Welcome to the website for BiCon® 2025
"BiCon is where I find my tribe"
What's BiCon?
"BiCon: a bisexual gathering for the community, by the community :)"
The UK's longest continually running LGBTQ+ event (and the world's longest running bisexual event!)
It's a 'by the community, for the community' gathering of people under the bi+ umbrella (attracted to more than one gender, whatever they call their sexual identity) and their friends.
Unlike most Pride events, what happens is generated by the people who come: they will suggest sessions they'd like to run, the organisers will pick a balanced selection of those (some serious, some silly, some talky, some practical etc..) and put together a timetable. During the event, people will have a choice of which to go to at any particular time.
It is defiantly non-commercial: everyone involved in running it is a volunteer and the price to attend depends on your resources. There is no way to know who paid what to attend. People who pay more don't get a shinier badge or better seats or any other perk: instead we all get more lovely people at BiCon! Win!
Do I need to be bi to attend?
"Come as you are."
Absolutely not! While most attendees think of themselves as bisexual, bi, pansexual, pan, fluid, queer, m-spec, flexible, bi-curious, etc etc, others use lesbian / gay / straight or don't have a word for their sexual identity.
If we ask about people's identity, you don't have to answer (it's just to keep track of trends) and we don't have four or five tickboxes to choose between, because we know that for many people it's not that simple.
Whatever your identity, you do need to behave: we care about that a lot.
I'm trans and..
"BiCon is where you can be yourself"
Welcome! BiCon was an early adopter of accepting people's self-identified gender for all purposes at BiCon, including single-gender spaces, if any BiCon wants them.
We had the discussion in 1993 and to our knowledge there have been zero problems as a result since. It is not up for debate. If you disagree with it, we suggest you do not attend any BiCon.
Where is it?
"No matter where, no matter who, BiCon feels like coming home."
Nottingham.
It will be at Nottingham Girls' High School, close to the city's Arboretum park. If you went to BiCon 2023, it's just up the hill from the venue that used.
When is it?
"bicon in bitopia"
Friday 25th to Sunday 27th July 2025.
Where can I find out more?
… like an extended chosen family coming together, with all its love, quirks and history that act as glue in an amazing DIY project.
The main BiCon website has more on the event and its history.
There are BiCon websites online going back to 1996. You can find them (or their recreations) at the year.bicon.org.uk – so 2024's is at 2024.bicon.org.uk for example.
What other events are there apart from BiCon?
On the Saturday of BiCon 2025, Nottingham hosts Nottinghamshire Pride. It's a community-based event rather than a commercial one.
BiCamp – "a 4 day camping event organised by and primarily for bisexuals and those who fall under the larger bisexual+ umbrella" that happens in the summer. This year's will be from Thursday 29th May to Sunday 1st June.
Bi Pride – a one day event at the end of August / start of September that's more like an indoors Pride 'festival', with stalls, an entertainment stage, plus panels of speakers. This year's will be on Sunday 31st August.
BiFest – a sort of one day BiCon, designed to be good for new people. There hasn't been one since Covid-19, but there will doubtless be more at some point.
All quotes from BiCon 2024 attendees