I ended up modifying @thikonom ‘s answer to use class-based views:
class IndexView(ListView):
context_object_name="home_list"
template_name="contacts/index.html"
queryset = Individual.objects.all()
def get_context_data(self, **kwargs):
context = super(IndexView, self).get_context_data(**kwargs)
context['roles'] = Role.objects.all()
context['venue_list'] = Venue.objects.all()
context['festival_list'] = Festival.objects.all()
# And so on for more models
return context
and in my urls.py
url(r'^$',
IndexView.as_view(),
name="home_list"
),