Fluid Festival

A space to celebrate women, genderqueer and non-binary identities

Fluid Festival

At Gammel Strand – one of the most beautiful spaces in the center of Copenhagen – we proudly delivered a nine-day colorful program of performances, debates, speeches, and installations.

The program provided a representation of women, genderqueer and non-binary identities and embraced, respected and challenged the understanding of gender expression. Focusing on the fluidity of gender expression, sexual orientation and gender identity, Fluid Festival offered up an inclusive space for female-identified, non-conforming and non-binary people.

Fluid Festival at Gammel Strand.

A daytime political festival included both speakers and international activists and a daily spot, Writers Voice, where writers from around the world share their poetry. As day turned to evening, we created atmospheric summer evenings with performances complemented by large lounge areas, dining areas, drinks bars, areas for outdoor plays, six wooden rafts floating in the canal and a ramp down to the water.

The Festival was a great opportunity opportunity for experiences, meetings, presence, love, celebration – a unique opportunity to be exactly who you are in the safe understanding that #YouAreIncluded. We were delighted to welcome tens of thousands of people to Fluid Festival during the event.

Fluid Festival had a zero tolerance approach to any kind of discrimination and stigmatization.

Some of the artists who appeared at Fluid Festival.

Program

Friday 13 August 

Opening Event 

Artist: Freja Kirk (DK) / HOUSEFRAU (DK) 

Saturday 14 August 

Talk with Sophie Labelles (CA): Sophie Labelles serious trans vibes 

Writers Voice: Anna Nygreen (SE), Chief (DK), Alex Alvina Chamberland (SE) 

Artist: Ida Nielsen & The FunkBots (DK) / Ena Lind (DE) 

Sunday 15 August 

Talk with Emily Gorecenski: The New White Supremacy in Europe and the US 

Writers Voice: Niviaq Korneliussen (GL), Bente Clod (DK), Karin Lützen (DK) 

Artist: FLOR (DK) / Nina Kreutzmann (GL) / Lisa Dillan – Elvis the Quiet Quiet Way (NO) 

Monday 16 August 

Talk with Ann Sofie Sverdrup, Oli Lipski, Jo Pollux: Queer porn rebellion 

Writers Voice: Luka Holmegaard (DK), Lucy Ludvigsen (DK), Johanna Essie Sjögren (SE) 

Artist: Raspy Berries (DK) / Rikke Thomsen (DK) / O/RIOH (DK) 

Tuesday 17 August 

Talk with DJ Turkish Delight, SuzieTheCockroach, DJ Balaclava og Sophie Westh: “You’re pretty good for a…”: Women and QTBIPOCS in the music scene 

Writers Voice: Marie Bjørn (DK), Elizabeth Japsen (DK), Maya Sharma (IN) Reading of Abelone Koppel or Annemette Lorentzen, Lisa Quartey (SE) 

Artist: Papayɛ (DK) / Mekdes (DK) / Mendoza (DK) 

Wednesday 18 August 

Talk with Aka Hansen, Tone Frank, Sylvia Thomas: Decolonising queer activism 

Writers Voice: Sylvia Thomas (US), Xenia Klein (SE), Charlotte Inuk 

Artist: Karina Willumsen (DK) / ELYSS (DK) / Michelle Gurevich (CA) 

Thursday 19 August 

Talk with Lily Dragoeva (BG), Valentina Likhoshva (RU), Kristine Garina (LV), Julia Machiocha (PL): Frontline organisers in Russia and eastern Europe 

Writers Voice: Kristina Nya Glaffey (DK), Louise Haugaard Jørgensen (DK), Aaiün Nin (Angola) 

Artist: The Songbirds Collective (DK/GB) / Falden Rysgaard (DK) / Baby in Vain (DK) 

Friday 20 August 

Talk with Linda Riley (UK), Beck Strohmer (US): Solidarity and infighting in the LGBTI+ movement 

Writers Voice: Maja Lee Langvad (DK), Robin Spegel (SE), Jeuno Kim (SE) 

Artist: Jordan Jackson (GB) / Rosa Lux (DK) / DJ Rikke Bronx (DK) 

Saturday 21 August 

Artist: Ukulellur (IS) / Jodeladies (DK) / Sys Bjerre (DK) / DJ Ashibah (DK)

Artists appearing at Fluid Festival include
  • Freja Kirk
  • HOUSEFRAU
  • Ida Nielsen & The FunkBots
  • DJ Ena Lind
  • Nina Kreutzmann
  • Lisa Dillan – Elvis the Quiet Quiet Way
  • Raspy Berries
  • Rikke Thomsen
  • O/RIOH
  • Papayɛ
  • Mekdes
  • Sys Bjerre
  • Karina Willumsen
  • ELYSS
  • Michelle Gurevich
  • The Songbirds Collective
  • Falden Rysgaard
  • Baby in Vain
  • Jordan Jackson
  • Rosa Lux
  • DJ Rikke Bronx

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Writers appearing in the Fluid Festival Writers Voice include
  • Anna Nygreen (SE)
  • CHIEF (DK)
  • Alex Alvina Chamberland (SE)
  • Niviaq Korneliussen (GL)
  • Bente Clod (DK)
  • Karin Lützen (DK)
  • Luka Holmegaard (DK)
  • Lucy Ludvigsen (DK)
  • Johanna Essie Sjögren (SE)
  • Marie Bjørn (DK)
  • Elizabeth Japsen (DK)
  • Maya Sharma (IN) reading by Abelone Koppel or Annemette Lorentzen
  • Lisa Quartey (SE)
  • Sylvia Thomas (USA)
  • Xenia Klein (SE)
  • Charlotte Inuk
  • Loise Haugaard Jørgensen (DK)
  • Aaiún Nin (Angola)
  • Maja Lee Langvad (DK)
  • Robin Spegel (SE)
  • Jeuno Kim (SE)
Activists appearing in the Fluid Festival Talk programme include
  • Sophie Labelles (CA): Sophie Labelles serious trans vibes
  • Emily Gorecenski: The New White Supremacy in Europe and the US
  • Ann Sofie Sverdrup, Oli Lipski, Jo Pollux: Queer porn rebellion
  • Aka Hansen, Tone Frank, Sylvia Thomas: Decolonising queer activism
  • Lily Dragoeva (BG), Valentina Likhoshva (RU), Kristine Garina (LV), Julia Machiocha (PL): Frontline organisers in Russia and eastern Europe
  • Linda Riley (UK), Beck Strohmer (US): Solidarity and infighting in the LGBTI+ movement

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