What’s on Perth/Fremantle - 20 to 27 Feb 09

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