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It's WEEK 2 of Midsumma Festival 2021!
Hi friend,
We're in Week 2 of Midsumma Festival 2021! There's been cabaret, comedy, drag, discussion panels, art exhibitions, dance events - and everything inbetween. There's still a marvellous mix of events to go - we're running until May 5. Check out some of the highlights coming up this week in this email, or peruse our whole program here!
Happy Midsumma Festival! 🏳️🌈✨💜
Photo: All The King's Hens, 29 April, Comedy Republic
Amplify: Crush is on Monday!
First crushes, worst crushes, celebrity crushes, the crush of unrequited love.
Amplify: Crush brings together a line-up of bold Queer artists from the West singing songs and telling tales that will break your heart and then mend it again.
Hosted by editor-activist and founder of Djed Press Hella Ibrahim, featuring music by Kittling and performances by poet Danny Silva Soberano and multidisciplinary artist and astrologer Angelita Biscotti.
📆 Monday 3 May, 6:30pm
📍Bluestone Church Arts Space
🎟 Tickets from $10
What's on this week at Midsumma Festival
The Most Inclusive LGBTQI+ Wedding Planning Event You'll Ever Attend
For couples and wedding professionals. Think of this as an evening of mini TEDtalks about wedding planning and LGBTQIA+ education. Exciting presentations over a 3-course dinner + drinks! 🥂
29 April, Prince Hotel. Tix $120 inc. food, drink + presentations
Lemon Comedy - Pride Edition
Inclusive comedy at its best. 🍋 Hosted by radio duo 'Annie and Ando' from JOY 94.9 and joined by brilliant queer comedians and performers including Margot Tanjutco, Hannah Arbuthnott, Grace Jarvis, drag king Justin Telinqure and author Nevo Zisin.
29 April, Fringe Common Rooms. Tickets $20
All Out of Pride
An evening of songs you're ashamed to love with the brilliant Geraldine Quinn & Cameron Thomas. A loving celebration of the pomp and hilarity of the camp-as-tits genre of torch songs, bold anthems and hyperbolic duets from two musicians at the top of their game.
30 April, Gasworks Arts Park. Tickets from $30
An anthology fundraiser! Join us for one night of memoir, fiction and poetry readings from a range of trans and gender diverse storytellers. It aims to centre trans gender and diverse voices in discussions about gender diversity and representation.
30 April, Bluestone Church Arts Space, tix from $12 but no one turned away for lack of funds.
Yarra Leisure Pride Night
An inclusive gym and swim night for the LGBTIQ+ community and their allies! A place where inclusion, diversity and uniqueness will be welcomed, respected and celebrated. There'll be pizza, DJs, full access to the pools and spas, performances, free classes and more! 🏊♂️
1 May, Collingwood Leisure Centre, Tickets $10
More program highlights on this week
Wanderlust: A Cheeky Dance Cabaret
After countless sell-out shows, Wanderlust comes to the Midsumma Festival with a creatively over-the-top, mega-talented and outrageous Host and delivers a dazzling array of exciting and naughty dance cabaret entertainment. entertainment. This cheeky dance cabaret will leave you breathless and howling with laughter!
30 April - 1 May, Welcome To Thornbury, Tickets from $69
Steven Kramer - Don't Make Me Play Piano Man
A love letter to the piano and those who play it. Join Steven Kramer on a journey through all the great piano hits. With his cheeky, irreverent humour he celebrates his up and down relationship with the piano and some of the instrument’s superstars. Bringing fresh arrangements of songs you know and love, this is a sure crowd-pleaser.
30 April - 2 May, fortyfive downstairs, tickets from $35
The Kings
A Melbourne premiere! Come join for a night of boy-banding, joke-landing and good times that you’ll only find right here.
Expect lip-syncing goodness, music, a mix of dance/gyration and a dash of comedy for equal measure.
Hosted by Laura Hart as Big Rod (Queerstories, Story Club, Improv Theatre Sydney).
30 April, Comedy Republic. Tickets from $25
Midsumma Festival events at Hares & Hyenas
There are still a few exciting events to come at Hare Hole (Hares & Hyenas)! Don't miss the opportunity to visit brilliant LGBTIQA+ bookshop and community space Hares & Hyenas to soak up the Midsumma Festival magic.
BROTHERS NO LONGER IN ARMS
28 April and 5 May, 9pm
Tickets from $15
Presented with Living Positive Victoria
THE THRILLS & SPILLS OF ONE WOMAN’S HIV JOURNEY
28 April and 5 May, 7pm
Tickets from $15
Presented with Living Positive Victoria
QUEENIE BON BON — THE BODY IS ITS OWN LANGUAGE (pictured)
29 - 30 April, 7:30pm
Tickets from $12 in person, or from $6 live stream
BLUE IS THE COLOUR OF LOVE
1 May, 7:30pm
Tickets from $25
GAY STUFF MARKETS
2 May, 1pm
Free entry
TO SIR WITH GLOVE
4 May, 7:30pm
Tickets from $20 in person, or from $5 live stream
19 April - 5 May 2021
Midsumma Pride March - 23 May 2021
Midsumma Festival Office
Ground Level
77 Southbank Blvd
Southbank VIC 3006
Thank you for reading. You have received this eNews as you have connected with Midsumma Festival in the past and we hope to see you again in the future.
