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12 Jan 2018

David and Sue’s Everything You Need to Know for Midsumma 2018 – Part 1 with Daniel Santangeli – Midsumma Program Manager

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David and Sue’s Everything You Need to Know for Midsumma 2018 – Part 1 with Daniel Santangeli – Midsumma Program Manager

Yes, it’s part 1 of your “Everything You Need to Know for Midsumma 2018” Guide. David and Sue talk to Daniel Santangeli – Programming Manager of Midsumma to find out about all the 170+ events that are on over the coming weeks including the Carnival, T-Dance, Pride March and the Midsumma Presents program which includes the Midsumma Youth Spectacular in conjunction with Minus 18.

Midsumma kicks off this weekend with Carnival and T-Dance and runs until 4th February when it winds up with the Midsumma Pride March

Some info about the festival from their website:

Midsumma Festival is Victoria’s premier LGBTQIA+ cultural festival, made for and by communities who live with shared experiences around diverse gender and sexuality.

We are a champion of LGBTQIA+ cultures, conversations and events. We are the intersection between generations, people, ideas, stories and experiences – a focal point for connections and belonging. We create inclusive and safe social spaces. We provide platforms for shared experience in a world which often under-represents us. We value diversity and we embrace difference. We increase our communities’ profiles and amplify the stories that might otherwise not be seen, heard or felt.

Although the primary three-week festival is held in summer each year, Midsumma works year-round to provide artists, social-changers and culture-makers with support and tools to create, present and promote their work. Midsumma Festival brings a diverse mix of artists, performers, communities and audiences together under a single umbrella for a celebration and innovative presentation of queer arts and culture.

We hope you enjoy our diverse festival program, made up of visual arts, theatre, spoken word, cabaret, film, live music, parties, sport, social events and public forums, featuring nearly 170 events in 2018, with involvement by over 500 culture-makers in over 100 different venues across Melbourne and wider Victoria to anticipated audiences of over 200,000.

JOY will, of course, have a stand at Carnival and be marching in the Pride March so Join us at Midsumma 2018…