Festival Pass 2025

This pass grants you access to all performances, panel and in conversation events at The Coast is Queer 2025. Please note, workshops are not included in the Festival Pass and must be booked separately, while some events require registration.

Info for Festival and Day Pass Holders

Your pass gives you access to all Performances, Panels, and In Conversation events.

Some events have limited space , so you’ll need to book ahead.

To attend these, go to the EVENT PAGE and book through the Book Now link and choose:
“Festival or Day Pass Holder Free Registration”
Important:
• No booking = no guaranteed entry, even with a pass
• Spaces are first come, first served – book early
• If an event’s full, don’t worry—there’s lots more going on!

Events that need advance booking:
Friday
Mapping Culture and Connection Workshop
Queer Publishing Day: Agent Industry Panel Please note, this event is now waiting list only
Queer Publishing Day: Publisher Industry Panel: Building a Queer List in a Straight Industry Panel Please note, this event is now waiting list onlyQueer Publishing Day: Getting Your Work Out There: How to break through the algorithm, interest the press and spread the word about queer books Panel Please note, this event is now waiting list only

Saturday
Do You Believe In Life After Loss? Panel Please note this event is now waiting list only
Exploring the Queer Archive Panel
Truth and Daring Panel Please note this event is now waiting list only
Not that Innocent Panel Please note this event is now waiting list only
Making the Queer Archive Saturday Please note this event is free but requires you to book for capacity reasons
Horrifyingly Queer Panel Please note this event is now waiting list only

Sunday
3000 Lesbians Go to York: Film Screening + Q&A Panel
A Morning with Damian Barr and Curtis Garner
Mapping Culture and Connection Workshop
queertext + liveart: Writing the Queer Body-ody-ody-ody (Mwah) Please note this event is free but requires you to book for capacity reasons
Making the Queer Archive Sunday Please note this event is free but requires you to book for capacity reasons
The Coast is Queer Care Cafe with Lois Weaver Please note, this event is now waiting list only

Workshop events not covered in the festival pass which must be paid for separately are:
Friday
The Queer Girls Book Club presents Christina Fonthes Workshop
Relatively Queer: Writing Toward Concealed Queerness in the Family Archive Workshop

Saturday
Developing Your Non-Fiction Workshop Please note this event is now waiting list only
Zine Making Workshop with Jacob V Joyce
Fun With Form with Travis Alabanza Workshop Please note this event is now waiting list only

Sunday
Letters to My Little Trans Self Workshop

Some events yet to be announced may also require registration, which we will notify you about.

Festival Pass 2025

Festival & Day Passes

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