Looking for the best 2024 festivals in Perth, WA? Well, you’ve come to the right place, because I’ve put together an incredible list of the best upcoming festivals in Perth!
Perth, the capital city of the state of Western Australia is a top Aussie city escape all of its own. There’s just the right balance of city, country and surf to please any traveler’s palate. Perth also boasts a smorgasbord of festivals, and the best part is, thanks to its mild climate all year, there’s events to pack your schedule year-round.
And Perth festivals don’t just target music lovers. You can also enjoy art, food and wine, beer, comedy, aquatic, environmental, family and fringe festivals across Perth. Phew!
I’ve chosen the 20 best Perth music festivals to pack your calendar – so pack your bags!
1) Electric Gardens 2024 (Electric Island)
When: April 7, 2024
Where: Cottesloe Beach, Perth
Festival style: Electronic Music
https://www.electricgardens.com.au/events/electric-gardens-perth/
Electric Gardens is excited to announce that it is back in 2024!
Armand Van Helden, Franky Wah, Kristen Knight, Roger Sanchez, Sasha!
“After a four-year hiatus, the Electric Gardens franchise returns to the festival landscape with a one-stage, open-air experience, across the Easter Long Weekend: March 30 (Melbourne), March 31 (Sydney) and April 7 (Perth). Priding itself on booking the very best in the electronic music scene, Artists who break boundaries and DJs who read crowds, the next edition features a line-up that boasts some of the greatest house and progressive electronic DJs / producers of our time.”
2) Perth Festival
When: February 9 – March 3, 2024
Where: Various locations across Perth
Festival style: Arts
https://www.perthfestival.com.au
Perth Festival has been disrupting and celebrating Perth and Western Australia for over 65 years.
“The Festival was born out of the University of Western Australia’s annual summer school entertainment nights as a ‘festival for the people’ on January 3, 1953. Since then, Perth Festival has seeded and cultivated decades of cultural growth as the oldest arts festival in the Southern Hemisphere. It is Australia’s premier curated multi-arts festival and one of the greatest in the world, known for commissioning major new works, celebrating the unique qualities of Perth and engaging diverse audiences. At Festival time in Perth, there is no other place like this on Earth. For a few weeks every glorious summer, the best artists from Western Australia and the world stand shoulder to shoulder in creative unity within the community.”
3) Fringe World Festival
When: January 19 – February 18, 2024
Where: Various locations across Perth
“FRINGE WORLD started in 2011 and has grown to become the largest annual event in Western Australia and the third largest Fringe in the world.
The Festival runs for 31 days in the city’s buzzing summer Festival season and is loved by the people of Perth and beyond. The 2019 Festival achieved more than 850,000 attendances and box office sales of more than $12 million. The entertainment at Fringe is about big fun for everyone, with more than 670 shows to choose from offering everything from theatre, comedy, cabaret, circus and more at over 160 venues all over Perth and regional WA.”
4) HyperFest
When: Various Stand-Alone Dates in 2024
Where: Midland, WA
http://www.hyperfest.com.au/Home
“The Hyper Series is a City of Swan based arts program of large and small scale events and activities organised by a group of young volunteers and supported by a full-time program coordinator employed by the City.
There are three main program areas:
HyperFest – An annual large scale music festival held in Midland.
HyperVision – An annual visual art exhibition and competition held in Midland.
Hyper Miniseries – Smaller scale music events held around the City of Swan.”
5) St Jerome’s Laneway Festival Perth
When: February 11, 2024
Where: Wellington Square, Perth
Festival style: Music
https://www.lanewayfestival.com/perth/home
“St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival is about leading new and revered seminal music. The festival has always been interested in finding what’s fresh and bringing it to unique settings and surrounds to be appreciated by music lovers. The size of the festivals, the locations and the way we encourage community all form part of the way in which the Laneway team strive to present a live music experience like no other.”
6) Splash Fest
When: March, 2024
Where: Hillarys Boat Harbour, Perth
Festival style: Family
www.hillarysboatharbour.com.au/fringe-world-splash-fest/
“FRINGE WORLD splashes into Hillarys as WA’s favourite Harbour plays host to an extraordinary line-up of live music, performances and fabulous entertainment. Kicking off on 16 February and spanning four days, the festival will feature six stellar shows and lots of FREE family fun!”
7) Fremantle International Street Arts Festival
When: March 29=April 1, 2024
Where: High Street, Fremantle
Festival style: Arts
https://www.streetartsfestival.com.au
“Fremantle International Street Arts Festival started as a celebration of Fremantle’s local busking culture in 1999 and has grown into a showcase of the world’s best street theatre. Each year over the Easter long weekend, the streets of Fremantle are transformed into an open-air theatre of the amazing, weird and wacky, while Fremantle’s famous alfresco dining steps up a notch, with pop-up bars and eateries extending into the streets. Entertainment centres around several major ‘pitches’ or performance locations and roving performers pop up in surprising and interesting places all across the City.”
8) Perth Comedy Festival
When: April 22 – May 19, 2024
Where: Various locations across Perth
Festival style: Comedy
http://perthcomedyfestival.com
“The annual Perth Comedy Festival brings a line-up of the world’s biggest comedy stars and next-big-things to WA stages every April and May. The Perth Comedy Festival has established itself as a landmark event on WA’s cultural calendar. From stand-up to sketch, satire, improv, musical, absurdist, theatre, magic and kids comedy, there’s something in the program to satisfy all tastes. The Festival attracts a diverse audience from Perth and beyond, representing all age groups.”
9) Good Food & Wine Show Perth
When: July 19-21, 2024
Where: Perth Convention & Exhibition Centre, Perth
Festival style: Food and wine
https://goodfoodshow.com.au/perth/
“You can catch all the action at the Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre for three days of good food and great wine, spanning from Friday to Sunday. Enjoy a fun day out with friends discovering new foods, new wines and latest products. With hundreds of local and international exhibitors, your new favourite food and drinks are only a sample away.”
10) Fairbridge Festival
When: April 5-7, 2024
Where: Pinjarra, Western Australia
Festival style: Music
https://fairbridgefestival.com.au/wp/
“An annual family-friendly celebration of folk, world and roots music in a traffic-free, self-contained, heritage-listed village. Almost 100 acts will entertain you on this magical escape from everyday life. Don’t miss out on WA’s best kept secret that has been a firm favourite for years all just 5 km north of Pinjarra – only an hour’s drive from central Perth. Come for the day or camp for the three-day weekend!”
11) Everlasting Kings Park Festival
When: September, 2024
Where: Kings Park and Botanic Gardens, Perth
Festival style: Family
https://www.bgpa.wa.gov.au/kings-park/events/festival
“Join us for the world’s biggest celebration of Western Australian wildflowers in spectacular Kings Park and Botanic Garden. The Festival program will feature an extravaganza of events and activities for lovers of wildflowers, gardens, conservation, art, local culture and the beautiful natural landscapes of Western Australia.”
12) Blues at Bridgetown
When: November 8-10, 2024
Where: Bridgetown, Western Australia
Festival style: Music
https://bluesatbridgetown.com.au
“The sleepy township of Bridgetown – located 260 kms South of Perth and best known for it’s annual apple harvest – will come alive on the 8th, 9th and 10th of November for three days of acoustic and electric blues at the Blues At Bridgetown festival.
Blues At Bridgetown is pulling out all the stops to consolidate its reputation as one of the countries finest showcases for established Australian blues artists and as a launching pad for up-and-coming blues talent of the future.”
13) Perth International Jazz Festival
When: November, 2024
Where: Various locations across Perth
Festival style: Music
http://perthinternationaljazzfestival.com.au
“Established in 2012, the PIJF was the brain-child of (the late) Associate Professor Graham Wood. Together with the Board of Directors, the Festival in its first year was ranked 4th in Time Out’s ‘Top 7 Australian Jazz Festivals’ (August 2013) and featured in the West Australian’s Art’s ‘Best in the West’ (2013). The purpose of the PIJF is to promote jazz music to the wider community, including the international community. It aims to bring inspiring music by talented musicians from around Australia and the world to Perth, and present creative programs in an accessible and vibrant way. Our vision is to become nationally and internationally acclaimed as one of the world’s iconic jazz festivals and attract distinguished jazz performers from all around the globe.”
14) Nannup Music Festival
When: March 1-4, 2024
Where: Nannup, WA
Festival style: Music
http://nannupmusicfestival.org/fp/
“Nannup Music Festival presents an eclectic mix of acts over the first weekend of March each year, set to the stunning bush backdrop of Australia’s South West and the small town atmosphere of Nannup; a historic timber town on the banks of the Blackwood River. Since 1989, the festival – a community spirited event, operated by a passionate and dedicated team of Committee and Staff from the non profit Nannup Music Club Inc – has consistently proven to be one of the most welcoming and rewarding weekend of music around, and a much anticipated event in WA’s music calendar. It is an amazing and inspiring weekend for everyone and a special place to share a festival experience and authentic good times with your family and friends; a colourful celebration of original music, art, nature, community and diversity.”
15) Sculpture by the Sea Perth
When: March 1-18, 2024
Where: Cottesloe Beach, Perth
Festival style: Art
https://sculpturebythesea.com/cottesloe/
“Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe is staged on the beautiful Cottesloe Beach, Western Australia. The exhibition is featured from the sea wall all the way along the sand towards North Cottesloe and on the surrounding grassed areas creating a beautiful sculpture park. Access to Cottesloe Beach can be made from the ramps or stairs at different locations along Marine Parade.”
16) Oktoberfest in the Gardens
When: October, 2024
Where: Langley Park, Perth
Festival style: Beer
https://perth.oktoberfestinthegardens.com.au
Australia’s biggest and best Oktoberfest celebration!
“Inspired by our love of the traditional Bavarian festival and great beer, Oktoberfest in the Gardens Perth features two massive big top beer halls, authentic German food stalls, roving performers, sideshow alley, silent disco, dodgeball arena, a wood chopping demonstration and an eclectic mix of entertainment and competitions across multiple stages throughout the afternoon and evening.”
17) Spilt Milk
When: December, 2024
Where: Claremont Showground, Perth
Festival style: Music, food and art
Australia’s most in demand music festival.
“Australia’s favourite music, food and art festival Spilt Milk is heading to Perth, with a huge line up of international and local talent.”
18) Juicy Fest Perth
When: January 14, 2024
Where: Fremantle Oval, Fremantle
Festival style: Music
https://www.juicyfest.co/get-tickets
Juicy Fest is the biggest Hip-Hop and R&B music festival in the Southern Hemisphere.
“With a sell-out debut in 2023, Juicy Fest is back this summer 2024 for one big party featuring some of the most influential and global stars in the culture.”
19) Souled Out Fest
When: March 31, 2024
Where: Claremont Showground, Perth
Festival style: Music
“Presented by Whatslively, Souled Out is here. To date Australia does not have its own music festival for modern R&B, that’s until now! Souled Out which debuted this year via a soft launch is coming back bigger and better for 2024, featuring a mammoth lineup with the world’s biggest R&B stars. Get your tickets now.”
20) Listen Out Perth
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When: September, 2024
Where: HBF Arena, Perth
Festival style: Music
https://www.listenout.com.au/perth/
“Listen Out is Australia’s primary national dance music festival, which tours a dynamic hip-hop/electronic line-up. Since its inception in 2013, Listen Out travels across Australia stopping in Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth, and Sydney.”
Am I missing any epic Perth festivals?
Being such a massive and vibrant city, I’m sure there are tons more upcoming festivals, events, concerts, and family fun stuff in Perth that I’m missing! So if you think I need to add any specific festival to this list, please do reach out and let me know! I’d love to keep this list as up-to-date as possible with the best information!
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East Fremantle’s George Street Festival – turning 30 this year (on 1 December) and this year the main stage music will be AMAZING thanks to the assistance of The Duke of George :o)