BiCon is the UK National Bisexual Convention, a fun weekend-long festival for bisexual people and their allies, held at a different location in the UK each year. During the days there is a programme of discussions, talks, workshops and events to run alongside these such as film showings, treasure hunts, games and competitions. In the evenings there is entertainment and dancing.
28th - 31st August 2008, Leicester (Oadby Campus)
BiCon is an annual festival for bisexual people; their friends, partners and allies. BiCon is held in a different UK location each year. BiCon attracts between two and three hundred people each year and is the single biggest event in the UK bisexual calendar. This year BiCon was voted the third best LGBT event after Manchester and Brighton Prides.
The programme typically includes a wide variety of workshops and entertainments, ranging from support sessions and sessions dealing with political issues to opportunities to have fun and relax. Previous events have had threads such as 'Cultural Differences' and 'Spirituality', and there is usually a BiCon Ball, with a different theme each year.
People attend for all kinds of reasons. Many, obviously, are bisexual; some come to support their bi partners, family members or friends; some come out of curiosity or support. Some are veterans who have been coming to BiCon for years; others are first-timers (at 2007 nearly 40% of attenders were first timers). Some come along to engage in discussions about bisexuality and the issues surrounding it; others come mainly to socialise. Most people who attend enjoy the opportunity to spend some time where bisexuality is the norm and all kinds of identities are accepted.
BiCon is run by a different team each year, with a different website. This is a permanent home for BiCon on the Web. BiCon UK's permanent postal address is:
BM BiCon
27 Old Gloucester St
London
WC1N 3XX
UNITED KINGDOM
For questions about BiCon, contact the 2008 BiCon team on info@bicon2008.org.uk. This site is run by Paul Crowley.