THE LGBTQIA+ PARTY WITH DRAG RACE ROYALTY
More than an event. A movement of the most glorious, glittery humans.
Club nights, day parties and drag brunches across the UK. The biggest queens, the loudest anthems and the safest room in the city. Everyone welcome. Everyone looked after.
Where we're heading
Coming for your town
The next six stops. Dates and venues drop here first, with tickets on FIXR, Fatsoma, Skiddle, Eventbrite and Resident Advisor. Sign up and you'll hear before this page does.
The story of Glitterbomb
More than an event. A movement of the most glorious, glittery humans.
A room where everyone is welcome is good for everyone in it. Allyship happens on a dance floor. Community gets built one Tuesday at a time. That's what Glitterbomb is for: a great night and a safe one, where nobody has to check who they are at the door.
Voices from the room
What people say about Glitterbomb
Queens, DJs, crew and the crowd, in their own words.
Get the drop first
Presales, lineups and birthday treats
Tell us your nearest town so you only hear about nights you can actually get to. Add your birthday and we'll do something about it.
FIRST ON THE GUESTLIST, EVERY TIMEGet tickets
Every Glitterbomb city
The autumn and spring tour, city by city. When a date is confirmed its card gets a date, a venue and ticket buttons for every platform that carries it, so you can buy where you already have an account.
Nothing near you yet?
Tell us where you are
Nearest town is the first thing we look at when we plan the next tour. Sign up and you'll be first to know when we get to you.
The nights
Pick your flavour of chaos
Four formats. Same queens, same welcome, different hours.
The Club Night
Host, queens, DJ, games and glorious mayhem until late. The flagship, built for big rooms and uni towns. 18+ with ID.
The Day Party
Same energy in daylight hours. Sundays, freshers and Pride season were made for this.
The Drag Brunch
Bottomless everything with a show your afternoon did not see coming. Tables of friends and tables of strangers who leave as friends.
Bingo & Quiz
A hosted queen, cards, prizes and the kind of heckling you cannot buy. Sit down. Get loud.
Themed nights
No two Glitterbombs are the same
Every night has a theme and a dress code you can ignore. Some of our favourites from the archive.
The vibe
What you're walking into
Know before you go
Questions people ask
Do I need to be LGBTQIA+ to come?
What happens if someone makes me feel unsafe?
Is it accessible?
What age is it?
Which ticket site should I use?
Can I get a refund?
About Glitterbomb
Made by people who love the night out
Glitterbomb started on campus. Touring with Drag Race queens to UEA, Surrey, Royal Holloway and Kent taught us what a great night actually needs: a host who runs the room, queens who bring the house down, a DJ who reads the floor and a crowd that feels welcome the second they walk in.
Then came the official Pride Canterbury afterparties and Glitterbomb became the party that goes wherever it's invited. Now we're touring towns and cities across the UK, one loud, kind, glorious room at a time.
You do not have to be LGBTQIA+ to come. You just have to be up for it. Bring your friends, your mum, your hen do and your dancing shoes. Leave the attitude at home.
EVERYONE'S WELCOME. EVERYONE'S LOOKED AFTER.
The story of Glitterbomb
More than an event. A movement of the most glorious, glittery humans.
Glitterbomb started because too many nights out weren't safe or welcoming for LGBTQIA+ people, and the answer was to build one that was. What became clear very quickly was bigger than a party. A room where everyone is welcome is good for everyone in it. Allyship happens on a dance floor. Community gets built one Tuesday at a time.
It began on campus, touring with Drag Race queens to UEA, Surrey, Royal Holloway and Kent. Then came the official Pride Canterbury afterparties, and Glitterbomb became the party that goes wherever it's invited. Now we're touring towns and cities across the UK with 25 years of events and entertainment behind us and one rule in front: everyone gets to enjoy it.
That means tackling hate and violence wherever it shows up in the night-time economy, and standing with the work to end violence against women and girls. It's why we back Ask for Angela at every night, why we built The Glitter Standard, and why every venue we play is invited to prove it's a safe room rather than just say so.
Glitterbomb is a business, and we're proud of that. We make our money selling great nights, and that's what pays queens, DJs and crew properly, keeps welfare on the door, and lets us put our weight behind the campaigns and the Standard. A movement with a bar tab, if you like.
Campaigns we stand with
We don't need to invent the movement. We need to turn it up.
The big campaigns already exist and they're brilliant. Glitterbomb amplifies them at every night, on every stage and on every screen we own. Here's who we're on the same side as.
Same Side
Using sport and real stories to give boys and young men a better idea of what being a man can be, and to counter the manosphere's grip. We're on the same side. #SameSide
campaign.unwomenuk.org →Rainbow Laces
Stonewall's campaign for LGBTQ+ inclusion in sport. Rainbow Laces Day is 8 October and we'll be wearing ours on stage, behind the decks and on the door.
stonewall.org.uk →Ask for Angela
Ask any member of staff for Angela and they'll get you out of a bad situation discreetly. Live at every Glitterbomb night and part of our welfare briefing before doors.
askforangela.co.uk →Safe Spaces Now
UN Women UK's work to make public spaces safe for women and girls, including bystander training that gives people the confidence to step in. Our crew take it.
unwomenuk.org →We support these campaigns and link to them because we believe in them. None of them has endorsed Glitterbomb and we don't claim they have.
Dates that matter
The year, for the communities we stand with
Prides, awareness days and the moments that matter to LGBTQIA+, disabled and neurodivergent people and to the work to end violence against women and girls. We build the calendar around them.
The community we stand with
Building a community of people who want fun, safe and inclusive spaces for everyone
Glitterbomb supports these organisations. They do the hard work every day; we point our crowd at them and turn the volume up.
We support these organisations because we believe in what they do. Listing them here is our choice, not their endorsement.
What we stand for
Three things we will not bend on
The show is the point
Real queens, real vocals, a host who runs the room. We pay performers properly and on time, and we publish our performer standards.
The safest room in the city
A trained welfare presence at every event, a visible team and a zero-tolerance line on harassment. Ask any of us for help, any time.
Everyone in the room
LGBTQIA+ first, everyone welcome. Access requests never need proof. Nobody is made to feel like the problem.
The party proves the badge. The badge protects the party.
Our sister brand, The Glitter Standard, accredits venues that are genuinely safe and welcoming: staff trained, tested once a year without warning, badge removed if it slips. Glitterbomb is Glitter Standard approved, and venues that host us are invited in on pilot terms.
Sign up
First on the guestlist, every time
Presale links before they go public. Lineups before they're announced. New cities before anyone else hears. And on your birthday, a treat from us.
We only ask for what we use: your nearest town so we send you nights you can get to, and your date of birth so we can spoil you and understand who comes. We never sell or share your details.
For venues, universities and students' unions
Book a Glitterbomb night
We arrive turnkey: the show, the promotion, the ticketing, a trained welfare presence and the insurance. You bring the room. You keep everything that comes through the door and over the bar.
Fixed fees. Quoted in writing. Nothing hidden.
Club Night
Host, two queens and a DJ. The full flagship production.
Day Party
Same full cast for an afternoon into evening format.
Drag Brunch
Host, queen and party soundtrack. Ticketed food and drink format.
Bingo or Quiz
Hosted queen, cards, prizes, promo and ticketing. The easiest yes.
Corporate or private
Full cast, travel and dancers. Headline queen on request.
Multi-event and residency rates are priced down from these. Pride and festival shows are quoted per site. Fees exclude VAT where applicable.
Every fee includes
- The show. Host, queens and DJ sized to the format. Drag Race royalty on request.
- All the promotion. Artwork, socials, listings and a promo team. Your channels amplified, not replaced.
- Ticketing on the platforms your crowd already uses, with the sales data shared with you throughout.
- A trained welfare presence at every event.
- Production liaison with your tech, security and floor team.
- Insurance. Public liability for the show and the performers.
The maths, done honestly
No promised numbers. Just arithmetic you can check.Worked examples only. Every venue's numbers are different and we will build yours with you before you sign anything.
Make it bigger
of LGB+ people say they would visit pubs and bars more, and 30% would visit nightclubs more, if they felt safer. That is an audience with unmet demand. A Glitterbomb night is the easiest way to invite them into your room without changing anything about the rest of your week.
Source: YouGov for Police Crime Prevention Initiatives, 2021.
Three steps to your first night
- A call. Twenty minutes on your room, your crowd and your calendar. We run your numbers with you.
- A written quote. Fixed fee, format, date and add-ons on one page. Nothing moves after you sign.
- The night. We deliver the lot. You open the doors and keep everything that comes through them.
Prefer email? hey@glitterbomb.org
Join the team
Queens, DJs, photographers, promo crew
Glitterbomb is touring and every city needs its own people. Tell us who you are and where you're based and we'll match you to the nearest nights. Everyone gets paid properly and on time and we publish our performer standards. You need to be 18 or over with the right to work in the UK.
Drag performers
Hosts, lip sync, live vocals, games. Drag Race alumni and local royalty both welcome.
DJs
Pop, camp classics, dance and anthems. You read the floor, not a playlist.
Photographers and videographers
Low light, fast rooms, confetti. Recap videos and stills for socials.
Promo and welfare crew
Street teams, campus reps, door and welfare. Training given.
Accessibility
Everyone in the room includes everyone on this site
We want glitterbomb.org to work for disabled and neurodivergent people as well as it works for anyone else. This is what we've done and what we're still doing.
Built in
- Calm mode (top of every page) turns off moving glitter and the scrolling banner, removes tilts and shadows, softens colours and dims photos. Your choice is remembered.
- If your device asks for reduced motion, we respect it automatically.
- Text sizes scale with your browser settings. Nothing is locked to a fixed size.
- Keyboard works everywhere: a skip link, visible focus rings, and every button and form reachable by tab.
- Photos and logos carry alt text. Decorative images are hidden from screen readers.
- Forms have labelled fields and clear error messages. Nothing depends on colour alone.
Still to do
- A full WCAG 2.2 AA audit by an independent accessibility specialist.
- Venue-by-venue access details (step-free entry, accessible toilets, quiet space, ear defenders) on every event card once dates are confirmed.
- Easy-read and BSL versions of "know before you go".
Tell us
If anything on this site or at a Glitterbomb night gets in your way, email hey@glitterbomb.org. You never need to prove anything to ask, and we'll fix what we can and tell you honestly about what we can't.
Privacy
How we use your details
Glitterbomb Events is run by [legal entity name, to be confirmed], registered in England and Wales, ICO registration number [to be added once the owning company is confirmed]. We are the data controller for the information you give us on this site.
What we collect and why
- Email address and first name so we can send you the updates you asked for.
- Nearest town so we only send you nights you can realistically get to and so we know where to tour next.
- Date of birth so we can send you a birthday treat and understand the age range of people who come to Glitterbomb. Age data is only ever used in aggregate. This is optional.
- Booking enquiries from venues and SUs so we can reply and prepare a quote.
- Team applications (name, contact details, postcode, links and what you do) so we can match performers and crew to nights near them.
Our lawful basis
Marketing emails are sent on the basis of your consent, which you give by ticking the box on the sign-up form and can withdraw at any time using the unsubscribe link in every email or by emailing us. Booking enquiries are handled on the basis of our legitimate interest in responding to you.
Who sees it
Your details are stored securely with our website host (Netlify) and, once set up, our email provider [provider name] and are not sold, rented or shared with venues, ticket platforms or anyone else. Ticket purchases are made on the ticket platform you choose and are governed by their privacy policy, not ours.
How long we keep it
Until you unsubscribe, or three years after you last opened one of our emails, whichever is sooner. Booking enquiries and team applications are kept for two years.
Your rights
You can ask for a copy of what we hold, ask us to correct or delete it, or object to how we use it by emailing hey@glitterbomb.org. You can also complain to the Information Commissioner's Office at ico.org.uk.
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