BiCon is the annual get-together of the UK bi community and its friends.
As there's been one every year since 1984 (and two in 1985!) it is the UK's longest running annual LGBTQ+ event.
This year's will be in London at the end of November/start of December, close to the 40th anniversary of the first one. (Hence the look of this website: it's not that we can't do pretty ones with lots of graphics, but BiCon predates Windows, never mind the Web.)
As with Bi Pride, you don't need to identify as being in the Bi+ family (bisexual, pansexual, polysexual, multisexual, omnisexual, fluid, etc etc) to attend, but there are some differences.
Compared to Bi Pride..
.. it's a multi-day event, not a single day. This year it will be over a weekend. Other recent ones have been three or four days long
.. it's more of a DIY event. At one, everyone who'd helped in some way was given a particular sticker for their name badge – by the end of the event, well over half of the attendees had been given one
.. there are far more discussions and practical sessions than 'four people on a panel' ones. Some are serious, some very much not so. There is usually space in the programme to add ones on the day (see that comment about it being a DIY event!)
.. there isn't a performance stage during the day, but there will be a Saturday evening party
.. it's smaller in terms of numbers of attendees
.. most have been residential: you've been able to stay onsite. This year's won't be, being in London
.. it doesn't have sponsorship, so it's not free. It's not expensive though, and there will be a sliding scale for ticket prices.
Interested? Email us to be kept in touch.
In the meantime, if you want to know more, have a look here as well as the rest of this site.