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⚫ '''Midsumma Festival''' is a celebration of ] arts and cultures held annually for 22 days over January and February in ], ]. The festival began as a one-week celebration of ] in 1989. The festival has since expanded to a three-week (four weekend) event that attracts over 240,000 people each year.
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⚫ '''Midsumma Festival''' is an annual celebration of LGBTQIA+ arts and cultures, held annually for 22 days across January and February in ], ]. The festival began as a one-week celebration of gay pride in 1989. The festival has expanded over the years to a three-week event that attracts over 280,000 people each year. The festival is now one of the top five gay and lesbian arts and cultural celebrations, along with New York, San Francisco, Vancouver and Sydney.


Although the primary festival is held in summer each year, Midsumma works year-round to provide artists, social changers and cultural makers with support and tools to create, present and promote their work. Midsumma is an open-access festival. Each year over 5000 culture makers, artists and performers present their shows or works in over 100 Melbourne venues over the 22-day Festival. The two main categories are Performing Arts and Visual Arts. Although the primary festival is held in the summer, Midsumma works year-round to provide artists, ], and culture makers with support and tools to create, present, and promote their work. Midsumma is an open-access festival. The 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


Midsumma's visual arts program features exhibitions in and around Melbourne from local, national and international gay artists. Yarra Arts and Queer City play home to many of the exhibitions. Midsumma's visual arts program features exhibitions in and around Melbourne from local, national and international LGBTQIA+ artists.


The festival's performing arts program includes musicals, theatre, cabaret, film, spoken word, music events and dance parties. These performing arts events are largely produced by the community. The festival's performing arts program includes musicals, theatre, ], film, spoken word, music events, and dance parties. These performing arts events are largely produced by local community members.


== Midsumma Carnival == == Midsumma Carnival ==
Midsumma Carnival is held on the opening weekend and traditionally held in Alexandra Gardens with stalls, food, and entertainment from 11am to 11pm. The main stage includes entertainment from the coming festival program to showcase and promote the coming events. Midsumma Carnival is held during the event's opening weekend and is traditionally held at the ]. The main stage includes entertainment from the upcoming festival program to showcase and promote later events. The day is brought to a close with the T Dance, a dance party organized by Midsumma.
==Open-Access Events==
⚫ The majority of Midsumma Festival events are within the umbrella events program, which are created, produced and funded by independent third parties who pay fees for inclusion in the Midsumma Festival.


In 2022 and 2023 there were approximately 200 events, which included programming for arts education, a pride march, all ages street party, photo competition<ref>{{Cite web |last=Build |first=Victoria’s Big |date=2022-02-09 |title=Joseph Meyers: Miss First Nation 2021 for Midsumma 2022 |url=https://bigbuild.vic.gov.au/projects/metro-tunnel/community/art/creative-program/state-library/joseph-meyers-miss-first-nation-2021-for-midsumma-2022 |access-date=2024-09-04 |website=Victoria’s Big Build |language=en}}</ref> and carnival events.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Midsumma Festival Inc |url=https://www.acnc.gov.au/charity/charities/d97ce4a8-38af-e811-a962-000d3ad24a0d/profile |website=Australian Charity and not for profits Commission register}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=News |first=Mirage |title=Midsumma Festival Leaps To Life In Its 36th Year |url=https://www.miragenews.com/midsumma-festival-leaps-to-life-in-its-36th-year-1158674/ |access-date=2024-09-04 |website=Mirage News |language=en-AU}}</ref>
'''Stages:''' Main Stage and Picnic Stage


⚫ ===Midsumma Boards and Management===
'''Precincts:''' Sports, Youth, Family, Tea Tent (for older audiences) and a Chill Out Zone
⚫ * Midsumma Festival Inc. is an incorporated association
⚫ * The Chair of Midsumma Festival is Judy Small AM
⚫ * The CEO is Karen Bryant.


⚫ '''2019'''
<nowiki>*</nowiki>No Glass Allowed!


* '''Chief Executive''': Karen Bryant
==T Dance==
⚫ * '''Programming Manager''': Daniel Santangeli
The day is brought to a close with the T Dance, Midsumma's dance party under the stars. Artists who have performed at T Dance include ], ], ], ], ], and the ].
⚫ * '''Finance & Office Manager''': Angus Li

⚫ * '''Marketing Manager''': Felicity McIntosh
== Queer City ==
⚫ * '''Administrator''': Matt Hirst
Queer City was a collaboration between ], ], Midsumma, and local galleries and artists from the gay community. In 2012 the Queer City was focussed around 1000 Pound Bend Gallery and performance venue, in Little Lonsdale St, Melbourne along with City Library and a new exhibition space known as Mailbox 141, which is the old glass and wooden mailboxes of 141 Flinders Lane, that have been converted into a small art exhibition space.
⚫ * '''Communications & Website''': Alan Drummond

There is an exhibition of Vivien St James’ work, a celebration of fluid or ‘unstable’ gender at Platform Space, as well as exhibitions at Guilford Lane Gallery and fortyfive downstairs.

== Yarra Arts ==
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Yarra Arts is the collaboration between the City of Yarra, Arts Victoria, Midsumma, local galleries and artists from the gay community.

In 2009 this exhibition series featured a premier event from ], a group show, ''TransMasculinities'', which explored aspects of gender, as well as a range of work at the artist run gallery initiative ] on the street of the same name, in Melbourne's ]. ]’s new body of work, ''Veiled In Plain Sight'', was created specifically for Midsumma celebrating the relaunch of ] in Abbotsford. It was off the back of the exhibition series, ''Transmen Translated'' in 2008, that artist and curator ] brought together ''TransMasculinities'', a Midsumma group show featuring photography, painting, drawing and video by eight Female to Male artists from Australia, the UK and the United States. The exhibition explored new ideas of masculinity and offered an insight into the physical and psychological aspects of transgender butch, gender queer and transmasculine experiences, and was shown at ]. ] featured work from ], ], Gary Campbell, ], ], ] and ] and explored concepts ranging from identity, relationship and material assumptions through photography, and even playful work which portraying women's relationships with each other and the open road. The 2009 ''Yarra Arts Exhibition'' was launched on Wednesday 20 January at ] Gallery.{{cn}}

In 2012, ] presented his 25th Anniversary exhibition series entitle ''Cycles & Sequences'' which explored cycles of life, notions of time and endurance, change and transition in today's ]. ''Cycles & Sequences'' included the first ever paintings of the ] stars, ], ] and ]. Celebrating positive gay role models in his art has been an important aspect of Watson's work, and this exhibition featured Lance Corporal ], who appeared on the front cover of the U.K.'s ''Armed Forces'' magazine in 2009, as a soldier who is openly gay.{{cn}}

==Registered events==
⚫ The majority of Midsumma Festival events are within the umbrella events program. That is, they are created, produced and funded by independent third parties who pay fees for inclusion in the Midsumma Festival each year. In 2012 there were approximately 160 events.

⚫ ===Midsumma Boards and Management===
⚫ * Midsumma Festival Inc. is an incorporated association.
⚫ * The Chair of Midsumma Festival is John Caldwell
* The Board of Midsumma Festival includes Dr. Jane Daniels, Rodney George, Dean Hamood (Treasurer), Aaron Hockly, Rachel "Rat" Simpson, Kate Wickett. Mark Latchford resigned in March 2012.
* The Festival Manager is ].


'''2011''' '''2011'''
* Chair: ], Board: * Chair: ]
* General Manager: ] * General Manager: ]


'''2010''' '''2010'''
* Chair: Lisa Watts, Board: * Chair: Lisa Watts
* General Manager: Adam J Lowe * General Manager: Adam J Lowe


'''2009''' '''2009'''
* Chair: Lisa Watts, Board: * Chair: Lisa Watts
* General Manager: Adam J Lowe * General Manager: Adam J Lowe


'''2008''' '''2008'''
* Chair: Lisa Watts, Board: * Chair: Lisa Watts
* General Manager: ] * General Manager: ]
* Festival Administrator: ] * Festival Administrator: ]
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* Festival Administrator: Molly Whelan * Festival Administrator: Molly Whelan


⚫ '''2019'''

⚫ * '''Chief Executive''': Karen Bryant
⚫ * '''Programming Manager''': Daniel Santangeli
⚫ * '''Finance & Office Manager''': Angus Li
⚫ * '''Marketing Manager''': Felicity McIntosh
⚫ * '''Administrator''': Matt Hirst
⚫ * '''Communications & Website''': Alan Drummond


==See also== ==See also==
{{Portal|LGBT}} {{Portal|LGBTQ}}
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⚫ * ] holds archival material relating to the Midsumma Festival


==References== ==References==
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{{Commons category|Midsumma festival}} {{Commons category|Midsumma festival}}
⚫ * ] holds archival material relating to the Midsumma Festival


== Gallery ==
<gallery> <gallery>
File:2022 Midsumma Pride March - 51864178517.jpg|Midsumma Pride March 2022
Image:2010_CARNIVAL1.JPG|Carnival
File:2022 Midsumma Pride March - 51865479009.jpg|Midsumma Pride March 2022 Port Phillip group
Image:2010_TDANCE.JPG|T Dance
File:2022 Midsumma Pride March - 51865470944.jpg|Pride marchers wearing face masks at Midsumma 2022
⚫ Image:AdamLove.JPG|Adam Love
File:Midsumma 2009 1.jpg|Midsumma Pride march participants 2009
Image:2010_Drag.JPG|Drag
File:2010 CARNIVAL2.jpg|Midsumma Carnival 2010
</gallery>
File:2010 TDANCE.JPG|2010

⚫ File:AdamLove.JPG|Adam Love at Midsumma
⚫ {{Pride parades}}
File:2010 Drag.JPG|Drag in 2010 Midsumma
⚫ </gallery>{{Pride parades}}
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{{LGBT in Australia}} {{LGBT in Australia}}
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Midsumma Festival
Carnival crowd at Alexandra Garden
Carnival crowd at Alexandra Garden
Carnival crowd at Alexandra Garden 2010
GenreLGBT festival
Location(s)Melbourne, Australia
Founded1989
Websitehttp://midsumma.org.au

Midsumma Festival is a celebration of LGBTQIA+ arts and cultures held annually for 22 days over January and February in Melbourne, Australia. The festival began as a one-week celebration of LGBTQIA+ pride in 1989. The festival has since expanded to a three-week (four weekend) event that attracts over 240,000 people each year.

Although the primary festival is held in the summer, Midsumma works year-round to provide artists, social changers, and culture makers with support and tools to create, present, and promote their work. Midsumma is an open-access festival. The 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

Midsumma's visual arts program features exhibitions in and around Melbourne from local, national and international LGBTQIA+ artists.

The festival's performing arts program includes musicals, theatre, cabaret, film, spoken word, music events, and dance parties. These performing arts events are largely produced by local community members.

Midsumma Carnival

Midsumma Carnival is held during the event's opening weekend and is traditionally held at the Alexandra Gardens. The main stage includes entertainment from the upcoming festival program to showcase and promote later events. The day is brought to a close with the T Dance, a dance party organized by Midsumma.

Open-Access Events

The majority of Midsumma Festival events are within the umbrella events program, which are created, produced and funded by independent third parties who pay fees for inclusion in the Midsumma Festival.

In 2022 and 2023 there were approximately 200 events, which included programming for arts education, a pride march, all ages street party, photo competition and carnival events.

Midsumma Boards and Management

  • Midsumma Festival Inc. is an incorporated association
  • The Chair of Midsumma Festival is Judy Small AM
  • The CEO is Karen Bryant.

2019

  • Chief Executive: Karen Bryant
  • Programming Manager: Daniel Santangeli
  • Finance & Office Manager: Angus Li
  • Marketing Manager: Felicity McIntosh
  • Administrator: Matt Hirst
  • Communications & Website: Alan Drummond

2011

2010

  • Chair: Lisa Watts
  • General Manager: Adam J Lowe

2009

  • Chair: Lisa Watts
  • General Manager: Adam J Lowe

2008

2007

  • General Manager: Jarrod Hughes
  • Festival Administrator: Molly Whelan


See also

References

  1. Build, Victoria’s Big (9 February 2022). "Joseph Meyers: Miss First Nation 2021 for Midsumma 2022". Victoria’s Big Build. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
  2. "Midsumma Festival Inc". Australian Charity and not for profits Commission register.
  3. News, Mirage. "Midsumma Festival Leaps To Life In Its 36th Year". Mirage News. Retrieved 4 September 2024. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)

Gallery

  • Midsumma Pride March 2022 Midsumma Pride March 2022
  • Midsumma Pride March 2022 Port Phillip group Midsumma Pride March 2022 Port Phillip group
  • Pride marchers wearing face masks at Midsumma 2022 Pride marchers wearing face masks at Midsumma 2022
  • Midsumma Pride march participants 2009 Midsumma Pride march participants 2009
  • Midsumma Carnival 2010 Midsumma Carnival 2010
  • 2010 2010
  • Adam Love at Midsumma Adam Love at Midsumma
  • Drag in 2010 Midsumma Drag in 2010 Midsumma
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