Skip navigation

Main menu

  • What's on
  • Art & Artists
    • The Collection
      Artists
      Artworks
      Art by theme
      Media
      Videos
      Podcasts
      Short articles
      Learning
      Schools
      Art Terms
      Tate Research
      Art Making
      Create like an artist
      Kids art activities
      Tate Draw game
  • Visit
  • Shop
Become a Member
  • DISCOVER ART
  • ARTISTS A-Z
  • ARTWORK SEARCH
  • ART BY THEME
  • VIDEOS
  • ART TERMS
  • SCHOOLS
  • TATE KIDS
  • RESEARCH
  • Tate Britain
    Tate Britain Free admission
  • Tate Modern
    Tate Modern Free admission
  • Tate Liverpool + RIBA North
    Tate Liverpool + RIBA North Free admission
  • Tate St Ives
    Tate St Ives Ticket or membership card required
  • FAMILIES
  • ACCESSIBILITY
  • SCHOOLS
  • PRIVATE TOURS
Tate Logo
Become a Member
Tate Britain Festival

Queer and Now 2017 Launching the Pride in London festival

24 June 2017 at 15.00–23.00
Photograph of two children in front of a projector

Flowers, 2006, object installation, dimensions 55 x 30 x 4 cm, with the kind courtesy of Aurora Reinhard and Zetterberg gallery

  • Open to all
  • TALKS AND TOURS
  • PERFORMANCE
  • WORKSHOPS
  • DROP-IN ACTIVITIES
  • FILM
  • MUSIC
  • Food and drink

Celebrate the launch of the 2017 Pride in London festival at Tate Britain

To celebrate the powerful role of the LGBTQ+ community in arts and culture, Queer and Now invites people of all ages and identities to join in a host of live performances, talks, music, film and dance from artists rooted in the UK's queer community.

Explore our landmark exhibition Queer British Art, 1861–1967 through music and lip syncing with artist Paul Maheke and musician Cédric Fauq, learn to vogue with Jay Jay Revlon, dance to DJ sets from Sink the Pink and DJ Ritu and enjoy a special selection of rarely seen films and documentaries from the BFI national archive. Plus, hear from a host of LGBTQ+ speakers, drop in to fun family-friendly activities for all ages, browse craft stalls from Etsy and Bar Wotever’s Queer Fayre, enjoy delicious local food, music, dancing and more.

Find out abut Queer and Now 2018
Download the 2017 programme

Open to all

Tate is committed to the creation of an open and welcoming environment for everyone. Members of Tate staff will be acting as designated Vibe Checkers throughout the ‘Queer & Now’ festival to ensure that all visitors are able to fully participate and enjoy their experience. If you overhear any exclusionary language or behaviour, come across a situation that makes you feel uncomfortable, or need to find a quiet, time-out space, Tate’s Vibe Checkers will be on hand to assist and respond.

Tate Britain is equipped with all-gender bathroom facilities.

Tate Britain

Millbank
London SW1P 4RG
Plan your visit

Date & Time

24 June 2017 at 15.00–23.00

In association with

Pride

TALKS AND TOURS

Left Right
  • Tour PAST EVENT

    BSL Tour: A Queer Walk Through British Art with John Wilson

    Explore how sexuality and gender identity has been depicted in British art

    Tate Britain
    24 Jun 2017
  • talks_lectures PAST EVENT

    Alex Pilcher: Art Gallery Gaydar

    Hear about the the challenges of uncovering queer art’s story

    Tate Britain
    24 Jun 2017
  • Sunil Gupta. Untitled from the series Reflections of the Black Experience 1986, printed 2010
    Tour PAST EVENT

    Sunil Gupta: Ten Years On and Other Stories

    Explore artworks addressing race, gender, homosexuality and AIDS

    Tate Britain
    24 Jun 2017
  • Left: Temi Wilkey as Drag King Cole, photo by Stephen Allwright. Centre: Lucy Hutson. Right: Del LaGrace Volcano. All images © the artists.
    Performance PAST EVENT

    Oriana Fox, The O Show – Female Masculinity

    Join a live web-TV talk show hosted by artist Oriana Fox

    Tate Britain
    24 Jun 2017
  • Two people in the archive looking at a book
    talks_lectures PAST EVENT

    Queer in the Tate Archive

    Explore queer identities and representations in Tate’s Archive

    Tate Britain
    24 Jun 2017
  • Tour PAST EVENT

    Pop-up Talks and Tours

    Hear personal perspectives on Tate Britain’s collection

    Tate Britain
    24 Jun 2017
  • Photo: Wikki Chalkin
    talks_lectures PAST EVENT

    Queer Politics Now: a Long Table with Vikki Chalklin

    Discuss the issues concerning LGBTQ+ people and activists

    Tate Britain
    24 Jun 2017
  • collage for othello
    talks_lectures PAST EVENT

    Joe Orton: Legacy and Influence

    Explore the life and work of the celebrated 1960s playwright

    Tate Britain
    24 Jun 2017

PERFORMANCE

Left Right
  • Photograph of a long haired person wearing a crown holding a banner which reads 'Beauty'
    talks_lectures PAST EVENT

    Bird la Bird: Going Down

    Uncover the lost lives of the queer dispossessed

    Tate Britain
    24 Jun 2017
  • Travis Alabanza poses with a tray of burgers
    Performance PAST EVENT

    Travis Alabanza: Left Outside Alone

    Engage with a powerful comment on queer culture in the arts today

    Tate Britain
    24 Jun 2017
  • Cruising for Art. Photo: Christa Holka
    Performance PAST EVENT

    Cruising for Art

    Cruise for your own, special art experience

    Tate Britain
    24 Jun 2017

WORKSHOPS

Left Right
  • A photograph from a family event in Tate Britain's Duveen galleries
    Workshop PAST EVENT

    Zinzi Minott: Movement 4 Queers

    Explore queerness through dance

    Tate Britain
    24 Jun 2017
  • People participating in a vogueing workshop
    Workshop PAST EVENT

    Jay Jay Revlon: Vogue Fem Workshop

    Learn to vogue and warm up for the party

    Tate Britain
    24 Jun 2017
  • Chatting Softly with Rotimi Fani Kayode and Audre Lord Daniel Brathwaite-Shirley, 3D rendered collage
    Workshop PAST EVENT

    Harold Offeh and Daniel Brathwaite-Shirley: Towards a Live Queer Archive

    Share narratives reflecting the diversity of contemporary queer culture

    Tate Britain
    24 Jun 2017

DROP-IN ACTIVITIES

Left Right
  • Paul Maheke, Mbu, 2017 - BMW Tate Live Exhibition: Ten Days Six Nights, Tate Modern. Photograph © Tate 2017 (Photographer: Brotherton-Lock)
    Workshop PAST EVENT

    Paul Maheke and Cédric Fauq: A Remix Moment

    Explore ways of queering the gallery by remixing and reusing materials and artworks

    Tate Britain
    24 Jun 2017
  • Under 5’s Explore the Gallery, Tate Photography, 2017, Alex Wojcik
    Tour PAST EVENT

    Ania Bas: Queer Walk Through British Art for Under Fives

    Experience Tate Britain through different materials

    Tate Britain
    24 Jun 2017
  • 8-14’s Studio with Raju Rage, Early Years and Families, Tate Photography 2017, Samuel Cole
    Workshop PAST EVENT

    Sink the Pink: Queer History Workshop

    Take part in life-drawing, a queer history quiz, pom pom and badge-making

    Tate Britain
    24 Jun 2017
  • Portrait of Umber Ghauri
    Workshop PAST EVENT

    Playing with gender: Face to face makeup workshops with Umber Ghauri

    Go beyond the binary with some masc realness and femme contouring

    Tate Britain
    24 Jun 2017

FILM

Left Right
  • Jo Hay, Shania
    Film PAST EVENT

    Lois Norman: She is Juiced

    Watch the premiere of Lois Norman’s creative documentary

    Tate Britain
    24 Jun 2017
  • Film PAST EVENT

    BFI x Tate

    See films exploring the stories and work of queer British artists

    Tate Britain
    24 Jun 2017

MUSIC

Left Right
  • LGBTQ Choir standing with arms in air
    Performance PAST EVENT

    Pink Singers Choir Performance

    Hear a choral performance from Europe’s longest-running LGBT choir

    Tate Britain
    24 Jun 2017
  • Man vogueing
    Performance PAST EVENT

    DJ Jay Jay Revlon

    Enjoy a special dance party with DJ Jay Jay Revlon

    Tate Britain
    24 Jun 2017
  • DJ Ritu at her turntables
    Performance PAST EVENT

    DJ Ritu

    Dance to sounds from Hollywood to Bollywood

    Tate Britain
    24 Jun 2017
  • Image of a party in Tate Britain
    Performance PAST EVENT

    Sink the Pink DJs

    Enjoy a DJ set and performance from the queer club collective

    Tate Britain
    24 Jun 2017

Food and drink

Artwork
Close

Join in

  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • YouTube
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
Sign up to emails

Sign up to emails

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Tate’s privacy policy

About

  • About us
  • Our collection
  • Terms and copyright
  • Governance
  • Picture library
  • ARTIST ROOMS
  • Tate Kids

Support

  • Tate Collective
  • Members
  • Patrons
  • Donate
  • Corporate
  • My account
  • Press
  • Jobs
  • Accessibility
  • Privacy
  • Cookies
  • Contact
© The Board of Trustees of the Tate Gallery, 2025
All rights reserved