In September 2024 Instagram pushed me a post by Travel Gay, a website listing “the best gay bars, nightclubs, saunas, spas, beaches, shops and more, along with interesting travel ideas and fabulous offers”. There I saw the undated post (date your articles and posts, people) ‘LGBTQ+ Solo Travel: the Best Cities to Visit?‘ by Adam…
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Darklands 2025 from Tuesday 25 February until Monday 3 March
Darklands dropped the dates for its 2025 and 15th anniversary edition. Darklands Glows, as the theme will be next years, will take place at Waagnatie in Antwerp in Belgium from Tuesday 25 February until Monday 3 March 2025.
Darklands 2025 theme: ‘Darklands Glows’, stays at Waagnatie until 2030
After ‘The darkride of your life‘ and a fun fair theme in 2020, ‘Under the ocean‘ and an apocalyptic waterworld in 2022 (originally planned for 2021, but you know, COVID-19), ‘Deep Space‘ in 2023 and ‘The Void‘ in 2024, Darklands has announced its theme for 2025: ‘Darklands Glows‘.
DARKLANDS 2024 | Programme & schedule
Once again, Antwerp is hosting Darklands, Belgium‘s large and very international fetish, kink and leather pride. The venue: the Waagnatie near the Scheldt. The dates: Tuesday 27 February to Monday 4 March 2024. This year’s theme is ‘The Void‘.
Grindr Unwrapped: Belgium and the Netherlands are lands of leather men and twinks
December is the time of the year for lists and recaps and gay dating hookup app Grindr did just that. It tells us some semi interesting facts about typical or not queer destinations we (don’t) go to.
Darklands 2024 from 27 February to 4 March
Darklands 2024 will take place from Wednesday 27 to Monday 4 March in Antwerp, Belgium. As before, the venue will be the Waagnatie event hall.
ANTWERP | Darklands 2024 going into ‘The Void’ under new, stricter city rules
Darklands announced its theme for 2024: ‘The Void‘. The City of Antwerp announced new, stricter rules for businesses and events offering a sexual context.
“Darklands: The Hotel was an idea of A-Stay”
Touristico and Gaylive recorded a podcast around Darklands, Antwerp‘s kink and fetish festival. Guests of Sven Boutsen (Touristico & Touristicogay) and Marc Dirix (Gaylive) were Darklands co-organiser Jacques Smet and Mister Leather Belgium 2022 & Mister Leather Europe 2023 Andy Walgraef.
Antwerp Pride, Jeffrey’s, Marie Antoinette, Armand Everaert win 2023 Touristico Gaylive Awards
Touristicogay and Gaylive organised their Touristico Gaylive Awards to reward LGBTQIA+ initiatives in Flanders and Belgium. Sven Boutsen (Touristico & Touristicogay) and Marc Dirix (Gaylive) host the podcast Touristico Gaylive together.
DARKLANDS 2023 | Programme and schedule
The Waagnatie event hall in Antwerp will once against host Darklands, the kink and fetish festival formerly known as LeatherPride Belgium. The dates? Tuesday 7 to Tuesday 14 March 2023, with an emphasis on the weekend of Friday 10, Saturday 11 and Sunday 12 March.