Access & Facility Information

Visual Rating: 100% - No sound, music or dialogue (e.g. an art exhibition) so Deaf or hard of hearing audiences can engage fully with the event.
Visual Rating: 75% - Some sounds and minimal dialogue, or dialogue is subtitled so Deaf or hard of hearing audiences have a closer to full engagement with the event.

Visual Rating: less than 50% - Sound, music or dialogue is essential to fully experience the event, e.g. a music concert or mostly unsubtitled dialogue so Deaf or hard of hearing audiences can have some but not full engagement with the event.

Access Symbols

Visual Rating (description above)
Assistive listening (hearing loop)
Audio described
Auslan interpreted
Captioning: closed caption
Captioning: open caption
English Language No Barrier
Relaxed performance
Tactile tour (touch tour)
Wheelchair accessible

Wheelchair access varies from venue to venue. To check a venue's wheelchair accessibility, look for the wheelchair access symbol alongside an event listing. Midsumma relies on accurate information provided by the more than 100 venues that are part of the Festival. We recommend contacting the venue to confirm wheelchair accessibility and to enquire about accessible parking.

• General Admission Wheelchair Access: if you are booking tickets for a General Admission venue, feel free to go ahead and book online unless it is otherwise mentioned in the event listing. There is a section in the booking process where you can make access notes. Midsumma tries to assist venues to be as accessible as possible and this information will be passed on to them about your requirements.
• Allocated Seating Wheelchair Access: if you are booking tickets for a venue with allocated seating, please book through the venue directly.

Bar available
Family friendly
Food available
Over 18 only

For each Midsumma Festival, the following elements will be provided: 

Festival Program PDF: this is a PDF version of the printed program guide, including all images, which is also screen readable. 

Midsumma Website: browse online, filtering by event categories, accessibility, dates, venues, special interest guides etc.

Printed Program Guide: The printed program guide was available from early December each year. 

Digital Book: flip through the guide online as though you were reading a paper brochure.

Festival Planner: a handy calendar-format list that you can download as a spreadsheet.

Visit midsumma.org.au/guides to see all versions (from Nov to Feb each year).

If you are Deaf, hard of hearing or have difficulty speaking, contact the National Relay Service on 133 677 or via relayservice.com.au, then ask for 03 9296 6600 during business hours. There is no additional charge for this service.

Companion Card holders qualify for a complimentary ticket for their companion. Please contact Midsumma Ticketing on 03 9296 6600 or email [email protected].