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The Midsumma Weekend Scoop
Hi friend,
Can you believe Midsumma Festival 2021 starts on MONDAY?! We just wanted to send you a cheeky update on all of the Midsumma events that are selling out or have limited capacity, so you have less of a chance of missing out!
Love, Midsumma
Midsumma Sunday Sessions
Winter is coming, so ease out of the warmer months with this last chance to sit outside, and be serenaded with a glass in hand. Midsumma Festival can have you exhausted with so many things to see and do, so take a load off, and let us take the reins as we near the last week of the festival.
With keyboard stylings by Joshie Belle, non-binary cabaret-star, music-theatre-composing sensation, and special guests from throughout the festival.
2 May, Malthouse Outdoor Stage, FREE but bookings required!
Discover Midsumma Presents Events
Laceship
Laceship is inspired by horror cult classic film The Exorcist. Three performers inhabit characters from the film through a queer lens exploring themes of religious unorthodoxy, embodied exorcisms, Catholic ceremony and demonic ritual.
28 April - 2 May, Temperance Hall
Line Up, Sign Up, Muck Up
DJ sets and spoken word! A curated line-up of spoken word extraordinaires, cued and wooed by DJ Hip Hop Hoe. Plus, an open mic section and an unpredictable spectacle of improvised sonic-phonic wonder.
23 April, Hare Hole
Queer Playwriting Award Showcase
Witness staged readings of brand new queer theatre works. This development program aims to identify, support and develop new playwriting talent and get queer issues out there for mainstream audiences to consider and enjoy.
27 April, Gasworks Arts Park
This multi projection audio visual installation reveals venomous terminology that proliferates throughout white supremacist patriarchy on same sex (male) ‘hook up’ apps.
19 April - 2 May, Gasworks Arts Park, FREE daily
A Festive Mass
All are welcome to this annual celebration of the lives of LGBTIQ+ people of faith in the context of a beautiful and uplifting Sung Mass with our talented choir and a thoughtful, stimulating and encouraging reflection.
23 April, St Mark's Anglican Church Fitzroy
Perversion
The ultimate sub-culture dance event presented by Folsom Down Under. A A party that celebrates sexually adventurous queer subculture through dress code, exhibitionism, and dirty, filthy dance music. Come to the dance event and then recover at Deviants, at a secret location the next day.
23 April, Chasers Nightclub
PRIDElweiss is BACK!
PRIDElweiss, the official beer of Midsumma Festival, is a crisp, refreshing beer made for everyone to love. After raising $45,000 over the last four years, Stomping Ground is again donating 50¢ from every PRIDElweiss sold to Midsumma Futures, a mentorship program for emerging LGBTQIA+ artists.
Stomping Ground has also created PRIDE AT HOME PACKS which include a case of PRIDElweiss, merchandise designed by Midsumma Futures artist Yvette Turnbull, pride flag and rainbow bunting for all your Midsumma at home parties.
Look out for PRIDElweiss in store today, or purchase it and your PRIDE AT HOME pack directly from here and support Midsumma Futures!
Looking for some laughs?
The brilliant MICF finishes up this Sunday, but there's plenty of events to keep the laughs going at Midsumma Festival! We've got queer comedy showcases, stand up, one-man shows and even a murder mystery! Check them all out below.
Image: Terms and Conditions, 19 Apr-5 May, digital event
The People of Cabaret: We are Here!
Curated by this new initiative, who formed in 2020 to support, uplift, amplify and advocate for artists who identify as Indigenous, Bla(c)k and/or people of colour, their debut Midsumma season is a vibrant expression of identity, queerness, culture and all that can be both powerful & soft.
23 April, Malthouse Outdoor Stage
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.
