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Midsumma Pride March Livestream

Midsumma Pride March 2021 will return to Fitzroy St, St Kilda on Sunday 23 May 2021 with 8000 marchers. You can watch the livestream on Midsumma's Facebook page from 10:45am.

23 May - ONLINE

Bending the Bars: 40 Years Since Decriminalisation

An exhibition commemorating a historic reform curated by Andrew Gaynor. Bending the Bars shares the stories and processes that led to the passing of a historic law reform, through the words and experiences of key participants.

5 Feb-16 May | Wed-Sun 10am-6pm

CLEAVE

CLEave is created by the winner of the Bundoora Homestead Art Centre Award at the 2020 Midsumma Australia Post Art Award; EO Gill. The video follows two performers set in a sequence of ambiguous scenes, performed with changes in emphasis, intonation and camera placement.

7 April - 26 June

Events that are 100% ONLINE

We know that some of us can't get to Midsumma Festival events just yet, so we have created a guide to the events in our festival that are 100% online, on-demand or livestreamed. Image: Low Brows and High Hopes

ONLINE

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

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
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Midsumma Festival Live at the Bowl

A queer soirée from your own home! Live from the Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Midsumma Festival and Arts Centre Melbourne present a diverse line-up of LGBTQIA+ artists and communities. Image: Sheldon Riley by Alisha Poor

Livestream

Midsumma's Virtual Stalls

On this map you can discover LGBTQIA+ organisations, groups and businesses, as well as supporting businesses and organisations who support and serve our communities year-round. To use this map, hover over the icons to explore who's in our virtual world.

Virtual Stalls

Memory Lane

We invited artists to create a visual image in response to their favourite Midsumma Festival memory.

Memory Lane

Midsumma Music, Arts, Performance and Theatre

Whats On
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Online Event Film

Alone Together

19 Apr-5 Ma
We see a male upper body and face obscured by reflective glasses. A snake lurks behind. Face of a Japanese woman top left.
Film Visual Arts

Antidote for Venomous White Snakes

19 Apr-9 May
A person with long brown hair looking away at a red wall with photographs of people.
Book Now
Visual Arts Exhibition Community & Culture

Becoming You: An Incomplete Guide exhibition

19 Apr-5 May
Gay Pride Picnic, 1973, Photograph by Rennie Ellis. Activists and picnic attendees challenging a policeman.
Book Now
Visual Arts Community & Culture

Bending the Bars: 40 years since decriminalisation

5 Feb-16 May
Two people sit side by side on a brown leather couch, in the middle of an ordinary lounge room, calmly looking at the camera.
Visual Arts Exhibition Film

CLEAVE

7 Apr-26 Jun
An Electric Fence awaits you in a darkened room.
Midsumma Presents Online Event Community & Culture

Electric Fence - The Gathering

19 Apr-5 May
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Drag queens on stage, Lights, Fireworks and crowds around them.
Book Now
Midsumma Presents Performance Cabaret Parties & Social Events

Miss First Nation 2021

4-7 May
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Visual Arts Exhibition

Ross Watson Exhibition

24 Apr-9 May
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Visual Arts Public Art Exhibition Community & Culture

Realness

21 Apr-23 May

Watch the PRIDE MARCH livestream

Midsumma Pride March 2021 will return to Fitzroy St, St Kilda on Sunday 23 May 2021 with 8000 marchers. You can watch the livestream on Midsumma's Facebook page from 10:45am.

Midsumma Pride March - Livestream
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News and Reviews

Midsumma is very proud of its artists and producers. Here's the scoop on many events from some of the great media supporting the 2021 Midsumma Festival.

2021 News and Reviews

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Wed 28 Apr, 2021

Midsumma and Australia Post Art Award
Thu 18 Mar, 2021

Watch the 2021 Midsumma Festival Program Launch LIVE
The Pier Festival - Queer Woman's Music Festival
Wed 24 Mar, 2021

Tickets are selling fast to The Pier Festival
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Wed 24 Mar, 2021

Youth and family events

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Wed 24 Mar, 2021

Online/livestream events
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