Whether you want to celebrate the year that was 2018 or just raise a glass to seeing the back of it, Perth has no shortage of great live music events on offer to help you on your way. From raucous rock and roll, to electronic dance music, local indie gems to international superstars – there’s something for everyone to be ensured a real cracker of a night. If you’re a live music fan, here’s a choice cut of some of the best places to be when the countdown comes.
Featuring: The Southern River Band, Abbe May, Moonlighter, Tommyhawks, Web Rumors, Bald Eagle, Rockin’ Hendy, Sick Pose, The Paige McNaught Experience, Werewolf, The Bonekickers, Rusty Pinto and the Blue Flames, DJs Holly Doll, Nick Sheppard and Aoife Daly
The Rosemount is offering an electric line up of some of WA’s finest acts to kick off 2019 with your batteries fully charged!
Rock and roll larrikins The Southern River Band lead the charge in The Main Room, alongside the electrifying Abbe May, Moonlighter, Tommyhawks, Web Rumors and Bald Eagle. All these acts come as part of an ‘Access All Areas’ Main Room ticket.
The Four5Nine band room will be powered by Australia’s one and only Rockin’ Hendy, Don the Rat from the Homicides’ new band Sick Pose, The Paige McNaught Experience, Werewolf and The Bonekickers.
The Backyard presents a special late-night performance from Rusty Pinto and the Blue Flames, while DJs Holly Doll, Nick Sheppard and Aoife Daly are set to keep the dance floor amped up through the night.
Check out the Facebook event page for more details or get your tickets here!
Featuring: Gyroscope, Axe Girl, Sly Withers, Flossy, Black Stone From The Sun, J.F.K., The Shakeys, Yomi Ship, Trolley Boy and Moth
For their third New Year’s Eve party Badlands are raising the bar! Local punk-rock legends Gyroscope headline with a rare hometown show, but there’s a killer line up of other cracker acts playing over two stages (inside and outside) throughout the night.
Get down from 6pm to enjoy Happy Hour drink specials while Axe Girl, Sly Withers, Flossy, Black Stone From The Sun, J.F.K., The Shakeys, Yomi Ship, Trolley Boy and Moth take you through to the countdown. There will also be food trucks to keep you going and you’ll even be able to see the Gloucester Park fireworks from the Badlands Beer Garden!
Check out the Facebook event page for more details or get your tickets here!
Venue: Langley Park
Where: Riverside Dr, Perth Foreshore
Featuring (Sunday): Cardi B, Khalid, The Kooks, Tash Sultana, Bonobo (DJ Set), Chase & Status (DJ Set + MC Rage), DAWS, Duke Dumont, Fisher, Hayden James, Mija, Pilerats DJs, PNAU, Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, Sampa The Great, SaSaSaS, Sigma (DJ Set), Tayla Parx, Virtual Riot, Whethan
Featuring (Monday): Pendulum, M.I.A., Tchami X Malaa [No Redemption], Avance B2B Twerl, AJ Tracey, Denzel Curry, DVSN, Flava D, Habstrakt, Hype & Hazard, Infekt b2b Mvrda b2b Chibs, Keys N Krates, Mr. Carmack, Palais, Safia, Shadow, Sheck Wes, Smokepurpp, Superduperkyle, Space Laces, The Upbeats, Winston Surfshirt, WYN
Western Australia’s largest New Year’s celebration Origin Fields returns to close out 2018 in the prime new location of Langley Park on the Perth Foreshore. This year’s offering delivers a diverse line-up of the biggest acts from Australia and around the world including Cardi B, Khalid, The Kooks, M.I.A., Pendulum and many more.
Check out the Facebook event page for more details or get your tickets here!
Venue: Mojo’s Bar
Where: 237 Queen Victoria Street, North Fremantle
Featuring: Peter Bibby, Doctopus, Hyclass, Felicity Groom and Andrew Ryan, Fraeya, Big Cry, Oosterbanger, New Nausea, Long Lost Brothers, Jack Davies, Grace Armstrong, Emlyn Johnson, Sara Salt, BEXX and DJ Chipslut
With just about everyone involved with Mojo’s and its management team at Cool Perth Nights being a musician, they didn’t have to look far to find the perfect entertainment for a New Year’s party. Headlining is Mojo’s yardie and irreverently Aussie songwriter Peter Bibby. Major support comes from Doctopus featuring Stephen Bellair, Senior Bar Manager at Mojo’s Bar. Hyclass will deliver a healthy dose of rhymes while Cool Perth Nights operators Felicity Groom and Andrew Ryan will also take to the stage.
Mojo’s favourite Fraeya is set to cap off a big 2018, while Mojo’s Bar Manager Hugh Manning and CPN senior booker Ashlyn will feature in Big Cry. Boss of the CPN office and boss of the commanding “don’t fuck with me” stage presence Oosterbanger, aka Ellen Oosterbaan, shall slay. New Nausea, Long Lost Brothers and resident poet Jack Davies will charm and quell, along with Grace Armstrong, BEXX, Emlyn Johnson and Sara Salt.
Check out the Facebook event page for more details or get your tickets here!
Venue: Rock Rover
Where: South Fremantle Football Club Clubrooms, Fremantle Oval
Featuring: Spacey Jane, Superego, Carla Geneve, Soukouss Internationale, Jack Davies & the Bush Chooks, Butter
Cap off a stellar 2018 with a blast! Spacey Jane are over the moon to present The Big Bang, an explosive NYE gathering of the next wave of West Australian Music. They’ll be taking over the Rock Rover main room with a lineup of stars for your gazing pleasure.
Superego (FKA POW Negro) will bringing their iconic beats, bars and energy of galactic proportions. Rising star Carla Geneve is set to cap-off a 2018 that was truly out of this world, while Soukouss Internationale have landed to make sure you rock-et on the dance floor. The songwriting of Jack Davies & the Bush Chooks is sure to shine bright while, Butter’s smooth grooves will, like the rotation of the earth – make your day.
Check out the Facebook event page for more details or get your tickets here!
Venue: Roe Street car park (Old Bus Depot)
Where: 18 Roe St, Northbridge
Featuring: Andras, Andy Garvey, DJ Aldi, DJ JNETT, Donna Leake, Good Company, HAME DJ, Harold, KBI, Laila Sakini, Leo James, Methods, Maria Mendes, Moopie, Noise in my Head, Polyrhythmic, Rings Around Saturn, Salty, Shy Time, Turner Street Sound
Groove into 2019 with this epic outdoor, four stage, eight hour day-nighter with all the ingredients for a party you won’t forget, or can’t remember.
Dance adventure and soundsystem spectacular Freedom Time returns to Northbridge with multiple stages promising maximum fun and a minimum hassle vibe-environment. Catch a line-up of incredible depth of talent found across the Australian underground dance scene. Expect choice cuts from the deepest selectors and heaviest sound systems of our local scene to some of the country’s most revered party programmers and musical mad scientists.
Check out the Facebook event page for more details or get your tickets here!
Venue: The Sewing Room
Where: 317 Murray Street, Wolf Lane, Perth
Featuring: Adam Hall and the Velvet Playboys, The Zydecats featuring Lucky Oceans
Come on everybody, take a trip with me, down the Mississippi (and the Wolf Lane stairway) down to New Orleans!
The New Orleans New Year’s Eve Party will kick off with The Zydecats featuring Grammy Award Winner Lucky Oceans and close with Adam Hall and the Velvet Playboys in what promises to be a huge night of music. This evening will be inspired by the music of New Orleans. With the Zydecats pulling from Zydeco, Rock n Roll, Jazz and all the good music down on the bayou and then Adam Hall and the Velvet Playboys rocking into the New Year.
The Sewing Room is also set to keep to the tunes rolling into the early hours with NYE Kick Ons. Dance through to the first sunrise of 2019 with some of Perth’s best DJ talent including Neesnu, Voortrekker, Cadence and ESYM.
Check out the Facebook event page for more details or get your tickets here!
Tickets to NYE Kick Ons will be available on the door after 1am.
Venues: Vincent St Car Park, Bill’s Bar, Babushka, Blue Flamingo and The Garden
Where: Multiple locations across Leederville
Featuring: BLAT, DAWS, Dr Space, dylan iS, elise keddie, Father Figures, Mike Arangio, Rhys Delzerian, Smorgz & Dang, Soulsby, VK, Wodelingu, Yon Jovi, YUNG SLY
Block Party is set to take over Leederville with six stages spread across six venues, each with a unique genre and vibe. The custom built venue consists of the Vincent St Car Park, Bill’s Bar, Babushka, Blue Flamingo, The Garden and The Tiny Club.
Check out the Facebook event page for more details or get your tickets here!
Venue: The Indi Bar
Where: 23-27 Hastings Rd, Scarborough
Featuring: Great Gable, Death by Denim, Old Blood, Wooly Mammoth, Mal De Mer and Dulcie
Hit 2019 with a splash! The Indi Bar in Scarborough are hosting Perth’s only New Year’s Eve pool party complete with Swimming Pool Access, live music with some of Perth’s best bands and DJs complete with a massive beer garden, spa room, pool tables and more. Get there early and bring your bathers as this local line up is set to sizzle.
Check out the Facebook event page for more details or get your tickets here!
