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Midsumma Festival 2021 will return between 19 April and 5 May 2021

To our partners, event staff, artists and producers, suppliers, stallholders, volunteers, local traders and, of course, our enthusiastic audiences, we can’t wait to be with you again in April 2021.

Keep up to date with Midsumma COVID-19 Updates

We know these are difficult times, especially for planning events and festivals when we don't know what changes the next few months will bring. This page will be continuously updated as we evolve Midsumma Festival 2021.

Last update 12 Aug

Event Registrations ARE NOW OPEN!

We want you to join us at Midsumma to bring our communities out of 2020 and start our planning for Midsumma Festival 2021. Our open-access event registrations are now open, and we are going to work with you to make this the best celebration of queer arts and culture that we can.

Closing Monday 14 December 2020

Midsumma's Event Producer Resources

Everything you need to know about producing your Midsumma Festival event.

Venue Registrations ARE NOW OPEN!

Make sure you register or update your venue in our registration system Eventrotron so that our producers can select your venue for their Midsumma event.

Closing 14 December 2020

Midsumma Extravaganza Arts Centre Melbourne 2019

Midsumma Festival 2021

Midsumma Festival 2021 will return for our new 2021 dates, between 19 April and 5 May. Midsumma Festival holds nearly 200 events in over 100 venues across Melbourne.

Midsumma Festival Dates

Still Here, Still Queer: Portraits of a Pandemic by Lian Beveridge

A series of watercolour portraits which offer an intimate peek into the daily lives of queers doing all the weird and wonderful things we’re doing during this strange and difficult time.

Living in the Queerantine with Lian Beveridge