WA Talent Celebrated at the 2016 WAMFest and WAMAwards
The 2016 WAMAwards nominees have been announced, with the list being led by grunge outfit Tired Lion with six nominations and jazz-rap collective Koi Child with five.
Other artists with the highest multiple nominations include Hideous Sun Demon, Verge Collection, Rag N’ Bone, Methyl Ethel and Lucy Peach.
Nominees were selected from judging panels formed from category specific specialists in the industry.
Voting among the 700+ music industry members has commenced in order to decide the winners of the craft and genre and industry awards.
Members of the public are able to vote in the six Public Voted Awards – including Most Popular Live Act, Most Popular Event and Most Popular Video.
Make sure you cast your votes here before 11.59pm Sunday October 23. Choose wisely.
While you're voting, make sure you check out what else is happening at 2016's WAMFest. There's a stack of free gigs lined up, featuring performances from your new favourite artists, such as Mathas, Tobacco Rat, Ah Trees, Catlips (DJ), Psychedelic Porn Crumpets, Tangled Thoughts of Leaving, Verge Collection, Spire and heaps more. Get pumped!
written by Joseph Wilson + Daniel Morey
Sit in the front row, if you can get in early enough, and you’ll be amazed at how well these performers can flip, tumble and float around just inches from your face.
There are parts of relationships that no one talks about: the difference in power between partners, how that power can be used to silence complaints, and maintain control in the status quo.
Here are the Laneway Festival 2026 Perth Set Times (in chronological order).
If you pray at the altar of gleeful theatrical chaos, you will leave this play a believer.
The wait is almost over to celebrate THONRHILL's 2025 opus BODIES live in action on home soil, with the band's biggest headline shows to date kicking off later this month. And with the Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide and Melbourne shows entirely sold out, Sydney fans are officially on notice with limited tickets remaining for Sunday 22 February at the Enmore Theatre.
This delicate impressionistic piece of cinema sculpts moments into seemingly disparate scenes, but as more is revealed, themes and connections begin to develop.
Equal parts silly, sharp, unique and pure fun, SHARK! will have you hooked from the outset.
At Crown Theatre Perth, Now You See Me Live brings the blockbuster film franchise to the stage, reimagined as a high-energy, family-friendly magic spectacular.
Sweden’s Post Punk icons, Viagra Boys payed a visit to one of Perth’s most unique outdoor venues, Fremantle Prison over the late January long weekend.




