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SILVER ARTRAGE FESTIVAL 2008

Wednesday, October 15th, 2008

From 16 October to 9 November 2008, the 25th ARTRAGE Festival is being held, celebrating a quarter of a century of WA culture alongside jumbo serves of the freshest entertainment & arts happening in Perth this spring.

The three week long festival will feature over 70 events including theatre, performance, visual, film, music, circus, multimedia and conference.

Venues include the Blue Room, Bakery ARTRAGE Complex (festival club), Quarry Amphitheatre, WAAPA and many art galleries in Perth and Fremantle.
There’s just too many events to mention, so please check out the ARTRAGE Festival website!

NORTHBRIDGE FESTIVAL
As part of the bigger festival, the Northbridge Festival is held on 1 and 2 November.

This weekend program has fast gained a reputation as being one of the most jam-packed and exciting precinct street festivals in Australia.
It’s a chance to engage with a smorgasbord of experiences and performances from the best local, national, and international talents, all for free care of the City of Perth.
This year, we are taking the James and Lake Street precinct and dividing it in four, with a different style, look and feel to each of the quarters for the duration of the Saturday program.
There’s a huge Sunday program in Russell Square Park, and a range of great activities happening in the Cultural Centre to enjoy on both days.

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SoCo Cargo – November 2007

Friday, November 2nd, 2007

SoCo Cargo perthSoCo Cargo is landing in Perth very soon, thanks to ARTRAGE!
From Thursday 8 November to Saturday 1 December there will be many live acts and visual performers making appearances.
So what is SoCo Cargo? A ‘pop-up live performance venue’, that’s been making it’s way around the world, stopping in places like Berlin, Bangkok and Brooklyn, and the rest of Australia.

A transportable, temporary venue erected in just 24-hours and created from modified cargo containers, SoCo Cargo will be the must-see, must-experience Perth venue of the year, located on Roe Street Northbridge, between Milligan Street and Metro City. The parties are legendary, ranging from Silky Suarez to Indie Electro Mash-Ups, Latino Fiestas to original Roots & Blues and Dance Hall Breakouts to Nu Wave Raves.

The program:

  • Friday 9 Nov – Mista Savona vs Grrilla Step + Dan the Man & Deruki – Free
  • Saturday 10 Nov – Earthlink Sound System Party – Grrilla Step, Natty Sistren, Rythm Infinit & DJ Missile, Grace Barb & Sound Sista – $5
  • Sunday 11 Nov – Voodoo Cowboy Carnival – Grrilla Step, Vulgargrad, Toromada & Deruki – $5
  • Wednesday 14 Nov – Death Disco – Death Disco DJs, Il Capaniah & dee dee dums – $12
  • Thursday 15 Nov – A Funk Retrospective – Flow Dynamics, Akwaaba & Chameleon Brass Band – $12
  • Friday 16 Nov – Frenchie Hip Hop – Deephop Tour 2007, Grems, DJ Troubl’, DJ KM3, Rythm Infinit & Dj Missile – $15
  • Saturday 17 Nov – Bumblebeez Presents Radio Fabulous – BumbleBeez, Electric Limosine & Brash’n'Sassy – $30
  • Sunday 18 Nov – Pachanga Featuring Watussi – DJ Don Migi, Kuerazo, Juan Rando & Dance Academy – $12
  • Wednesday 21 Nov – One Night Stand featuring Void – Void, The Bigness & Ben Taff – $10
  • Thursday 22 Nov – West Coast Roots Night – Dave Mann Collective, Symbiosis & Blue Shaddy – $20
  • Friday 23 Nov – Tonight Only with Boys Noize – The Glimmers, Switch & Tim Deluxe – $55 – Tickets through moshtix
  • Saturday 24 Nov – Symbiosis – Rise Up – Sunshine Brothers, Roly Skender & The Tonics, Digger Rockwell & Rok Reilly – $15
  • Sunday 25 Nov – Old Man River & Symbiosis – $15
  • Tuesday 27 Nov – Nova Listener Party
  • Wednesday 28 Nov – Ahoy! – Burton Cool Suit, Faith in Plastics, The Bank Holidays & DJ Antaque – $10
  • Thursday 29 Nov – Bobby Flynn and The Omega 3 – $23 – Heatseeker
  • Friday 30 Nov – Spring in Sao Paulo (RTR FM Fundraiser) – $15 – Tickets only at door – RTR subscribers free
  • Saturday 1 Dec – Alphabet City Closing Party – Institut Polaire, The Blue Jays, Capitol City & Rocket to Memphis – $20

SoCo Cargo is open from 8pm-2am. Tickets available through Heatseeker or at the door, unless noted otherwise above.

SoCo Cargo website, where you can download a pdf with the whole program.

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What’s on this week – 23 to 29 October 2006

Monday, October 23rd, 2006

My weekly summary with the highlights of what’s on this week. Check out the Event Calendar for much more!

Ten Days on ARTRAGE begins on Thursday! Have you checked out the huge wierd and wonderful and wonderfully wierd program yet?! There’s heaps of free and cheap stuff!

Last chance to see the Telstra Rally in Perth, from Thursday to Sunday. The cars head to a different stage each day, and end up at Gloucester Park each evening.

Zig Zag Community Festival in Kalamunda on Saturday.

The Pride Carnival through Northbridge on Saturday night.

Jazz and Wooden Boat Festival at Claisebrook Cove from 11am to 5.30pm on Sunday

Curtin’s Big Event from midday to 7pm on Sunday, with lots of free children’s activities and live music. Bring cans of baked beans before 3pm for Bean Aid, and help with the spiral of cans for the Guiness World Record!

Music

Live are performing at Challenge Stadium on Tuesday night. Tickets are $85.90 through Ticketmaster.

Coca-Cola Live n Local is happening on Wednesday, check out this post for info on how to get ‘free’ tickets (you need to get codes from specially marked drink bottles). End of Fashion, Evermore, The Veronicas, After the Fall and The Hot Lies are performing.

Metal bands Soulfly and Caliban are playing at Capitol on Thursday, tickets $47.50 through BOCS.

The Presidents of the United States of America are performing at Metropolis in Fremantle, also on Thursday night. Tickets $45 + bf from Heatseeker.

On Friday night Ministry of Sound is happening at Metro City, tickets $65 through inthemix.com.au.

Fourplay String Quartet (known for covering bands like The Beastie Boys, Metallica, Jeff Buckley and The Velvet Underground) are performing at the Fly By Night Club on Friday night. Tickets online are $16.70 +bf at Heatseeker, or $25 at the door.

Hi-5 are performing at Burswood Dome on Saturday and Sunday, two performances on each day.

The Pride Carnival After Party is being held at Metro City from 10pm on Saturday.

R&B artist Ne-Yo is performing at Metro City on Sunday. Tickets $51.90 through BOCS.

For other ’smaller’ gigs check out this comprehensive gig guide.

Performing Arts / Theatre / Circus / Comedy

Bangara & Mash is a ‘Bollywood Burlesque Circus Comedy Cabaret’ and will be held at the Fly By Night Club on Sunday. Raising money for orphaned kids in India, tickets are $20 through Heatseeker or $25 at the door.
Cosi, a play by the Graduate Dramatic Society is on at the Dolphin Theatre at UWA from Friday to 11 November 06. Tickets $24, conc $18.

Delicate Balance by Pocket Theatre is three one act plays by loca dramatists, and will performed at the Swan Basement on Wednesday night, Sunday afternoon and some dates after that too. Tickets $15, conc $10.

Guys and Dolls, a musical comedy presented by the MS Society, is on at the Regal Theatre from Friday until Sunday 29 October. Tickets through BOCS are between $27 and $77 depending on date, seats and concessions!

A Moment on the Lips, a comedy/drama by seven female Perth actors, is on at The Rechabites’ Hall till Saturday 28 October 2006.

Circus Joseph Ashton is in Bassendean from Friday until Sunday 19 November. Standard adult tickets around $20.

Other

City of Cockburn Spring Fair at Manning Park in Hamilton Hill.

Volunteer Bushfire Games in Whiteman Park on Sunday.

For more family fun this weekend, see this post at the Kids Enjoy Perth weblog!

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Oktoberfest 2006

Sunday, October 8th, 2006

OktoberfestThere’s a few Oktoberfest celebrations happening in Perth during October that I know about.

The Shed in Northbridge celebrates the festival on Friday 20 October from 12noon. Try traditional German style food and German beer in steins that you get to keep.

Elmar’s in the (Swan) Valley is having a beer and food festival from 10am to late on Saturday 21 and 10am to 5pm on Sunday 22 October 2006. There will be German beer, traditional German live music, German food, and a special appearance by Johnnie Young. There will also be fun for the kids and a face painter. Tickets are $10 for adults (includes a glass to keep with one beer, and kids are free) and are available for prepurchase, or get them in the door (first in best dressed). See the website for details.

The Copperwood Restaurant in Kalamunda will celebrate Oktoberfest on 22 October from 12pm to 5pm. There will be a bbq and buffet ($55 p.p.) and an Austrian Yodelling Trio playing beer songs. See the website for details, and I think you’ll have to book.

Duckstein Brewery in the Swan Valley have an Oktoberfest special on all month.

If anyone knows anymore events happening in Perth for Oktoberfest, let me know in the comments below!

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Ten Days on ARTRAGE – Oct/Nov 06

Saturday, September 30th, 2006

ARTRAGETen Days on ARTRAGE is happening from 27 October to 5 November 2006 and will feature a spectacular program of sound, visual art, dance, theatre, film, quality arts and cultural interaction!
A highlight is ‘The Block’, a custom-made arts and cultural experience designed by ARTRAGE and constructed out of sea-containers in the centre of Northbridge which will have a diverse line-up of events. To name just a few treats, there is ’24 HOURS,’ where artists make theatre and films with a time limit of only 24 hours, and a ‘Pet Photo Booth,’ where owners can bring their beloved animals to have some quirky snaps taken. There is also the big, interactive sound toy that is ‘Audiosity’, and ‘Feuerwasser’, a poetic tempest of pure energy created by fire and water in the middle of the street.

The Bakery ARTRAGE Complex will be a late night Festival Club, and have musical entertainment from 9pm every night, dance and theatre performances.

Others events that will be happening include films at Cinema Paradiso, a fashion spectacular and a visual arts exhibition.

A big night of action is on Saturday 4 November, when there will be a Night Market, dance spectacle and more on the streets of Northbridge, for FREE!

The whole program is now the ARTRAGE website and it’s huge! A lot of the events are free or very cheap. The website is quite easy to navigate, but you can also download the program. And it’s also printed in the form of poster, but I don’t where to get it, I got mine from a friend! Keep an eye out for it, it’s got the photo above on one side of it.

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Dim Sum in Northbridge

Sunday, February 19th, 2006

This afternoon I went with a group of 10 into Northbridge to have dim sum! Ohhhhh, nice! Why have I never had this before??!!! And it’s soooo cheap! We spent $11 each, for heaps of savoury and sweet dim sum, green tea and water!

In Northbridge there are at least 10 restaurants that specialise in dim sum, and apparently they’re good. Actually, I know they’re good, because they all had big lines outside them (which is normal for Sunday’s apparently).
Here’s a good description of Dim Sum.
I definitely recommend you go some time, and go with at least 4 people, so you can share everything!
We went to the Orient Inn, which is opposite the Brass Monkey.

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Northbridge and Ascot Water Playground

Saturday, July 16th, 2005
Friday was our one year anniversary of being in Perth (well, actually 10 years in WA for me).
At 8pm we left for Northbridge, where we met up with some friends.

We started of at the Brass Monkey, and ended at the Elephant & Wheelbarrow.

This afternoon we had a party in High Wycombe.
On the way we stopped at Ascot Water Playground (because I spotted it on the map, and it is very close to Gt Eastern Hwy).

I had already read the sad news last year, that it was permanently closed, but now we saw it. First of all, it was much smaller than I remember. And right next to the Swan River. It was completely abandoned, with very high grass.

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From the roadside.
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From the Swan River side. Can see a pool to the left, and toilet block.
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Scenic view of the Swan River.

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Out in Northbridge

Sunday, August 22nd, 2004

Yesterday we drove down to Fremantle with friends to see Xavier Rudd at the Fly By Night club, but of course it was sold out!!

So we drove into Northbridge, walked around for a while, and then found a little bar called ‘Blue to the Bone‘, ha ha! So obviously a Blues bar, and ‘The Tone Doctors’ were playing, very good!

After that we also went to Pot Black for a bit.

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