UK Events to mark
Bi Visibility Day
23rd September

Bi Visibility Day, also known as International Celebrate Bisexuality Day, has been marked each year since 1999 to highlight biphobia and to help people find the bisexual community.

Once again the amount of interest in this website has doubled - in 2011 we drew twice as many visitors in 2010, and four times the traffic we saw in 2009. Thankyou to everyone who helped 'boost the signal!'

Please use the Contact Us box on the BCN website to let us know about events you are planning for 2012, big or small.

Our special thanks to BCN magazine and BiMedia.org for their help.

To find out about events the rest of the year we recommend the BiMedia website or the BCN twitter feed.

Hope you had a fab Bi Visibility Day 2011!

2011 saw Bi Visibility Day events in: Brighton • Bristol • Cardiff • London • Manchester • Swansea
Also far more online publicity than before thanks to people like BiMedia, AKT and Stonewall

Manchester
Thurs 23 September 2010

Bisexual Jeopardy

An evening of quiz fun, downstairs at Taurus Bar on Canal Street, the heart of Manchester's gay village. From 8pm. Marking International Celebrate Bisexuality Day and the sixteenth birthday of BiPhoria - now the UK's longest running bi group.

Accessibility: the function room is down one flight of stairs. You may prefer to buy drinks from the ground-floor bar before going downstairs if stairs are tricky for you.

Event Facebook group here.

There will also be a group "flyering-the-village" outing: meet 7pm outside Taurus for going on that!

London
Thurs 23 September 2010

London - Bi Social

Hackney. Evening pub meet to celebrate all things bi!
Where: Pembury Tavern, 90 Amhurst Road, Hackney E8 1JH
When: 7.30pm onwards, Thursday 23rd September
How to spot us: Look out for the pink/purple/blue bi pride flags (and maybe some party hats).
Accessibility: The pub has one level access entrance and a disabled toilet.

Sheffield
Sat 25 September 2010

Smutty Storytelling for Bi Visibility Day.

How better to mark International Celebrate Bisexuality Day than with Bisexual Smutty Storytelling, and a bit to eat beforehand. That’s what the Sheffield Bi Group have lined up with the fabulous Jacqueline Applebee, all the way from London for your delectation! Bisexuals, friends and allies welcome!

Saturday 25th September at 7pm at Rude Shipyard 89 Abbeydale Road, Sheffield, S7 1FE. Donations invited on the door (£5-10 suggested) to cover venue hire and speaker travel costs.

Winchester
Thurs 23 September 2010

A Crafty Bi Social!

Hyde Tavern, Winchester, from 8pm for chat, cake and crafts!

There will be a planned craft activity, but feel free to bring your own work and/or materials, as you wish.

There will be plenty of cake! (how else should we celebrate bisexuality?!)

Bristol
Thurs 23 September 2010

Bi & Allies Meetup for Bi Visibility Day.

6pm-9pm with warm invitation to get down to the Midnimo Centre in St Pauls (venue tbc) - details here

Edinburgh
Sat 25 September 2010

Bi Day

A host of fun lined up at the LGBT Centre for Health and Wellbeing, 9 Howe Street, Edinburgh: 1pm - 4pm.

Details here.

Cardiff
Thurs 23 September 2010

County Hall event & evening social

Afternoon: Join Bi Cymru/ Wales supported by Cardiff County Council for a launch and information event to celebrate bisexuality, tackle biphobia and promote understanding of bisexual people and their issues thoughout Wales for Bi Visibility Day. Bi Wales, the All-Wales bisexual network, representative and campaigning organisation will be on hand to answer any questions and discuss bi issues and solutions

Registration 1:30pm. Speeches and information stall 2-3pm. FREE Workshop: An introduction to bisexuality and bisexual issues in Wales, 3-4pm. Committee Room 3, County Hall, Cardiff County Council, Cardiff Bay. To rsvp: email: bicymru@yahoo.co.uk or simply turn up on the day.

Evening: Bi Visibility Day – Social
Join Bi Cymru/Wales for an evening of information on bi groups, events and issues across Wales and in the UK and meeting bi and bi supportive people. Open to anyone bi supportive, regardless of sexual orientation.
Thursday 23rd September. Central Cardiff Venue is being finalised at the moment. Email: bicymru@yahoo.co.uk, Text: 07982 308812 or join us on FaceBook for more information.

Brighton
Thurs 23 September 2010

Purple PubMeet and Quiz

Brighton Bothways' regular monthly PubMeet for September just happens to fall on Bi Visibility Day/International Celebrate Bisexuality Day so we want to make it a special evening. We're encouraging bisexuals and allies to wear purple but it's definitely not compulsory and we'll be having a Bi-themed pub quiz.

The venue is on the ground floor with a couple of steps.

The official end time is 10pm because that's the minimum time we'll stay until but people are very welcome to stay longer if the want. And you can drop in and out any time over the course of the evening (the Quiz will probably happen somewhen between 8-8-30)

Facebook event here.

Birmingham
Thurs 23 September 2010

Flash-mob for bi visibility!

Flash mob group hug in Victoria Square at 18.30.  Wear purple.

London
Thurs 23 September 2010
Extra event!

London Bi Meetup - the Bi Day meetup!

At The O Bar,Soho 7.30pm upstairs For more see the meetup page.

A grand day out for bis, their friends, partners and allies

From 1pm to 7pm, at LGF on the junction of Bloom Street and Princess Street: meet and mingle with bi and bifriendly folks, for workshops, arts and crafts, and to find out more about local group BiPhoria and other bi stuff like Bi Community News magazine. Marking International Celebrate Bisexuality Day and the fifteenth birthday of BiPhoria - now the UK's longest running bi group.

A social soiree for bis, their friends, partners and allies

Birmingham Bi Group will be meeting up for drinks and going on to a restaurant for a bi day meal.

A social soiree for bis, their friends, partners and allies

From 8pm, downstairs at Taurus bar, 1 Canal Street: meet and mingle with bi and bifriendly folks, find out more about local group BiPhoria and other bi stuff like Bi Community News magazine.

Here is the Facebook event page

International Celebrate Bisexuality Day at The Pembury Tavern, Hackney. We shall have bi pride flags (pink/purple/blue). Map/venue detals: www.individualpubs.co.uk/pembury/where.html

The Pembury has a good range of real ales and non-alcoholoic beverages, and serves food suitable for vegans/vegetarians/meat eaters. It has an accessible entrance/toilet.

Here is the Facebook event page

Smutty Storytelling for Celebrate Bisexuality Day.

How better to mark International Celebrate Bisexuality Day on 23rd September than with Bisexual Smutty Storytelling, and a bit to eat beforehand. That’s what the Sheffield Bi Group have lined up with the fabulous Jacqueline Applebee, all the way from London for your delectation! Bisexuals, friends and allies welcome!

Venue: Coop cafe on London Rd, Sheffield Time 7-10pm Sheffield group say, “The cafe will have yummy food at reasonable prices. You can bring your own wine (£2 corkage) and stories will start from 8.30pm.” The event is free, but donations for Jacqui’s travel costs for coming up from London would be welcomed.

Hot on the heels of the first Norwich LGBT Pride festival comes the city's first big party to mark International Celebrate Bisexuality Day.

The event will be at the Norwich Playhouse Bar St George's Street, with husband-and-wife DJ 78 and DJ Hilly - DJ 78 plays, well, 78rpm discs, mostly swing, early rock'n'roll, and such - but for this event he promises to mix it up a bit and play a bit of everything from the '20s til the present day (when did you last see gramophones next to normal record decks?) Hilly plays 7" singles, predominantly soul, Motown and disco. She will be delivering a 'high camp' set... making for a really 'up', party atmosphere. There's also talk of a balloon sculptor, making risque and silly balloon models for partygoers.

Then there'll be a stall with Pride merchandise and (of course) bi resources. At midnight there'll be the big announcement that it's the beginning of Bi Day itself. So: 8pm - 12:30am, 22nd Sept, and best of all... FREE ENTRY!

In 1999 the only event to mark the first International Celebrate Bisexuality Day in the UK was when a half-dozen bis gathered in a corner of Bar 38 on Manchester's Canal Street. From tiny acorns..!