Summer hots up for queer artists

Sydney’s Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras and Melbourne’s Midsumma have revealed their festival line-ups for 2014.
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Image: This year’s Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras’s logo reflects the festival’s theme, ‘kaleidoscope’.

Well-established in their respective cities, the two festivals feature diverse cultural programs as well as a popular range of parties and community-focused events, including Pride March in Melbourne, and the annual Mardi Gras Parade.

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Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a Melbourne Fringe Festival Living Legend, and was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in 2020. In 2021 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association. Most recently, Richard received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts