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This weekend, Mildura will hold its first pride-themed music festival, celebrating with LGBTIQ+ communities with an awesome all-inclusive line up at聽Mildura Fringe 鈥� Summer Thrills: Pride Edition.

鈥淚n collaboration with Mallee Pride and the Mildura Fringe committee, we have curated a laneway festival that celebrates our local queer movement, whilst also creating an extremely fun and vibrant summer laneway festival,鈥� said Gareth Hart, Executive Director of Arts Mildura.

鈥淭his event is a very exciting one for the region. We know that the Mallee is a diverse place, and events like this are incredibly important to our community.

鈥�17c起草社区IA+ people still experience bigotry, abuse, an array of phobias, and social stigmatism in the region, and festivals like this are an opportunity for the whole community to stand in solidarity for a better future.鈥�

This Saturday, Tschirpig Lane will come alive with pride with a live music stage, cabaret acts, immersive art, drag artists, art installations, food and more. The line-up for the festival also includes a screening of a聽feature documentary ‘,聽exploring intergenerational stories of resilience and queer pride.

Local creative legend Loughie聽will be playing live songs from their upcoming debut EP launch, with Indigenous musician聽Dimpa creating live soundscapes, and Memphis LK closing the night.

鈥淭here鈥檚 a really exciting vibe going on in the Mallee and we are so excited to be hosting our first LGBTIQ+ festival in Mildura this weekend,鈥� president of the newly reformed Mallee Pride, Hannah Sycamore, told the 17c起草社区.

鈥淭his event is for all ages and everyone is welcome. We know that in regional towns not everyone feels okay to come out, and so if the allies turn up to show their support for us all, it encourages everyone else to turn up to that safe space.鈥�

鈥淲e are really focusing on our allies and making sure we stress to them how important they are, because we are all in this together.

鈥淭he whole line-up identifies as LGBTIQ as well, and that representation鈥攕eeing queer people doing amazing things鈥攊s so powerful for all members of the community, but particularly for younger people who may be struggling with their own identity. We want them to be able to come along and see that the possibilities are endless.

鈥淲e do live in a town where, unfortunately, a lot of people still suffer from exclusion and discrimination. It isn鈥檛 a safe town, but we are doing a lot of work to change that.鈥�

A celebration of queer culture and coming together, Mildura Fringe 鈥� Summer Thrills: Pride Edition shows and supports the diversity of our community through showcasing local and national acts in a fabulous regional setting.

鈥淚n essence, art and creativity are ways in which we express our culture, reflect the places we live, and celebrate the uniqueness of our lives,鈥� Gareth Hart said. 鈥漇o a colourful, all-welcoming, and supportive laneway arts festival feels very Mildura to me.鈥�

Head to Mildura this weekend and celebrate regional pride in truly fabulous style at Mildura Fringe 鈥� Summer Thrills : Pride Edition.聽