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Amsterdam Gay Men’s Chorus

The Amsterdam Gay Men’s Chorus is the largest gay men’s chorus in the Netherlands, aiming to create a friendly and accepting environment for gay men who love to sing and dance. We strive to be an...

Atlanta Gay Men’s Chorus

Founded in 1981 the Atlanta Gay Men’s Chorus (AGMC) became the first LGBT chorus in the South and only the fifth in the world. It was history-making then, and it still is today. The AGMC is...

Barberfellas

The Barberfellas - or ‘Barbies’ for short - is a vocal ensemble made up of friends who enjoying singing together. We first gathered in aeach others' living rooms in 2010, because we wanted to...

Since 2014, BGMC has been an independent, non-profit association focused on lifelong learning, shows that are accessible for the Deaf community, and charitable causes. Made up of male voices, it has...

Barcelona Rainbow Singers

Founded in 2010, Barcelona Rainbow Singers is Barcelona’s mixed LGBTQA+ choir that sings four part, and the first LGBTQA+ in the Iberian península. At the moment we are around 50 singers of...

Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus

Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus is a space where people can celebrate music, celebrate their sexuality, enjoy the fellowship of other like-minded people and contribute to the local communities of which we...

Bristol Gay Men’s Chorus

We're a male voice performance led group, based in Bristol in the South West of England. We launched the choir in 2019 but only really got started towards the end of 2021 after relaxed lockdown...

canta:re

Lesbian and gay musical enthusiasts united in a big Berlin choir – this idea was put into practice in 2002 when canta:re was founded. Characterised by diversity, canta:re is a happy crowd of more...

Cantatori del Duomo

Founded november 1990, we are a gay choir that proudly and passionately sings about all the beautiful and sometimes difficult sides of life. Cantatori del Duomo presents a colourful repertoire of...

Cantus Obliquus

Cantus Obliquus means "contradictory singing". The choir was founded in 1986 and has grown into a dynamic choir. We are the oldest mixed gay choir in the Netherlands. Cantus Obliquus is a mixed pink...

Carmen Curlers

In 1991 Four gay men got the idea to establish a choir for gays and lesbians, and soon the first rehearsal could take place in the attic of the renowned Pan Gay Club in Copenhagen. Since then, the...

Checcoro

Checcoro is an a cappella choir founded in 2010 and is the first LGBTQ+ choir in Milan consisting of people of all sexual orientations and gender identities. Our choir supports and promotes a...

Choir+

Choir Plus Madrid (CHOIR+) breaks into the choral panorama of Madrid as a group of male voices, which through choral music seeks to promote inclusion and respect for diversity in an environment that...

CHOREOS

Choreos is a group of people of any gender identity and sexual orientation who promote inclusion and multicultural activities. We fight against any form of discrimination, in particular...

Classical Lesbians

Classical Lesbians - that means a capella music filled with energy and joy - we are about 20 enthusiastic singers from Berlin who are united by their love for women and for classical choir music. We...

De Homofone

We are a mixed Copenhagen-based choir originally mostly comprising lesbians and gays. With more than 25 members and more than 25 years history the repertoire consists of older and newer songs of...

Die Mainsirenen

The Mainsirenen (yes, we are the sirens of the Main, the beautiful river that runs through Frankfurt) cultivate a-capella singing (apart from occasional piano accompaniment), sung in four-part...

Die Tollkirschen

The choir was founded in 1993 as "Kirschblüten" in Leipzig. It is the first and the only gay choir in the eastern side of Germany. In 2003 we have changed choir leader and the name too. Since this...

Die Trällerpfeifen

The gay men's chorus of Nuremberg, Germany started out in 1997 under the name Plärrboys. In 2000 we took part in the gay chorus festival “Südluscht” in Stuttgart and renamed themselves for this...

Die WEIBrations

The name WEIBrations pronounced “Vibrations” is a wordplay with “Weib” being an old word for woman. The choir was started in 1994 a handful of lesbians, who practiced in their conductor's sitting...

dIETAKTLOSEN

We started in 1997 in the vault of a disused bakery in the south of Cologne, where the lesbian and gay community (as it then was) held weekend parties. So, what could be better than a choir where...

Diversity Choir

Diversity Choir is celebrating 30 years as London's original lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans chamber choir. We usually have about 60 members and rehearse in famous churches around the City of...

Doodles

Doodles is a gay men´s chorus based in Prague. We have around 35 members of all ages and professions and we sing a colourful palette of musical genres including renaissance music, folk songs,...

Dublin Gay Men’s Chorus

Established in 2012, Dublin Gay Men's Chorus is Ireland's only all-male choir offering a fresh approach to choral singing. Over the years, we have sung a wide variety of music — from classic to...

DynamiQ Voices

DynamiQ Voices is the first queer choir of the city of Utrecht (Netherlands) where young members represent the colourful LGBTQIA+ community. We’re open to all young people from the LGBTQIA+...

Edinburgh Gay Men’s Chorus

The Edinburgh Gay Men's Chorus was founded in 2007 by our music director, James, with the help of a small group of friends. We set out to create a fun, supportive, social group for gay men that also...

EQUIVOX

The choir was created in 1989 by a dozen friends to participate in the Gay Games in Vancouver. Since then, Equivox has performed about ten concerts each year and has taken part in many events in...

European Queer Choir

We are 26 singers from 6 different European countries, led by Music Director Ian Akroyd and accompanist Jenny Wattis. We perform mainly at festivals - Gala Festival 2016 in Denver, USA, UK &...

Fuori dal Coro

Founded in Bergamo (Italy) in 2016, it is a choir of "different" voices: they like singing, including and feeling good together... Come to Bologna and see them performing at the Festival!

Galakoor

Galakoor is a queer choir that sings classical music. We are based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Since 2013 we have been singing yearly several oratorio works and song repertoire. Sometimes...

GALS – Auckland’s Rainbow Choir

We are a non-auditioned community choir based in Auckland, New Zealand. Going strong since 1992. It was the first-established gay and lesbian choir in Aotearoa and in 2022 celebrated 30 years of...

Gay Abandon

Gay Abandon is West Yorkshire’s LGBT+ choir based in Leeds. We are a community choir and come from a wide range of musical backgrounds and levels of experience. We sing all kinds of music including...

Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, DC

The Chorus and its ensembles keep a very busy schedule with more than 100 outreach performances each season. In June 2019, GMCW performed live on NBC-TV’s The Today Show as part of their coverage of...

Gloria LBGT+Choir

Glória LGBT+ Choir, was founded in October 1995. About 25 people came along on that first night, some who still sing with the choir and today, we have a singing membership of about 50. The choir’s...

Groove Sistaz

We are a big band with brass, reeds and rhythm sections, more than 20 women playing all styles of music (Pop, Jazz, Folk, etc.). Founded in 2015 at the kick-off of Various Voices München planning...

Haags Homomannenkoor Vox Rosa

Vox Rosa was started in 1985 and therefore is the oldest existing gay men’s choir in The Netherlands. We began singing mainly classical music. But since then our repertoire has changed to cover a...

Helsingin queer-feministinen kuoro

Helsingin queer-feministinen kuoro, the Queer-feminist Choir of Helsinki (HQFK) was founded amidst the pandemic, and it performed for the first time in November 2021 in pocket size (i.e. as an...

Het Herenakkoord

In 1992 a group of enthusiastic gay singers united in Arnhem (The Netherlands) and started the Arnhem Gay Men's Choir Het Herenakkoord. The Dutch word "herenakkoord" means both "gentlemen's...

Homomannenkoor Zangzaad

Homomannenkoor Zangzaad, from Groningen, is the only gay men’s choir in the North of the Netherlands. Founded in 1988, Zangzaad has a wide repertoire featuring both accompanied and a capella songs....

Homonics

Homonics are a trio of gay male singers formed in 2015. The three guys met and sang for many years in Glória, Dublin's LGBT+ Choir. They have been spreading the love ever since their first...

Homophon – erster schwuler Männerchor Münster

Many songs and lyrics that we’re singing, have been re-arranged and /or re-written by us and though regarded as out of date by some individuals. Wearing funny costumes has always been and will...

Johannesburg Queer Chorus

The Johannesburg Queer Chorus is an amateur choir for greater Johannesburg’s LGBTQIA+ community and their friends. The chorus is open to people of all genders and sexual orientations who are looking...

Kleine Berliner Chorversuchung

A picture is worth a thousand words - and only these many! Visit websitehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSfLYbHGx_Y https://youtube.com/watch?v=jpvKqx5fnfs&si=EnSIkaIECMiOmarE...

Komos

We are the first LGBTQIA+ choir for male voices in Italy, active since 2008. We are a TTBB (First Tenors, Second Tenors, Baritones, Basses) formation choir composed of about 25 singers and a...

Krakofonia

Krakofonia is an amateur choir from Kraków, created in 2014 as the second LGBTQ+ and allies choir in Poland. As a curiosity, the choir started being a group of maximum fifteen or twenty people....

Laura & the Lesbians

Laura and The Lesbians began their life in 2017 originally as friends who met as part of the fantastic Manchester Proud Chorus. The four member group is the brainchild of their namesake Laura, who...

Le Chœur Gay de Toulouse

This is a choir of gay men in Toulouse which it's open to all trends and age groups in the community. Founded in 2015, this amateur choir is a close-knit group where all energies are welcome. From...

les Belles et les Femmes

For 20 years we have been on the road together with our conductor Yaira Yonne-Konishi as a "mixed women's choir". As a colorful mosaic stone in the Lucerne alternative culture scene, we build...

Les Genevoix

Les Genevoix is an all men gay choir. Being based in international Geneva, our members come from around the world, all walks of life and all age groups. We celebrate the classics, from Madonna to...

Les Petits Ducs

Les Petits Ducs is a vocal quintet launched in 2018. These aptly named owls explore a repertoire of French and international songs mixed with borrowings from opera, musicals, and Christmas carols!...

Les Voix des Fiertés

Originally meant as a pop-up choir for the 2019 Toulouse Pride Pride, les Voix des Fiertés is an LGBTQ+, non-audition choir in Toulouse, in France. This choir sings acapella for different events of...

Lilamunde

Lilamunde is the oldest and smallest lesbian choir from Munich, Germany. We were founded in 1993 and our repertoire reaches all the way from pop and folk to classical, spiritual and early music. At...

London Gay Men’s Chorus

In 1991, nine friends came together to sing a few Christmas carols at Angel Underground Station hoping to raise a few pounds for the Terrence Higgins Trust. London was in the midst of the AIDS...

Loud & Proud

Loud & Proud a cappella Choir started life in 2004 from humble beginnings. We have grown in size, year on year, with around 60 singers now! Our repertoire is as diverse as our membership and...

Manchester Proud Chorus

The Manchester Proud Chorus (formerly Manchester Lesbian and Gay Chorus) is an inclusive community choir, where all are welcome, whatever their sexual or gender identity to sing with the UK North...

Mannenakkoord

Mannenakkoord is a Gay man choir from Eindhoven, in the Netherlands. We started our activities in 2016. Visit website

Männer-Minne

“Minne“ is a medieval German expression for “loving remembrance”. It comes in many shapes and sizes. High “Minne“ strives for spiritual purification, low “Minne“ for worldly fulfilment. The 40...

Manoeuvre Gay Men’s Choir Amsterdam

Manoeuvre, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Amsterdam entertains and moves the audience through singing with pleasure and quality. As the Gay Men’s Chorus Amsterdam we are a visible and proud part of the...

Mélo’Men

Created in 1994, Mélo'Men is the gay and gay friendly low voice choir of Paris, France, that sings all musical styles. Comprising forty-five singers, we regularly work with other choirs (in France...

Melodiva Lesbenchor

After hosting the Various Voices festival in Munich in 2018 we are now looking forward to just being in Bologna as guests, singing and performing, meeting other choirs and singers, chilling and...

Miss Klang

The Women's Choir Miss Klang (queer, straight, trans, in between) was founded in 1991 under the direction of Ulrike Lachmann, who is still our choir director. Our repertoire ranges from pop to jazz...

Musica lesbiana

Musica Lesbiana – the choir of songful and vocal women* of different age, all attracted to women. Since 1998, the choir has been inspiring the audience full of verve, fun and desire to sing with...

Omphalos Voices

The choir was born at the beginning of 2015 within the Omphalos association and made its own debut on 17th May 2015 on the occasion of the International Day against homophobia-lesbo-bi-transphobia...

OurSong Atlanta

OurSong is comprised of musicians from all walks of life with varying levels of musical experience. Some members hold degrees in music, some grew up singing in church, some have performed with...

Out ‘n loud

Helsinki Gay Men's Chorus Out 'n loud was founded in 2004 and it was Finland's first LGBTQI+ choir. It is currently led by Aleksi Vasko and the chorus consists of around 30 male singers. Helsinki...

Out Aloud LGBT+ Choir

We are Out Aloud! We are parents and carers. We are artists and teachers. We are police officers and students. We are doctors and nurses. We are teenagers and we are retired. We are refugees. We are...

Philhomoniker

Anyone who has seen the Philhomoniker live knows that there is something for the eyes and ears here: sometimes serious, sometimes lively, but mostly with a good sense of humour and an ironic wink....

Pink Noise

Pink Noise is the enthusiastic choir from Antwerp. Pink Noise is a versatile and cosmopolitan choir in terms of its members and repertoire. This features scores from the Renaissance to popular...

Podium Paris

Podium Paris brings together between 40 and 60 male singers depending on the season. The object of the association is choral singing with 4 voices, the promotion of French and international pop...

Punch Art

PUNCH ART form Ixelles (Belgium) aims at promoting diversity, personal development and integration of its members and the public, in a spirit of mutual respect. We prohibit all forms of...

Queer-essence

Various voices are magic days, which are more than a singing festival. For us, those days are filled with a feeling of being among people who are just like us, to be in the community where we...

Queer Qhoir Qopenhagen

Queer Qhoir Qopenhagen was formed in 2020, as a mixed gender choir, today counting 26 singers.Our repertoire lies primarily within pop and show tunes as well as national folk songs - with queer or...

QuerChorallen

The QuerChorallen, Berlin are a gay lesbian a capella choir with around 50 singers. Whether Orlando di Lasso or Mikis Theodorakis, Fanny Hensel or Sinéad O'Connor, Abba or Rammstein, folkloristic or...

Qoro

Founded in 2018, it is the first LGBTQIE choir in Turin (Italy)... Come to Bologna and you will have a chance to see them performing live at the Festival!

QwertyQueer

As we prepare to embark on our journey to the beautiful city of Bologna for the Various Voices festival, QQ want to take a moment to express how important this opportunity is for us. This festival...

Rainbow Chorus

The Rainbow Chorus is the largest non-audition LGBTQ+ choir in the South outside of London. We are based in Brighton & Hove and have been celebrating diversity through music since 1997. We...

Rainbow Sound Orchestra München

The Rainbow Sound Orchestra Munich (RSOM) exists since 2016 and is the first LGBTIQ*-orchestra in Munich. Mary Ellen Kitchens and Alexander Strauch are our conductors. Our repertoire includes music...

Regenbogenchor Hamburg

The Regenbogenchor (Rainbow Choir) Hamburg was founded in 2015 and since then, we have grown to over 20 regular singers, enjoying a broad variety of music. We survived the lockdowns by rehearsing...

Regenbogenchor München

The Regenbogenchor München was founded in 2004 and is Munich's only SATB queer (LGBT+ and friends) chamber choir. Its repertoire ranges from the Renaissance to the present and sets musical signs for...

Reykjavík Queer Choir

Hinsegin kórinn/Reykjavík Queer Choir is Iceland's first queer choir and has been active since 2011. It started as a small group of people but has evolved into a group of 70 diverse individuals....

Roma Rainbow Choir

The Roma Rainbow Choir was established in 2006 and was the first LGBTQI* choir in Italy supporting and promoting awareness and events on LGBTIQ issues since its inception. There are currently about...

Sang-und Klang:Los!

Our choir Sang&Klang:Los is part of the gay-lesbian-queer center KCR Dortmund e.V. All members of the LGBTIQ* community are welcome! Our repertoire is broad, from songs from rock and pop,...

schmaz

schmaz stands for «schwuler männerchor zürich», that is to say, «gay men's choir zürich». We consist of some 45 gay singers under our musical director and conductor, Ernst Buscagne. We take pride in...

Schola Cantorosa

Have you ever wondered what is on the mind of the orange-clad men who clean up our city and rid us of our garbage every day? What things they experience every day or what they might secretly dream...

Schrillerlocken

We are 25 lesbian and straight women singing a cappella songs for three to four voices from a great variety of musical genres from the Middle Ages to classical music and Pop. The choir...

Schwubs, Schwule Berner Sänger

Glitter and glamour, drag and drama - that's Schwubs! For 30 years Schwubs, the gay Bernese singers, have been thrilling their audiences. Schwubs (Schwule Berner Sänger - Gay Bernese Singers) is a...

Schwullesbischer Chor Köln

The "Gay and Lesbian Choir Cologne" was founded in 2010. The people of Cologne have a saying that could be translated to "Every nut is different" - thus our city is a perfect place for LGBTQ people....

Sincoro

SinCoro LGBT & Friendly is an LGBT+-friendly choir, affiliated with the LGBT community centre Gay Center and situated in Testaccio neighbourhood, Rome. It was born in 2019 thanks to the...

Sing Out Bristol

We are very proud of the history of our choir, from the humble beginnings without a rehearsal venue, to today - 15 years later - where we have around 100 members. After our initial incarnation (the...

Sing Out Brussels

Since 2018, Sing Out Brussels! brings together friends with a passion for both music and freedom. We rehearse every Wednesday evening in an atmosphere marked by the joy of being together, pride in...

Soorten & Maten

Soorten & Maten is the gay choir of Twente, a traditionally mainly agricultural and industrial workers region in the east of the Netherlands, near the German border. We meet every Thursday...

South Wales Gay Men’s Chorus

Led by our wonderfully talented Musical Director, Christopher Fossey, South Wales Gay Men’s Chorus is celebrating its 15th anniversary in 2023. We’re a non-auditioning community choir of around 50...

Spreediven

We are a lesbian choir from Berlin with 20 singers. Musically, we sail under the direction of Antje Hagen-Franz on pop, jazz, classic, rap and international folklore. We enjoy spending time...

Sweet and Power

Sweet & Power is a women's choir from Bern, founded in 1996. 20 women are currently singing, some since the beginning. Our repertoire is stylistically colourful - from melancholic to lively -...

Tapalanote

Tapalanote is the LGBTQI+ choir of Brussels Gay Sports (BGS). We are a gender mixed group of around fifty singers, some of whom are just beginning to discover choral singing while others are...

The Friends of Dorothy

The Friends of Dorothy is a queer a cappella group based in Helsinki, Finland, and consists of five singers. Through songs and music from marginalized groups and stories of discrimination, we create...

The Good News FGC

We are about 40 women of different ages and musical abilities and we believe in choral singing as a powerful tool to encourage personal growth and comparison. Our collective also includes an...

The Pink Singers

Formed in 1983 for the Lesbian & Gay Pride march, we have grown to become a group of over 100 amateur singers who come together to sing, perform and campaign for their community. We represent a...

The Sunday Boys

We started our journey in the basement of a bar on Canal Street in Manchester and developed all the way to the third floor of another bar. Twenty of us would show up on a Sunday night and someone...

Threee Of A Kind

If there are THREE baritones from TWO countries with ONE hobby, a cappella, and if you add a preference for a wild mixture of diverse songs, you can be sure: the result is not The Jackson Five but...

Vielhomonie Rhein-Ruhr

Since the beginning of the 1990s, the Vielhomonie Rhein-Ruhr has been an integral part of the (not only) gay revue and cabaret scene in the Ruhr region. Founded as the first gay choir of the Ruhr...

Vikerlased

Vikerlased was created by LGBT+ people for the queer community and their supporters in 2017. More than hundred singers have been part of the choir through the years. Our repertoire includes pop...

Voces Gaudii

Voces Gaudii is the first LGBT+friends choir in Poland, founded in 2014 by Misza Czerniak. Since then, VG has performed in multiple cities in Poland, as well as in Germany and Czechia. Currently, it...

Voces LGBT de Madrid

Founded in 2015, it is the LGBT choir of the Community of Madrid (Spain)... Come to Bologna and see them performing live at the Festival!

Waldschlösschenchor

The Waldschlösschen-Chor is an LGBT project choir that meets once a year at the Waldschlösschen, near Göttingen in Germany. Our singers come from Germany, Austria, Switzerland, the Netherlands and...

Zauberflöten

Cologne’s gay men chorus Zauberflöten has been entertaining the audience since 1994. Their shows combine singing, choreography, self-written lyrics and narrative entertainment – occasionally ironic...