Socialise with EnjoyPerth!

Over the coming months I’m planning improvements to EnjoyPerth, and a first change is that I will now do these weekly what’s on guides on Friday, for the week from Friday night to the following Friday. For a longer term view, please still see the ‘What’s on this month’ article, or the event calendar (which will change to become easier to read and search). (To readers getting this through email on Saturday: it will usually be in your email on Friday!! Slight hiccup this week, sorry!)

Thank you for your continued support!

Read on for the highlights of what’s on in Perth and Fremantle, Western Australia, from Friday 20 to Friday 27 February 2009.

Please submit events you think should be listed.

The Perth International Arts Festival runs until 8 March

MUSIC

Tonight (Friday 20 February):

Mental As Anything at The Charles Hotel

Mat McHugh – Seperatista at The Fly By Night Club

Summer Slaughter Battle at Amplifier on

The Chameleon Brass Band at Kulcha

Ambar’s 8th Birthday feat. Dopamine at Ambar Niteclub

Maetrik (LIVE) at The Bakery ARTRAGE Complex

The Triffids for Perth Festival at Beck’s Music Box on Friday 20, Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 February – SOLD OUT

SATURDAY

Jackson Jackson at the Rosemount on Saturday 21 February

Roberta Flack with WASO at King’s Park on 21 February – SOLD OUT

Syl Johnson (USA) at Charles Hotel on 21 February

Dub Fyah! RTRFM’s Saturday Night Live at Mojo’s Bar from 5pm on Saturday 21 February

Gimme shelter with John Butler and many more at Freo Arts Centre on Saturday 21 February

KORA at Amplifier on 21 February

Andrew Winton at the Fly By NIght on Saturday 21 February

Voodoo Jamboree: Rocket to Memphis CD Launch at The Bakery ARTRAGE Complex on 21 February

SUNDAY AND BEYOND

Gozzy Rock 2009 – all ages, free, band competition final at Centennial Pioneer Park in Gosnells on Sunday 22 February from 11am. Special performance by Drapht.

Good Vibrations at Heirisson Island with Fatboy Slim, The Presets, The Roots, Deadmaus, Sam Sparro etc etc on Sunday 22 February

Fremante Courtyard Music, free every Sunday from 2 to 4pm – this week Mo Wilson and The Drivers

Seckou Keita SKQ for Perth Festival at Beck’s Music Box on Tuesday 24 and Wednesday 25 February

Peter Cetera (ex-Chicago) at Challenge Stadium on Wednesday 25 February

Propagandhi at Capitol on Wednesday 25 February

Lior at the Fly By Night on Thursday 26 February

Diafrix at Kulcha on Thursday 26 February

House of the Holy Afro for Perth Festival at Beck’s Music Box on Thursday 26 and Friday 27 February

Club Soundtrack – Fangafrika at Kulcha on Friday 27 February

Force Majeure at Ambar Niteclub on Friday 27 February

Coldplay at Burswood Dome on 27 + 28 February

Nannup Music Festival (3.5hrs south of Perth) from 27 Feb to 2 March

MISCELLANEOUS

Wanneroo Multicultural Festival at Warradale Park, Landsdale on Sunday 22 February from 3 to 7pm, free event

Clowning Around with Melvin Tix with WASO on Sunday 22 February – family event in King’s Park

Tropfest 2009 (short films) at Princess May Park in Freo on 22 February from 6.30pm. Gold coint donation. Part of the Fremantle Outdoor Film Festival.

Johnnie Walker Classic (golf) at The Vines Resort Club from 19 to 22 February

Sir Michael Parkinson special event at the Riverside Theatre on 26 February

Beauty & The Beach with Wil Anderson at Cottesloe Civic Centre on 27 February

Ideal Home Show at the Perth Convention Exhibition Centre from 27 February to 2 March

Outdoor Cinema/Films – Summer Season 08/09 – Lotterywest Festival Films, Moonlight Cinema, Luna Outdoor, Movies by Burswood, Fremantle Outdoor Film Festival

Fremantle Village Art Markets at Kings Square every Thursday from 10am to 5pm until end of April 09

Oxford St Markets in Leederville from 9am to 5pm every Saturday until 28 March

The Markets @ Perth Cultural Centre – every Saturday and Sunday

PERFORMING ARTS

Nostalgia Presented by Perth International Arts Festival at the PCEC from 13 to 21 February

ANDREW MCCLELLAND’S SOMEWHAT ACCURATE HISTORY OF PIRATES for Perth Festival on 23 February – SOLD OUT

Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea – Perth Festival event – at Playhouse Theatre from 26 February to 4 March

Cirque du Soleil with ‘Dralion’ at Langley Park from 29 January to 25 March

The Nargan and the Stars at Regal Theatre – Perth Festival Family theatre at the Regal Theatre from 18 February to 1 March

Antigone Presented by ThinIce. A Perth Festival event at Subiaco Arts Centre from 21 February to 7 March

The Phantom of the Opera at Burswood Theatre from 1 February to 8 March

Black Swan State Theatre Company presents The Year of Magical Thinking at the Dolphin Theatre from 7 to 25 February

The New Electric Ballroom Presented by Perth International Arts Festival at Playhouse Theatre from 17 to 25 February

Samuel Beckett: Fragments – Perth International Arts Festival from 14 to 25 February

The War of the Roses – Perth Festival event at His Majesty’s Theatre from 27 Feb to 12 March

For other (local) theatre productions, see the Taz Entertainment website