Music
YACWA STAGE
Located in the car park of Barlee Street, the YACWA stage will showcase a range of the best bands from WA in the pop, rock and electronic genres.
Hosted by special guest MCs Peter Barr and Sarah Tout from RTRFM, you can catch reclusive folk artist Louis Inglis and be serenaded by the mesmerising Kathryn Rollins. Check out the synth-wave-drone-pop of Andrew Sinclair & The Ritual Band, the space-rock of Sugarpuss, the wackiness of Lyndon Blue’s Seams, and see Future Classic’s latest nu-disco signing Scenic. There’s also alt-folk duo Wolves At The Door, vintage rockers Sonpsilo Circus and disco-boogie five-piece Bastian's Happy Flight. Closing the stage on the night will be grungy pop-rock band Emperors followed by the dirty garage-blues of The Growl.
CITY OF VINCENT STAGE
The City of Vincent Stage located between Broome and Chatsworth Street in Highgate will feature an eclectic mix of musical acts spanning the genres of pop, funk, jazz, rockabilly, surf and folk.
MCs Ben Ainslie and Jon Hopper will introduce the sounds of infectious indie-pop artist Georgi Kay, the old-timey folk of David Craft’s The Big Old Bears, country-folk six-piece Ruby Boots, and the jazzy-blues of the Tom O'Halloran Trio. Also gracing us is punk-folk royalty The Painkillers along with garage rock’n’rollers Cal Peck & the Tramps. This will be followed by dub fusion collective Masonik, swampabilly four-piece Rocket to Memphis and instrumental rock trio Day of the Dead. The Beach Boys tribute band Sea of Tunes will close out the stage from 9pm.
CITY OF STIRLING STAGE
Located in the car park next to the Malt Supper Club in Mt Lawley, the City of Stirling Stage has booked some of WA’s best pop and rock bands.
To be MC’d by RTRFM presenters Bren McGurk and Adam Trainer, expect to be enthralled with the sweet country of Caroline J. Dale, followed by an acoustic set from Split Seconds golden boy Sean Pollard. Later in the day catch the lo-fi dreamy pop of Amber Fresh’s Rabbit Island and instrumental post-rock quintet The Silent World. There’s the ‘king of indie’ - Adem K and his five-piece band The Community Chest, instrumental Eastern-folk-surf combo smRts, indie-popsters The Autumn Isles and hear the big blues voice of Hayley Beth and her band. Into the night catch alt-country rockers The Ghost Hotel, folk’n’roll five-piece Timothy Nelson & the Infidels and indie-rockers Harlequin League who are releasing their debut album next month.
DAILY PLANET LANEWAY
Next to the soon-to-be-opened Daily Planet Café in Mt Lawley is where you’ll find a variety of local DJs playing upfront dance music.
Throughout the day hear RTRFM’s Monday Out to Luncher Jo Lettenmaier, legendary Perth DJ Wrighteous, reggae royalty General Justice, local beat fanatics Clunk vs Allstate, RTRFM’s Trainwreck engineers Declan vs Gonzo, Full Frequency and {move} guru Ben M, serious turntable maestro Zeke, Mr versatile Charlie Bucket, drum and bass playa Sardi and local club stalwart James A all dropping the beats between noon and 10pm.
JAMES SQUIRE FESTIVAL BAR
The James Squire Festival Bar is the official bar of the Beaufort Street Festival and is located at 555 Beaufort Street next to Method Clothing, Mt Lawley. It’s also the place to see bands along the experimental tip plus cutting-edge local beat-makers and DJs.
The official opening party kicks off on Friday night from 7pm with RTRFM’s music director Adam Trainer spinning the tunes. Into the night be sure to catch the primitive, tribal beats and hypnotic loops of Erasers, the driving bass and spaced-out sonics of Diger Rokwell, hypnotic experimental trio Usurper of Modern Medicine and {MOVE} DJs playing until midnight.
On Saturday from 3pm special guest DJs include beat head Nick Ridikulas, the live electronics of James Ireland, sub sonic specialists Vishnu, Sibalance and Ylem, the Barlee St boys Jason Burton vs Nic Elliott, RTRFM’s Underground Sound Solution System DJs and live beat action from Assembly Line.
BREMICK STAGE
The Bremick Street Stage is a multi-arts stage for a range of community events.
This stage will officially open the Festival at 12pm with a Welcome to Country and will host a barista competition, banana bread bake-off and the inaugural Beaufort Street Festival dog show. Hosted by Stacy Gougoulis, the music program includes a variety of local DJs including the weird eclectic world of Jade Nobbs, the master of the forgotten groove Claude Mono, DJ Supergroup The Cut & Paste Soundsystem, Perth’s club queen Nina Van Dyke and the tropical party of Rex Monsoon dropping tunes until 10pm.
QUEENS STAGE
This is a new festival area to be located behind the Queens Hotel. Programming for this stage is being organised by the Queens in collaboration with the legendary Funk Club. Stand by for details coming soon about the funk and soul live acts and DJs who’ll be dropping the best in hip hop, soul, groove, jazz and R&B until late.