The program for next year’s Midsumma Festival has been released, with events to again be held in the west.
Pride of our Footscray Bar will play host to two Midsumma events, beginning with a Queer Comedy Gala on 22 January.
The gala will feature a stacked line-up of seven LGBTQIA+ comedians ready to make audiences laugh, led by MC Dolly Diamond.
While the cast has yet to be announced, past performers have included Kirsty Webeck, Zoë Coombs Marr and Tricksy Collins.
Then on 31 January, Blak & Fabulous will also take place at Pride of our Footscray.
While a new years eve event, Blak & Fabulous is billed as an intimate evening of performance and discussion, hosted by Cerulean (reigning Miss First Nations Supreme Queen).
Midsumma will also venture to Hobsons Bay with 2099: Messages to our Queer Future to be displayed at Louis Joel Gallery in Altona.
Twenty ninety nine is an exhibition that openly invites artists, creatives and makers of all ages, to create a love letter to the future of queer community, explore the hopes of queer liberation in the future and showcase a time capsule of queer culture today.
Featuring works from diverse artists, carefully curated by The Artist Known as Foot, the exhibition goes on display on 20 January before an official opening event on 24 January.
The exhibition will then continue from 27-31 January and 3-4 February.
Mindsumma Festival runs from 18 January to 8 February.
The full program can be found at: https://www.midsumma.org.au/
