Midsumma Festival 2024

Midsumma is Australia's premier queer arts and cultural organisation, bringing together a diverse mix of LGBTQIA+ artists, performers, communities and audiences.

Midsumma Festival usually runs over 22 days in Melbourne's summer (January/February) each year with an explosion of queer events that centre around hidden and mainstream queer culture, involving local, interstate, and international artists.

Midsumma Festival will return from Sunday 21 January to Sunday 11 February 2024.

The Midsumma Festival program comprises a curated Midsumma Presents line-up plus the community-driven Open-access stream, to share with you the lived experiences of those voices at the margins, the expression of queer history, and the celebration of new ideas and stories that come to life through world-class art and performance. 

The festival program is made up of diverse art forms and genres, including visual arts, live music, theatre, spoken word, cabaret, film, parties, sport, social events, and public forums. Featuring over 200 events in 2023, 153 events in 2022, 163 events in 2021, and 194 events in 2020 (despite COVID-19 limitations in 2021 and 2022), with involvement by over 5000 culture-makers in over 100 different venues across Melbourne and wider Victoria - to audiences averaging 255,202 attendees over the past four years.

When: 21 January - 11 February 2024

Where: All around Melbourne - find events near you here

Who: Many people and organisations are involved in Midsumma’s events - look out for Switchboard hosted Midsumma events on our events page

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