Start Local in Victoria
Melbourne itself has more than 60 My Bisexual Secret members, Victoria more than 200, and more than 20 of those are couples, so bisexual dating in Melbourne starts with people nearby. Inside: the inner north and St Kilda, Midsumma 2027, where to get tested and how myki works now.
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Inner North or Bayside: Pick Your Night
Inner North: Collingwood and Abbotsford
Collingwood is one of Melbourne's gay villages, and the Gertrude Street and Smith Street precinct is where Victoria's Pride holds its street party. The Peel, at 46 Peel Street, opens from 10pm till dawn on Fridays and Saturdays with no cover charge, and The 86 is on Smith Street. In Abbotsford, The Laird is a gay pub, and Thorne Harbour Health's clinic is on Hoddle Street.
Bayside: St Kilda
Fitzroy Street in St Kilda has the Victorian Pride Centre at numbers 79 to 81, Australia's first purpose-built centre for LGBTIQA+ communities, and Midsumma's Pride March comes down it.
For a first drink, Smith Street is the easy pick; save St Kilda for Pride March.
Midsumma: Three Weeks of Summer Pride
Since 1989, Midsumma has filled 22 days of Melbourne's summer across January and February. In 2027 it opens with Carnival at Alexandra Gardens on Sunday 17 January. Pride March leaves Ian Johnson Oval at 10.30am on Sunday 31 January and heads down Fitzroy Street to Catani Gardens (marchers register by November 2026), and Victoria's Pride street party closes the festival on Sunday 7 February. 2028 brings the 40th festival.
Looking for bi events? Midsumma's programme guide has a Bi+ filter, so check the 2027 listings once they go live. Out of town, Daylesford's ChillOut Festival runs from 27 February to 8 March 2027, thirty years on from its first in 1997.
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Getting Around on myki
Melbourne's trains, trams and buses all run on myki, and since mid-2026 a contactless bank card works on trams and buses as well. Ballarat and Bendigo are on myki too, Footscray has a community bar of its own, and Daylesford is worth the trip for ChillOut.
PrEP and Testing, Even Without Medicare
Melbourne Sexual Health Centre, at 580 Swanston Street in Carlton, charges nothing for its services, international visitors included. A Medicare card helps but isn't required; it sees priority groups only, on weekdays from 8.30am to 5pm, on 03 9341 6200. Its PEACH clinic gives PrEP to people without Medicare.
Thorne Harbour Health's clinic is set up for gay, bi and queer men, among others, with peer-led rapid HIV tests at 200 Hoddle Street in Abbotsford and inside the Victorian Pride Centre, and PrEP prescriptions in Abbotsford.
Melbourne, Minus the Guesswork
When does Midsumma 2027 start?
It starts on Sunday 17 January 2027, with Carnival at Alexandra Gardens. Pride March follows on Sunday 31 January, and the festival ends with the street party around Gertrude and Smith Streets on Sunday 7 February.
Where do LGBTQ+ people go out in Melbourne?
Collingwood and Fitzroy are the places to start, with The Peel on Peel Street and The 86 on Smith Street, and The Laird is in Abbotsford. In St Kilda, Fitzroy Street has the Victorian Pride Centre.
How do I find bi events at Midsumma?
Use the Bi+ filter in Midsumma's programme guide once the 2027 listings go live; it picks out the bi events across the festival.
Can I get PrEP in Melbourne without Medicare?
Yes. Melbourne Sexual Health Centre's PEACH clinic gives PrEP to people without Medicare, and the centre charges nothing for its services, international visitors included.
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