The Eurovision Song Contest is the campiest event of the year, when acts from across the Continent perform pop songs so sugary sweet that entire countries contract diabetes. But as human-rights issues have come to the fore, the show has had something of a political awakening—as much as a contest that birthed ABBA can have, anyway.

Last year, Krista Siegfrieds of Finland ended her performance of "Marry Me" with a smooch on a female backup dancer. Given that the show airs in some pretty anti-gay countries, it was a significant statement.

Now city leaders in Copenhagen, host of the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest, have announced heterosexual and homosexual couples are invited to get hitched May 7 to 10, the last few days leading up to the Eurovision finals.

“Since 2010, we have had a lot of success marrying same- and opposite-sex pairs in the open air at selected locations in Copenhagen. As a city, we put a lot of effort into making everyone welcome and the Eurovision Song Contest is an excellent opportunity to offer weddings," says Thomas Jakobsen, director of Copenhagen’s Citizen Service. "I am sure that many couples, gay and straight from both home and abroad will accept this offer."

The three outdoor locations are near the Copenhagen Opera House, in Højbro Plads square, and on a special zero-emission wedding boat. Unlike the Grammys, none of the weddings will take place inside the B&W Hallerna, where Eurovision is being held, but producers may cut to video of the celebrants.

And adding a little more queer flavor at Eurovision, drag queen Conchita Wurst will be representing Austria.