The Music Scene in Perth & WA

Running over 7 weeks, this collab between State Theatre Centre of WA and RTRFM is the perfect place to start your weekend with friends while experiencing live radio and local music for free. An all-ages event, there's also a licensed bar and food options available.

The energy and uncanny vocal resemblance that Monty Cotton can so aptly perform is something that needs to be seen to be believed!

A few years ago Monty Cotton decided it was time for a sea change. Leaving behind a corporate accounting job in Sydney, Monty set sail to pursue the life of a musician in Western Australia.

Monty woke up one day and realised he could imitate Johnny Cash so he set out across Australia and the UK performing his A Boy Named Cash show and even took it to TV on The Voice Australia.

With songs from Solomon Burke, Tedeschi Trucks & Sam Cooke to Aretha Franklin, Bonnie Raitt & Etta James and a couple of originals thrown in for good measure. It’s a night to be remembered.

"La La's Python" and "The Strays" are new bands with some of Perth's most accomplished veteran musos performing a mix of original music from recent releases and soon to be released. A great night out keeping the traditional Aussie pub rock alive and well in downtown Guildford. 

Get *NSYNC because the battle is on. It’s Girl Power vs Boy Bands in a LIVE show featuring the best music of the 90’s. All your favourites including Spice Girls, Boyzone, All Saints, Westlife, B*Witched, Five and more.

You know all the songs so ‘Say You’ll Be There’. ‘Everybody Get Up’ cause you ‘Wannabe’ hot like Pussycat Dolls ’Don’t Cha’?  Be ready for the surprise ending where ‘2 Become 1’…Boom Boom’

The Astor is in concert mode, the bars are open, so get your dancing shoes on and get down for 90’s Mixtape.

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The Milford Street Shakers, will feature Yara Neto as lead singer and guest Mia Matthiessen taking advantage of the splendid Quarry Amphitheatre for the tribute performance, first performed by an earlier incarnation of the band, Stratosfunk.

The West Australian in 2013 described Tell Mama as "a commanding and musically inspiring show” and also won Stratosfunk the 2013 Fringe World Music Award.

The music of Etta James, including songs like At Last, Something’s Got a Hold on Me and I Just Want To Make Love To You, will be celebrated by 11-piece band The Milford Street Shakers on November 14.

Australian Stage said of the show “The Music of Etta James is a great show – you will come out buzzing and on a musical high”.

Aussie Theatre said “…she ripped into ‘Tell Mama’ and the audience began to sway, shoulder shimmy and tap along. They never really stopped”.

Saturday 14 November

7:00pm
W. Churchill presents Kaviar Djs 90's RnB

7:30pm - 10:30pm 
Print Hall Bar presents Catherine Summers 
A fresh serving of café del mar style grooves, Catherine Summers and her 4-piece Groove band delivers a mix of top 40, soul and jazz songs each with an individual funk twist.

8.00pm 
Bar Lafayette presents Sam Nafie Live R&B
 

Saturday 21 November

7:00pm
W. Churchill presents Kaviar Djs 90's RnB

7:30pm - 10:30pm 
Print Hall Bar presents Catherine Summers 
A fresh serving of café del mar style grooves, Catherine Summers and her 4-piece Groove band delivers a mix of top 40, soul and jazz songs each with an individual funk twist.

8.00pm 
Bar Lafayette presents Sam Nafie Live R&B
 

Saturday 28 November

7:00pm
W. Churchill presents Kaviar Djs 90's RnB

7:30pm - 10:30pm 
Print Hall Bar presents Catherine Summers 
A fresh serving of café del mar style grooves, Catherine Summers and her 4-piece Groove band delivers a mix of top 40, soul and jazz songs each with an individual funk twist.

8.00pm 
Bar Lafayette presents Sam Nafie Live R&B

Fresh from the backyards of Booragoon, where the grass is green and patio tables are card laden, come The Backyard Cards. This three piece post-punk indie rock outfit produces melancholic tunes imbued with the sprit of West Australian youth. Finally, they’re set to release their first single and to help them celebrate jumping into the music market, they’ve organised a killer line-up. Joining them at The Aardvark on November 14^th will be: Ocean Cosmonaut with their specific indie sound that’s hard to pin down; indie pop/surf rock legends Amateur Retreat; and Amphead – the alt rock boys from Bunno. With a stellar line-up like that, this will be a night not to be missed. Tackling subjects such as social isolation, loneliness and being broke, The Backyard Cards, fuelled by burgers and booze, have nothing left to lose.

Lez Karski is up next to perform at the Jus Burgers' live music series, "Burgers, Brews & Blues" in Subiaco. 

Producer of early Midnight Oil albums and ex-guitarist of the Hippos/Bondi Cigars, Lez Karski is a revered exponent of the Blues, par-excellence. 

Lez’s upbeat solo performances are legendary and will leave you uplifted and ready to boogie.  His masterful command of the Blues, hewn from decades at the leading edge of the Australian Blues scene, has earned him a strong following nationally as well as in his adopted home of Perth. 

Don’t miss your opportunity to experience solo Blues at its best!

Sunday Music is FAC’s free weekly live music program. Enjoy a carefully curated line-up of WA’s best musicians every weekend in the beautiful setting of FAC’s grounds. Due to COVID19 event restrictions, Sunday Music will run a little differently at the moment to keep our visitors, musicians and staff safe. The concerts will take place under the pine trees on our larger South Lawn to allow the audience to spread out. We will be operating with a strict crowd capacity, so head down early and settle in for the afternoon. Bring a rug and picnic (no BYO alcohol) to this family friendly event, or enjoy tasty treats from the food vendors and bar on-site. Some chairs provided.

Melissa Erpen is back for a night of “Acoustic Soul & RnB” at Joanna’s Sunset Lounge. Accompanied by Josh Dyson on guitar and Joe Southwell on bass/electronic percussion, she’ll perform music from artists such as Erykah Badu, Alicia Keys, Childish Gambino, Lauren Hill, Frank Ocean and more. Recently returned from touring the world with Ellie Goulding, join her for a night of smooth serenades.

With never been seen before acts, sound tracked by a gin-soaked, Weimar-punk jazz band, this boundary pushing show is as inappropriate and provocative as it is breathtaking and hilarious. Bernie Dieter’s Berlin Underground will perform at Crown for a strictly limited season.

$50 entry fee includes all art materials & paper, two models, live jazz, a walking grazing table, bottomless drinks and a glass of Moet on arrival

Doors open at 6pm for a 7pm sharp start. Get in early to have a look at the exhibition of anonymous life drawing works that have been left behind over the past 18 months, meet the models from previous nights and find a comfy spot as we bring the food and drinks to you!

Amanda Canzurlo – aka Bloom – brings to you the songs of two amazing artists... Adele and Amy Winehouse. This superstar brings her soulful vocal resonance to cover two artists that have taken the music world by storm over the last decade.

Adele and Amy Winehouse have amassed a legion of fans the world over, and have sold in excess of 20 million albums between them.

Bloom has recently returned from shows featuring John Farnham, John Paul Young, The Chantoozies, Eurogliders and many more, and she received accolades from some of Australia’s most successful artists with her voice.

Bloom was also asked to perform the National Anthem with the QANTAS choir to open the World Series Cricket , beamed “live” worldwide.