Festivals

No FringeCabaret queen hits Perth early

Bernie Dieter choses own show at Crown over Fringe World.

Simon Collins

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Summer lifeline for WA arts community

Fringe World partnership the perfect call for crisis hotline.

Simon Collins

Festival firstBruce Lee favourite gets Noongar treatment

Everybody was kung fu fighting in the 1970s. And thanks to a Noongar language re-dubbing of Bruce Lee’s classic Fist of Fury many more will be this year too.

Simon Collins

Time to rockBusselton in world-first, COVID-safe music festival

A rotating stage and four separate crowd zones will be used to revive large-scale live events in WA, with top local and interstate artists to play the Turntable Stage next month.

Simon Collins

Ashton’s Circus dynastyFinal bow for circus high flyer Mervyn Ashton

After more than 80 years of sawdust and spangles, veteran circus performer Mervyn Ashton has reached the end of the road.

Bethany Hiatt

Christmas 2020Perth council rejects calls for nativity play return

The City of Perth will go ahead with plans to hold five Christmas concerts instead of its traditional two-day nativity play despite Christian outcry.

Peter de Kruijff

The West LiveVacant Show jobs should go to local workers: Cook

Health Minister Roger Cook says WA’s hard border won’t be compromised so eastern states workers can fly in for Perth’s Royal Show, arguing vacant positions should be filled by WA workers.

Caitlyn Rintoul and Jenna Clarke

Film fest favouriteCinefestOZ returns, but it’s far from business as usual

Busselton’s beloved CinefestOZ is hoping its 13th instalment will be anything but unlucky, which is saying something in the midst of a global pandemic.

Ben O'Shea

Magic comboGin Yoga coming to Perth as part of September gala

The latest novelty on offer for Perth’s social scene arrives as part of The Flour Factory’s Gin and Tonic Gala in September.

Lily Hoffmann

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Four major events in five days as WA bounces back

Footy fans ate 19,000 pies and 13,000 hot chips - all washed down with 60,000 beers - as AFL games, a concert and netball match saw WA become the nation’s entertainment capital over the weekend.

Peter Law

WA UnlockedPerth trio ‘can’t wait’ to dance with WA

Crooked Colours will join good mates and top local electronic artists ShockOne and Slumberjack, plus up-and-comer Tina Says, at the WA Unlocked concert at HBF Stadium on July 18.

Simon Collins

Photos & videoLook inside all-new Her Majesty’s as first show announced

Take a tour inside Her Majesty’s Theatre following its $66 million revamp – the first show at the new-look venue has been revealed and will start in less than two weeks.

Tim Lloyd

Read the report in fullPerth Festival’s 2020 success dwarfed by 2021 challenge

Artistic director Iain Grandage has opened up on the “fantastic” Perth Festival 2020 — with a report revealing it raked in a record $6 million at the box office — and the challenges to come in 2021.

Simon Collins

COVID-19 crisisSculpture by the Sea gets swept away

The iconic WA event has announced it will be closing down immediately as news spreads that community transmission of COVID-19 has begun in Perth.

Sarah Steger

Ag showWarren Ag Show still going ahead

Warren District Agricultural Show fun for the whole family.

Tari Jeffers

NO FOLKFamily event postponed due to coronavirus

Fairbridge Festival pushed back six months amid ‘difficult time’ for entertainment industry.

Simon Collins

ResultsFestival holds off virus impact with near-record box office result

The 60th anniversary Adelaide Festival has narrowly dodged the bullet of the international impact of coronavirus to post the second-biggest box office result in its history.

Patrick McDonald

LIGHT FESTIVALGardens light up for new festival

The Botanic Gardens and State Herbarium will light up with a new program of curated after-dark events called “Botanica Lumina” including live music, art, film, historical tours and botanically inspired food tastings.

Clare Peddie

FINAL EVENTSCandles on Festival birthday cake

An illuminating installation by a French art collective will transform Adelaide’s Botanic Garden for the final weekend of events in this year’s 60th birthday Festival program.

Patrick McDonald

Read our reviewsWomadelaide 2020: Which acts blew us away?

The sun has set on a fabulous four days of world music at Womadelaide 2020. Here are our team’s reviews of more than 30 of the main acts.

WomadelaideCat ready for Womad late-night prowl

Set for a fifth appearance at Womadelaide, lead singer Felix Riebl says The Cat Empire’s debut at the world music event was a game changer for the band.

Ben Cameron

WOMADELAIDEHand on heart, Kate’s ready for Womad

From Eurovision to Coachella and the New York Opera, Australian singer Kate Miller-Heidke loves a world music stage.

Antimo Iannella

MEXICAN HYBRIDMixed in a mariachi love potion

New York’s only all-female mariachi band brings more than Mexican flavour to this weekend’s Womadelaide line-up.

Patrick McDonald

WOMADELAIDESleaford Mods: austerity Britain electro

For most of the crowd at Womadelaide the Sleaford Mods will be a new experience, offering an unvarnished snapshot of rotten Britain in crisis and a chance to witness a band at the height of its powers.

Gordon Knight