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The long-standing Melbourne Cup parade has been cancelled amid growing animal rights protests

How Midsumma Festival used City of Melbourne funding to deliver their magnificent 2021 event Reuben Kaye at Midsumma Live at the Bowl - image by Suzanne Balding Words by August Billy We speak to Midsumma chief executive Karen Bryant about how funding via City of Melbourne’s Event Partnership Program helped the festival adapt and prosper in 2021. Even as COVID ran rampant through Victoria, postponing and closing many venues, events and festivals Melburnians lo...

05.05.2021 Got a sweet idea for a festival or event? City of Melbourne wants to help bring it to life Nai Palm performing at Melbourne Music Week in 2018. Words by Tom Parker Applications for the 2022 intake of City of Melbourne’s Event Partnership Program are now open. The City of Melbourne has just opened applications for the 2022 instalment of its Event Partnership Program (EPP) – an initiative designed to support free and accessible events that create “memorable, e...