slackjaw, diger rockwell and dj slekt

at the bird

On Thursday August 18 Slackjaw on on stage at The Bird. Doing all new classic Slackjaw material, so if your yet to hear it, represent!

Also rumered to be playing on the night is Diger Rockwell & DJ Slekt so if you know your history this will be a quality evening!!

Entry is $5 from 8pm.

More info here

Fremantle Blues and roots club

The bluesiest, rootsiest wednesday in town!

Wednesday, August 18, the Fremantle Blues and Roots Club presents the Electromen, That Velvet Echoe & Harry Moore.

Entry is $10/$5 for members from 8pm.

We all deserve to be loved

at manhattans - a stone's throw from the city!!

Wednesday, August 18, We All Deserve to Be Loved the mid week indie night of the century presents Naik. DJ’s on the night are the eight limbed Woody Allen watching Paranoid Tarantula DJs. If you’re looking for love look no further than Manhattans Bar. Those of you attached with a lover need not suppose that this night is not for you- to the contrary many couples have come to this night and left even more in love with each other – what a night. Entry is $10 or $5 if you send you and your friends names to wealldeservetobeloved@mail.com. Show kicks off at 8pm.

more about it!
 

Going Solo at the Moon late night café

Mayhem at the moon

Wednesday, August 18, is Going Solo at the Moon. The artists playing this night will be Benny Mayhem, Luke Dux and Amanda Merzdan. This week the artists will go on at 8pm. Entry to restaurants is always free!

 

Dr Sketchy's Anti-Art School

LIFE DRAWING WITH A TWIST

On Wednesday August 18, a special "anti-art" class will be held in Northbridge. Dr Sketchy's is a non-intimidating life drawing class that features elaborate costumes and stunning models including burlesque artists, acrobats and contortionists. It's a fantastic opportunity for artists and non-artists alike to hone their skills in addition to winning fun prizes and meeting other local creatives!

This month's masterclass stars the ravishing Sugar Blue Burlesque artiste Cécile Mimieux.
 

Isolation = Koe's second last appearance!

Double Lucky IN Leederville

Koe is moving to Berlin: this is literally his second last set, the last being Isolation @ The Velvet Lounge August 26.

SubStandard - An evening of Dubstep at Mojos bar

AN AWESOME NIGHT OF DUBSTEP WOMP WOMP WOMP for only 7 bucks!

Thursday, August 19, a new night in Perth’s Bass culture begins. Substandard presents bass heavy directions from Perth’s best underground dubstep and generally low end focussed heads. Substandard presents Vishnu, Ylem, Saxon and Tifa, Hykus (live) and Sibalance.

Entry is $7 from 8pm.

the Fix

jazz night at the Moon Cafe

A whole crew of ace jazz musicians have been jamming at the Moon for years now under the name the Fix. The night is very chilled out and the playing is exceptional. Entry is always free to the moon.

Sonpsilo Circus plus special guests at manhattans

Manhattans is 10 minute cab ride from Mt Lawley!

Thursday, August 19, Asset Artist Management presents a night of fun-filled times with amazing perth bands. Join other handsome people at one of Perth's newest venues; Manhattans. Mojos Rising band comp winners & Next Big Thing second place getters Sonpsilo Circus, indie rock stars The Tumblers, dirty blues rockers The Wilderness and mad scientists Fantz Copz will all be playing.

Entry is $7 from 8pm.

JON MADDS' ROCK'N'ROLL KARAOKE

Devilles Pad

Thursdays at Devilles Pad is getting bigger and better each week. All you budding Nancy Sinatras and Elvis shower singers get down and strut your stuff on the Devilles stage plus Happy Hour in Hell Drink Specials 6 to 7pm and Great Valued Scrumptious $10 DEMON DINNERS till late

Dont Miss it, One Hell of a Night Out with your Vocal Cords

Doors open 5pm - Free Entry

Science Ninja Van (part of National Science Week)

Bar 459 at Rosemount

From 7pm...

Science Ninjas rocking up in a van at pubs? What next?!!

The Science Ninjas will show you how to play with your food in the name of science.

Ninja Nina, Mega Megan and Professor Garry Lee, food scientist and rumoured inventor of that extra coffee smell in a jar will sabotage your tastebuds by messing with your eyes, ears and nose.

Presented by Scitech, CSIRO Education and The University of Western Australia.

It's free!
 

DAN CROOK

at the Velvet Lounge

Englishmen Dan Crook and David Cefai will be joined by Chenaniah (NZ) at The Velvet Lounge for a special stripped down acoustic night at The Velvet Lounge this Thursday. This is Dan's first Perth show of his Impromptu Tour.

Entry is $4 from 7.30.pm
 

loudandsoft: An Infinity Room

Kurongkurl Katitjin , ECU, Mt Lawley

Julian Day and Luke Jaaniste perform an Infinity Room, for multiple keyboards, amongst other things. $10 at the door.

Benedict Moleta Band

at the VELVET lounge

With Craig McElhinney, Andrew Ewing and Chris Cobilis.
Entry $5 from 8 pm.

BRASH AND SASSY'S "NOW" EP LAUNCH

MANHATTANS

Friday, August 20, Brash and Sassy launch their EP entitled Now. This EP has been a labour of love, with wonderful production by Matteo Giovannangelo and Jaymes Voltaire of Voltaire Twins' fame. Great friends of the Sass Rex Monsoon, Voltaire Twins DJ set and Fkn Midas w/ Live Sax! will be playing, you won't be able to stop Brash and Sassy from dancing. But please remind us to concentrate and get up on stage for our set. Tomas Ford will MC. Cover charge is $10 and if you pay $15, you get to take home an EP. Which is $10 separately.
 

Amanda Merdzan at Mojos Bar

launching her album 'into the gallery'

Friday, August 20, is the night Amanda Merdzan will be launching her debut album and for the first time - playing with her entire band live! After supporting numerous bands/artists on her own, with nothing more than vocals and a guitar - it is time for Amanda Merdzan to introduce to you, the full band sound that is living on her upcoming album 'Into The Gallery'. Supports for the evening are the Veescars, Dux and Downtown and Goodnight Tiger. Entry is $10 from 8pm.

Radiothon Breakfast launch

Caffissimo at the Art Gallery

Come to Caffissimo at the Art Gallery for free coffee and food and watch Peter Barr and friends launch RTRFM's major fundraiser.

It's the start of Radiothon with a free real life radio show you can watch and hear!!

There will be live musical performances from local favourites Split Seconds, The Brow Horn Orchestra, the inimitable Abbe May and other special guests.
...
Rock and Roll Funnyman Shane Adamczak will perform a tune from his hit show 'Love Songs for Future Girl'.

See it in Northbridge before it hits Broadway!

AND just announced TV funnyman and stand-up comedian Josh Thomas will join us in the cafe for a coffee and a chat!

AND the Cut n Paste Crew will be live Video-Blogging the entire event. Modern! Contemporary!!

Make an early start of it on Friday August 20 - it kicks off at 6am for live good times, music and laughs

Samuel J Dass

KULCHA

Sitar maestro, Samuel J. Dass, returns to Australia for another spellbinding performance on sitar. Samuel is one of the most exciting players on the international sitar circuit and a multi-award winning musician and composer who has studied with some of India’s great musicians. He will be playing a night of improvised music with Indian tabla wizard, Gurpreet Singh. See www.myspace.com/samueljdass

YOKOHOMOS EP LAUNCH w/ THE FAGS, CAT BLACK AND HOOTENANNY

The Den

The Yokohomos is here!!!

Please come support the Homos! It is sure to be an exteme evening of unimaginable funk punk crunk. Great bands in support: The Fags, Cat Black and Hootenanny.

Free EP at the door from 8pm. $10 entry.
 

Photo Cat

Meet At Hyde Park

Saturday August 21 will be a point race meeting at Hyde Park. The manifest will contain 10 locations. The locations will be weighted based on their distance and obscurity. You will need to plan a route to hit go to the location and take a picture with your bike in it at the spot. The spots will be spread out through the perth CBD. Hitting all 10 spots will be possible but not under the 1 hour time limit. After 1 hour you will need to find the end point of the rac...e. There will be a half hour window to finish. Bring a camera or a camera-phone.

Meet up at hyde park (vincent st and norfolk) in mt lawley at 5:00pm, manifests will be handed out at 5:15. Race begins at 5:30. The finish line opens up at 6:30. At 7:00 the finish line will close and you will be disqualified.

Prizes for 1st and 2nd place.
+1 point for riding fixed
+1 point for wearing a helmet

Most of all have fun going fast.

Bring: Camera (or phone), bike, refreshments, bag.
No Entry Fee.
 

KNOWLEDGE FIRST BIRTHDAY feat DJ MARKY

VIILLA NIGHTCLUB

On Saturday August 21. For more info, please see the facebook or the myspace.
 

Manhattans

unstoppable glue

Saturday August 21, the Unstoppable Glue night returns to Manhattans. This is a jam for all the fellas tried to do what those ladies tell us so don’t just stand there bust some glue. Playing records tonight will be FKN MIDAS, Tom Fom plus special guest Grubby from King Titos. Expect funk directions and regular good time tunes from the boys in glue. Entry is free from 7:30.

PEEK - A - BOO REVue

devilles pad

Starring an all star cast BARBARA BLAZE & HER BLAZERS, FEMME FEROX, SAPPHIRE DEMURE, SANDY BEACHES & HER WAVES, LORELEI LITA plus The MONDO INFERNO disc jocks laying down Vintage Vinyl Tunes for your dancin' pleasure, magic with JON MADD and 60's A-Gogo with the Les SATANIQUES.

Fantastic Bar Food available and Cool Cocktails, Its going to be one hell of a night out

Doors open 6pm - $10 after 8pm

We Heart Vintage Monthly Market

The Velvet Lounge

It is that time again... Save every dollar you have for a spectacular August market jam packed with everything vintage that you could dream of! We have absolutely bucketloads of new stock, lots of new stall holders, thousands of handpicked vintage pieces sourced from anywhere you can imagine at bargain prices starting from $5.00!

REX MONSOON

THE BIRD

Check out the faceook page.

CAL PECK AND THE TRAMPS AT MOJOS BAR

album launch not to be missed

Saturday, August 21, Cal Peck and the Tramps play Mojos Bar! For those unfamiliar with the band, they recently released and launched their second EP “Kill For You” to a packed house at Deville’s Pad, where they have been headlining their own shows each month for the last 6 months and prior to that they were the main support act for Jon Spencer’s band HEAVY TRASH in December 09. Earlier this year they were nominated for a WAMI award in the catergory of Best Blues and Roots act, they were also featured for the second year in a row on the Kiss My Wami compilation. They have had an outstanding amount of support from Local Station RTRFM, who have had their debut EP “Cinnamon” in high rotation since it’s release in august 2009 and we're proud to say that "Kill For You" is currently local feature. They be appearing at Mojos supported Electromen , The Big Old Bears and Hunting Huxley. this night is sure to be a winner! doors open at 8pm and entry is $10!

STAY IN BED FUNDRAISER

norfolk basement

We will soon be back from another tour of Canada in a couple of weeks and we are having a fundraising night to raise funds for the Australian Mitochonrial Disease Foundation.

The condition afflicts my sister Pippa plus countless other people, both children and adults.

So please, grab your tickets for the STAY IN BED FUNDRAISER ...Sunday August 22nd 6pm to 10pm at the Norfolk Hotel Basement in Freo.
...
We will be joined by the beautiful Prita, Simon Kelly and Blue Shaddy.

Tickets are available from Kul Kul 435 Hay St Subiaco 10am to 5.30pm or 12noon to 4pm on Sundays. Please drop in to grab your tickets @ $20 each or ring 9388 7900 and we will arrange for payment and distribution. Alternatively, there may be tickets available at the door on the night for $25 . (if not already sold out!)

More details are here.
 

Manhattans

TIGER, TIGER & A LION

Sunday, August 22, Here it is folks. The 1st of many events for 2010 for team JumpClimb. Onya Tiger Hidden Flagon is all about the big cats with One Tiger Down and Goodnight Tiger - on the spinning vinyl Drum Media's very own Matthew Lionheart Hogan. $10 entry from 6pm.

Ozi Batla plays Mojos Bar

gonna be huuuuugggeee!!

Sunday, August 22, Ozi Batla plays Mojos Bar. Ozi Batla, frontman for The Herd is venturing out on his first solo tour in support of his debut record Wild Colonial. Already heavily featured on triple j, Rage, Video Hits and Channel [V], Ozi steps out on stage backed by Sandro, who produced the entire Wild Colonial album. One of the most lauded and loved MCs in Australia, Ozi Batla has led The Herd and Astronomy Class on multiple National tours and performances at all the major festivals. Most recently he wowed the sold-out crowds at Before Too Long: Paul Kelly Tribute shows at the Forum in Melbourne. Expect a classic night of golden era influenced hip hop with one of the most accomplished MCs in the country. Supports include Rythm Infinit and Simmo T . Entry is $15 presale thru Moshtix.com.au or Heatseeker.com.au and $20 on the door from 6pm.

THE BIRD

DAN CROOK
 

Dan Crook plays an afternoon session at 5pm at The Bird.

SUGARBLUE BURLESQUE present The MARTINI CLUB

devilles pad

Featuring The RUSTY PINTO COMBO plus performance throughout the night by SUGARBLUE BURLESQUE.
Dress to impress.

Tickets from www.heatseeker.com or at the door if available.
Doors open 7pm.
 

Sunday Sesh @ The Railway with live music

The Railway Hotel

Atfault, Liz Wreck, From Deep Within and Chilling Winston.

Perth Jazz Society @ The Charles Hotel

JOVINO SANTOS NETO (USA / BRAZIL)
 

Admission Members $15 PJS Student Members $10 Non-members $18 from 8pm.

In association with the HIGGINS FAMILY Jazz Recital Series

Jovino will be supported by Karl Florrison (bass), Carl Mackey (Sax) and Ben Vanderwal (drums).

Three-time Latin Grammy nominee Jovino Santos Neto, a master pianist, composer and arranger, is among the top Brazilian musicians working today. Currently based in Seattle, Washington, he has throughout his career been closely affiliated with the Brazilian master Hermeto Pascoal. He was an integral part of Pascoal's group from 1977 to 1992, where he fine-tuned his artistry, performing around the world and co-producing several legendary records.
Jovino’s personal style is a creative blend of energetic grooves, deep harmonies, telepathic improvisation, lyrical melodies and great ensemble playing, always inspired and informed by the colorful richness of Brazilian music. His compositions include samba, choro, baião, xote, forró, marcha and many more styles, rooted in centuries-old musical tradition while pointing to new and adventurous harmonic languages.

Wide Open Mic

Freo's biggest monday!

Monday, August 23, performing at Mojo's for the Wide open mic will be a bunch of ambitious cats who will simply rock up on the night. This night is hosted by Justin Walshe 0408 755 233. Justin and the crew are looking for mymes, small skits, comedians and interpretive dancers - as well as songwriters - as this is the Wide Open Mic - wide open to all manner of performance! Entry is always free at Mojos on Monday’s.
 

Song Lounge at mojos

big tuesday in freo

Tuesday, August 24, North Street Music is excited to invite you to the VIP Launch Party of Song Lounge @ Mojo’s Bar. The hit showcase will kick off with a bang featuring Nat Ripepi, Bianca Jade and Rose Parker . Song Lounge has, since its inception, delighted everyone who has either sung or attended. The first showcase, held at The Ellington Jazz Club on Monday 6th September 2009, featured Alex Lewinski, Bianca Jade and Rose Parker. These three remarkable women set the standard, promising wonderful things to come. Bianca has just recorded ten new songs yet to be heard in public, and Rose and Nat have some duets up their sleeves so this promises to be an outstanding evening of entertainment and a great party!! Tickets $15 available at the door. Email bianca@northstreetgroup.com to reserve a place with your name on the door list. Please arrive by 7.30pm latest, otherwise your place will be released as this event is sure to sell out!

OPEN PIANO NIGHT AT X-WRAY

EVERY TUESDAY

Tuesday brings you Open Piano Night at X-Wray, in Fremantle. The talent is high and the entry is free on these relaxing nights.

Fremantle Blues and Roots Club

The wednesday nighter rolls on..

 Wednesday, August 25, the Fremantle Blues and Roots Club presents Nicky Bomba and friends plus Dilip and the Davs and Jay Tee. Entry is $10/$5 for members from 8pm.
 

We all deserve to be loved

at manhattans

Wednesday, August 25, We All Deserve to Be Loved the mid week indie night of the century presents Big Ole Bears & Haley Beth. DJ’s on the night are the eight limbed Woody Allen watching Paranoid Tarantula DJs . If you’re looking for love look no further than Manhattans Bar. Those of you attached with a lover need not suppose that this night is not for you- to the contrary many couples have come to this night and left even more in love with each other – what a night. Entry is $10 or $5 if you send you and your friends names to wealldeservetobeloved@mail.com. Show kicks off at 8pm.

Going Solo at the Moon

next wednesday!

 Wednesday, August 25, is Going Solo at the Moon. The artists playing this night will be Grace Woodroofe, Davey Craddock and Dan Crooke. This week the artists will go on at 8pm. Entry to restaurants is always free!

Caligula by Albert Camus

Dolphin Theatre, UWA

25th, 26th and 27th August
7pm Dolphin Theatre
$15 full price, $12 student, $10 french club
Tickets through UWA French club, Alliance Francaise or at the door

Email uwafrenchplay@gmail.com or contact 0434 278 910 for more details.

"No, Caligula is not dead. He is here, he is there. He is each of you. If the power were given to you, if you had a heart, if you loved life, you would see unleashed this monster or this angel that you carry within you. Our time of believing that things could be beautiful and stop being absurd is dying. Goodbye, I return to history where I feel trapped for so long those who fear to love too much." - Albert Camus

Soul Session #2

Funk club Upstairs of the leederville hotel, 27 August.

Facebook page.

King Tito's Dirty Disco - Graz (Modular/Syd), Harlequin League & DJs!

East End Bar & Lounge, 189 High St

On Friday 27 August.

All info here.

Loopadelia

Mojos Bar

The Community and Flowlab join forces again to present vol. 2 in their international fundraising mission on Friday, 27th of August 2010:

Loopadelia is a night of emerging musical styles and hybrids of music evolving in our hood.

Naik is bringing his renowned live psych hop set to Mojos with heavy hitter drummer, Steppa.
Diger Rokwell is also bringing his tripped out world morphsounds live set to the area with Toasted Manning.
Mathas will be laying lyrical metaphors and quasi sacrastic political commentary to self produced beats.
Cartoon Hell, Nick Sweepah and YLEM join forces to bring their unique step hop sound.
Maxy Bills will be returning from his Asian rock climbing pilgrimage to drop assorted dub and instrumental beat.
DJ Silence will be spinning the best in hip hop from around Planet Rock. Expect to hear the best locally produced beats in the cosmos.

$10 entry 8-close

"kon" from legendary kings of diggin duo "Kon & Amir"

The Manor

Support comes from DJ, record dealer and all round nice guy Ben M and WAMi award winning DJ Charlie Bucket. Tickets on sale friday 26th of june $15 at www.heatseeker.com.au, Planet and Highs and Lows.
$20 on door.

Long Gone Midnight Farewell

Norfolk Basement

On Friday August 27 with a new lineup, new songs and a new name.

Radiothon Closing Party

Rosemount Hotel - Bar 459

The Radiothon Closing Party 2010, from 7pm on Saturday August 28, brought to you by The Rosemount Hotel and your home of local rockin’ good times, RTRFM 92.1

Click here for all info and tickets:
http://www.rtrfm.com.au/events

Extortion Perth show

The Den

 On Saturday 28 August with Suffer, Happy Families, Nahor and Lie Cycle.

Retro Market

The Burlesque Lounge

Visit the Burlesque Lounge once a month for the peachiest retro fleamarket in Perth! Starting on Sunday 29 August.

Check it all out here.

single

Free Range Gallery

On Tuesday August 31 between 8am and 8pm, a one-day photography installation (with elements of performance) explores life as a single man.

A single night, a single man, a single photographic stand. Jackson Eaton’s third solo exhibition in Perth, entitled Single, will be a photo presentation, created and exhibited within a 24 hour time frame, examining the idea of the ‘one night stand’.

...Eaton will spend the night in the Free Range gallery with a stranger, documenting the experience with Polaroid photographs, before opening the gallery to the public the next day. Photos taken over the course of the previous night will be on display, as part of a site-based installation of the night’s activities.

In line with Eaton’s previous work, Single explores themes of intimacy and identity, boldly questioning wherein the appeal of ‘playing the field’ lies. Treading the hazy line between fiction and reality, Single aims to take a tangible approach to life after the demise of a significant relationship.

Critically, Eaton will use rare Polaroid Fade-to-Black film for the show. The film itself is a discontinued experimental material which, following development, drifts through different colour schemes before finally turning to blackness after 24 hours. Having been created over the course of the night the works in the exhibition will range from near full-colour to near total black and continue to change over time, offering a different viewing experience for each patron.

For more information please contact:
Jackson Eaton
jackson.lawlor.eaton@gmail.com
0450 683 276
http://jacksoneaton.com/

Chris Abrahams (The Necks) - Sydney

Life is Noise presents...

Play Scar Perth Album Launch
Wednesday September 1, 8pm
The Ellington Jazz Club, 191 Beaufort St, Perth

Chris Abrahams launches his new album Play Scar (Room 40), at Perth's premier jazz venue, The Ellington Jazz Club, on Wednesday September 1 from 8pm. Support comes from local guitar/noise maestro Craig McElhinney.

Chris Abrahams is best known for his work as the pianist for The Necks. In addition to his work with the Sydney-based jazz trio, Abrahams has a career stretching back over 25 years, including solo albums, several collaborations with Melanie Oxley, as well as in soundtrack composition.

Play Scar rolls from minimalism to musique concrete as Abrahams builds sweeping aural landscapes and hypnotic rhythm. Despite being full of diversity and juxtaposition, the record still manages to form a complete and coherent whole. Play Scar has rightly received brilliant reviews - it is a challenging, complex and breathtakingly beautiful body of work.

Book presale tickets at http://www.ellingtonjazz.com.au
$20 Standing/$25 Seated /more on the door on the night if available.
 

Llama Live

llama bar, 468 Hay Street, Subiaco

It’s a gig Jim, but not as we know it. “Llama Live” is the newest innovation to the local live music landscape - a weekly showcase of the crème of the scene from Perth and beyond. Every Thursday will see a new handpicked selection of bands from 80’s synth pop to dance punk to everything in between. Drinks, tapas, music and you – the ultimate weekend warm up at the Llama Bar, Subiaco every Thursday night. Kicks off on 2nd September with Good Little Fox & Resort and throughout September look out for Sneaky Weasel Gang, the Brow Horn Orchestra, and Brash & Sassy and ‘ The Domnicks’ featuring Dom Mariani and Nick Shepherd. $10 entry. $20 for table seating (including a drink). Free entry before 7.30pm. Dress cool.

Benedict Moleta Band

at the bird and the kurb

Sunday September 5 @ The Bird, William Street Northbridge. Entry from 7pm. With Simone and Girlfunkle and Miranda Pollard.

Saturday October 16 @ The Kurb Gallery, 310 William Street Northbridge. Free entry from 7pm. No support act.  Benedict plays with Jonathan Brain. Jonathan has worked with Benedict on two of his previous albums, and will be playing a significant part in Benedict's next album. Songs from the next album will be featured at the Kurb gig. This will be an opportunity to hear quiet songs with minimal amplification in a nice acoustic setting.

Image by Dan Grant.

Nadja and Aiden Baker

play Mojos with boss local line up

The show will occur on Thursday the 14th October at 8pm at Mojo’s Bar.

Nadja will be joined by ambient noise artist, Craig Mcehlinney, experimental noise/dub rockers Injured Ninja and post-rocker juggernauts Tangled Thoughts of Leaving. Aidan Baker from Nadja will also be playing a special solo set.

life is noise and Cool Perth Nights present...

OUCH MY FACE (MELBOURNE)

Friday, October 22, at Manhattans.
AND
Sunday October 24, at Mojos.

"This band is the kind of genetic mutation that makes rock feel fun, exciting and a little unhinged in the most appealing of ways" Time Off

Melbourne three-piece Ouch My Face bring their own brand of raw, experimental punk westward for the first time for two sure-to-be-outrageous live shows on Friday, October 22 at Manhattans, and Sunday, October 24 at Mojos.Fronted by the diminutive Celeste Potter, the band has earned a reputation as one of those bands that you simply must see live, destroying stages and leaving burst eardrums, open jaws and blown minds in their wake. This kind of visceral live show has seen Ouch My Face earn opening slots for the likes of The Bronx, Shonen Knife and Handsome Furs, as well as receive glowing reviews by the truckload.With local support coming from Wind Waker and Seams at Manhattans, and The Love Junkies and Hootenanny at Mojos, the stage is set for two face-meltingly awesome nights of chaotic funtimes.Tickets - $17+bf from heatseeker.com.au, Mills and Planet.

THE BEAUFORT STREET FESTIVAL 2010

Life is Noise, The Beaufort Street Network and Town of Vincent present...

Saturday, November 27 in Beaufort Street, Highgate and Mount Lawley.

Beaufort Street has always been at the heart of cool, alternative, independent culture in Perth, so its high time that we got a festival to celebrate the music, art, fashion and food that make the precinct so special.

The Beaufort Street Festival will showcase the cutting-edge talent and diversity of Perths musicians, artists, designers and culinary tastemakers on Saturday November 27.

Perth's cultural hub will come alive with unique, quirky and stylish displays of bands, temporary art exhibitions and fashion parades, with the action taking place on the streets, in shops, cafes, bars and laneways.

The festival is the brainchild of the Beaufort Street Network, a collective of local businesses and residents, and they're looking for help to make the event a representation of all that the Beaufort Street precinct has to offer. Accordingly, the Network is putting the call-out for community involvement.

If there's something youd like to see be part of the festival, or if youd simply like to volunteer your time, contact Festival Director Dave Cutbush on 0400 498 362 or at festival@beaufortstreet.com.au.

NewNoise Agency and 2fast4loveMusic present

THE MISFITS

The Misfits play at the Rosemount Hotel on February 1 2011 with special guests: Perth's own Blazin' Entrails.

TICKETS AVAILABLE 16th August 2010.
For more information visit www.newnoiseagency.com

FASHION TALKS 2010

Fremantle Arts Centre

www.fac.org.au

gasp

blue room theatre

Begins Thursday August 3rd.

More info here.

David Williamson's The Removalists

Playhouse Theatre

Friday 27 August - Saturday 11 September.
Bookings BOCS Ticketing 9484 1133, www.bocsticketing.com.au & BOCS Outlets.

PICA's Winter Exhibitions

loads coming up at pica ..

PICA is pleased to present three exciting new exhibitions over the winter months.

Rounds is a group exhibition, featuring works by some of Western Australia's most exciting young artists. Curated by Sarah Rowbottam, this exhibition takes over PICA's ground floor and deals with the idea of peer influence.

Upstairs in the Westend Gallery is a solo exhibition by respected WA artist Bevan Honey, which include massive structures knitted out of cray pots, drawings and a burn-out machine!

In the screen space is the first ever screening in Australia of Spanish/German artist Ignacio Uriate's work: The History of the Typewriter Recited by Michael Winslow. Winslow may be familiar to some as the star of the 80s Police Academy films with the unique 'sound effects' talent. This film is accompanied by a series of prints.

i demand to know the dates of these exhibitions!

you just have your eyes closed

Turner Galleries

13 August till 11 September.
Solo Exhibition by Kyle Hughes-Odgers
Over 100 new paintings on wood and 8 larger works on canvas.
www.creepy.headtank.com
 

The Blue Room & Side Pony Productions Present

the pride

From the director of 2009's Heart of Gold, independent production house Side Pony Productions present their sixth theatrical production, The Pride at The Blue Room Theatre from 1 - 18 September, before touring to Brisbane Festival's BF10 Under The Radar curated fringe festival.

Mapping the social patterns of a lion’s life onto human characters dressed as lions (impressively crafted by Esther Sandler), The Pride further cements Side Pony Productions’ signature style: visually striking, black comedy at its darkest.

The Pride is directed by Zoe Pepper, whose previous works include Heart of Gold, The Manic Pony, Scarecrow, and Motor City Blues; and features the talents of Brendan Ewing (The Red Shoes, Antigone), Russell Leonard (Equus) and Adriane Daff (BSSTC’s 2010 HotBed Ensemble, Yellow Moon, The Shape of Things).

Schvendes have a new vdeo clip

It's for their new tune Lay the noose

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxnYFo_Ys3I

Schvendes are a bunch of ghostly murder balladeers from Western Australia. This time round, they're offering a creepy tale set in one of Australia's most notorious worker's clubs. If you think you know where this clip is going, I assure you a surprise awaits. Delightful or damming - whatever you make of this, we hope you enjoy.

Exhibitions Opening

Fremantle Arts Centre

Friday 23 July, 6:30pm
To be opened by Josh Byrne, Environmental Scientist and Presenter/Writer for ABC’s Gardening Australia.

Exhibitions continue until Saturday 19 September.

Fashioning Now: changing the way we make and use clothes

Australian designers Romance was Born, Issey Miyake and other high-profile practitioners prove that sustainability and fashion can coexist in this international exhibition.

Sustainability is becoming integral to the way clothing is produced, used and discarded. Fashioning Now explores various methods that are rooted in low-impact production. Fashioning Now includes garments, textile objects, photography, illustration and video.

Curated by Alison Gwilt, Course Director, Fashion and Textile Design, University of Technology, Sydney, and Timo Rissanen, Assistant Professor, Fashion Design and

Sustainability, Parsons the New School of Design, New York. With contributions by Alex Martin; Alison Gwilt; Bijan Sheikhlary; Helen Story, Issey Miyake (from the collection of Dr Gene Sherman); Jennifer Shellard; Kate Fletcher; Mike Betts and Mark Holt, Better Thinking; Anna Plunkett and Luke Sales, Romance was Born; and Timo Rissanen.

Nairn Scott: The Glomesh Project

Gold is the ultimate status symbol which resonates across history and all cultures. Valuable gold fob watches and lavish candelabra sit alongside gloriously cheap nick-nacks from the Two Dollar Shop. Meticulously printed on hand-gilded paper, Scott bestows an elegance on the enduring and the disposable, the real and fake. The playful interchange of Scott’s ‘pick-and-mix’ aesthetic exposes the folly of equating good taste with social status.

Scott is represented by James Dorahy Project Space, Sydney

Mark Parfitt: Dream Bore

Inspired by the humble bore, Perth artist Mark Parfitt celebrates the life supply of more than 80,000 suburban backyards. His own bore made redundant, Parfitt seeks alternative uses for this Western Australian icon. Assuming the self-reliant mindset of so many ‘can-do’ homeowners, Parfitt converts his home-made bore into an underground garden. Dream Bore is a fond and humorous application of recycling and reinvention to this backyard staple. The garden is accompanied by his exploratory drawings and diagrams and an artists’ book by Jamie Macchiusi (WA) and Gemma Weston (WA).

Parfitt is represented by Galerie Düsseldorf, Perth. Supported by the Janet Holmes à Court Artists’ Grant which is a NAVA initiative, mad e possible through the generous

sponsorship of Mrs Janet Holmes à Court and through the support of the Visual Arts Board, Australia Council for the Arts

Vera Möller: darkrooming

Vera Möller (VIC) creates an eerie and luminous installation in which over 3,000 components glow and oscillate. In what Möller has characterised as a ‘museum of fictional species’, strange, organic forms are withered and calcified, accentuating the alien qualities of nature. Informed by her studies in theology and microbiology, Möller’s fantastical work is simultaneously bathed in an atmosphere of decline while predicting the emergence of new aberrant life.

Represented by Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane; Sophie Gannon Gallery, Melbourne; and Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney

CHICKEN SHACK BOOGIE

HULA BULA tiki bar

The Chicken Shack is open for business! On the second Thursday of every month, your hosts Razor Jack & Rockin' Rhys invite you to take a ride to the other side of the tracks for a night of wild 50s rockin' sounds... down home blues, stompin' black R&B, primitive rockabilly and hillbilly boogie, crazy western swing and a whole lot more!

This launch night will also feature a special live guest spot from the fantastic RUSTY PINTO an...d a savage new cocktail called Hillbilly Swampwater - yeowww!! Toons kick off at 8pm and go right though till midnight - free entry. Hope to see ya'll there!