Since 2007, the Jerk Off festival has been committed to protecting, programming and defending the diversity of all our queer communities.

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We celebrate our plural identities, sometimes contradictory, but always united, to show the essential necessity of a free, open, committed, inclusive culture that defies the narrowness of traditional and dominant representations.

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This year, we're weaving new partnerships to bring you closer to the artists, discovering their practices in their studios, or creating spaces for exchange. We're also invading public spaces. A place of harassment and violence, it's also a place for demonstrations, militancy and collective, festive, empowering joy... we're going to magnify the street as we see fit! 

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Finally, to enable everyone to take part, we're doing everything we can to be even more accessible: our prices haven't gone up, and we're offering you even more free events. This year, more than ever, whatever the artistic form, Jerk Off is a safe place, where the only rules are kindness, listening and respect for all.

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Bruno Péguy, director