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Lotterywest Floating Films

The silver screen takes to the Swan River for this special family event

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Revolt of the Mannequins

Throughout Perth City the mannequins are making mayhem

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Mobile Sewing Company

Travelling tailors give you a new and unique look

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Perth Writers Festival Family Day

Enjoy a day of literary events created specially for children

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Janet Cardiff: The Forty Part Motet

A transfixing combination of art, voice and sound by an internationally renowned Canadian sound artist

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Oscar Munoz: Mirror Image

One of Latin America’s most significant living artists examines the allusive and illusory nature of art and life

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Gina Czarnecki: Spine

A dynamic large scale visual and auditory experience centred on metamorphosis and bodily form

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Chris Watson: Whispering in the Leaves

Take a sensory journey with a highly distinguished British sound artist fusing wildlife and location recordings from the Americas

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Daniel von Sturmer

One of Australia’s most exciting contemporary multimedia artists lights up the built environment

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Re-Face

Interactive screens and image collections provoke reflections upon art, the artist and public space

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of art and music

Reflect upon the relationship between sound and music

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Imants Tillers: The long poem

A major force in Australian art creates a synergy of word and image

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Larrakitj

Some of the most powerful aesthetic objects in contemporary Australian art are also some of the most beautiful

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Artist Talks

Get an insider’s view as writers, artists, directors and performers discuss their incredible works

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Double Lives

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Mining the Personal

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Poetica

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Into the Firing Line

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Worlds Apart?

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Friends, Lovers, Family

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Distinctive Voices

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Censorship in Young Adult Writing

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The Rugmaker of Mazar-e-Sharif

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Memory and History

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The Freedom Paradox

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Researching the Past

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Stepping Off The Page

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Fingers On The Pulse

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Assimilation

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Landscape

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The Tale Of A Terrorist Who Wasn't

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The Weight of Responsibility

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Literary Journalism

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Language and Style

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Refugee Stories

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The Tales of Travellers

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Writing for the Stage and the Screen

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Family Secrets

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Ideas of Home

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Peeling Back the Layers

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The First Fleet

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Writing About Race

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On Brevity

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Literary Journals

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Love and Obsession

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At Arm's Length

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Meanjin Lecture: The Secret Life of Stories

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Can Writing Save the World?

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The Magic of Storytelling

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Digging Through Libraries

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Born for the Stage

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Inside Their Minds

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The Life of a Secret Agent

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Book Launch: Amber Contains The Sun

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Real Characters

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Film Screening: Son of a Lion

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Fable

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Alternative Australian Stories

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Ripping Yarns

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Science Writing

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Location

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One Year On

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Lyrical Voices

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From History to the Page

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Bibliophiles

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Joan London In Conversation

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A Boy's Life

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Ordinary Lives

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Stories of the North

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Religious Lives

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Fishing Towns

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Sea Of Many Returns

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Heartsick For Country

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Robert Baer In Conversation

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Voiceprints of Geraldton

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Madcap Adventures

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Carole Wilkinson: Dragon Dawn

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Justine Larbalestier: How to Ditch Your Fairy

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Tristan Bancks: The Rules of Cool

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Barry Jonsberg: A Croc Called Capone

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Felice Arena: Farticus Maximus & Specky Magee

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Mark Greenwood & Frane Lessac: Simpson and his Donkey

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Leigh Hobbs: Old Tom's Big Book of Beauty

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Felice Arena: A Slug Story

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Sally Morgan, Ambelin, Blaze and Ezekiel Kwaymullina

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Libby Gleeson: Story Time

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Sally Rippin: Illustration Workshop on Stage

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Meg McKinlay: Going for Broke

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Jayne Lyons: 100% Wolf - The World's Most Useless Werewolf

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Better Beginnings: Story and Rhyme Time

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Better Beginnings: State Library Display and Activity Table

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Remida - Costume Making Workshop

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Better Beginnings: e-books and Online Resources Demonstration

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Meet Maisy

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Leigh Hobbs: Interactive Mural

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Mobile Sewing Company

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Opening Night Party :: Optimo DJs (Scotland) & DJ Nhat (Kitty Schmidt)

Be the first to celebrate summer at Beck's Music Box. Hear Glasgow-based DJs/producers Optimo's eclectic mix of 50s rockabilly, electro, rock and soul.
* Please note Jose Gonzales ticket holders have priority entrance

Sunshine Brothers & DJ Gareth Richardson

Sunshine Brothers, Australia’s finest and most rambunctious live dub/reggae band, showcase their second album, recorded at the Daptone Studios in Brooklyn (home of Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings).

Beck’s Late Night Bar

After 10.30pm get in FREE to the hottest after parties in town. See WA’s best musicians and hear stellar international DJs spin jazz, Afro-fusion, electro, rock and more.

Bekk Reczek (The Bank Holidays)

Norwegian-born and northern England-bred Bekk Reczek is a lead singer and songwriter from Perth pop outfit The Bank Holidays. See her perform heart-breaking pop melodies bubbling with imagination.

Graham Wood Trio & DJ Wrighteous

Hear some of Perth’s finest jazz musicians lay down late night jazz grooves.

VJzoo

Video artists VJzoo show a selection of The Triffids’ family photographs live on screen to a sound track of David McComb’s (The Triffids) favourite songs.

Beck’s Late Night Bar

Beck’s Music Box is your place to dance under the stars, relax with friends on a couch and enjoy a drink this summer.

Beck’s Late Night Bar

Beck’s Music Box is your place to dance under the stars, relax with friends on a couch and enjoy a drink this summer.

Mukti

A delicious fusion of Indian, Latin, classical and jazz styles. Featuring guitarist-composer Glenn Rogers, tabla-percussion virtuoso Vick Ramakrishnan, vibraphonist Josh Hogan and cellist Mel Robinson.

DJ Dino Moran

One of South Africa's most celebrated DJs, Dino Moran (House of the Holy Afro) is a pioneer in Afro-fusion house music, having headlined such events as Pacha Ibiza, Ministry of Sound London and Tank in Sydney.

The Bros Maz (Death Disco) & Tomás Ford

The DJs behind global party night Death Disco spin indie, electro, rock and dance. Tomás Ford brings his adrenaline-fuelled concoction of electro, glam, punk, sequins, small talk and dance moves.

Tame Impala

This Perth trio have set tongues wagging with their psychedelic rock and compelling live performances. Fresh from a national tour with MGMT, and gracing the big stages of this summer's festival circuit, don't miss Tame Impala.

Beck’s Late Night Bar

Beck’s Music Box is your place to dance under the stars, relax with friends on a couch and enjoy a drink this summer.

Beck's Late Night Bar

Beck’s Music Box is your place to dance under the stars, relax with friends on a couch and enjoy a drink this summer.

Natalie Gillespie

One of Australia’s most accomplished independent artists, Natalie Gillespie has a powerful style ranging from soulful folk to acoustic rock. She has spent her life performing, including touring internationally with Yothu Yindi.

Grace Barbe (Seychelles) & DJ Lady Carla

Hailing from the Seychelles island group off Africa, Grace Barbe and her 6-piece band mix island sounds, reggae, Afrobeat, dub, funk and soul.

Beck's Berlin Sessions presents Jazzanova

DJs and vinyl collectors worldwide adore Jazzanova for their remixes of Masters At Work, Fat Freddys Drop, Calexico and others. See Alex Barck from this innovative collective spinning nu-jazz, broken beat, modern folk and soul.

Architecture in Helsinki DJs & DJ Aarom Wilson

One of Australia’s favourite Festival acts leave their instruments at home and spin some of their favourite party tunes from their diverse musical toy box.

Closing Night Party :: Dan Deacon (USA) & DJ Cutter (RTRFM)

Born from the Baltimore party scene, Dan Deacon is on a mission to make the audience and performer one. Don't miss the interactive one-man electro-pop song and dance show.

Welcome to Country

Noongar elders welcome audiences and artists from around the world

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Lotterywest Festival Celebration

Six shores sharing one ocean, one sky, and one language of music

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