Midsumma Festival 2022 Australia

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Our primary event, Midsumma Festival, will return in 2022 from Sunday 23 January to Sunday 13 February 2022, with an explosion of queer events that centre around hidden and mainstream queer culture, involving local, interstate, and international artists. Read on for key dates.

Midsumma Festival’s 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.

Our 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 194 events in 2020, and 163 events in 2021 despite COVID-19 limitations, with involvement by over 5000 culture-makers in over 100 different venues across Melbourne and wider Victoria - to audiences averaging 255,202 attendees, each year, over the past four years.

Queer Playwriting Award Submission – open 18 June 2021
Midsumma Pathways mentorship applications – open 1 July
Queer Playwriting Awards Submissions – close 4 July 2021
Open-Access event registrations – open 8 July 2021
Venue Registrations – open 8 July 2021
Secure advertising in Midsumma Printed Program Guide – open 8 July
Midsumma Futures mentorship applications – open 24 July 2021
Midsumma Futures applications – close 28 Aug 2021
Midsumma and Australia Post Art Award submissions – open 1 Sept 2021
Event and Venue Registrations – close 27 Sept 2021
Midsumma and Australia Post Art Award submissions – close 1 Nov 2021
Midsumma Festival 2022 Program Launch – TBC (mid-Nov 2021)