Archive for July, 2007
Bryan Ferry (Roxy Music) will perform with Joan Armatrading, also from the UK, at Perth Zoo on Saturday 17 November 2007.
The mercurial Ferry and the sublime Armatrading are class acts through and through, with crack bands and a catalogue of brilliant songs that have stood the test of time. To see both artists on one night is set to be one unforgettable musical feast!
Special guest support artist will be Daryl Braithwaite.
Useful links:
Tickets on sale 20 August from: Ticketmaster ($115)
Official websites of Bryan Ferry, Joan Armatrading and Daryl Braithwaite
Venue: Perth Zoo – Location Map
What’s happening in Perth and Fremantle, Western Australia in August 2007, covering the bigger concerts, festivals and a bit of comedy and theatre!
Also see what’s on this week, and the event calendar for more events.
Monday 30 July to Sunday 5 August 2007
MUSIC
Architecture in Helsinki at The Bakery on Monday 30 and Tuesday 31 July (sold out)
Kaiser Chiefs at Metro City on Tuesday 31 July (sold out)
Lily Allen at Metropolis on Tuesday (sold out)
Black Sabbath – Heaven & Hell Tour at Challenge Stadium on 2 August
Hot Chip DJ set at Ambar on 2 August (The Bakery on 3 August 2007 sold out)
The Shins at Metro City on Friday 3 August (sold out)
Hot Chip at The Bakery on Friday (sold out)
The Drifters at Friends Restaurant on Friday
Anthony Pappa (4hr SET) at Ambar on Friday
The Cure at Challenge Stadium on 4 August
Birds Of Tokyo at the Fly By Night on 5 August (sold out) and 6 August 2007 (acoustic session)
FESTIVALS/ expos/ circus/ comedy/ other
Dave Callan (comedian) at the Hyde Park Hotel on Friday
Avon Descent (from Northam through Toodyay to Perth) on Saturday and Sunday
Mundaring Truffle Festival from Wednesday 1 to Sunday 5 August
Perth Hills Wine Show in Mundaring on Saturday and Sunday
WA Craft Quilt & Stitch Show at Claremont Showgrounds from Friday 3 to Sunday 5 August
It’s Yates Springtime at Araluen Botanic Park, Roleystone till 1 October
Egyptian Antiquities from the Lourve at the Art Gallery from Saturday 21 July to 28 October.
National Treasures from Australia’s Great Libraries – Free exhibition in State Library, daily till 26 August.
City of Perth Winter Arts Festival from 1 June to 31 August
THEATRE
Bug by Spotty Fellow Productions at Subiaco Arts Centre from 2 to 18 August
Not Like Beckett by deckchair theatre at Victoria Hall from 26 July to 12 August
The Importance of Being Earnest at the Dolphin Theatre, UWA from 27 July to 11 August
Tango’s Violin by The Brainbox Project, DownStairs at the Maj from 31 July to 4 August
Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks (with Todd McKenney) at Playhouse Theatre from 1 to 18 August
Monday 6 to Sunday 12 August 2007
MUSIC
Birds Of Tokyo at the Fly By Night on 5 August (sold out) and 6 August 2007 (acoustic session)
OK Go at Capitol on Monday 6 August 2007
Gwen Stefani at Burswood Dome on Tuesday 7 August 2007
Long Blondes at Capitol on 7 August
Funkraiser at the Leederville Hotel on Friday 10 August – last time the Funk Club will be held in Leederville before moving to the Rosemount Hotel!
Radiothon 2007 Opening Party at PICA on Saturday 11 August
FESTIVALS/ expos/ circus/ comedy/ other
Comedy at The Llama Lounge on Tuesday evening (every first Tuesday)
WA Wood Show at Claremont Showgrounds from Friday to Sunday
It’s Yates Springtime at Araluen Botanic Park, Roleystone till 1 October
Egyptian Antiquities from the Lourve at the Art Gallery from Saturday 21 July to 28 October.
National Treasures from Australia’s Great Libraries – Free exhibition in State Library, daily till 26 August.
City of Perth Winter Arts Festival from 1 June to 31 August
THEATRE
Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks (with Todd McKenney) at Playhouse Theatre from 1 to 18 August
Not Like Beckett by deckchair theatre at Victoria Hall from 26 July to 12 August
Bug by Spotty Fellow Productions at Subiaco Arts Centre from 2 to 18 August
The Importance of Being Earnest at the Dolphin Theatre, UWA from 27 July to 11 August
Monday 13 to Sunday 19 August 2007
MUSIC
Marduk at Amplifier on 13 August
James Reyne at Friends Restaurant on 15 August (sold out), Leopold on 17, Civic on 18 and Oxford Hotel on 19 August
Mach Pelican @ Amplifier on Friday 17 August
DJ Hyper at Ambar on Friday
Elvis Meets the Beatles at Burswood Theatre on Saturday 18 August
Radiothon 2007 Closing Party at The Bakery on Saturday
Paul Kelly with Katy Steele at the Regal Theatre on 18 and 19 August
Maximo Park at Capitol on 19 August
FESTIVALS/ expos/ circus/ comedy/ other
Perth International Boat Show 2007 at PCEC from Wednesday to Sunday 19 August
Pregnancy, Babies & Children’s Expo at Claremont Showgrounds from Friday to Sunday
Cirque du Soleil – Varekai, Grand Chapeteau at The Esplanade – from 17 August to 16 September 2007
The Vagina Monologues at Hackett Hall from 17 August to 1 September
National Science Week from Saturday 18 to Sunday 26 August
It’s Yates Springtime at Araluen Botanic Park, Roleystone till 1 October
Egyptian Antiquities from the Lourve at the Art Gallery from Saturday 21 July to 28 October.
National Treasures from Australia’s Great Libraries – Free exhibition in State Library, daily till 26 August.
City of Perth Winter Arts Festival from 1 June to 31 August
THEATRE/OPERA/ETC
Rigoletto at His Majesty’s Theatre from 14 to 25 August
Mark Storen’s A Drunken Cabaret at Subiaco Arts Centre from 13 to 25 August
Bug by Spotty Fellow Productions at Subiaco Arts Centre from 2 to 18 August
Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks (with Todd McKenney) at Playhouse Theatre from 1 to 18 August
A Coward In Vegas at Old Mill Theatre from 15 to 25 August
Monday 20 to Sunday 26 August 2007
MUSIC
Down to Nothing at HQ on 21 August and Rosemount Hotel on Wednesday 22 August
Mental As Anything dinner and show at Friends Restaurant on Wednesday
Bob Dylan at Burswood Dome on 23 August 2007
Elvis Tribute Concert (Garry Wesley) at Perth Concert Hall on 25 August 07
Shout Out Louds at Rosemount Hotel on 25 August 2007
Broad at Perth Concert Hall on 26 August 2007 (Deborah Conway, Anne McCue, Sally Seltman, Jade MacRae and Abbe May)
FESTIVALS/ expos/ circus/ comedy/ other
The Scitech Comedy Debate at Playhouse Theatre on Thursday 23 August
The Vagina Monologues at Hackett Hall from 17 August to 1 September
Cirque du Soleil – Varekai, Grand Chapeteau at The Esplanade – from 17 August to 16 September 2007
Balingup Medieval Festival (3 hrs south of Perth) in Balingup, on Saturday and Sunday
Treasured Craft Creations at Claremont Showgrounds from Friday to Sunday
City to Surf from Perth CBD to City Beach on Sunday
It’s Yates Springtime at Araluen Botanic Park, Roleystone till 1 October
Egyptian Antiquities from the Lourve at the Art Gallery from Saturday 21 July to 28 October.
National Treasures from Australia’s Great Libraries – Free exhibition in State Library, daily till 26 August.
City of Perth Winter Arts Festival from 1 June to 31 August
THEATRE/OPERA/DANCE/ETC
Rigoletto at His Majesty’s Theatre from 14 to 25 August
A Coward In Vegas at Old Mill Theatre from 15 to 25 August
The Vagina Monologues at Hacket Hall from 17 August to 1 September
Etcetera etcetera at PICA from 21 to 25 August
Don Quixote by Youth Ballet WA at Burswood Theatre from 22 to 25 August
Respect, The Musical at Regal Theatre from 25 August to 23 September
East (by Steven Berkoff of Trainspotting and Snatch) at The Blue Room from 25 to 31 August
Monday 27 August to Sunday 2 September 2007
MUSIC
Brooke Fraser @ Octagon Theatre on Wednesday 29 August 2007
Brian Kennedy at Fly By Night on Friday 31 August 07
Ice Cube @ Metro City on Friday
Ray Charles Tribute @ Burswood Theatre on Friday
Youth Alive Adrenline 2007 with Switchfoot etc – 31 August/1 September at Challenge Stadium
David Campbell at Burswood Theatre on 1 September 2007
John Butler Trio at Perth Concert Hall on 2 and 3 September with Josh Pyke
FESTIVALS/ expos/ circus/ comedy/ other
Kings Park Wildflower Festival – 1 September to 1 October
Cirque du Soleil – Varekai, Grand Chapeteau at The Esplanade – from 17 August to 16 September 2007
The Vagina Monologues at Hackett Hall from 17 August to 1 September
Youth Alive Adrenline 2007 with Switchfoot etc – 31 August/1 September at Challenge Stadium
Dowerin GWN Machinery Field Days (1.5 hrs east of Perth) on Wednesday 29 and Thursday 30 August.
It’s Yates Springtime at Araluen Botanic Park, Roleystone till 1 October
Egyptian Antiquities from the Lourve at the Art Gallery from Saturday 21 July to 28 October.
City of Perth Winter Arts Festival from 1 June to 31 August
THEATRE
Respect, The Musical at Regal Theatre from 25 August to 23 September
The Vagina Monologues at Hackett Hall from 17 August to 1 September
East (by Steven Berkoff of Trainspotting and Snatch) at The Blue Room from 25 to 31 August
Love Me at PICA from 27 August to 9 September
Romeo and Juliet by Darlington Theatre Players at Marloo Theatre from 31 August to 22 September
Life X 3 by Black Swan Theatre Company at Playhouse Theatre from 1 to 16 September
The highlights of what’s on in Perth, Western Australia this week(end), from Monday 30 July to Sunday 5 August 2007.
It’s a busy week with lots of (mostly sold out!) concerts and lots of activity in the hills of Perth and beyond this weekend, the main event being the Avon Descent! Thank goodness for all the rain, should be good this year!
Also check out what’s on for all of July 2007 and the Perth Event Calendar for other events and please submit events that I’m missing. Have a good week! – Simone
FESTIVALS, CIRCUS, COMEDY, etc
Dave Callan (comedian) at the Hyde Park Hotel on Friday
Avon Descent (from Northam through Toodyay to Perth) on Saturday and Sunday. Lots of events in the places involved, like Toodyay on Saturday and Sandalford Wines, Bayswater and Ascot on Sunday.
Mundaring Truffle Festival from Wednesday 1 to Sunday 5 August
Perth Hills Wine Show in Mundaring on Saturday and Sunday
WA Craft Quilt & Stitch Show at Claremont Showgrounds from Friday 3 to Sunday 5 August
Family History Fair at the State Library on Sunday from 10am to 4pm – free
Egyptian Antiquities from the Lourve at the Art Gallery from Saturday 21 July to 28 October. (Anton wrote a great post about his visit)
National Treasures from Australia’s Great Libraries – Free exhibition in State Library, daily till 26 August.
City of Perth Winter Arts Festival from 1 June to 31 August
Check out one of the weekly comedy nights!
MUSIC
Architecture in Helsinki at The Bakery on Monday 30 and Tuesday 31 July (sold out)
Kaiser Chiefs at Metro City on Tuesday (sold out)
Lily Allen at Metropolis on Tuesday (sold out)
Black Sabbath – Heaven & Hell Tour at Challenge Stadium on Thursday 2 August
Hot Chip DJ set at Ambar on Thursday (The Bakery on 3 August 2007 sold out)
The Shins at Metro City on Friday 3 August (sold out)
Hot Chip at The Bakery on Friday (sold out)
The Drifters at Friends Restaurant on Friday
Anthony Pappa (4hr set) at Ambar on Friday
The Cure at Challenge Stadium on Saturday 4 August
Birds Of Tokyo at the Fly By Night on Sunday 5 August (sold out) and 6 August 2007 (acoustic session)
For other gigs check out this comprehensive gig guide.
THEATRE
Bug by Spotty Fellow Productions at Subiaco Arts Centre from 2 to 18 August
Not Like Beckett by deckchair theatre at Victoria Hall from 26 July to 12 August
Tango’s Violin by The Brainbox Project, DownStairs at the Maj from 31 July to 4 August
Linkin Park tour Australia in October 2007 and perform in Perth at Burswood Dome on 18 October.
Special guest is Chris Cornell and his band (Founding member and vocalist with Soundgarden, Audioslave , Temple of Dog)!
Lauded as one of the most dynamic live acts around, Linkin Park will bring a slew of aural treasures with them, treating the audience to a mix of old and new with a set list that ranges from the lead single What I’ve Done from the #1 album Minutes to Midnight, to favourites from Hybrid Theory, Meteora and everything in between.
Useful links:
Tickets from 6 August: Ticketek
Official websites of Linkin Park and Chris Cornell
Venue: Burswood Dome – Location Map
Motörhead is touring Australia again in October and will perform at Challenge Stadium in Perth on 16 October 2007.
Rose Tattoo and The Casanovas will be supporting.
Like AC/DC, playing rock and roll is all Motorhead have ever done and after more than three decades they unquestionably and unarguably remain the real deal. The trio are a crushingly loud religion, a proud institution in a world where for too many real rock and roll is a forgotten art, a genre that’s only dragged out when the t shirt looks good.
Source: Undercover, via Goatlady 🙂
Useful links:
Tickets: Ticketmaster – General Admission and Reserved Seating ($135)
Official websites of Motorhead, Rose Tattoo
Venue: Challenge Stadium – Location Map
Jimmy Barnes is headlining A Day on the Green at Sandalford Wines in the Swan Valley on Sunday 11 November 2007.
He will be supported by Vanessa Amorosi, Mahalia Barnes, Richard Clapton and Colin Hay.
Anyone who has experienced a JIMMY BARNES concert leaves with no doubt why this mercurial performer has become one of our most popular and best-loved. Its ‘pedal to the metal’ from go to whoa as Barnesy belts out hit after hit from his 30-year career, songs that have become indelibly stamped in the Australian psyche.
His set usually includes solo smash hits like ‘Working Class Man’, ‘Too Much (Ain’t Enough Love)’, ‘I’d Die To Be With You Tonight’, ‘Good Times’, ‘Ride The Night Away’, plus soul classics from the multi-platinum ‘Soul Deep’ album such as ‘Ain’t No Mountain (High Enough)’ and of course the unforgettable Cold Chisel tracks that started it all.
Gates open at 2pm, and Jimmy Barnes plays last at 7.30pm.
Useful links:
Tickets from 6 August: Ticketmaster (internet pre-sale from 31 July)
Venue: Sandalford Winery, Caversham (Swan Valley), WA
Official websites: Jimmy Barnes, Vanessa Amorosi, Colin Hay, Richard Clapton, Mahalia Barnes
Boney M , the disco cult band from the 70’s and 80’s, will perform at Burswood Theatre on Saturday 3 November 2007.
The group had eight Number One hits in the European charts with the following singles: Daddy cool, Sunny, Ma Baker, Belfast, Rivers of Babylon, Brown Girl in the Ring, Rasputin, Mary’s Boy Child.
In 2007, Boney M. featuring Liz Mitchell is still a phenomenal live act drawing huge crowds across Europe.
Useful links:
Tickets from 24 July: Ticketek
Venue: Burswood Theatre – Location Map
Boney M on wikipedia
Boney M also perform at Friends Restaurant on 29 and 30 October, but both of these shows have sold out already.
Bad Religion will be performing with Strung Out and MYC at Metro City on 11 November 2007.
Bad Religion’s rousing wall-of-sound punk seems about as necessary now as ever before. If you discovered them in their finest hour, when albums like Suffer, Against the Grain and No Control were made of vinyl, or if you saw them on the Warped tour or found them under “influences” on your favourite chart topping punk rock band’s myspace page, it’s time to join all like minded malcontents and say “GOD (however you choose (or not) to define that term) BLESS BAD RELIGION”, for being a shining beacon amongst the sea of noise that goes by the name of punk rock today!
Useful links:
Tickets from 2 August: Moshtix, Amplifier Capitol 08 9321 7606, Jumbo Ent Bicton 08 9319 9033, Galaxy Ent Como 08 9474 2440, Mills Recs Fremantle 08 9335 1945, Planet Mt Lawley 08 9328 7464, Rockeby Recs Subiaco 08 9381 5126
Official websites of Bad Religion, Strung Out
Venue: Metro City – Location Map
Up! Festival has been cancelled! Michael Franti should be back in the country in 2008. Ben Lee solo shows will be announced soon.
The Up! Festival is coming! It’s a new music, art and media festival that has been founded by Spearhead front-man Michael Franti.
In Perth, the festival is happening on 14 September 2007 at Challenge Stadium. The line-up includes Michael Franti and Spearhead, Ben Lee, Blue King Brown and Old Man River.
It will be an all ages show, and tickets go on sale from Ticketmaster on 31 July.
“I want to encourage people to have their voices heard and get used to that. One way of giving back to the community is allowing everyone to record, videotape, upload, download, blog any way they can and share it. All cameras, phones, audio recorders are legal! Everything’s legal at the Up! Festival,” Michael Franti explains.
The festival will partner up with environmental groups to recycle, offset energy used with carbon neutralizing and wind farms.
Useful links:
Tickets: Ticketmaster (on sale 31 July)
Official websites of Michael Franti, Ben Lee, Blue King Brown, Old Man River, Up! Festival myspace
Venue: Challenge Stadium – Seating Map – Location Map
The highlights of what’s on in Perth, Western Australia this week(end), from Monday 13 to Sunday 29 July 2007.
Also check out what’s on for all of July 2007 and the Perth Event Calendar for other events and please submit events that I’m missing. Have a good week! – Simone
FESTIVALS, CIRCUS, COMEDY, etc
The Scared Weird Little Guys at Playhouse Theatre from Tuesday 24 to Sunday 29 July
‘Golden Week’ at the Perth Mint
It’s Yates Springtime at Araluen Botanic Park, Roleystone till 1 October
National Tree Day is on Sunday 29 July
Fremantle Collectors Fair at Masonic Hall on Sunday 29 July
WWE’s SmackDown SummerSlam Tour at Burswood Dome on 29 July 07
Egyptian Antiquities from the Lourve at the Art Gallery from Saturday 21 July to 28 October.
National Treasures from Australia’s Great Libraries – Free exhibition in State Library, daily till 26 August.
City of Perth Winter Arts Festival from 1 June to 31 August
Check out one of the weekly comedy nights!
MUSIC
The Beautiful Girls at the Fly By Night on Wednesday 25 and Saturday 28 July
Gotye with mini orchestra at the Fly By Night on 26 + 27 July 2007 (both sold out)
Beyond the Darkside (Pink Floyd experience/tribute) at Burswood Theatre on Friday 27 July 07
Bobby Flynn at Friends Restaurant on 27 July (sold out), Civic Hotel on 28 July and Fly By Night on 29 July
British India at the Norfolk on 27 July, Amplifier on 28 July
Unearth/Mindsnare/Walls of Jericho at Amplifer on 27 July (18+) and 28 July (under 18’s)
Major Break – Dopamine, Breakfastaz, Hook n Sling + More at Ambar and Gilkisons on Saturday
Next Big Thing WA – GRAND FINAL at Rosemount Hotel on Saturday
The Butterfly Effect at Capitol on Saturday and Newport Hotel on Sunday
For other gigs check out this comprehensive gig guide.
THEATRE
St. Nicholas by Perth Theatre Company at His Majesty’s Theatre(downstairs) from Thursday 5 to 28 July
A Hard God by Harbour Theatre Inc. from 20 to 28 July
Not Like Beckett by deckchair theatre at Victoria Hall from 26 July to 12 August
Starkers (Andrea Gibbs) at The Blue Room from 12 to 28 July