Midsumma Westside

Nocturnal Featuring Nakhane 2019 - image by Alexis Desnauliers-Lea

The western suburb municipal councils and a number of community groups out west have got together to create an eclectic selection of events for those in the west to enjoy, or to entice people from other regions to come and sample a little western hospitality.

Midsumma Westside Events:

Two men in eighties style clothing, smiling together in front of a sign reading 'Gay Skate'. Roller skates in foreground and 'Skate at your own risk'

Visual Arts Community & Culture

Creating Community in Melbourne's West

8 Jan-24 Feb

The letters D.R.A.G in colourful font

D.R.A.G.

22 Jan-8 Feb

Frontier: a landscape of tree-covered mountains and sky with many white clouds. The image is upside down.

Visual Arts Film

Frontier

31 Jan-13 Feb

A range of LGBTIQA+ flags fly in the breeze, in front of a community gathering in a park.

Register

Talks & Tours Talks Community & Culture

Living Out Loud

5 Feb

Youth Community & Culture

Mad Hatter Tea Party

22 Jan

Winners of the 2019 Miss Gay & Miss Trans Australia together with the members of the Board of Judges

Parties & Social Events Pageant Community & Culture

Miss Gay & Miss Trans Australia International 2020

1 Feb

Painting of a rainbow and a collage of an emu, using pictures of Aboriginal people. The painting brushstrokes are visible.

Visual Arts Community & Culture

Out Is Out

6 Feb-8 Mar

A young person dressed in many rainbow items of clothing, with a rainbow flag tied around a bag. rainbow tattoos on their legs, & multi-coloured shoes

Community & Culture Mini-festival Music

Park Lounge

8 Feb

Photo montage of retro postcard

Visual Arts Performance

Postcards from the Edge

20 Jan-8 Feb

Two colourful drag performers laying on the grass, both holding children's books and looking into the camera

Kids and Families Community & Culture

Rainbow Family Storytime

24 Jan

Cupcakes lined up in the colours of the rainbow

Community & Culture Social Kids and Families

Rainbow Pride in Altona

8 Feb

Female figure in black clothes on beach gazing at horizon.

STATEMENT and (an) Archive of Yearning

8-9 Feb

Two young women, blank expression, slumped forward, both wearing black top

Book Now

Performance Theatre Comedy

That Time Everything Went Well and We Were Totally Fine

7 Feb

Androgynous figure singing with glitter covering face dressed in red frilled jacket and headphones on head.

Venus in Thorns

22 Jan-1 Feb

Venus in Thorns (Perf)

1 Feb

Neon outline of woman dancing

Parties & Social Events Party Music

Westgay

18 Jan

What Remains

22 Jan-7 Feb

Principal Partners

Major Partners

Gold Partners