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The summer is approaching, and the planning of this years’ queer festivals is moving ahead. Here are some dates and places in Europe:

5-10 May: Queer Zagreb, Croatia (Facebook)

12-25 May: Queer Up North – International Festival, Manchester, UK

21-25 May: Queer Insurrection, Leeds, UK

4-7 June: entzaubert – a radical queer DIY film festival in Berlin, Germany

5-7 June: Off_Pride – The Alternative Queer Festival in Zurich, Switzerland

6-12 July: Jafnaðr – Nordic Queer Youth Festival, Malungen, Norway

20-26 July: Copenhagen Queer Festival, Denmark

11-15 August: Aalborg Queer Festival, Denmark

20-23 August: Oslo Queer Festival, Norway (myspace)

14-20 September: The Nights and Days of Tribads, Helsinki, Finland

If you have more information about places and dates, leave a comment.

Even though Queeruption in Rome is cancelled, the summer is full of queer events. Here are some of them:

April 4 – 12: Transformer – Queer Festival, Bruxelles, Belgium (read more).

April 30 – May 2: Noc Walpurgii (The Valpurgis Night festival) Warsaw, Poland (read more).

May 15 – 18: Entzaubert Queer Film Festival, Berlin, Germany (read more).

May 31: Queerlitteraturdagen (The Day for Queer Literature) in Gothenburg, Sweden (read more).

June 6 – 8: Århus Queer Festival, Denmark (read more).

June 25 – 29: Queer-and-Rebel Days at Schwarzer Kanal in Berlin, Germany (read more).

July 14 – 20: Jafnaðr – Nordic Queer Youth Festival, Norway (read more).

July 21 – 27: Copenhagen Queer Festival, Denmark (read more).

August 4 – 10: Aalborg Queer Festival, Denmark (read more).

August 14 – 16: Oslo Queer Festival, Norway (read more).

September 18 – 21: Queer Beograd, Serbia (read more).

From August 4 – 10 the Aalborg Queer Festival will take place in northern Denmark. This is the second queer festival in Aalborg, and more info will be published on the festival’s Myspace page in the coming months.