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Queer Arts Festival 2025
Queer Arts Festival Leuven is a celebration of queer culture, identity, and imagination. With a program full of art, performance, film, and encounters, we create space for queer voices in the heart of the city.
Queer Arts Festival Leuven is a celebration of queer culture, identity, and imagination. With a program full of art, performance, film, and encounters, we create space for queer voices in the heart of the city. The festival invites connection, celebration, and critical reflection—for queer people and allies, in all shapes and sizes.
Opening Night
10/10/2025 | STUK Arts Centre
We open the second edition of our Queer Arts Festival with a vibrant party at STUK.
Welcome to the Gentle Boys Club where stereotypical gender roles are questioned with an anti-patriarchal slow dance workshop from Lisa Vereertbrugghen. Musicians Porcelain ID and Youniss kick off the party with a tribute to one of the greatest pop icons ever: Prince. The duo presents an extravagant reworking of the legendary Purple Rain from 1984.
Meanwhile, you can visit the cinematic exhibition by Uzbek Saodat Ismailova. Or how about the video work of American artist Martine Gutierrez, about gender identity and personal transformation?
Afterwards, we enjoy the moonlit night at STUKcafé with the Gentle Boys Drag Show and DJ Straight Again and Georgy Gorgeous. Let’s Go Crazy!