Events
Over the coming months Perth and surrounds will present a vibrant concoction of music, sport, theatre and more to keep you thoroughly entertained. We’ve got it all covered from spectacular concerts and exhibitions to international sporting challenges and festivals.
There is always plenty for visitors to see and experience while travelling around this amazing region. Check out our list of events below!
All Events
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31 Jan 2012 - 31 May 2012
Wanneroo
Come along to Wanneroo Regional Museum and discover what went down with the ship!
13 Apr 2012 - 13 Apr 2012
Kwinana
Soloist Petrina Bishop will entertain in style at Koorliny Art Centre's Morning Melodies event on April 13 at 11am. A classically trained vocalist with a light jazz and swing style, Bishop performs with ease and displays a diversity that makes her an artist for all occasions.
16 Apr 2012 - 20 Apr 2012
Karrinyup
Australia’s favourite twins, the Bananas in Pyjamas, are bringing their live show to Karrinyup Shopping Centre these Easter holidays.
18 Apr 2012 - 18 May 2012
Perth
From the ingenuity of Aboriginal life on the land, to examples of resourceful ‘make do’ in hard times and the creative use of heritage places in the 21st century, the inaugural WA Heritage Festival celebrates Australia’s heritage - past, present and future.
19 Apr 2012 - 19 Apr 2012
Northbridge WA 6003
FREE - School Holiday Experience. Visit a fully functional replica Boeing 737-800 Flight Simulator cockpit in flight and receive a short aviation information session.
22 Apr 2012 - 22 Apr 2012
Bedford / Perth
School holiday event mixing fun activities including a mechanical surfboard ride with interactive educational experiences about dolphins and other WA marine life. Sausage sizzle and coffee van for parents!
27 Apr 2012 - 03 Jun 2012
Mundaring
est. will shine a light on a generation of artists who have been influenced by their easterly situation. Surveying the incredible diversity of work that continues to flow from this area, the exhibition explores the nature of location and highlights the eastern region as an established yet highly contemporary artistic community.
02 May 2012 - 20 May 2012
Mount Lawley
Launching in 2012, the Perth International Comedy Festival will respond to Perth's heartbeat and will unite and inspire the population with a showcase of attractions.
05 May 2012 - 20 May 2012
Perth
Black Swan State Theatre Company and Melbourne Theatre Company present, National Interest
by Aidan Fennessy. “National Interest is a play about justice, time, love, personal reconciliation and the ghosts that we invent that both comfort and haunt us.” Aidan Fennessy.
11 May 2012 - 26 May 2012
Perth
In its diamond anniversary year, West Australian Ballet presents a dazzling triple bill - Poéme de l’extase, Jeu de carte and Prélude á l’aprés-midi d’un faune & Dying Swan.
18 May 2012 - 20 May 2012
Dwellingup
A fantastic walking and paddling weekend escape in Dwellingup. Stay two nights in Dwellingup, walk 13km on the Bibbulmun Track carrying only a day pack, be fascinated by a tour of the historic Marrinup POW camp, perhaps visit some local attractions and then paddle down the tranquil Murray River.
20 May 2012 - 16 Dec 2013
Joondalup
The City is delighted to present Sunday Serenades, a series of fine music concerts held in the City of Joondalup Civic Chambers at 2.00pm on the third Sunday of every month from April to December.
20 May 2012 - 20 May 2012
Wundowie
Wundowie was the birthplace of WA’s iron ore industry and this unique event celebrates the heritage of the area. Wundowie Oval comes to life with iron sculptures, paintings and photography, as well as kids’ activities, stalls and much more.
23 May 2012 - 27 May 2012
Perth
The Craft and Quilt Fair is Australia's favourite craft event. It's all about craft – seeing what's possible, learning new techniques and buying all you need for your craft projects.
24 May 2012 - 27 May 2012
The Perth International Burlesque Festival is an annual Burlesque event held in Perth, Western Australia, which runs from May 24-27 in 2012. The festival will feature 4 days of shows, late-night parties, markets, workshops, and other Burlesque related activities and entertainment.
25 May 2012 - 04 Jun 2012
The Fremantle Heritage Festival is an annual celebration of one the city’s best assets – its historic character, making it a unique place in which to live, work and play.
26 May 2012 - 02 Jun 2012
The annual WAMi Festival celebrates WA original and contemporary music through extensive multi-genre, live, local music showcasing, associated music industry events, a music business conference and the WAMi Awards.
27 May 2012 - 27 May 2012
East Perth
Whatever your reason, get yourself or your team ready to run, jog or walk the Ramsay Health Care 14 kilometre or four kilometre distances at the HBF Run for a Reason, presented by The West Australian.
30 May 2012 - 02 Jun 2012
Northbridge
Hot on the heels of the largest, and one of the most prestigious, mountain festivals in the world, the Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour has hit the road, with stops planned in more than 390 communities and 35 countries across the globe.
31 May 2012 - 21 Oct 2012
West Perth
Get up-close-and-personal with these amazing prehistoric dinosaurs as you test your paleontological skills by uncovering fossils and bones, examining insects under microscopes, and even test your strength against the jaw of a T-Rex.
01 Jun 2012 - 31 Aug 2012
The City of Perth Winter Arts Season is a three month program designed to warm the souls of Western Australians over the cooler months.
01 Jun 2012 - 02 Jun 2012
Perth
The West Australian Symphony Orchestra brings Rachmaninov’s First Symphony to life, with all of its struggles, darkness, menace and drama. Also featuring the ever popular Variations on a Rococo Theme, these are romantic concerts at their finest.
02 Jun 2012 - 03 Jun 2012
York
The York Gourmet Food and Wine Festival returns in 2012 at the historic 1831 York Town Hall. The festival showcases a huge range of food and wine from all over Western Australia and amazing fresh produce from the Avon Valley. The town of York comes alive with atmosphere during this festival.
02 Jun 2012 - 03 Jun 2012
Pinjarra
The Pinjarra Festival is an annual arts and cultural event in one of Western Australia's oldest towns and celebrates the Murray Region's rural lifestyle and activities.
08 Jun 2012 - 08 Jul 2012
Mundaring
A collaborative exhibition featuring contemporary artworks by female textile and wood artists from two of WA’s specialist art groups, FeltWEST and W4 (Women Working With Wood). New Growth will showcase how these artists have developed from recent inspiring workshops, invigorating a new growth in their individual practices. This exhibition also marks W4’s 10th Anniversary.
10 Jun 2012 - 10 Jun 2012
Herne Hill, Swan Valley
Honey Lovers - find out how beekeepers get your honey and why WA honey is so delicious!
Event 10 June 2012 11-4pm. Watch some fun interactive demonstrations on how to build bee hives, how to manage and look after hives and how to know what a fine tasting WA honey is like.
12 Jun 2012 - 12 Jun 2012
Mandurah
Dame Julie Andrews made her way from London to Broadway to Hollywood and back again with one of the world's most memorable voices. Songbird Alinta Carroll is accompanied by the musical and comedy skills of Craig Skelton. Together they explore the life and times of this talented actress, singer and comedienne.
15 Jun 2012 - 16 Jun 2012
Perth
From Disney to destiny! Join the West Australian Symphony Orchestra for a concert featuring Dukas’ famous symphonic poem featured in the film Fantasia.
16 Jun 2012 - 03 Dec 2012
Perth Cultural Centre, Perth
Ranging from Picasso to Warhol, as suggested by the title, the exhibition will also include celebrated works by Henri Matisse, Constantin Brancusi, Piet Mondrian, Fernand Léger, Marcel Duchamp, Giorgio De Chirico, Joan Miró, Alexander Calder, Louise Bourgeois, Jasper Johns, Jackson Pollock and Romare Bearden.
20 Jun 2012 - 21 Jul 2012
Perth
A sizzling line up of national and local cabaret artists headlining five fresh and original shows to blow you away. Opening with Lucy Durack, fresh from Wicked, and Matthew Robinson in Opening Doors, you're sure to find a number of shows you won't want to miss.
22 Jun 2012 - 01 Jul 2012
Perth
After sellout seasons in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane, Joanna Murray-Smith’s critically acclaimed one-woman show, Songs For Nobodies, starring Bernadette Robinson will play a strictly limited season at The Heath Ledger Theatre, State Theatre Centre of WA from June 22 – July 1.
23 Jun 2012 - 24 Jun 2012
Perth
To celebrate this milestone, WASO recreates his first ever concert with the Orchestra. Brimming with timeless Russian repertoire in the magnificent acoustics of the Perth Concert Hall, new memories will be created as we reflect on a relationship treasured by audience and Orchestra alike.
24 Jun 2012 - 24 Jun 2012
Crawley
Perth Upmarket is Perth’s premier quarterly market for original and handcrafted wares. The market brings together over 150 of Perth’s most talented artists, designers, craftsmen and gourmets all under one roof at the University of Western Australia’s Winthrop Hall.
24 Jun 2012 - 24 Jun 2012
Mundaring
Explore the history and controversy surrounding the construction of the Mundaring Weir, the pump stations and the pipeline which transports water a massive 560km and new initiatives designed to tackle today's water supply issues.
24 Jun 2012 - 24 Jun 2012
Beverley
The tethered hobby horses will brighten up the working Clydesdales demonstration paddock at the 2012 Beverley Clydesdale and Vintage Day.
05 Jul 2012 - 15 Jul 2012
Mount Lawley
Revelation is Western Australia's international film festival. The annual festival and screen conference seek to find signature driven works across the spectrum from 'safer' films to the downright unpalatable.
05 Jul 2012 - 26 Jul 2012
Fremantle
The Hidden Treasures Winter Music Series converts unique, spaces into live music hotspots. Fremantle has a long history of nurturing musical talents and delivering, both today and in the past, some of Australia's best musical exports.
05 Jul 2012 - 05 Jul 2012
Perth
The West Australian Symphony Orchestra takes you on a journey from France to Italy. Incredible pianist Cedric Tiberghien performs an exhilarating concerto by Ravel, acknowledged as one of the finest orchestrators and French composers to have ever lived.
14 Jul 2012 - 21 Jul 2012
Perth
WA Opera’s Lucia Di Lammermoor is a beautifully and traditionally crafted production, that creates the perfect period atmosphere for this tragic love story. Based on Sir Walter Scott’s novel Bride of Lammermoor, this bel canto work is a magnificent example of the seamless fusion of poetry and music, forged into melodic expression which speaks so directly to the heart and memory.
14 Jul 2012 - 21 Jul 2012
Perth
This beautifully and traditionally crafted production creates the perfect period atmosphere for this tragic love story. A high point of Romantic opera, based on Sir Walter Scott’s novel Bride of Lammermoor, this bel canto work is a magnificent example of the seamless fusion of poetry and music, forged into melodic expression which speaks so directly to the heart and memory.
27 Jul 2012 - 27 Jul 2012
Perth
Mozart is a household name and Gran Partita is one of his great masterpieces, an astonishing work for 13 virtuoso musicians. This great work for winds and double bass, featured in the film Amadeus, stands at the pinnacle of classical chamber music.
28 Jul 2012 - 29 Jul 2012
Mundaring
Come and celebrate WA’s French black truffle season at the annual Mundaring Truffle Festival to be held on the weekend 28 and 29 July, 2012. The program for 2012 is steadily filling up with delicious tastings, a knockout line-up of chefs and back-to-back entertainment to inspire and mesmerise visitors in their passion for everything truffle!
02 Aug 2012 - 12 Aug 2012
Perth
The world’s premier theatrical ice skating company, The Imperial Ice Stars, make their triumphant return to Australia next winter with a dazzling new production of The Nutcracker on Ice at His Majestys Theatre, Perth.
03 Aug 2012 - 05 Aug 2012
Northam
The Avon Descent will celebrate its 40th Anniversary in 2012, it is Western Australia’s own unique sporting event that attracts competitors and spectators from throughout Australia and overseas.
04 Aug 2012 - 04 Aug 2012
Toodyay
The Toodyay International Food Festival, now in its eighth year, showcases stalls delivering mouth-watering cuisine from around the globe and an entertainment program packed full of culture with performances.
14 Aug 2012 - 19 Aug 2012
Perth
The world's most famous thriller is touring Australia for the first time! Seen by over 10 million people, Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap has kept audiences guessing for six decades. Opening in 1952 in London’s West End, it is still playing there in its 60th incredible year, attracting audiences from every corner of the globe.
24 Aug 2012 - 26 Aug 2012
Dwellingup
This ladies-only weekend is a great way to get away from it all. Meet us down in Dwellingup on Friday afternoon (4pm) at our accommodation set by the bank of the Murray River. Includes two nights accommodation, lunch, breakfast, dinner and more.
23 Oct 2012 - 03 Nov 2012
Perth
Some of the most memorable moments in opera are to be found in this piece.
Butterfly is a grand tragic heroine. She begins her relationship with Pinkerton in child-like innocence. This opera is a story of tragic faithfulness against a clash of cultures. A fragile girl is wronged by a man who does not comprehend the consequences of his philandering until it’s too late.
18 Nov 2012 - 04 Dec 2012
Now in its 106th year, Fremantle Festival is Australia’s longest running festival. Largely driven by the imaginations of the community, the streets of Fremantle are brought to life with colour, laughter, music and celebration.