- Big Gay Out
"Faceparty's" Big Gay Out was a
United Kingdom livepopular music event, dance party andfun fair organized by the profile and communitywebsite Faceparty for theLGBT community, inLondon . It was held twice, in 2004 as part of London'sGay Pride , and again in 2005 separately from London Pride, both times inFinsbury Park . There was no Big Gay Out in 2006 due to theEuropride celebrations, however a third event was planned for 2007, but never materialized.A portion of the profits made went to charities including Stonewall.
Line-ups
Artists who performed at Big Gay Out:
2004 event
2005 event
The 2005 Big Gay Out had many reformed bands and come-back artists, including:
*
The Wurzels
*The Cuban Brothers
*Terri Walker
*Blazin' Squad
*Do Me Bad Things
*Tony Christie
*Jayme Ephraim
*Peter André
*Lemar
*Carnaval Collection
*Beverley Knight
*Sunset Strippers
*Bananarama
*The Porcelain Twinz
*Jenny Frost
*Killa Kela
*Human League
*Electric Six
*Girls Aloud
*Frankie Goes to Hollywood Goldfrapp in thePopstarz tentBabyshambles were scheduled to appear but, not entirely unexpectedly, did not show up.Contestants of the popular show "
Playing It Straight " also made an appearance, as did the 2005Mr Gay UK finalists.Graham Norton also appeared introducing some acts.External links
* [http://www.biggayout.com/ Big Gay Out official wesbite]
* [http://scene-out.com/gallery/showgallery.php?cat=719 Big Gay Out 2005 photos]
* [http://scene-out.com/gallery/showgallery.php?cat=592 Big Gay Out 2004 photos]
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