Welcome to the website for BiCon® 2026
What's BiCon?
BiCon: a bisexual gathering for the community, by the community 🙂
It's a 'by the community, for the community' gathering of people under the bi+ umbrella (attracted to more than one gender, whatever they call their sexual identity) and their friends.
Unlike most Pride events, what happens is generated by the people who come: they will suggest sessions they'd like to run, the organisers will pick a balanced selection of those (some serious, some silly, some talky, some practical etc…) and put together a timetable. During the event, people will have a choice of which to go to at any particular time.
It is defiantly non-commercial: everyone involved in running it is a volunteer and the price to attend depends on your resources. There is no way to know who paid what to attend. People who pay more don't get a shinier badge or better seats or any other perk: instead we all get more lovely people at BiCon! Win!
It's also the UK's longest continually running annual LGBTQ+ event (and the world's longest running bisexual event!)
Do I need to be bi to attend?
Come as you are.
Absolutely not! While most attendees think of themselves as bisexual, bi, pansexual, pan, fluid, queer, m-spec, flexible, bi-curious, etc etc, others use lesbian / gay / straight or don't have a word for their sexual identity.
If we ask about people's identity, you don't have to answer (it's just to keep track of trends) and we don't have four or five tickboxes to choose between, because we know that for many people it's not that simple.
Whatever your identity, you do need to behave: we care about that a lot.
I'm trans and..
BiCon is where you can be yourself
Welcome! BiCon was an early adopter of accepting people's self-identified gender for all purposes at BiCon, including single-gender spaces, if any BiCon wants them.
We had the vote about what was already the policy in 1993 and to our knowledge there have been zero problems as a result since. It is not up for debate. If you disagree with it, we suggest you do not attend any BiCon.
Who's running it?
A small group of volunteers.
If you're interested in finding out what it involves, contact us!
You don't need to be responsible for all of it: there are things like…
… doing publicity and social media
… dealing with incoming email
… sorting session suggestions into a programme
… doing the tech for Online BiCon
that all need doing by someone, as well as 'on the day' things like being on the reception desk.
Where is it?
No matter where, no matter who, BiCon feels like coming home.
Nottingham.
It will be at Nottingham Girls' High School, the same venue as used in 2025, close to the city's Arboretum park. If you went to BiCon 2023, it's just up the hill from the venue that used.
It'll also be online!
When is it?
BiCon in bitopia
From around 4pm Friday 21st August to around 4pm on Sunday 23rd August 2026.
Where can I find out more?
… like an extended chosen family coming together, with all its love, quirks and history that act as glue in an amazing DIY project.
There's an email list for news about BiCon and similar events: send an email to BiCon-News+subscribe@groups.io to join it. You can unsubscribe at any point.
The main BiCon website has more on the event and its history.
There are BiCon websites online going back to 1996. You can find them (or their recreations) at the year.bicon.org.uk – so 2024's is at 2024.bicon.org.uk for example.
How can I contact BiCon 2026?
Email nextbicon@gmail.com.
What other events are there apart from BiCon?
If you're in the area, four weeks before BiCon 2026, Nottingham hosts Notts Pride. It's a community-based event rather than a commercial one. Definitely recommended.
BiCamp – "a 4 day camping event organised by and primarily for bisexuals and those who fall under the larger bisexual+ umbrella" that happens in the summer. 2026's will be on 28th-31st May at a new venue.
Bi Pride – a one day event, usually at the end of August / start of September, that's more like an indoors Pride 'festival', with stalls, an entertainment stage, plus panels of speakers.
2025's was cancelled, but we're sure 2026's will be as good as their previous ones. It'll be near King's Cross station on Saturday 29th August.
BiFest – a sort of one day BiCon, designed to be good for new people. There hasn't been one since Covid-19, but there will doubtless be more at some point.
London Bi Meetup – as well as its own socials, points people to other bi+ things, especially in and around London.
Bi+ World Meetup – an online socialising meeting that happens every three months.
Bi+ World Conference – a three day event, 28th-30th July 2026, just before the World Pride in Amsterdam. If you're interested, you need to let them know in advance: it doesn't look like people will be able to turn up on the day.
All quotes from BiCon 2024 attendees