In partnership with Fabric
Rendezvous: Gathering Light is the first in a new series of queer-focused gatherings at BACKLIT, created to strengthen visibility, connection and creative exchange across Nottingham’s LGBTQ+ communities.
Whether you’re an artist, organiser or ally, this gathering offers space to meet people, share ideas and imagine new models of queer space-making in the city.
Programme:
Open Studios
3:00–7:00pm (Free)
Explore the studios, meet the artists and see work in progress throughout the building.
Protest + Presence Workshop
3:00–5:00pm
A making session creating visual materials for collective action, including signs and artworks for Pride 2026 and beyond.
Panel: Building Queer Space in Nottingham
5:30–6:30pm
A conversation on queer space, activism, community and infrastructures of care with Cj Barra (artist, Queer Notts Archive) and Matthew Chesney (Founder and Co-Director, BACKLIT), hosted by Jazz Swali (Curator, BACKLIT).
Break / Bar / Open Studios
6:30–7:00pm
Vegetarian Indian Buffet
7:00–8:00pm
With food from Bombay Deli.
Performance
8:00–8:30pm
Live performance by a guest artist (to be announced).
DJ + Performance Set
8:30–9:30pm
Aja Ireland closes the evening with a high-energy set.
Last entry: 8:30pm
Tickets £5:
https://fabric.dance/events/rendezvous-gathering-light/
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