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Midsumma Westside

Midsumma Westside is a collaboration of Melbourne’s western region Councils in partnership with Midsumma. It is a sumptuous slice of Midsumma Festival that programs the wonderful array of events taking place in the west.

Midsumma Westside invites you to go west this Midsumma to experience what the west has on offer!

Midsumma Westside Events:

3 drag performers in various poses & outfits in three seperate photos side by side
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Performance Cabaret Community & Culture

4Play & First Nations Drag

28 Jan
4 colourful Drag faces in beautiful costume and intricate and dramatic make-up
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Performance Cabaret

4Play Royale - Kings, Queens & Drag Betweens!

4 Feb
A cropped black and white image of a person in a backward bend with their hands and feet on the ground..
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Performance Interactive Performance Visual Arts

A Space is Held

29 Jan
3 drag queens & a drag king in a 4 image grid all looking at the camera.
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Performance Interactive Performance Parties & Social Events

All-Star Drag Bingo Party!

29 Jan
A white person with chin length brown hair sitting on a bench in a sports park holding a soccer ball.
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AND/OR Performance Interactive Performance Midsumma Presents

Benched by Jamila Main

10-12 Feb
Colourful hand painted image - three business people and three sentient food characters (a meatball, a sandwich and a cheese triangle)
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Kids and Families Performance Music

Big Business Time Band

13 Feb
A young man wearing white underwear, sitting on a high stool, in front of a pink background. They have some stubble and a slightly glum expression.
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Performance Theatre

Bottom by Willy Hudson - Butterfly Club

7-12 Feb
Collage of multiple coloured squares arranged in a rainbow
Visual Arts Exhibition Kids and Families Community & Culture

Colours of the Rainbow in a Diverse Community

29 Jan-10 Feb
A man with blue eyeliner on one eye, blond hair, no shirt, accessorised with a golden crown and earning. stares straight into camera.
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Performance Theatre

Do Black Boys Go To Heaven?

3-5 Feb
Abril La Trene dressed in colourful clothing with blue hair
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Performance Interactive Performance Community & Culture

Drag Trivia Bonanza with Abril La Trene

28 Jan
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Performance Interactive Performance Talks

Dragstrology and the Crystal Ball

10 Feb
A black and white image of a drag queen writing
Visual Arts Exhibition

Every Word We Write Is Panacea

24 Jan-11 Feb
Portrait of Leigh Bowery painted by Tom Christophersen
Visual Arts Exhibition

Fabulous & Impossible: The Cult of Leigh Bowery

28 Jan-19 Mar
The Beastie girls as three women posing against a dark sky night. From left to right, they wear pink, blue and yellow ruffled dresses.
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Performance Comedy Community & Culture

Footscray Laughs ft. Beastie Girls & Friends

28 Jan
Portraits of 4 people, framed like an analogue photo, in various poses
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Community & Culture Social

Growing Up Queer

9 Feb
A close-up of an abstract painting with purple, green, pink and black swirls on a blended colourful background.
Visual Arts Exhibition

Hey, I have something to say

28 Jan-6 Mar
Black and white queer club scene with three people one with unicorn mask, one with dramatic make up and a beard, and one facing away from the camera.
Visual Arts Exhibition

Impossible Dance (iii)

19 Jan-15 Feb
A dancer wearing a curly wig is holding one leg in the air on stage, their face is obscured by a balloon with a smiley face.
Visual Arts Public Art

Impossible Dance (iv) - Matto Lucas

23 Jan-14 Feb
A performer in an outlandish yellow and black costume on a stage
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Talks & Tours Talks Visual Arts

Impress or Revolt

4 Feb
A well built man is sitting naked, leaning against a couch, one leg extended, one bent. He looks to the side.
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Performance Dance

Magic Men of Summer Risqué Review

11 Feb
Left: Ceramic pot plant in the shape of a shocked face. Right: Watercolour image of sunset. Overlay: cartoon of a boat and clouds.
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Talks & Tours Workshops Youth Community & Culture

Making Art, Words and Stories

29 Jan
man looks sultry at the camera with three day growth wearing vintage pale olive green leather jacket. Background is black.
Cancelled

Out Proud & Country - CANCELLED

6-9 Feb
Two people wearing white outfits and standing in front of a neon rainbow at night. Both are making the peace symbol with their hands and smiling.
Performance Variety Music Community & Culture

Park Lounge

12 Feb
50 metre outdoor swimming pool in Sunshine. A large pool with a double storey grey building behind it.
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Parties & Social Events Party Community & Culture

Pride Pool Party in the Sunshine

30 Jan
Zoe Coombs Marr
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Performance Comedy

Queer Comedy Gala

27 Jan
Two smiling children are standing in a park. They have rainbow facepaint, bowtie, suspenders and jewellery, and are holding rainbow lollies.
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Kids and Families Performance Community & Culture

Rainbow Family Virtual Storytime

5 Feb
Small square drawings, each with one open eye and small people around those eyes. Dark blue and grey colours.
Visual Arts Exhibition

Rapid Eye Movement

20 Jan-13 Mar
A young man's bare face and shoulders surrounded by sky full of stars. The man looks off into the distance with a calm expression.
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Performance Theatre Youth

Run by Stephen Laughton - Bluestone Church

1-5 Feb 8pm
A person is painting a colourful pattern onto a white canvas shoe. A fully painted shoe and paint is on the table in front of them.
Youth Workshops Community & Culture

Stepping Out With Pride

25 Jan
Bathsheba stands with folded arms above her head showing her tattoos. She wears a blonde wig, black tips. She is top naked, hands are covering breasts
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Performance Cabaret Parties & Social Events

The Burlesque of Bathsheba

3 Feb
Images of 3 people in expressive moments with their bodies
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AND/OR Performance Interactive Performance Midsumma Presents

The Demographic Dance OFF: Face-to-Face

12 Feb
A young individual wearing a white collared shirt, a blue and red stripped tie and glasses, staring straight ahead.
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Performance Theatre

The Shy Manifesto by Michael Ross

1-5 Feb
An older man's face. He has long hair, earrings and glasses. He is smiling. On his left are a cartoon megaphone, heart and music notes.
Cancelled
Performance Theatre

Thrive: Queer voices, out loud - CANCELLED

10-13 Feb
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Performance Cabaret Community & Culture

Trans Showgirls Summer Spectacular

5 Feb
A latex bird mask hangs on a chain, with a wig and a feathered cloak. In the background is a draped silk print of the artists Callan and Bon Mott,
AND/OR Visual Arts Exhibition Midsumma Presents

WHOLE SELF

28 Jan-6 Mar
An older woman and a younger person sit together looking at a photo album
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Film Talks

Why Did She Have to Tell the World: Continuity and Change in LGBTQIA+ Activism

30 Jan
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Performance Comedy

Womyn of Comedy

1 Feb
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