The Mobile Dyke Bar

The Mobile Dyke Bar is a pop-up queer venue in a van, bringing dyke culture to festivals, venues and car parks across the UK and Europe. As a multi-purpose entertainment and hangout destination for the FLINTA* community, it’s creating vital and dedicated space for an underserved population in the festival circuit.

Designed and built by Lucy Nurnberg and an all-FLINTA crew, the Mobile Dyke Bar is housed inside the shell of rented curtainside vans. Depending on its host location, it can function as a bar, a hangout destination, an entertainment space and a stage — but has become most famous for its legendary arm wrestling tournaments, with megaphone commentary by a dream team of Uhaul Dyke Rescue MCs. 

The Mobile Dyke Bar debuted at Mighty Hoopla festival in June 2024 and has since appeared at Glastonbury, Field Maneuvers, the Victoria & Albert Museum, The Yard Theatre, RuPaul’s DragCon 2025 and many more. 

For updates about the project, see @uhaul.dyke.rescue

*FLINTA = female, lesbian, intersex, nonbinary, trans + agender