Become a Patron

For 36 years, Midsumma has been able to provide the community with a range of programs and events throughout our three-week festival and all year round. There are significant hard costs to produce events, our mentorship programs, our program guide, the website and to keep these events and programs as accessible as possible. We truly appreciate the generosity of so many Midsumma sponsors, supporters, and allies, who often provide time, money and even help to spread the word.

Your private and company contributions are vital to us, so we can continue to bring you this vivacious world-class festival.

We need YOU!

By becoming a Midsumma Patron you not only get the VIP treatment at our signature events but you also receive regular behind-the-scenes updates on Midusmma’s activity as the festival develops and invitations to attend VIP events throughout the festival. Our Patron Program is your opportunity to really show your passion for LGBTQIA+ arts and cultures, and to contribute to its future. Join a special group that understands the importance of queer arts and cultures. 

The benefits?

Your tax-deductible support will help our diverse communities to share their stories, have a voice, and experience all that Midsumma has to offer.

Our Patrons tell us that the most important benefit is feeling that you really are making a difference to the lives of those within our LGBTQIA+ communities by supporting Midsumma Festival. Not only that, but each Patron donation is fully tax-deductible. Patron donations are acknowledged on our website (midsumma.org.au), within the Midsumma Festival printed program guide for the year (if signed up in time, typically by late October) and in our annual report.

Festival Patrons also receive additional behind-the-scenes updates, an invitation to attend our upcoming Festival Program Launch in November and special invitations during the festival itself. All Patrons are signed up to our eNews and receive updates direct from our CEO, Karen Bryant.

Your patronage also goes a long way to help us empower others. Patrons directly support our access and development programs. This means your donations directly help new and emerging artists develop and showcase their work and access and engagement programs to support members of the LGBTQIA+ communities who are further challenged by disability or other types of cultural discrimination. Help all of our communities’ voices to be heard, and their stories told. Your donations ensure that your Midsumma exists well into the future. It will directly support new and emerging artists and cultural event producers who wish to showcase their work, members of the LGBTQIA+ communities who are further disadvantaged by intersectional identities such as queer people with disability and/or those who face other types of cultural discrimination as well as being LGBTQIA+.