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Stage two open-access registrations - open 14 Dec 2020 - closing 7 Mar 2021
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Stage Two Event Registrations ARE NOW OPEN!

Midsumma is offering bursaries to the first 100 registrations, this will provide 50% off the registration fee.

Stage 2 registrations close 7 March 2021

Midsumma's Event Producer Resources

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

Midsumma Pride March date announced: 23 May 2021

Midsumma Pride March 2021 will return to Fitzroy St, St Kilda on Sunday 23 May 2021.

23 May 2021

Register to participate in Pride March 2021

Midsumma Pride March will be held in St Kilda on SUNDAY 23 MAY 2021.

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

We can’t wait to be with you again in April 2021.

Volunteer with us at Midsumma

Are you keen to join the Midsumma Volunteer team for 2021? Applications are OPEN NOW.

Sign Up Today!

Midsumma to join Heide for Heide Summer Festival

Check out the Midsumma events at Heide Summer Festival.

17 Jan - 7 March

Keep up to date with Midsumma COVID-19 Updates

This page will be continuously updated as we evolve Midsumma Festival 2021.

Last update 6 Nov 2020

Put Out Your Rainbow and WIN

From 23 Jan to 28 Feb ( to commemorate #midsumma usual dates) we want to see your rainbows on balconies, in windows, as capes or skirts or hats! Tag us in your photos so we can share YOUR RAINBOW on our socials. Use #putoutyourrainbow and #midsumma to enter!

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Midsumma Festival 2021

Midsumma Festival 2021 will return for our new 2021 dates, between 19 April and 5 May. Find the What's On Menu to see what's on offer!

Midsumma Festival Dates
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Midsumma Pride March 23 May 2021

Midsumma Pride March 2021 will return to St Kilda on Sunday 23 May 2021. This event will operate in accordance with the Victorian Government COVIDSafe guidance, to make sure we are doing our part to be COVIDSafe.

Midsumma Pride March
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We've changed our Festival dates for 2021

Midsumma’s 2021 festival dates to fall between 19 April and 5 May 2021

Midsumma changes festival dates for 2021

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Whats On
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Midsumma Presents Community & Culture LIVE Talk, Tour or Workshop Social Event

All The Queens Men

27 Feb
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Midsumma Presents Performance Community & Culture Live Music

Diimpa x Forest Collective

28 Feb

Submissions open for Memory Lane Art Exhibit

We are inviting artists to create a visual image in response to your favourite Midsumma Festival memory, your “Midsumma moment” something that connected with you at your core. After over 30 years of festivals, it might of course be hard for some artists to pick just one.

Submissions OPEN for Memory Lane art exhibit

Volunteer with Midsumma

Volunteering with us is a great opportunity to make new friends and join a group of like-minded individuals who want to help out and support Midsumma Festival and the communities it represents.

Volunteer With Us

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Wed 09 Dec, 2020

HEIDE Summer Festival
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Wed 22 Jul, 2020

Meet Sasha
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Tue 19 May, 2020

The first poetry slam I ever entered by Nikki Viveca
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Tue 28 Apr, 2020

Campness and Clowness - by Kimberley Twiner (PO PO MO CO)
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Mon 27 Apr, 2020

Here lies an enigma - by Mikki Michelle
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