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Newsletter Archive for 2012

Newsletters are typically issued weekly (though twice weekly during festival and fortnightly in winter) to keep you up to date with what's happening around Midsumma, and informed about queer events throughout the year. You can subscribe via the form on the left of any page, and unsubscribe at any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link in the emailed newsletters. If you don't receive anything after subscribing, check your spam folder!


10 May 2012: Midsumma News: Marvellous May in Melbourne
Send us your video: why you love Carnival; Giveaway - Next Wave Festival: 18-27 May; STAR SELECTION: Urgent Trans help needed: PFLAG; Equal Love Rally: Sat 12 May; Artists Brief - Taking You Places; IDAHO Community Forums: 17 May; Camp Co-op launch: 23 May; Laverton Community Hub: Tenancy Opportunity

26 April 2012: Midsumma News: giveaways, giveaways
Giveaway: Laramie Project - 10 years later; Giveaway: Burlesque Hour meets Pandora's Box; Giveaways: Peaches and Cream $40 Prize Packs; STAR SELECTION: Gay Seniors - special needs group; Same-sex models needed; banQuet 2013 submissions invited by 18 May; VAC/GMHC seeking community consultation; Westside GLBTIQ Sports on 6 May

12 April 2012: Midsumma News
10% off Naked Boys Singing @ Malthouse: 1-12 May; Get the 'Private Lives 2' GLBT Health Report; STAR SELECTION: Youth groups get funded; Bendigo Queer Film Festival: 20-22 April; CAN Find Guide 2012 now available; Melbourne Fringe Hub EOIs now open; Transitory III: Fri 13 April

2 April 2012: Midsumma News
Midsumma Management Team Change; Giveaway: Contact! the netball musical; STAR SELECTION: Clergy call for marriage equality; Minus18 same-sex formal: 14 April; Lunch in Wyndham to meet your GLBTIQ neighbours; Invitation to join ministerial advisory committee; Dromana GLBTIQ health and wellbeing forum; Chunky Move Choreography Workshop

22 March 2012: Midsumma News
Six extra MQFF sessions announced; Giveaway + Queer Guide to the Comedy Festival; STAR SELECTION: Thousands raised for straight ally; Tomboy: Electrelane queer discotheque; 'Confessions of a GRINDR addict' seeking funding; Introducing the Bohemia Cabaret Club

08 March 2012: We'd love your feedback about Midsumma
We'd love your constructive feedback; Giveaway: The Peony Pavilion Ballet; Giveaway: MQFF Triple Choc Pass; STAR Selection: Bent returns to air + Bent TV pre-screening of Midsumma Highlights at DTs Hotel; Funding opportunity from Port Phillip grants; One week left to save Melbourne Cabaret Festival; Westgate Entertainment Centre seeking interest from GLBTIQ sports groups; Feast Festival is looking for Board Members

01 March 2012: Midsumma Festival News: 01 March 2012
STAR SELECTION: "I haven't hung up my hot pants yet!"; ChillOut Festival just a week away; Dolly Diamond and Luke Gallagher Big Band Bang; JOY 4 IWD: International Womens Day Fundraiser; May the heavens be kind to Mardi Gras!; Matrix Guild's Satin and Silk Ball: Sat 21 Apr; 666 - Arabian Dayze Parties

23 February 2012: Midsumma Festival News: 23 Feb 2012
Did you know? (blog tips); STAR SELECTION: Insurance insult; MQFF program launched last night; Giveaway: 666 - Arabian Dayze Parties; Green Room Nominations for Midsumma Events; From Russia with love? No, censorship!; T J Bateson's 'Temporality' exhibition; Ruth Wilkin winners @ The Butterfly Club

16 February 2012: Midsumma Giveaways to Ruth Wilkin's Butterfly Club show
Welcome to new subscribers; Festivals coming up soon: ChillOut Festival, MQFF and Melbourne International Comedy Festival; STAR SELECTION: Anti-bully advocates fight back; Giveaway: Ruth Wilkin's latest Butterfly Club show; Help stop Uganda's anti-gay bill; Melbourne Cabaret Festival - unique items for sale; SheBar - mixed night: Sat 25 Feb

9 February 2012: Thanks for making Midsumma so special
Thank you!; 2012 - What a Festival!; Performing Arts events still running; Visual Arts events still running; STAR SELECTION: Pride marches on rain, hail and shine; Wyndham City's new GLBTIQ group 'Q'; LOL Big Gay Comedy season extended; Footscray I'm in love - Fri 10 Feb; SheBar - Sat 11 Feb; Support 'I do' day - 2 March; The L Project - Combatting LGBT bullying

2 February 2012: Midsumma Festival News: 2 Feb 2012
Check out the list of all events that are still running for the final weekend of Midsumma 2012...

30 January 2012: Midsumma Festival News: 30 Jan 2012
Cycles & Sequences - Ross Watson; Pride March Victoria; The Australian Same-Sex Dancesports; Whole Lotta Woman; 5 x Double passes: LANDSCAPE DREAMING; Double pass: Moments of Perfect; Double pass: What's Love Got to do with it?; Another Walk on the Wes Side...; The Barestage Show: Deep Rimming in Poplar; Metamorphosis @ La Mama; Ms Gay & Ms TS Australia 2012; Candice McQueen: NASTY!; Queer Nerd; Is that a dildo in your pocket, Harry Potter?; FUORI! Dance under Midsumma Stars; Midsumma Mass

26 January 2012: Midsumma Festival News: 26 Jan 2012
How to check out the 2012 Program; Leggings Are Not Pants; Melbourne Ballet Company - In One Day; WishingWell Presents: What's Love Got 2 do with it?; Homophonic; The Bitter End; Red Ribbon Cabaret; Unanswered!; Queer 3000; Beginners - film; Movies Under the Stars: D.E.B.S.; Movies Under the Stars: Eating Out 4: Drama Camp; DT's Golden Stiletto Rally; GLOBE's 20th Anniversary Dinner; Queerpreneurs and Changemakers; Britney Spears: The Cabaret; Wyndham Family Fun Day

23 January 2012: Happy Chinese New Year from Midsumma
Check out the Reviews of Midsumma events!; After 'Homosexual': The Legacies of Gay Liberation; John Henry Presents - Crack a Fat Circus: 2-for-1 offer; Eden - Australia Day Eve Party: $5 discount; Battle on the Bent Track; Queer City Premier Arts; Yarra Arts; Pageant - The Musical; Red Light Songs of Lust, Love & Death; Tom Sharah in Que Sera, Sharah; Twinky and the Bear; The Kingpins; Bi & Poly 2; Novel Conversations; A Taste of Northern Spain; Northside Exposure Photowalk

20 January 2012: Midsumma Sessions selling out - don't miss the boat!
Unanswered!; Midsumma Mooning - Fundraiser; Indigie Femme; Glenda Waverley presents Four Dead Divas; Play reading of Her Naked Skin; Road Movie - the play; Pink Narcissist; Rigor Mortis; Rapid Fire: Freshly Squeezed (youth Rapid Fire); Works in Progress 1: Other Places; Movies Under the Stars 2012: D.E.B.S., Eating Out 4, Is It Just Me? and Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister; All families welcome!; Cliffhanger Indoor Rock Climbing; Grouse Party; Eden - Australia Day Eve Party; Girl & Eve - Australia Day Eve Party!

17 January 2012: Midsumma now in full swing - don't miss out!
120,000at Carnival, T Dance sell-out, what a day!; The Divine Miss Bette starring Catherine Alcorn; Queer City Premier Arts Season: launch Wed 18 Jan; Stories by Starlight: 5 x double passes: Wed 18 Jan; Yarra Arts Season: launch Thu 19 Jan; John Henry presents: Crack a Fat Circus; Film 'Weekend': 20 x Double Passes; JOY's Midsumma WoW Party & Transylvanian Gyspy Kings; Matilda's Project; Rainbow Family Storytime in the park!; Separating The Dust; Painted and Pushed - Male Art; Australia Day Hangover; Works in Progress 2: Other Times; The Horror of the Inch - a Cult Rock Concert; Femme Fight Club Gay Nuptials Cake Bash; GLOBE's Midsumma Networking Event; VicTennis Midsumma Tournament.

12 January 2012: Midsumma opens with Carnival this Sunday!
Some Volunteer Opportunities Still Available; Some Shows Have Already Opened; Carnival this Sunday!; Cycles and Sequences - Ross Watson; Britney Spears: The Cabaret; Grindr: A Love Story?; Her Majesty's ROYAL RUMBLE; Midsumma's Men on Men Competition Winner; banQuet 2012 Book launches - Queer Writing & Art; Take Care {out} There '12 - GLBTIQ Short Film Contest; JOY 94.9 picnic; Spoil Yourself Wellbeing Workshop; Les Rock - Indoor Rock Climbing; Saloon Speed Dating

10 January 2012: Ricki-Lee to appear at T Dance
T Dance Special Guest: Ricki-Lee Coulter; Dulcie's Dog Show to be hosted by Dolly Diamond; Golden Babetime: the alternative Carnival after-party; Queer City Premier Arts Season; Yarra Arts Season; Good Works; Pirate Rhapsody, Mermaid Requiem; The Bitter End; Benn Bennett Live at the HareHole; History Walk; Love Me, Love Me Not; Come OUT and Bowl; Manhunt Pool Party

05 January 2012: Midsumma Box Office now open for cash sales
Volunteer briefing tonight; 'Bottle Shop' for Carnival thanks to Tyrrells Wines; T Dance headliners announced; Toonarama; The Decision is Yours; STAR SELECTION: New top cop to march; Confessions of a GRINDR Addict; Facade; Moments of Perfect; The LOL Big Gay Comedy Night; If Mother Killed Her Wife Will She Hang; They're A Queer Mob; Dirty Deeds 4: Sex Writing; What A Piece of Work: Queer Verse; Free Sailing Day; Love.

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