Midsumma Festival 2026

Australia's premier queer arts and cultural festival will return in 2026, running from Sunday 18th January 2026 - Sunday 8th February 2026.
Australia's premier LGBTQIA+ arts and cultural experience returns with signature annual Midsumma events.
This Summer Midsumma will present a jam- packed calendar with about 200 events celebrating the LGBTQIA+ community across Naarm/Melbourne and regional Victoria.
Melbourne will come alive with the joy of Midsumma Festival from Abbotsford Convent to the NGV to the State Library Victoria to the Immigration Museum.
There will be comedy cabaret circus arts talks tours awards and more as Victoria comes together to celebrate the festival theme; COLLECTIVE IDENTITIE(S) through the Summer.
Featured Events
❊ When ❊
Date/s: Sunday 18th January 2026 - Sunday 8th February 2026
Library Up Late x Creative Acts - Midsumma Festival
FREAK OUT! THE AFTERPARTY - Midsumma Festival
Victoria's Pride Street Party 2026 - Midsumma Festival
The Banks are Burning
When: Thursday 5th February 2026
Address: State Library Victoria, Melbourne
Party late into the night as the Library transforms into your after-dark playground
Party late into the night at State Library Victoria with an evening packed with dancing, art.. Show More..
FREAK OUT! THE AFTERPARTY - Midsumma Festival
When: Saturday 7th February 2026
Venue: Spiegel Haus Melbourne
The 90's club night you always dreamed would return!
Step into the ultimate late night dance party where circus, burlesque, cabaret and live acts collide with the pumping pulse .. Show More..
Victoria's Pride Street Party 2026 - Midsumma Festival
When: Sunday 8th February 2026
Address: Corner Gertrude St and Smith St, Fitzroy VIC 3065
Take over the streets with us!
The 5th edition of Victoria's Pride Street Party will be back on Sunday 8 February 2026 - a celebration of progress, love, and diversity!
Exper.. Show More..
The Banks are Burning
When: Thursday 5th February 2026 to Thursday 2nd April 2026
Venue: Artbank Melbourne
The Banks are Burning centres on Gary Carsley's 1986 artwork of the same name, originally commissioned as a backdrop for New York's influential club The Limelight.
Created duri.. Show More..
❊ Web Links ❊
Advertiser:
www.midsumma.org.au
→ www.midsumma.org.au
❊ Also See.. ❊
FREAK OUT! THE AFTERPARTY - Midsumma Festival
Group Exhibition: Molten Tongues
Library Up Late x Creative Acts - Midsumma Festival
The Banks are Burning
Victoria's Pride Street Party 2026 - Midsumma Festival
ChillOut Festival 2026
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