WEEK 2: Sunday 28 January – Sunday 4 February - Midsumma Festival 2024

Overflow, playing at Arts Centre Melbourne is a hilarious and devastating tour of women’s bathrooms, who is allowed in and who is kept out. This performance will be Audio Described and offer a Tactile Tour on 1st February at 7.30pm.On Saturday 3 February, Midsumma Matters will host 2 Panels at The Edge, Federation Square, as well as a range of activations in The Atrium. The first panel discussion about disabled joy and gathering has been co-designed with Midsumma Pathways alumni. The second panel is about using the arts to give LGBTQIA+ communities a voice in the global south. Both panels will have embedded self-descriptions. There will be a describer guide onsite all day to provide additional support for blind/low vision audience members.Waves are Disturbances is a Queer experimental performance by Zoë Bastin. Where you can dive into an immersive realm where bodies become waves, soundscapes converge, and perception transcends reality. There is a relaxed performance and Audio Described Event on Saturday 3rd February at 1pm. Also on 3 February at 7pm, the Divisi Chamber Singers will present a love is a love is a love. Front of House staff at Melbourne Recital Centre have been provided training to improve their understanding of the needs of blind/low vision audience members. This performance is not audio described, but has a low visual rating, meaning that this performance can be enjoyed by blind/low vision audiences.Many events are free entry, and some are Audio Described, Auslan interpreted, captioned, offer relaxed performances or tactile tours. You can check out the full program on the Midsumma website at midsumma.org.au and search for events by using the accessibility filter to find events by name, date and time, location or genre – you can also filter events by audio or visual rating.