Queer Contact 2026
About our events
Queer Contact is back with a bang! Featuring theatre, cabaret, art, film, line-dancing and more, join us for two weeks of brilliant queer work across the Contact castle.
What's On
Main Character Energy (Thursday 12th - Friday 13th February)
A beautiful and supremely talented black actress is putting on an autobiographical one woman show to finally take up the space she’s been so routinely denied. It’s your privilege, your honour and your pre-eminent pleasure to give her all the attention she deserves. Tickets from £10.
You're Not Getting Any Younger (Saturday 14th February)
This Valentine's Day, Chanukah Lewinsky thinks you should get out the house more because you're running out of options. A cabaret night for single people and their allies, non-ethical non-monogamy (just have the affair!), and anxious bisexual window shopping. Tickets from £5
Social Experiment - Queer Contact Edition (Thursday 19th February)
Social Experiment is a gathering at Contact for anyone interested in Live Art and contemporary performance to meet, chat, and try ideas out.
A free and informal, semi-regular evening event with the upcoming Queer Contact edition featuring work from Queer Artists. Free, no booking required.
Comedy at Queer Contact (Friday 20th February)
As part of this year's Queer Contact, join us for a hilarious evening of stand-up comedy, featuring a line-up of all queer comics curated and hosted by Ben Hodge. Tickets from £5
Less Like Ourselves, More Like Each Other (Saturday 21st February)
Artist and filmmaker Graham Clayton-Chance presents Less Like Ourselves, More Like Each Other, a body of work rooted in queer country and western dancing in San Francisco spanning his multi-award-winning film Last Dance at the Sundance Stompede and immersive installation developed for Queer Contact. Tickets from £3
Manchester Queer Art Market (Saturday 21st February)
The Manchester Queer Market will take over our building with lots of amazing queer artist stalls. Including independent businesses, artists, crafts, clothing, food, homeware + more, come down and support your local LGBTQ+ creatives!
A Northern Tr*nny Hootenanny (Saturday 21st February)
Join Trans Artist Hunter King in his gender journey of self discovery in his uplifting queer parody musical, maid in the Wild, Wild, North West, A Northern Tr*nny Hootenanny. Tickets from £10
DJ Mix-Stress (Saturday 21st February)
Mix-Stress closes the Festival with a post-show DJ set in the bar
