What's on this week - 9 to 15 Oct 06

My weekly summary with the highlights of what’s on this week. Check out the Event Calendar for much more! The Mandurah Boat Show is on from Friday to Sunday. The Swan View Show is on at Brown Park Recreation Ground on Saturday 14 October. WA's Pride Festival is on till the end of the month. Music Taste of Chaos, an all ages rock music festival, is on at Burswood Dome on Tuesday night. Tickets are $70 and there's still some available. Tommy Emmanuel is playing at Burswood Theatre with friends, also on Tuesday 10 October. Tickets $60. The Screaming Jets are touring Perth this week, playing at the Maxx in Joondalup on Wednesday, the Leopold in Bicton on Friday, The Civic in Inglewood on Saturday and the Gosnells Hotel on Sunday. Kay saw them in Joondalup and wrote a post here! Singer-songwriter Josh Pyke is performing at the Fly By Night Club on Thursday and the Hyde Park Hotel on Saturday 14 October. Tickets from $16 to $20. The Grammy award winning Dixie Chicks are performing at Burswood Dome on Friday night. Tickets are $100/120 from Ticketek and still available. The Funk Club Freo relaunches at the Swan Basement in North Freo on Saturday night. Elle-Vis, a female Elvis 'impersonator' is performing at the Burswood Theatre on Saturday night. Tickets $65/75 still available. Adelaide band Wolf & Cub are playing at the Amplifier Bar on Saturday night and the Norfolk in Freo on Sunday. $16.70 G. Love & Special Sauce (blues n roots n hiphop) are performing at the Fly By Night Club in Freo on Sunday night. For other ’smaller’ gigs check out this comprehensive gig guide which I recently found out about! (thanks Grum!) Performing Arts / Theatre / Circus / Comedy David Strassman and his crazy puppets are back in Perth for the Get Chuck'd Tour 2006. See them at the Regal Theatre from Tuesday till Saturday 15 October. There are still a few tickets available, especially for the later shows. The play about a dog in the Pilbara, 'Red Dog', opens with a preview performance at the Playhouse Theatre on Saturday and will be on till 21 October. Circus Joseph Ashton is at Kingsway Shopping Centre from Friday 29 September to Sunday 22 October. A Moment on the Lips, a comedy/drama by seven female Perth actors, is on at The Rechabites' Hall till Saturday 28 October 2006. It starts with preview shows on Thursday 12 October. Other A Great Marsupial Night Stalk is happening at Whiteman Park on Friday night. Walk to Cure Diabetes from 9am at Burswood Park on Sunday 15 October 2006. There's a French Car Festival at the Esplanade Park in Fremantle on Sunday from 10-5. Railfest, the annual festival and open day at the Rail Transport Museum in Bassendean is on Sunday. Come n Try Kitesurfing at Scarborough Beach on Sunday, organised by the WA Kite Surfing Association. For events especially for kids see my Kids Enjoy Perth weblog!