Big Day Out Perth 2012 - First Line-Up Announcement:
Kanye West
Soundgarden
Kasabian
My Chemical Romance
Foster the People
Odd Future
The Living End
Girl Talk
Hilltop Hoods
Battles
Mariachi el Bronx
Parkway Drive
Royksopp, The Jezabels, Architecture in Helsinki, The Getaway Plan, Cage the Elephant, Frenzal Rhomb, Boy and Bear, Best Coast, Tony Hawk.
Second line-up announcement due in a few weeks!
Tickets $165 (incl GST) + bf* + Perth Department of Transport Levy. Strict limit of 4 tickets per customer.
Available from our website www.bigdayout.com ,Ticketmaster (website only) www.ticketmaster.com.au , and 78 Records (Perth), Bassendean Newsagency, Bayswater Liquor Barons, Blue 62 (Busselton), Collins Music (Bunbury), Geraldton CD Centre, Goldfields Arts Centre (Kalgoorlie), Live Clothing (all stores), Mills Records (Fremantle), Planet Video (Mt Lawley) and Vibes (Albany)
The annual Perth Royal Show is back again, kicking off at Claremont Showgrounds this Saturday October 1 and running until October 8.
Events this year range from food demonstrations, fashion parades, wood chopping events and art and photography exhibitions.
There are also plenty of events for animal lovers including pat-a-pig, pat-a-bunny, dog show judging, alpaca displays, goat milking demonstrations and an Ask-a-farmer session.
At the sideshow there is plenty for young and old, with the haunted hotel, mega drop, the orbitor, python loop and the ranger among the fast paced rides, and the more sedate chair lift, cup and saucer and dumbo rides for something a bit more relaxed.
This year all children under the age of 12 will receive free entry to the show, when accompanied by an adult, making it a cheap way to occupy young children during the school holidays.
Tickets are available online from www.perthroyalshow.com.au for $22 for adults, $10 for children aged 13 to 15, $54 for familes of two adults and two children or one adult and four children, $10 for pensioners and $15 for seniors.
Tickets are available at the gate for a slightly more expensive price.
Western Australia's biggest annual fashion event, the Perth Fashion Festival, opened on Wednesday and is expected to wow audiences for the 13th year.
Running through to September 27 the festival includes more than 40 events, the majority of which will be free for the public to attend. In the past four years, festival attendance had almost tripled from 15,000 people in 2007 to 44,355 last year.
An endorsement from the one and only Elton John is one like no other; and so after the great success of teaming up together for Elton’s last tour of Australia, Chugg Entertainment are today thrilled to confirm that Eran James will be supporting once again for the shows in the Hunter Valley on Saturday 3 & Sunday 4December at Hope Estate as well as the Adelaide show at Coopers Brewery on Friday 9 December.
Chugg Entertainment are thrilled to announce that Deadly award winning duo Busby Marou will be supporting the legendary Dolly Parton at her two Hope Estate shows - Saturday 19 and Sunday 20 November this year.
This news caps off a huge year for the boys, which has seen them as the first act to sign to Warner Music’s new indie imprint, Footstomp Music, and release their self-titled debut album, as well as performing alongside Alan Jackson, Joe Nichols, Kasey Chambers and more at the CMC Rocks the Hunter festival.
Tom Busby’s cheeky on stage presence and Jeremy Marou’s freakish musical ability on all instruments combined to deliver a distinctly Australian way of sharing stories. Hailing from Queensland, they’ve built up an impressive following for their unique folk-pop and their latest single ‘Biding My Time’ has been garnering buzz around the nation.
“It's opportunities like supporting Dolly Parton that make the tough times of being a musician all worthwhile,” says Tom. “I've grown up listening to Dolly on cassette tapes, cd's and now iPods. Dolly is an icon in my family and this will be the biggest act we ever support.”
The Hunter Valley shows, at the picturesque Hope Estate, will be the only dates on the Dolly Parton tour with opening acts. For all other shows, Dolly will perform the entire show herself.
In her first solo tour here in nearly thirty years, it is clear that her fans down under have gone wild for Ms Parton and the craze that comes with such excitement. Country fans, indie kids and Dollyites alike have all come out to welcome one of the most iconic female performers of our generation.
Taking to the stage with a unique show offering brand new production, lighting and video, fans can expect to see the most honoured female country performer of all time reel out hits like 9 To 5, Here You Come Again, Jolene, and of course the incomparable I Will Always Love You. With all new sets, costumes and even new music from her new album Better Day, it is sure to make an evening spent with Dolly a night to remember.
Tickets for all shows are on sale now through Ticketek.
A treasure trove of European art from one of the world's most famous museums, opens exclusively in Perth this month.
Princely Treasures European Masterpieces 1600 - 1800 from the Victoria and Albert Museum runs September 24, 2011 to January 9, 2012.
This world-class exhibition is the second in the Great Collections of the World Series and has been secured exclusively for Perth by the Art Gallery of WA with support from Eventscorp.
Tickets are now available through Ticketek or at the Art Gallery of WA. The cost of tickets is adults $20, concession $16, children (5-16 years) $12, family ticket $50.
The State Government, through Evenstcorp, had secured a three-year deal which will see the Australian rugby union team play test matches at Patersons Stadium in Subiaco.
From 2012, the current Tri-Nations series between Australia, New Zealand and South Africa will expand to include a fourth southern hemisphere heavyweight, Argentina. The first Perth match in the expanded competition will be staged in September 2012 when the Wallabies take on South Africa.
This will be the only time the Springboks play on Australian soil in 2012 and the match is expected to attract interstate and overseas visitors as well as local fans. The Wallabies will play Argentina in Perth in 2013 and the Springboks again in 2014. Both matches will also be exclusive to WA. The deal will also see the British and Irish Lions play the Western Force as part of the visitor's 2013 tour of Australia.
ourism Minister Martin Ferguson, speaking at the launch in Sydney, said that these were “testing times” and cited the strong dollar, greater competition from overseas and natural disasters as industry challenges that were seeing people holiday elsewhere.
But he referred to this week's National Visitor Survey, which revealed an increase in domestic numbers, as a positive sign and stressed there was potential to improve further.
Chugg Entertainment is thrilled to put all suspicions at bay, allay all fears, and quash all rumours, as today we confirm that come September, not only will the master of macabre, Alice Cooper, be here for his headline theatre performances in Sydney and Melbourne, but he will also be adding shows in Brisbane, Perth and a second night in Melbourne.
Country music's reigning king and queen, Tim McGraw and Faith Hill will tour Australia for the first time together next March, promoters Rob Potts Entertainment Edge and Chugg Entertainment announced today.
The Tim McGraw & Faith Hill / Australia 2012 tour will be the first time the country music superstars have toured together outside of North America, will be Hill’s first time touring Australia and will include them performing separately and together.
Metro Hotel Perth General Manager, Cheryle Irvin (holding award) and Metro Hospitality Group Chief Operations Officer, Mr George Bedwani (4th from the right) along with the team from Metro Hotel Perth excitedly displaying their award for Management Team of the Year at the AHA Accommodation Hotel Industry Awards for Western Australia recently held at the Burswood Hotel complex in Perth.
Tiger Airways has resumed its Perth-Melbourne daily return services this week. The Perth flight will leave Melbourne Airport daily at 7.10am (EST) arriving into Perth at 9.15am (WST).
It will also depart Perth at 9.45am (WST) to arrive at the Melbourne Airport at 3.10pm (EST). Tiger Airways is gradually resuming its services around Australia, with Perth being the fourth route the airline has restarted since August 12, 2011
The State Government has launched a program of outdoor concerts, world-class exhibitions, art, films, street theatre, and more than 70 free activities as part of the Commonwealth Festival Perth.
The eight-day festival, to be held alongside the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in October, will celebrate the people and cultures of the Commonwealth.
Artists and performers from Australia and 16 Commonwealth countries such as India, South Africa, Barbados, Singapore, New Zealand and the United Kingdom will help the Perth Cultural Centre become the People's Space.
The People's Space will be a central location where the Perth community and visitors can experience live music, markets, multicultural food, displays by Commonwealth organisations, outstanding exhibitions, street theatre, kids' activities, a Speakers' Corner, and films. The festival runs from October 23-30.
All travel eyes will be on Australia later this year as US President Barack Obama plans a visit down under.
Arriving on 16 November for a two day stay, the White House announced this week that the trip would be make to mark the 60 year anniversary of the Australian and US alliance, The Sydney Morning Herald reported.
Perth will play host to two international sporting events as part of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting to be held in Perth in October.
International Super Series Hockey Tournament, Perth
October 20 - 23 Unlike any other hockey tournament in the world, the International Super Series sees Australia play host to some of the world's top teams in an innovative form of the game. With several new and exciting rules developed to make the game even faster and more exciting, fans can expect to see hockey like you have never seen it before. W: hockey.org.au
Holden Netball Test Series, Perth October 23 A feast of international netball, featuring four of the top seven teams in the world. Malawi and South Africa play a curtain raiser before the Australian Diamonds take on arch-rivals the New Zealand Silver Ferns in what promises to be another epic battle. This is 'must see' netball - fast, furious and physical, and an opportunity for fans to see some of the world's greatest players in action. W: netball.asn.au
Asia’s biggest airline, China Southern Airlines, will commence direct flights between China and Perth on November 8.
The service will start with three flights per week arriving in Perth on Wednesday, Friday and Sunday mornings, using China Southern’s A330-300 aircraft. The aircraft has a three class cabin – four First Class, 24 Business and 264 Economy, with a total flight capacity of 292 passengers.
The new service will originate from Beijing with a short transit stop in Guangzhou, China’s third largest city and China Southern’s main hub, before flying non-stop to Perth.
WA currently attracts around 15,000 Chinese visitors a year and it is forecast that by 2020 WA will host around 100,000 Chinese visitors a year, making it WA’s second largest international visitor market, behind the UK.
Perth is fast becoming a fashion mecca - and with iconic events like Perth Fashion Festival there's little wonder why. Each year, thousands of fashionistas make the pilgrimage to Perth to experience high fashion events at a range of unique venues. Now in its 13th year, Perth Fashion Festival has 'come of age' with its 2011 calendar. With world-class runway shows, styling workshops, fashion lunches and an international model search, this year's line-up is being touted as the most sophisticated yet.
Fashion followers can soak-up styles from more than 130 designers from around Western Australia and across the country - like WA's Aurelio Costarella, Story By Tang, Ae'lkemi and S2, not to mention national designers Magdalena Velevska and Yeojin Bae. Celebrating its silver jubilee, iconic WA label Wheels & Dollbaby will put on a spectacular show at His Majesty's Theatre to close the Festival. Dressing everyone from Deborah Harry to Katy Perry, this iconic range offers the perfect fusion of fashion with good ol' rock 'n' roll.
Don't miss this year's calendar of more than 40 free, ticketed and invitation-only events from September 21 to 27 2011.
This edgy, evolutionary fashion festival is set to sizzle.
Perth will become home to a unique new international swimming and water polo event to be known as the BHP Billiton Aquatic Super Series.
The series will become an annual feature on the international sporting calendar from 2013 and will see the Australian swim team take on the Chinese and South African national teams in a world-class program of events that will thrill spectators, and national and international television viewers alike.
There will also be international water polo matches featuring the Australian men’s and women’s teams, and elite and mass participation open-water events.
Three WA cities are finalists in a United Nations-backed competition to find the most liveable community in the world. Mandurah, Joondalup and Geraldton beat hundreds of cities from more than 50 countries to be named finalists in their respective population categories of the Livcom Awards.
Perth has won the rights to host the live arena version of the internationally acclaimed and multi award-winning BBC television series Top Gear. Perth will be the only Australian city to host Top Gear Live for its December tour, and it'll be the show's first appearance in Perth.
Presented by Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Top Gear Australia's Shane Jacobson, Top Gear Live will bring all the motoring mayhem and entertainment from the small screen to a live theatre experience at the Burswood Dome from December 8 to 10.
Metro Hotel Perth won the Management Team of the Year Award at the 2011 Australian Hotels Association’s (AHA) Accommodation Industry Awards held in late August at Burswood Entertainment Complex in Perth.
The Awards recognise the high service standards and professionalism prevalent in WA, and celebrate the dedication demonstrated by industry professionals in ensuring guests enjoy a quality experience.
Big Day Out Perth 2012 - First Line-Up Announcement:
