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LGBT+ artists to shine spotlight on social equality at GFEST

Besi Besemar October 11, 2018

The annual November LGBT+ entertainment and cross-art event GFEST ā€“ Gaywise FESTivalĀ® launches on Monday, November 12 at Alexandra Palace, Palm Court.

GFEST aims to promote ‘All Arts’ by LGBT+ artists. Everyone is welcome to attend the events, to see the artistic excellence that addresses LGBT+ equal rights and reduce possible discrimination.

The theme for this years festival which runs from November 12-to 24 is #SociallyEQUAL.

For the launch event organisers are presenting a free entry evening full of live acts presenting music, dance, acapella andĀ performance poetry.

For a full list of festival events, click here:

GFEST artistic director Niranjan Kamatkar is excited about presenting the festival in this new format.

Niranjan Kamatkar
Niranjan Kamatkar

He said: ā€œAfter 10 successful years of GFEST, we are opening up the programme.Ā  The new GFEST format enables other artists, groups to organise their own LGBT+ arts events and promote them via the GFEST website. This is just the start for the new GFEST and we have some more plans for the future. We plan to make it more interactive and far-reaching by using the online tools.ā€

Organisers are inviting audiences to engage with the festival by booking the GFEST 2018 Launch event, featuring a spirited star-studded soiree by performers of The Cocoa Butter Club, artists Alice Boland-Rhodes, Charan Singh, dancer Sanjay Shetty, digital artist Katy Jalili, acapella act TStarNay, and many more…Ā  It is billed as an absolutely ā€œunmissable and MUSTā€ evening full of LGBT+ arts, videos, music, performers, spoken word and live acts.

To book tickets for the GFEST launch, click here:

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