Wardarnji

Fri 27 Oct 2017  |  6:30pm — 9:30pm  |  South Lawn Special Event
Music

Mojo Juju

Sun 29 Oct 2017  |  6:00pm — 10:00pm  |  Inner Courtyard

To celebrate the release of the pulsing new single Think Twice, Mojo Juju (VIC) hits the stage for an incomparable live show. As unpredictable and dynamic as ever, Mojo Juju trades the sounds that have long defined her for some energising new urban flavours, marking another stop on a musical odyssey from the Bayou to the heaving Nuyorican clubs of the ‘60s and ‘70s and the humidity of a Harlem summer.
Music

Sunday Music: Salary

Sun 29 Oct 2017  |  2:00pm — 4:00pm  |  Front Garden

Cult-like in appearance, deep in the scene and charged with emotion, Salary weaves a brand of pop from influences as varied as Bowie, Springsteen and the idiosyncrasies of Fremantle.
Music

Ashley William Smith: Risk Taking

Mon 30 Oct 2017  |  8:00pm — 10:00pm  |  Cell Room

Join Ashley William Smith in a risqué music event. The atmospheric surrounds of the Cell Room will be transformed as he pushes the boundaries of chamber music, electronics and performance art to their limits. Covering works from Donatoni and Berio to WA’s own Chris Tonkin this will be a performance that will forever change the way you listen to the clarinet.
Music

Koi Child

Wed 01 Nov 2017  |  6:00pm — 10:00pm  |  Front Garden

Fresh from a massive US tour, Fremantle’s own hip-hop/jazz collective Koi Child descend on Fremantle Festival in a whirlwind of brass, sax, guitar and drums to play songs from their WAM-award winning and ARIA-nominated debut self-titled album, produced with Kevin Parker from Tame Impala.

Comedy

Deadly Funny

Thu 02 Nov 2017  |  7:00pm — 9:00pm

Cheeky and loud, black and proud, Melbourne International Comedy Festival’s national comedy competition unearths the freshest and funniest Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander talent from across the country. This local heat of Deadly Funny arrives in WA during Fremantle Festival and will feature a star-studded line-up of Australia’s best Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander comedians.

Music

The Stems: At First Sight, Violets are Blue

Fri 03 Nov 2017  |  6:00pm — 10:00pm  |  Front Garden

To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the release of their classic debut album At First Sight Violets are Blue, The Stems, one WA's most popular and iconic bands, are set to return to the live scene this November with a national tour kicking off at this year's Fremantle Festival.
Music

Mission Songs

Sat 04 Nov 2017  |  7:30pm — 10:00pm  |  Front Garden

Jessie Lloyd has spent the past decade uncovering songs from 20th Century Aboriginal missions and settlements and in the process laid out a slice of Australia barely known outside the troubled geography of those places. The missions, products of church and state, were sites of both misery and joy, and each is expressed in this music.
Music

Sunday Music: Steve Hensby

Sun 05 Nov 2017  |  2:00pm — 4:00pm  |  Front Garden

Steve Hensby is a multi-faceted, genre-hopping musician whose skillful guitar playing has featured in many Perth acts. For his first solo album, Hensby has conceived a circus of gypsy-tinged country songs, brimming with humour and upbeat arrangements. Stomp along to his colourful band before heading down to Kings Square to join the Fremantle Festival closing celebrations.