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Various Voices is the franchise for a pan-European lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered choir festival. While it accepts choirs from around the world, the event itself takes place only in European nations – a different one every few years. So far, there have been 12 Various Voices festivals, with the 13th due to take place in Dublin during the 13th and 16th June 2014. The first took place in Cologne, Germany, in 1985, some 29 years ago.

The owners of the franchise are Legato, an association that acts as an umbrella group for LGBT choirs across Europe. The Legato board has opened a “Call for Bids” for the next Various Voices, scheduled to take place during 2018.

Previous Various Voices Festivals

 * 1) 1.	Festival 1985: Cologne (Germany)
 * 2) 2.	Festival 1986: Amsterdam (Netherlands)
 * 3) 3.	Festival 1987: Stockholm (Sweden)
 * 4) 4.	Festival 1988: Berlin (Germany)
 * 5) 5.	Festival 1989: London (UK)
 * 6) 6.	Festival 1991: Hamburg (Germany) May 18th
 * 7) 7.	Festival 1993: Zurich (Switzerland) May 20th-23th
 * 8) 8.	Festival 1995: Groningen (Netherlands)
 * 9) May 25th-27th with 35 choirs from 6 countries and 800 singers
 * 10) first time under the title "Various Voices"
 * 11) 9.	Festival 1997: Munich (Germany)
 * 12) May 16th-18th with 54 choirs from 9 countries and 1,300 singers
 * 13) 10.	Festival 2001: Berlin (Germany)
 * 14) May 20th-26th with 70 choirs from 10 countries and 1,500 singers
 * 15) 11.	Festival 2005: Paris (France)
 * 16) May 3rd-8th with 56 choirs from 10 countries and 1,350 singers
 * 17) 12.	Festival 2009: London (UK)
 * 18) May 1st-4th with 59 choirs from 14 countries and 1,700 singers
 * 19) 13.	Festival 2014: Dublin (Ireland)
 * 20) June 13-16

Upcoming
Various Voices Dublin 2014 will take place during Dublin’s Pride festival, between the 13th and the 16th of June. He host choir is Gloria. The festival will be housed in the arts facilities of Dublin City University’s The Helix in the north side of Dublin. This houses three separate auditoria, including Mahony Hall (seating up to 1,260), The Theatre (450) and The Space (150). Various Voices Dublin has 80 registered choirs and 1995 registered delegates, reaching its target number of choirs and working towards its 3,000 delegate goal. Attendees performing in a choir must register their choir and then register as a delegate for entire access to the event. Organisers are currently putting together a range of social events as well as external performance venues to push Various Voices Dublin 2014 beyond Dublin City University and across Dublin’s wider population.