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Midsumma Festival 2026: Time & Place
Midsumma Festival is a proud JOY Sponsor. Midsumma Festival 2026: Time & Place As the world faces growing division and a retreat from progress, the need to connect through shared…
Welcome to JOY’s Summer Season 2025-26
JOY 94.9 is thrilled to announce the launch of this year’s Summer Season schedule, running from Monday 8 December 2025 to Sunday 1 February 2026. It’s summer, and with that…
Sunday Arts Magazine Art Exhibition Brings Queer Creativity to St Kilda
This November, JOY celebrates the colourful intersection of community and creativity with the first-ever Sunday Arts Magazine Art Exhibition, featuring 12 outstanding artists at Dawn & Mable’s Wine Bar on…
Melbourne Queer Film Festival 2025: Searching for Queer Utopias
MQFF is a proud JOY Sponsor. The Melbourne Queer Film Festival (MQFF) returns for its 35th Anniversary from 13–23 November, inviting audiences to join the search for Queer Utopias. Queer…
JOY Rainbow Sessions welcomes BEKS as first ever headliner
JOY Rainbow Sessions is JOY’s brand new initiative to celebrate and elevate LGBTQIA+ artists, bringing you front and centre with the most exciting out-and-proud acts in the country. A series…
Celebrating Inclusion Through Sport: Sport with Pride and Joy Exhibition Opens at the Victorian Pride Centre
The Victorian Pride Centre came alive on opening night of the Sport with Pride and Joy exhibition, a landmark celebration of the powerful role sport plays in achieving inclusion and visibility for…
JOY celebrates Wear it Purple Day 2025
Australia’s LGBTQIA+ radio station and community media organisation, JOY Media, are proudly celebrating Wear It Purple Day. Celebrated each year on the last Friday in August, Wear It Purple…
Community Forum on Hookup App Safety
On a recent episode of Hide and Seek, host Tim Little sat down with Thorne Harbour Health’s Community Engagement Manager and JOY presenter Cal Hawk, along with community advocate Odus…
RECENT PODCASTS
The bleak midwinter – Show #377 (part 2), 30 November 2025
All of the songs in the second hour of today’s show are Australian, except for the seasonal ‘The Bleak Midwinter’ from Irish singer-songwriter Lisa O’Neill’s excellent new EP. The Australian…
As long as you’ll stay – Show #377 (part 1), 30 November 2025
Katie presents an hour of beautiful new tracks by artists based in Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland, Ireland and the USA. There are songs about the weird side of life,…
What is Talk Therapy To Me?
Our first episode begins here. This is the space where we’re meant to be. Come sit comfortably with us and find out what to expect.
Take Me to Your Reader – Episode 1 Robert King 13 December 2025
Loretta interviews special guest Robert King. LGBTIQA+ writer and JOY presenter Robert King discusses his battle with homosexuality and his unpublished memoir of owning a bar in Bali Loretta and…
Lizzo, Guns ‘N Roses, Scarlett Johansson and More!
Calling all L.A. insiders and curious minds — Peter Reynolds is back with Hollywood’s latest! Whether it’s what’s trending or what’s already toast, stay tuned for this week’s best and…
Out Takes Best of 2025
We know that ‘Best of’ lists can be problematic but with the end of the year fast approaching we wanted to share with you some of our favourite queer films…
FNL – Letting loose
Sue is back … and all is sweetness and light – for a full 15 minutes! A certain song was requested … David played it! Did not go over well….
Christmas Movies
The Strictly Soundtracks team are jingling their bells, decking the halls and donning gay apparel to celebrate the music of Christmas movies. From The Ramones to Whitney Houston, Wham and…
Associate Professor Liam Burke: What Netflix Buying Warner Bros Could Mean for Cinema
Netflix’s move to buy Warner Bros has raised questions about the future of cinema. Associate Professor Liam Burke explains the scale of the deal and why it matters for film…
Associate Professor Lauren Rosewarne: Why Christmas Songs Get Stuck in Our Heads
Christmas music triggers instant memories, emotions and associations, often within seconds of hearing it. Associate Professor Lauren Rosewarne explains why certain sounds and cues signal “Christmas” so powerfully. Guest: Lauren…
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