After 13 years of fun, celebrities and legendary parties, the UK’s largest queer club night will come to an end with a final farewell bash at London’s Printworks.
Sink The Pink is the largest LGBTQ+ collective in the country and has been credited for aiding LGBTQ culture merge into the mainstream.
Since starting life as a queer night at Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club back in 2008, the collective has grown to host an array of lavish events and have graced some of the world’s most famous stages.
Celebrities including Olly Alexander, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Daisy Lowe, Sam Smith and Laura Whitmore have all been in attendance at their famous parties and the collective have performed alongside A-listers like Melanie C and Little Mix.
The collective’s Farewell Ball, will take place at south London’s 6,000-capacity Printworks on April 15.
the UK’s largest queer club night Sink The Pink will come to an end next week. The collective is loved by celebrities including Sophie Ellis-Bextor who has attended the collective’s legendary parties
Celebrities including Olly Alexander, Charlotte Church and Laura Whitmore are among the celebrities who have attended the collective’s legendary parties
Singer Sam Smith and model Daisy Lowe were snapped at one of the events famous parties, which feature a melting pot of performers – from drag artists, choreographers and acclaimed costume designers
To mark the end of the legendary event, LGBTQ+ photographer Jordan Rossi has photographed the cast of Sink the Pink for Rankin’s Hunger magazine
Sink The Pink co-founder Amy Redmond said: ‘We are so proud of what we have achieved with sink the Pink, the platform it’s given to performers and creatives from our scene, it is above and beyond anything we could’ve ever imagined achieving.
‘I think sink the Pink will live on through the projects that have come after it, for example Hoopla, and I now run Margate Pride and Jono runs Pluma in Barcelona and Jay Matthews is running drag energy workshops in Berlin.
‘The Sink The Pink energy lives on in the world and in everyone that has been part of it.’
‘The family has grown together, we have watched members of our community completely excel in their industries, hair and makeup stylists, fashion designers, performers, creatives of all kinds have come through our doors and we have been there for each other through all of it. We are a family forever.’
The collective’s Farewell Ball, will take place at south London’s 6,000-capacity Printworks on April 15. DJ Nick Grimshaw is pictured enjoying one of the collective’s previous parties
Actress Jaime Winstone is pictured at one of the events, which sees guests attend in an array of elaborate costumes
Jameela Jamil is pictured with Winstone at one of the events legendary parties which take place across London
LGBTQ+ human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell is pictured at one of Sink The Pink’s famous events
Sink The Pink is the largest LGBTQ+ collective in the country and has been credited for aiding LGBTQ culture merge into the mainstream. Pictured, performers at one of the events
Founded as a response to ‘too many bland and non-inclusive nights out’, Sink The Pink is a melting pot of performers
Glyn Fussell added: ‘We have been a night that’s always been about pushing the queer agenda forward.
‘We have always been a nurturing space that pushed brilliant weirdos forward and now they are in the mainstream so it makes me so happy. I have formed the best, most complex and beautiful relationships of my life at Sink The Pink.’
Founded as a response to ‘too many bland and non-inclusive nights out’, Sink The Pink is a melting pot of performers – from drag artists, choreographers and acclaimed costume designers.
The collective has performed on stages at Glastonbury, Times Square, Sao Paulo, Australia, Berlin and has sold out London venues such as Brixton Academy and the Roundhouse in hours.
To mark the end of the legendary event, LGBTQ+ photographer Jordan Rossi has photographed the cast of Sink the Pink for Rankin’s Hunger magazine.
To mark the end of the legendary event, LGBTQ+ photographer Jordan Rossi photographed the cast of Sink The Pink – including co-founder Amy Zing
London based LGBTQ performer and singer Le Fil was pictured for the magazine to mark the end of Sink the Pink
Drag performers Grace Shush (left) and Freida Slaves (right) were pictured for Rankin’s Hunger magazine to mark the end of the collective
London-based experimental drag artist Rodent was pictured by Jordan Rossi for Rankin’s Hunger magazine to mark the end of the collective
Jordan has photographed the likes of the iconic Munroe Bergdorf, activist Peter Tatchell and UK Black Pride Founder Lady Phyll and has collaborated with the likes of Little Mix, Years & Years, Raye, Griff, Becky Hill & MNEK.
Drag artist Jonbers, who is one of the few drag queens to perform on the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury, said of the closure: ‘Its Home for me. Its Family, Its where I truly started living my life authentically.’
‘Sink the Pink is a huge network of really just the best humans I have ever met and now its a time where people in the community/network are having kids and teaching the new new generation about love, acceptance and how to throw a flipping good party’.
Drag queen Joan Oh added: ‘STP gave me a platform to try out my first performances in drag, as a soloist and as part of the family.
‘It helped build my confidence and want to explore my drag persona even further. That in turn impacted my everyday life and I grew more confident in myself as a person.’