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Fremantle’s two Fire Aid benefit concerts have raised more than $650,000 for fire services, local communities and wildlife protection following the devastating bushfires around Australia. The first Fire Aid concert was held at Fremantle Arts Centre on 31 January featuring John Butler, The Waifs, San Cisco and Stella Donnelly. When the first show sold out in less than an hour a second show was added for 1 February, with Carla Geneve stepping in for Stella Donnelly. The concept for Fire Aid originated from the bands and their manager Phil Stevens, who said it was a direct reaction to the horrendous images of the fires and stories of people’s loss.

Sunday Music storms into 2020 with a stellar line up of local and touring acts. Running 2–4pm every Sunday until the end of March visitors can enjoy free music performances in Fremantle Arts Centre’s picturesque Front Garden.

Fremantle Arts Centre’s Bazaar, Perth’s original and highest quality maker’s market, returns from Friday 6 – Sunday 8 December.

Immersive, dark and sometimes hopeful, Fremantle Arts Centre will be transformed into a dystopic doomsday den for the exhibition Preppers, opening Friday 15 November. With global protests, diplomatic unrest and natural disasters reported daily, it seems now more than ever that the plight of humanity is at the forefront of many people’s minds.

NSW artist Rew Hanks has won this year's FAC Print Award for his work Gone Fishing East of Faskrudfjordur. Hanks takes home $16,000 with the work acquired for the City of Fremantle Art Collection. NT artist Eunice Napanangka Jack was awarded second prize. Congratulations to the winners and all 56 finalists! The exhibition is open daily until Sun 10 Nov.

Sunday Music returns in 2019–20 with a stellar line up of local and touring acts. Running 2–4pm every Sunday from October through to March visitors can enjoy free music performances in FAC’s picturesque Front Garden.

Fremantle Arts Centre Print Award returns for 2019 with a spectacular showcase of works from established, emerging and cross-disciplinary artists from across Australia. Now in its 44th year, Australia’s richest print award presents the very best in prints and artists’ books.

Join us to hear this year’s winner announced at the opening of the exhibition on Thu 19 Sep.

Get lost in an endless wormhole, board a spaceship of desire, take in sweeping space landscapes and experience a monumental echo at Fremantle Arts Centre when the exhibition Other Suns: Cult Sci-fi Cinema and Art opens on Friday 26 July. In partnership with Revelation Perth International Film Festival, Other Suns features a line-up of 20 local, national and international artists.

Renowned Australian artist James Angus will present his very first papier mâché sculptures in the upcoming exhibition Papier Mâché for Beginners. Opening 6:30pm Friday 7 June at Fremantle Art Centre, this is Angus’ first solo show in WA in over a decade and will debut 12 never before seen works.

Don’t miss the opportunity to view a collection of recently unearthed artworks by one of Fremantle’s most fascinating and unheralded maritime figures, 19th Century Harbour Master, Captain George A.D. Forsyth. Opening 6:30pm Friday 7 June at Fremantle Arts Centre, Pilot Painter unveils 14 rarely-seen paintings and drawings created between 1870 and 1893, offering a glimpse of Fremantle Port and Rottnest as they were in the late-1800s.