Fremantle Events Listings

ANZAC Day in Fremantle

At Monument Hill a silent dawn service will start at 5.30am. In Victoria Hall an exhibition will be held for the seventh year, showcasing items from unique public and private collections, on display between 8am and 3pm. The Sing Australia Choir will be performing a repertoire of wartime songs at 9am also in the Victoria Hall where a free morning tea will be served just outside the Hall between 9am and 2pm. The ANZAC Day March step off time is 10.15am from Esplanade Park. The march will travel through the main streets of Fremantle and along the cappuccino strip where a salute will be taken. A short closing ceremony will commence after the parade at Esplanade Park from 10.45am with a flypast. Sir Hughie Edwards Anzac Day Derby service will start at 2pm with the game kickoff between South Fremantle and East Fremantle Football Clubs starting at 2.15pm at Fremantle Oval.

Araluen's Fremantle Chilli Festival

Spicing up Western Australia since 2003, Araluen’s Fremantle Chilli Festival has grown to be one of the city’s major cultural events. The move to Fremantle has been a very exciting and positive and has seen the festival grow from humble beginnings nine years ago at Araluen to a highly successful event attracting thousands of visitors. Over 70 stallholders participated in a celebration of everything Chilli, including fresh foods, plants, pickles, chutneys, olives, cheese, chocolate, wine, beers and much more. It was a great mix of stallholders all offering a diverse range of interesting and sometimes unusual products. The festival’s inaugural ‘Masters of Menu’ segment featured 28 of Perth’s leading chefs and other personalities and was a huge success. They see this being an important feature in future festivals attracting national and international interest. Please refer to the website for more information.

Brian Setzers Rockabilly Riot

Brian Setzer, rockabilly's most iconic ambassador, has unleashed a brand new line-up for his upcoming Australian tour. Dubbed 'Brian Setzer's Rockabilly Riot!' this new look is an all-out assault on the rockabilly norm, an overcharged and thrilling attack of American rock n' roll. Setzer's line-up includes: two (yes, two!) slappin' stand-up bassists each bringing some extra thump to the party; two drummers - one being none other than Stray Cat Slim Jim Phantom - and a classic boogie-woogie piano that plays so well with Setzer's rockin' riffs. The show will include all of Brian's hits and originals, favourite covers, and a special set with Slim Jim and Brian together playing the legendary Stray Cats hits including 'Rock This Town', 'Stray Cat Strut', 'Runaway Boys' and many more! Tearing up your town like no other! Please refer to the website for more information.

FotoFreo: The City of Fremantle Festival of Photography

FotoFreo is a month-long biennial festival of photography that showcases the work of Australian and leading international photographers. Exhibitions, workshops, film screenings and discussions are part of the program, plus two photographic projects, one by Martin Parr and the other by West Australian photographer Bo Wong. Please refer to the website for more information.

Fremantle Carnevale 2012

Put on your finest Carnevale mask and costume and join the revelry, as Fremantle’s streets come alive for Fremantle Carnevale. Carnevale is an annual community festival in many parts of the world which features masked and costumed high jinks, theatre, dance, music and mockery of established authority. Events this year include an Opening Night, Carnevale Art Exhibition, Children’s Carnevale, ‘Reclaim the Mask’ Rally, Carnevale Women’s Cabaret Night and the outrageous Masked Costume Ball at Kulcha on Saturday 18 February. Mysterious masked revellers will dance to the sounds of The Catalan Street Band, electro gypsy swing super group Ensemble Formidable and pirate band Rumskull. Carnevale themed food will also be available to complete the Carnevale Ball experience. Various locations, free and paid events. Please refer to the website for more information.

Fremantle Street Arts Festival

Fremantle is filled with free events, family friendly shows, astonishing physical feats and surprises during Australia's largest street arts festival. Now in its 14th year, the festival showcases some of the world’s best performances by street artists from the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Argentina, New Zealand and Japan. Please refer to the website for more information.

Freo Village Markets

Freo Village Markets is situated in Kings Square outside the Tourism Centre, Town Hall and St Johns Church, in Fremantle. Held every Thursday and extra dates in December and for Cruise Ship arrivals and Festivals, the market is a wonderful way to enjoy Freo artists, traders and creatives. Beautiful fig trees shade the market and quality coffee, cakes and food stalls make it a wonderful place for lunch. Please refer to the website for more information.

Immerse - Exploring the Deep

Immerse plunges you into a whole new world that will take your breath away. Deep below the vast oceans is an alien world beyond comprehension, a place that few people ever experience. To survive and work in this environment is a huge challenge. Now, with the invention of some amazing technology, people can go to places and do things once thought impossible. Immerse not only reveals the clever ways people are exploring the oceans, it also opens your eyes to a whole new world of exciting careers under the sea. Western Australian Maritime Museum opening hours are 9.30 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. daily.

Mad Max - Presented by the Japanese Bike Show

A screening of the classic Australian film, Mad Max, will launch the fifth Japanese Bike Show. Mad Max is a famous film among rev-heads and helped establish a cult following for the classic Kawasaki 900 motorcycle, which is celebrating its 20th Anniversary. Prior to the film, audiences will be encouraged to check out a range of classic Japanese bikes and muscle cars which will be on show, inside the cinema. Please refer to the website for more information.

RAW! - Short Film Showcase

RAW! brings a mixed bag of funny, charming and fresh short films from some of WA’s hottest young filmmakers. Please note, family friendly films will be played earlier in the evening, to be followed by the more mature works. All films featured have been produced through FTI / ScreenWest / Screen Australia initiatives, designed to provide opportunities for emerging West Australian filmmakers. Please refer to the website for more information.

Soft Soft Loud the Americas

A Perth International Arts Festival Event. Western Australia's finest musicians in ensemble present exhilarating recent music from the Americas, outdoors in Fremantle Arts Centre's intimate courtyard. Conveying deeply personal accounts of loss and life, works range from Steve Reich's harrowing WTC 9/11 to Andy Akiho's joyous Hado Iro and Osvaldo Golijov's beautiful setting of Christian, Arab and Jewish folk song. Please refer to the website for more information.

Symphonie-Passion Concert

Pipe Organ Plus has been bringing classical music to Perth audiences for more than a decade, and will open this year’s Concert Season with Symphonie-Passion Concert, a performance with a strong connection to the most important period of the religious calendar, Easter. Passion promises a Heavenly performance when acclaimed organist, Dominic Perissinotto, delivers his first Lenten solo, presenting a deeply spiritual program that traverses Christ’s journey throughout Lent to His subsequent joyous resurrection. The concert features works from virtuosos of the ages including Guilmant’s March upon Handel’s Lift Up Your Heads, Liszt’s Variations on Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen (Weeping, lamenting, worrying, fearing), César Franck’s Prière (Prayer) and Dupré’s – Symphonie-Passion: Le Monde Dans L’attente Du Sauveur (The world awaits the arrival of the Saviour), Nativité, Crucifixion and Résurrection. Tickets available through BOCS or at the door one hour prior to the concert. Please refer to the website for more information.

The Deep

Based on the book by Tim Winton. “Venture where the ocean turns from blue to green.” Alice and her family live by the sea. Every day her family goes down to the jetty for a swim. Everyone dives and make huge belly flops with a giant KABOOM!! But not Alice; Alice is scared to swim where the ocean turns from blue to green. Alice is afraid of the deep. Based on the book by acclaimed author Tim Winton, and quintessentially West Australian, The Deep tackles Alice’s fear of the ocean and the extraordinary flippered friends who help her conquer her fear. The Deep is all about forgetting to be scared. Please refer to the website for more information.

Tropfest - Perth

Movie Extra Tropfest is Australia’s most prestigious short film festival and one of its most iconic cultural events. It is also the largest short film festival in the world. At home Tropfest is recognised for its enormous contribution to the development of the Australian film industry by providing unique platforms for emerging filmmakers through its events and initiatives, and new and expanded audiences for their work. Tropfest returns to Fremantle for 2012. Featuring the top 16 finalist short films selected from hundreds of entries. Patrons are advised to get down early to secure a pozzie on the grass. Bring your own low chairs, bean bags, cushions and rugs. Bring your own picnic dinner but be aware that the venue is licensed and strictly no BYO alcohol. (Alcoholic beverages will be available for sale from the Mad Fish Bar). Please refer to the website for more information.

USA or Bust

Warning – Contains Sex, Drugs and Rock’n‘Roll In 2005, ex-Libertines manager, Dave Kavanagh, took Perth band, “The Screwtop Detonators”, on a 30-day tour across the United States of America. His mission: Turn them into rock stars. This screening is an 80 minute edit of that tour that saw relationships tested, ambitions tempered and abused roadies seek the ultimate revenge. Director / Producer, Mat de Koning, who was recently awarded the Bendigo Bank – Young Filmmaker of the year at the 24th WA Screen Awards, is hosting this special screening, which gives audiences the opportunity to experience what de Koning describes as; “The closest you will ever get to going on a rock’n’roll tour, without actually being there”. Please refer to the website for more information.