Beaufort Street Festivalplaying times

Thu 25th Nov, 2010 in Local News

Looking for something to do this Saturday? The Beaufort Street Festival will be busy showcasing the talent and diversity of Perth’s musicians, artists, designers and foodies. Mt Lawley and Highgate streets, shops and bars will be plastered with eccentric and stylish displays, temporary art exhibitions and fashion parades. This will all be set to a local soundtrack, with a plethora of Perth’s finest musicians playing across four stages.

Planet Stage (Grosvenor Rd)
9.45 – Mayor’s Speech and Welcome to Country
10:00 – Highgate Primary Band
10.40 – Hootenanny
11.30 – Split Seconds
12.20 – The Tigers
1.20 – Umpire
2.20 – Naik
3.20 – Boys Boys Boys
4.20 – 6s and 7s
5.20 – Boom Bap Pow
6.20 – Brow Horn Orchestra

Considering it’s right on their doorstep, RTRFM 92.1 will be bringing the Planet Stage proceedings to your living rooms with a live, outside broadcast from 11am – 7pm.

The Lotterywest Stage will be home to a list of experimentalists, folk delights and off-kilter indie and post-rock performers including:

Lotterywest Stage (Mary St)
10:00 – Big Hoo Haa
11:00 – Little Ships
11.30 – Chris Mason
12.10 – Andrew Ewing
12.50 – Adam Trainer
1.30 – Ghost Drums
2.10 – Craig McIhenney
2.50 – Simone and Girlfunkle
3.30 – Goodnight Tiger
4.20 – Felicity Groom

The Big Hoo Haa comedy improvisers will be scheduled to liven up the morning for every passer-by.

The Bankwest Stage will lend itself to Hip hop, left-field, afro-beat and beyond, dished up by some of Perth’s most accomplished DJs and producers including:

Bankwest Stage (Barlee St Carpark)
10:00 – Mama Cass
11:00 – Mathas
12:00 – Massiv Trav
1:00 – Charlie Bucket
2:00 – Diger Rokwell
3:00 – Sardi
4:00 – James A
The stage will also include a mobile skate park, ping pong, an outstanding art program, and community and sponsors’ stalls.

The Ellington Festival Bar will be packed with a mix of entertainment, all day long. Kicking off with a Barista competition in the morning, it is the place to go if you need a jazz fix.

Ellington Festival Bar (555 Beaufort St next to Method Clothing)
10:00 – Barista Competition
12:00 – TRG Trio
1:00 – The Hounds
2:00 – Graham Wood Trio
3:00 – Claude Mono
4:00 – Wrighteous
5:00 – Gonzo
6:00 – Declan
7:00 – Vishnu
8:00 – Rok Riley vs Ben M
9:00 – Underground Sound Solution System

Many of the businesses up and down the street will be providing DJs and live music on the day.

Between the stages you can visit the minds of Perth artists; The streets, alleyways and buildings will be littered with all kinds of installations; even the lamp posts and bus stops will not be safe from the team of hard-core knitters, giving the town a colourful and kinda snuggly, nanna feel.

An intriguing challenge has been put to a group of photographers to each document 60 minutes of the day in 60 photos – so put on your game faces; you might just end up on a wall somewhere.

Spectators are also encouraged to bring along ping-pong bats and balls for a bit of art/sport crossover

Local businesses will be organising delectable samples throughout the day, many displaying their goods on food stalls outside their premises for attendees to peruse at their leisure.

Being one of the key fashion precincts of Perth, the festival will have a little bit of parading about in clothes most of us only wish we could afford. Parades can be seen ever hour between one and five o’clock at Luxe Bar and bamBOO.

...Yes, there is a swimwear parade.

There’s even things to interest the little kids with a mini paste-up, tree poetry and business shirt painting.

All the details are HERE and the map is HERE