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November 17, 2012, 5pm-2am. The Seamen Party, men & sex T-dance at Club 80, 10 Peel Street, Collingwood. AHOY BOYS! TROUGH X 9 raises its flag-poles to the arrival of summer. See men all over the dance-floor and DJs turning tricks. See details online:

December 1, 2012, noon - 10pm, at Melbourne Showgrounds, Epsom Rd, Ascot Vale VIC. Kicks off the summer in Melbourne, Australia's biggest dance & music festival arrives with scores of top talent groups & DJs. Stereosonic 2012 boasts its biggest line-up ever!

December 7-9, 2012, at Meredith Supernatural Amphitheatre, by a farm, 90km west of Melbourne, between Geelong and Ballarat, near Meredith in Golden Plains, VIC. One of the world's best indie music festivals, headliners: Tame Impala, Primal Scream, and Regurgitator. No commercial sponsors/signage/market stalls/timetable clashes, no telling you where to camp, no curfew, etc....

January 1, 2013, Day & Night Parties at TRAK. Big name acts include Liam Keegan (UK), Wayne G (UK), Johny Blue Boy (SYD), Sean Mac from Atlanta, and International Superstar Luciana from London, as well as a huge number of interstate Australian DJs. See more info at Rogue website.

January 5, 2013, 11am-11pm, at Doug Jennings Park, The Spit. 18+ music festival, Aztec theme - get dressed in feathers, bright colors; headliners include: Chemical Brothers, MIA, Hot Chip, SBTRKT, Mark Ronson, Fedde LeGrand, Knife Parry, and Kimbra.

January 13 - February 3, 2013 annual queer cultural festival with over 150 events, three weeks of festival, performing arts, dance parties, visual art exhibitions, community events and forums all over town; Carnival Day at Birrarung Marr beside the Yarra River & official after-party T-Dance.

January 17- March 3, 2013, under the Big Top at The Docklands. A headlong rush into a colorful ecosystem teeming with life; insects work, eat, crawl, flutter, play, fight and look for love in a riot of movement. When a mysterious egg appears in their midst, the insects are awestruck and intensely curious about this iconic object.

February 3, 2013, 2pm. Pride march Victoria. Parade typically heads down Fitzroy Street, St Kilda, to Community Village at Catani Gardens.

March 1-17, 2013 Food/ wine lovers come out to play (taste, cook, eat, learn, drink, discover) each year during 17 delicious days with artisan producers, trailblazing chefs and inspiring winemakers. Events in every location imaginable - among wine barrels at cellar doors, in early autumn countryside sunshine, lights-down-low basement bars, hidden city lanes + award-winning restaurants.

March 8-11, 2013, Queer Country Pride Labour Day Weekend dances at Daylesford Town Hall. Street Parade & Carnival, Vincent Street, Daylesford. Thousands of friend for a great weekend of entertainment including the famous and truly unique street parade and all-day, all-star, open-air carnival.

March 9-11, 2013, at Meredith Supernatural Amphitheatre, by farm, 90km W of Melbourne, between Geelong and Ballarat, near Meredith in Golden Plains, VIC. 3-day music festival, camping. With: CAT POWER, GEORGE CLINTON & PARLIAMENT FUNKADELIC, DINOSAUR JR, TALLEST MAN ON EARTH, PURITY RING, THE JON SPENCER BLUES EXPLOSION, MOODYMANN, TORO Y MOI, THE MARK OF CAIN, FLUME... and more.

March 14-24, 2013, annual screenings at Sun Theatre, Yarraville, the Australian Centre for the Moving Image, and other venues around town. The biggest and oldest queer film festival in Australia, with the best in queer film from Australia & around the world. 

March 27 - April 21, 2013, various clubs & venues around town; comedy acts, theater, cabaret & stand-up artists of all kinds, including queer talents. One of the three largest comedy festivals in the world. Performers include: Joel Creasy, Rhys Nicholson, and Josh Thomas.

Mid-October, 2013. 17 days of cultural events spanning continents, cultures and every kind of creative endeavour. From wildly entertaining to deeply challenging, from hilarious to heartbreaking, family shows to adults-only, music to theatre, opera, dance, visual arts, talks and forums --each and every one an extraordinary celebration of the arts. See website for details: