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Music and Festivals
Fremantle Festival
Throughout the
Fremantle Festival, held annually in November, over 120,000
people from Western Australia, interstate and overseas, descend
on the streets of the Port City. They come to savor ten days of
hair-raising acrobatics, world class music, blistering sensual Latin
dance and much, much more.
Buskers Festival
The Fremantle Buskers Festival fills the streets of Fremantle with
acrobatics, music, cool stunts, human statues to send shivers down
your spine, flaming torches, comedy and all manner of street performances.
The streets come alive even more than they normally are, and there
truly is something for everyone. Energy and enthusiam abound at
different points throughout the city. View
some photos.
Gig Guide
Tickets for most gigs can be purchased form Mills Records, Fremantle.
| Date |
Gig |
Venue |
Price |
| July 20th |
The Herd |
Fly By Night Club |
$25.50 |
| July 20th |
Escape the Fate |
The Newport |
$46 |
| July 20th |
Death Cab For Cutie |
Metropolis Fremantle |
$50 |
| July 24th |
Van She Party |
The Bakery |
$20 |
| July 27th |
British India |
The Newport Hotel |
$25 |
| July 30th |
The Breeders |
Capitol |
$50 |
| July 31st |
The Fratellis |
Capitol |
$60 |
| August 1st |
Cut Off Your Hands |
Amplifier |
$18 |
| August 2nd |
The Wombats |
Capitol |
$50 |
| August 5th |
Pete Murray |
Regal Theatre |
$53 |
| August 5th |
Regurgitator |
Indie Bar |
$30 |
| August 6th |
DEVO |
Metro City |
$90 |
| August 9th |
King Wasabi |
Fly By Night Club |
$10 |
| August 9th |
Pivot |
The Bakery |
$20 |
| August 13th |
Paul Weller |
Challenge Stadium |
$90 |
| August 14th |
Electropis (feat. Ajax, Van She Tech, Bag Riders, Like Woah) |
Leederville Hotel |
$30 |
| August 16th |
David Bazan of Pedro The Lion |
Mojo's |
$30 |
| August 20th |
Death Cab for Cutie |
Metropolis Fremantle |
$50 |
| August 20th |
Nick Oliveri's Mondo Generator |
Amplifier |
$39 |
| August 20th |
Timberland |
Challenge Stadium |
$99-$117 |
| August 21st |
Birds of Tokyo |
Metropolis Fremantle |
$26 |
| August 22nd |
Ash Grunwald |
Fly By Nightclub |
$25 |
| August 24th |
Unwritten Law |
Capitol |
$60 |
| August 27th |
Panic at the Disco |
Burswood Dome |
$90 |
| August 29th |
Disturbed with special guests Alter Bridge and Behind Crimson Eyes |
Metro City |
$81 |
| August 28th |
Thrice |
Capitol |
$55 |
| August 30th |
Shihad |
Capitol |
$27 |
| August 30th |
The Getaway Plan |
Rosemount Hotel |
$15 |
| August 31st |
Little Red |
Swan Basement |
$16 |
| September 2nd |
Opeth |
Metro City |
$65 |
| September 3rd |
Newton Faulkner |
Capitol |
$65 |
| September 4th |
Muph & Plutonic |
Swan Basement |
$16 |
| September 5th |
Faker |
Metro City |
$30 |
| September 11th |
Shapeshifter |
Rosemount Hotel |
$30 |
| September 11th |
SThe Matches |
Amplifier |
$35 |
| September 12th |
The Living End |
Metro City |
$39 |
| September 12th |
Rocket Science |
Norfolk Basement |
$15 |
| September 15th |
Tin Dog |
Fly By Night Club |
$15 |
| September 16th |
Judas Priest |
Burswood Dome |
$149 |
| September 21st |
Holly Throsby |
Mojo's |
$25 |
| September 29th |
Parklife 2008 (Feat. Goldfrapp, Soulwax, Peaches, 2manydjs, Plump DJ's, Dizzee Rascal, Diplo, Jesse Rose, Does it offend you, Yeah?, Blackalicious, XXXchange, Metro Area, Elektrons & many more!) |
Wellington Square |
$99 |
| October 3rd |
Gyroscope |
Metro City |
$30 |
| October 6th |
The Bangles |
Rosemount Hotel |
$50 |
| October 8th |
The New Pornographers |
Rosemount Hotel |
$50 |
| October 10th |
GodsKitchen (feat. Sander Van Doorn, Menno De Jong, John O'Callaghan and Jon O'Bir) |
Metro City |
$89 |
| October 14th |
Down |
Metropolis Fremantle |
$60 |
| October 16th |
Meshuggah |
Capitol |
$54 |
| October 22nd |
DragonForce |
Metropolis Fremantle |
$60.50 |
| October 26th |
The Warlocks |
Metropolis Fremantle |
$44 |
| October 31st |
Def Leppard |
Members Equity Stadium |
$99-$198 |
| November 1st |
The Whitlams |
Regal Theatre |
$54 |
| November 7th - 9th |
Blues at Bridgetown (Feat. Ash Grunwald, Diesel, Herb Armstrong & the Royal Street Krewe, Lloyd Spiegel and more!) |
Bridgetown |
$154 for 3 day pass |
| November 16th |
An Evening on the Green with John Mellencamp and Sheryl Crow |
Sandalford Wines |
$110 |
| November 23rd |
Billy Joel |
Members Equity Stadium |
$TBA |
| November 27th |
Xabier Rudd |
Belvoir Amphitheatre |
$50 |
| November 29th |
Escape From the Park |
Kings Park |
$80 |
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