Midsumma, Australia’s premier queer arts and cultural festival, is underway for 2025 and so too is its spin-off event, Midsumma Westside, with a number of events and performances being held across the western suburbs.
Among them is the upcoming Blak and Fabulous Performer Showcase at Pride of our Footscray Community Bar on Barkly Street.
Billed as an intimate but upbeat evening of First Nations performance and discussion, Blak and Fabulous will take place on Friday, January 31, at 8pm.
The year’s showcase will be headlined by the current reigning Miss First Nations Supreme Queen, Cerulean.
Joining Cerulean will be Stone Motherless Cold and event host 2JOOCEE, with each doing live performances as well as sharing their experiences of being queer First Nations creatives during question and answer sessions.
“The black and fabulous show is an amazing event,” said Pride of our Footscray Community Bar manager, Matthew O’Keefe.
“It’s the third year that it’s running. It used to be called the first nation’s drag festival and it was renamed to include a broader range of artists so it’s still first nations based, but includes singers and dancers rather than just drag queens,” he said.
Tickets are still available for the one hour showcase, one of a number of Midsummer Westside events Pride of our Footscray are hosting throughout the festival.
The night before, the Queer Comedy Gala will be held at the venue, as will ABCD Comedy on February 6, Magic Men of Summer Risque Revue on February 1 and All-Star Pride Drag Bingo on February 7.
Details: www.midsumma.org.au/whats-on/
Cade Lucas
