Midsumma Melbourne Launches 2010 Program

Melbourne Lord Mayor Robert Doyle and Member for Prahran Tony Lupton were amongst the guests invited to launch the 2010 Midsumma Festival program. The event was held at Collins Quarter in Melbourne’s CBD and featured the accapella songbirds The Nymphs, as well as Tina Del Twiste, the character creation of cabaret superstar Wes Snelling.

Adam Lowe from the Adam Lowe Group who manages the running of the Midsumma festival, said in his opening speech, “The 2010 Midsumma Festival program represents our gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender communities… and beyond because it is made by the community and artists and event organizers, often self funded, for the community… This program certainly adds to the argument that Melbourne is Australia’s queer cultural capital…”

The 2010 Midsumma Festival program includes a truly diverse bevy of events across Visual Arts, Performing arts, Cabaret, Live Music, Literature, Spoken word and even sporting events. Not to be left out are more social, party and community events than you could poke a stick at! Even the ambigious, abstract but sexy cover drew many comments and has been called a wonderful success.

Signature events Midsumma Carnival, T-Dance, and Pride March continue to premiere festival highlights. Other highlights include Pink Shorts (Midsumma’s queer short play competition), dance work Nex-us, Gentlemen Prefer Blokes (by Courtney Act and Trevor Ashley), and an exciting and powerful Queer City (Queer Public Art program). And a wonderful tribute exhibition of two decades of costumes and images of transsexual drag artist Vivian St James who passed away recently.

The 2010 Midsumma Festival program is out now, and you can get full program details right at:

http://www.midsumma.org.au/