Hot boys, wild drag, gay rights. Inside Glastonbury’s infamous NYC Downlow 2025

Love on the dance floor (Image: Dan Hall)

The six-packed boys, bears, drag kings and queens, dancers, bar boys, the Prepster
team that keep us safe… they’re all here, back to deliver delirium on the world’s most
infamous LGBTQIA+ festival dancefloor. Yes, I’m back at my spiritual home that is the NYC Downlow at Glastonbury, a place for queer freedom at the greatest festival in the
world.

Founded in 2007 by Gideon Berger and Stephen Gallagher, the curators behind the
Block9 late night dance zone, NYC Downlow brought to Glastonbury something more
than just a club, but a space that changed the game for queer representation at festivals
the world over.

Across five nights, the themes untap the imagination. Crotches take centre stage on
Wednesday’s Underwear Party, and then Thursday sees the queens step into the Tardis
(Tar-dicks?)

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