Evenings at BiCon are a chance to process the events of the day and catch up with friends old and new.
There’s a full bar open every night at BiCon and we also offer quiet space for people who just want to chill out and chat.
Thursday – On Thursday evening the bar will be open for you to relax after your journey, catch up with old friends and maybe make some new ones.
For those of you who like a challenge, we’ve also arranged a treasure hunt around the campus. You’ll have two hours to find a list of 25 items, with points awarded for creativity as well as how many items you find. There’s even a dubious quality prize! Come to registration at 7pm if you’d like to take part.
Friday – Friday night is movie night. We’ll be screening Alex Morris’s documentary bi•sex•u•al•i•ty, followed by Deepa Mehta’s 1996 classic queer movie Fire.
bi•sex•u•al•i•ty was filmed in part at a previous BiCon. Alex says: The film itself details my personal journey “during the making of the film” when making the film, which is represented by both video diaries and voice-over narration. It also features various talking-head interviews with people of all different sexualities and opinions and as the film goes on those opinions are, in some cases challenged. The people in the film range from academics to those with more of a personal connection to the subject matter. The film sets out to hopefully delve deeper into what bisexuality, how it is thought of today, and hopefully how it could be looked at differently in the future.
Fire tells the story of a pair of sisters-in-law who fall in love in the midst of a dysfunctional family. The film met with some controversy when it was released in India; with cinema managers being violently attacked and riots exploding in the streets screenings of the film sometimes happened under police protection. You can read more about Fire on the IMDb page for the film.
Saturday – Saturday sees the return of the BiCon Ball. You can find out all about the Ball here.
Sunday – We’re winding down on Sunday with the bar open til midnight. If the weather’s good, you’ll probably find people relaxing on the ampitheatre outside the bar until late.
No matter what’s going on, we’ll always have a quiet space available, as well as board- and card games that you’re welcome to borrow.