Using the 1950 Japanese psychological thriller film Rashomon as a jumping off point, Odd Hours explores how people can experience and recall the same incident in contradictory, oft self-serving, ways.

The show centers on a fictional spelling bee set in a Putnam Valley Middle School. Six awkward spelling champions learn that winning (and losing) isn’t everything.

This deaf led industry event exploring the inclusive production process behind powerful new Australian short film – Dry Fire which is included in this year’s Top 100 (Presented in Auslan and translated into English)

South African-New Zealander URZILA CARLSON is a Token African. She’s also a multi award-winning comedian, the 2019 Melbourne International Comedy Festival’s highest ticket-seller, and a household name across two continents.

Once again marchers will colour Fitzroy St in a parade of solidarity. Midsumma is encouraging audiences to attend/view the march in ONLY TWO ways: at a venue, or watch from home

On the brink of artistic discovery, Michel’s plans for the future are interrupted by a diagnosis of schizophrenia – he must rely on his sister – yet Karen has dreams of her own, how long can she push them aside to care for him?

Meg and Tim. Jen and Bill. All they want is a child. No sugar, no alcohol, no dignity. A rollercoaster of IVF, fertility gods and dancing sperm. They’re good people, they deserve this, it’ll happen for them. Right?

Recognising the sophisticated appreciation of weather systems within Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural knowledge, the works on display in Big Weather showcase how artists from diverse Indigenous communities hold this knowledge in art.

The production moves between the surreal and absurd; humorously reversing perceptions of difference and exploring themes, such as the tendency to categorise, distance and suspect ‘outsiders’.

Celebrating the opening of French Impressionism. Who were the artists that led the movement, and what were the artistic influences and social relationships that united them?

Queer. Autistic. Veteran. So many stereotypes. Late to the party. Late bloomer. Late diagnosed. Jacci Pillar was born to be late, but better later than never

Celebrating the opening of Goya: Drawings from the Prado Museum, NGV curators introduce various aspects of Goya’s work

See Bluey, Bingo, Mum and Dad as you’ve never seen them before

Some of Australia’s most-loved and celebrated musicians – who are all self-confessed Beatles tragics – will come together to bring The Beatles’ closing chapter to life on stage.

NEW DATE – Alanis Morissette is bringing her 2020 World Tour celebrating 25 years of “Jagged Little Pill”

SOLD OUT – Alanis Morissette is bringing her 2020 World Tour celebrating 25 years of “Jagged Little Pill”

Returning to Australia in 2020 for The Hits! tour, a 50 year celebration of his stellar career…and this time, with Auslan access.

Coconut Woman is a comedy-drama with music. A fish out of water story, raw, funny, poignant, with just the right amount of musical punctuation.

Discover an ethereal garden, a-flutter with Fae in a performance work capturing the similarities between the origins of fairies and early colonial writings on Blak peoples.

(Dance) Join, proud Wiradjuri man Joel Bray and a talented team of collaborators including Carly Sheppard, Dan Newell  and Niharika Senepati for a flirty, occasionally filthy and deeply passionate look at the true history of sensuality ‘down under’.

What are the books that shaped you? Come and celebrate the texts that have influenced our lives literally and literarily, alongside the reveal of the jam-packed 2021 Emerging Writers’ Festival program.

Vulnerable and powerful, hilarious and heartbreaking, Queerstories celebrates the culture and creativity of the LGBTQI+ community one true story at a time. A national storytelling project directed by Maeve Marsden.

Amplify is a one-night showcase accompanied by a weeklong art exhibition, highlighting the experience of being Deaf and Disabled in the Victorian music industry.

FANGIRLS follows the uproarious story of Edna, a plucky misfit scholarship girl who believes that she alone can win the heart of the world’s biggest pop star; Harry.

Between school, court, family dramas and stints in The Bighouse, will Chris ever make it as a rapper?

With keyboard stylings by Joshie Belle, non-binary cabaret-star, music-theatre-composing sensation, and special guests.

With keyboard stylings by Joshie Belle, non-binary cabaret-star, music-theatre-composing sensation, and special guests.

The concert comprises stunning performances by young performing artists.

Australia’s LGBTQIA+ arts and cultural experience, Midsumma Festival, in partnership with Arts Centre Melbourne are excited to introduce the inaugural Midsumma Festival Live at the Bowl.

Join us in the park for a luminous evening performance of music, theatre and dance to delight and entertain you with all the colours of the rainbow!

Come and celebrate the first year of Queers Draw This!

Laugh along with your hosts, The Listies. Celebrate our collective differences in an open-air cabaret for kids at the iconic Sidney Myer Music Bowl, as part of Live at the Bowl series.

Laugh along with your hosts, The Listies. Celebrate our collective differences in an open-air cabaret for kids at the iconic Sidney Myer Music Bowl, as part of Live at the Bowl series.

A radical, multi-artform, variety show with it’s tongue firmly planted in it’s cheeks.

Australia’s LGBTQIA+ arts and cultural experience, Midsumma Festival, in partnership with Arts Centre Melbourne are excited to introduce the inaugural Midsumma Festival Live at the Bowl.

Bring your queer Magic Mike fantasy to life!

Nine young folk wade through the wasteland of the internet to find themselves.

Australia’s leading queer visual arts award

The annual Queer Playwriting Award (previously Playtime Staged Readings), is a collaboration between Gasworks Arts Park and Midsumma Festival, and part of the Midsumma Presents Program. 

Join artists of the Queerantine in the Flesh exhibition for two special Q&A panel discussion events where they discuss their works and how they operate as queer artists living, working, playing and creating during COVID-19.

The much-loved sex and relationships advice series, Take It From Me, is back – and badder than ever, gleefully tossing up handfuls of laughter, love and stardust.

(3 session times) A special live salon of performances by artists of the Queerantine in the Flesh exhibition.

Join Nevo, Adolfo, Frances and Jax in conversation on coming-of-age moments in their lives and the LGBTIQA+ community.

Join artists of the Queerantine in the Flesh exhibition for two special Q&A panel discussion events where they discuss their works and how they operate as queer artists living, working, playing and creating during COVID-19.

The People of Cabaret present a loud and proud lineup of outstanding artists and performers from the cabaret, burlesque, drag and circus scene

REFERENCE MATERIAL is a new dance work from choreographer, Alisdair Macindoe, exploring the process and history of dance making in the age of narcissism and digital interdependence.

A Strange Space is an open-air exhibition of site-responsive projection art, performance, music, dance and online interactive works

How can we make sure that young LGBTIQA+ people are safe, respected and supported at home? What role do parents, siblings and other family members have to play in preventing family violence? And what needs to shift in our communities and society?

Charlie and the War Against the Grannies bursts on to the stage in a rampaging musical comedy for children aged 5 and up!

‘One of the most achingly funny and uplifting evenings I can remember.’ The Telegraph (UK)

‘Incredibly funny, incredibly smart, and most of all, incredibly, incredibly good at what she does. The good gear.’ Pedestrian.tv

A fantastical theatre show for children and families about expressing yourself and feeling connected with others

Slide your best sequins on, babes – those chinos ain’t gonna cut it when The People of Cabaret take over the Melbourne International Comedy Festival’s Festival Club for one night only!

Charlie and the War Against the Grannies bursts on to the stage in a rampaging musical comedy for children aged 5 and up!

Health professionals are with us when we’re born, and they’re with us when we die. They devote their lives to caring for us, but how do we care for them?

A sure fire, killer stand-up at the top of his game.

‘This book will change history. It’s the first of its kind in Australia. And I hope it won’t be the last. We deserve better representation in literature.’

Return season of Wil’s smash-hit, critically acclaimed opus.

Anarchy, conspiracy, drugs, racism, ableism, disability sex whores, Anti-Vax Karens, cover-up culture, is Peter Dutton an actual potato? Whatever the topic, it’s in our wheelhouse. ?The Wheelhouse: It’s current affairs in high-speed chairs.

Anarchy, conspiracy, drugs, racism, ableism, disability sex whores, Anti-Vax Karens, cover-up culture, is Peter Dutton an actual potato? Whatever the topic, it’s in our wheelhouse. ?The Wheelhouse: It’s current affairs in high-speed chairs.

‘One of the most achingly funny and uplifting evenings I can remember.’ The Telegraph (UK)

Described as an ‘engaging presence’ (Chortle, UK), three-time Deadly Funny National Finalist Cy Fahey has a weirdness and confronting sense of identity to his humour.

Black Lives Matter Rally

A compelling performance celebrating the passion and talent of our Indigenous youth with Spinifex Gum.

Geraldine is proving to everyone, including herself, that life begins at 40.

‘Authentic, hilarious, and uplifting.’ WeekendNotes

Nothing is off limits at a Tommy Little live show – his real-life antics and setbacks are foolish, funny as hell and definitely his own fault.

‘Will have you laughing til it hurts. 4½ stars’ The Age

‘Absurdist stand-up at its subversive best. 4 stars’ Evening Standard (UK)

Due to the worldwide pandemic and awaiting the results of a partnership visa, Welsh comedian Lloyd Langford is stuck in Australia. But don’t worry, he is absolutely jazzed to be here.

Television appearances, awards, world tours – Randy Feltface has led a charmed life.

Taking an in-depth look at recent acquisitions to the NGV Collection.

Chasing her eggs, camino chasing, chasing Keanu Reeves in no particular order, and her Mum’s opinion on the topic of her and men, Diana Nguyen is ready for the chase.

The Installation is textured and approachable, and activates experiences that are both sensory seeking and sensory avoiding.

Australian Impressionism is underlaid by a tapestry of complex personal relationships between the artists and those close to them.

A handy little genre-defying sketch-clown-stand-up-drag multitool, Scout Boxall brings their unique brand of low-fi, prop-heavy absurdity to the stage in their raw first solo hour – Good Egg. And it’s a bloody a cracking time.

Last year everyone told me they needed a laugh, and guess what? I need an audience so this really could work out well for all of us.

Yep, the world is loopy. We should talk about it.

The Di Gribble Argument honours the contribution of an extraordinary powerhouse of Australian public life, providing an indelible addition to the national debate.

Time has been updted to 12.30pm – Join the fun of new discoveries, delightful games to play, songs to sing and stories to enjoy. 

Join us online as we celebrate Ballarat’s wonderful, diverse communities as part of Harmony Fest 2021.

The Urban Forest is a sound installation and performative work that situates the audience in a multi-sensory, experiential world

Imagine a building that grows food. Now imagine millions of buildings that grow food.

A surreal, darkly funny play about a working-class autistic family and their technicolour brain explosions as they struggle to communicate and connect with one another.

LGBTQI+ Elders Dance Club is a social dance event for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, gender diverse and intersex elders and their allies.

The most important human being ever born. The most powerful creature ever to exist. Somewhere in our city, they’re about to hook up.

Following the screening, stick around for a live music and a panel discussion with filmmakers Benjamin Theodore Pederick and Daniel King (Goodmorningbeautiful Films) and the Darebin Aboriginal Advisory Committee.

FUSE Autumn Opening Night rings in the start of the festival with a musical celebration and coming together underneath the stars in the Darebin Arts Centre Courtyard.

A brand-new participatory workshop that aims to make dance more accessible to the public and to promote the significance of creating a united, strong and inclusive presence for women and the LGBTQIA+ community. 

Taking inspiration from Jean Cocteau’s 1930 play of the same name – Pericope Productions presents a contemporary exploration of telephone conversation.

New date ! “UPLIFTING, INSPIRING, JOYOUS. AN EXTRAORDINARY STORY OF OPEN-HEARTED GENEROSITY.” (Limelight)

Join Patricia in an evening of conversation that is sure to both stimulate your mind and entertain you.

Vulnerable and powerful, hilarious and heartbreaking, Queerstories celebrates the culture and creativity of the LGBTQI+ community one true story at a time. A national storytelling project directed by Maeve Marsden.

Andy and Terry’s Treehouse has reached an amazing 91 Stories! It’s now more fantastically dangerous than ever, with a deserted desert island, a whirlpool, and a giant spider!

Experimentation, creativity in lockdown, and the many ways women express themselves through the moving image…

The Fig Tree Replanted – A concert of music and storytelling – live and streamed

Walking tour – What does the next generation of art look like?

Melbourne Music Week-Extended has teamed up with Australian youth music organisation The Push and the Australian Music Vault to stage an epic all afternoon event.

What are the screen jobs of the future? If you’re keen on an industry career, join us for our free panel…

Join us for a celebration of the survival of Australia’s First Nations people.

Join us for a celebration of the opening

The NGV Triennial brings contemporary art, design and architecture into dialogue, offering a visually arresting and thought-provoking view of the world at this time.

The NGV Triennial brings contemporary art, design and architecture into dialogue, offering a visually arresting and thought-provoking view of the world at this time.

Join us for our FREE annual Community Christmas Festival

The Music Victoria Awards are back to celebrate another huge year for the Victorian live and recording music industry.

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Cancelled – Return season of Wil’s smash-hit, critically acclaimed opus.

Postponed – new data in 2021 TBA

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Postponed – See Bluey, Bingo, Mum and Dad as you’ve never seen them before

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Vidya Rajan and Alistair Baldwin are Nemeses, a newly formed and already dysfunctional comedy duo. The pair had their Melbourne International Comedy Festival show cancelled due to the pandemic, but their toxic and unnecessary creative collaboration stops for no one!

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Auslan translation of an instructional art work by Latai Taumoepeau for the Do It program.

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In his debut solo hour, Cy puts his unique tongue-in-cheek spin on getting older, online dating and identity politics. No dark stories or personal journeys. Just a mic, punchlines and your laughter!

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