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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!


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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