman group.
Women in Comedy Festival: Diane Spencer: Coming Together
Adult stand-up about sexual mishaps, parents and psychics.
Women in Comedy Festival: Stanela Khalil: Beirut-ish
Lebanese and Dublin wit meet in a comedy show about immigration, womanhood and belonging.
Women in Comedy Festival: Charis King: Wummy
A one-woman character comedy exploring motherhood and ambition.
Women in Comedy Festival: Chloe Reynolds: Dissonance WIP
A work-in-progress comedy hour about oversharing, contradiction and trans experience.
Women in Comedy Festival: CK Nath: A Bit of Foreign Stuff
Stand-up, storytelling and characters exploring India, Britain, identity and belonging.
Women in Comedy Festival: Hayley Ellis
A brand-new work-in-progress hour of fresh jokes and ideas from Hayley Ellis.
Women in Comedy Festival: Hajar, Like Badger
Musical comedy from a British-Iranian stand-up exploring faith, identity, rebellion and belonging.
Women in Comedy Festival: Thao Cao: What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Funnier
Bold personal comedy about racism, names and near-death experiences.
Women in Comedy Festival: Tasmin Sarkany: Now That’s What I Call Bach!
Character and musical comedy featuring a classical musician and violin.
Women in Comedy Festival: Sam Hickman: First Woman
A comedy harp concert combining original songs, stand-up and elaborate costumes.
Women in Comedy Festival: Sardines: In Butter
Fast-paced, absurd sketch comedy from all-female trio Sardines.
Women in Comedy Festival: Reb Day: Work in Progress
A work-in-progress show about impulsivity, outside noise and whether to have a baby.
Women in Comedy Festival: Millie Malone: Ooh-Er, Fraulein!
A debut comedy hour promising silliness and cheekiness from the half-German comic.
Women in Comedy Festival: Connie B'Arsd: Aging (Dis)gracefully + Friends
Comedy cabaret and burlesque with a distinctive take on musical-theatre classics.
Women in Comedy Festival: Celine Kuklowsky: Bed Boy
Existential lie-down comedy about bodies and a world that feels as though it is breaking.
Women in Comedy Festival: Bella Humphries: Big Sister Energy
A stand-up hour bringing Bella Humphries’ candid big-sister energy to family life.
Women in Comedy Festival: Teresa Livingstone: Nice Lady
Musical comedy from the Northern Irish pianist, singer and comedian.
Pole Sisters Bolton
Every body belongs on the pole
Blush Dance Stockport
Find your strength, your confidence and your people in the air
Siren Asylum
Alternative fitness for women and women-aligned people who want to feel powerful
GFFDamian Dance Studio
Come as you are and discover what your body can do
Alternative Pride 2026
Queer joy grows differently when it is rooted in community
The Alternative Bazaar Manchester
Manchester’s curated night market for the weird and wonderful
The Alternative Bazaar Liverpool
Liverpool’s curated night market for alternative makers