Tourism Western Australia
Events Calendar
April to June 2016
APRIL
York Motorcycle Festival
April 16 to 18
Northam, Experience
Perth
York Motorcycle
Festival is held on Avon Terrace, York, which is
around a 90 minute drive from Perth. Market and trade stalls will be set up
along the street displaying a range of products and services. Entertainment
will be scheduled throughout the family-friendly festival and highlights will
include freestyle motocross demonstrations, live music, junior moto gymkhana,
custom bike displays, raffles and children's activities. Local businesses will
be open for the day with plenty of food and drink available to purchase.
Quit
Forest Rally
April 22 to 24
Nannup/Busselton,
Australia’s South West
Western Australia's
round of the Australian Rally Championship attracts Australia's best
cars and drivers, including the best classic cars. The rally also incorporates
motor bikes, and with more than 200 cars and bikes expected to compete across
the weekend the Quit Forest Rally is a motorsport extravaganza you don't
want to miss.
SunSmart
Busselton Festival of Triathlon
May 5 to 8
Busselton, Australia’s
South West
The popular SunSmart
Busselton Festival of Triathlon is a three day festival incorporating the Busselton
IronMan 70.3 triathlon which provides a challenging course for competitors.
Participants will swim 1.9 kilometres, ride 90.1 kilometres and run 21.1
kilometres. The festival will also hold the SunSmart Kids Triathlon for
seven to 15 year olds.
MAY
Moondyne Festival
May 1
Toodyay, Experience
Perth
Once again the town of
Toodyay steps back in time to celebrate the annual Moondyne Festival,
bringing infamous Moondyne Joe and his various escapades back to life. The Moondyne
Festival is a display of life during the pioneer years from the
re-enactment of the 1860 Rifle Regiment to the grace and favour of the
enchanting Clydesdale horses. With a variety of stalls, exhibitions, games and
rides there is something for everyone at this family fun day.
V8
Supercars Perth SuperSprint
May 6 to 8
Perth, Experience Perth
Get your pulse racing
with a ticket to the Perth SuperSprint. Support categories, training
sessions and qualifying races complete your V8 Supercars package. Don't miss
out on seeing your favourite motorsport drivers take to the track again for
some fast-paced, fuel-injected action at Barbagallo Raceway.
Vancouver Street Festival
May 7
Albany, Australia’s
South West
The Vancouver Street
Festival is a large-scale street festival held in conjunction with the Western
Australia Heritage Festival. The event
will focus on the historic Vancouver Street in Albany with a program featuring
music, markets, heritage tours, visual arts, street entertainment and Great
Southern food and wine.
First
National Kimberley Lake Argyle Swim
May 7
Kununurra, Australia’s
North West
The Lake Argyle Swim is a 10km and 20km open
water swim which offers solo, duo and teams of four categories. The event takes
place in the East Kimberley in the fresh water lake. Lake Argyle is Australia’s
second largest manmade lake, holding a staggering 32 million cubic metres of
water – more than 20 times the size of Sydney Harbour. Long since recognised as
one of the most spectacular places to visit in Australia, the Lake Argyle Swim provides experienced
swimmers with an unsurpassed outback adventure.
TX
Civil and Logistics WA PGA Championship
May 12 to 15
Kalgoorlie, Australia’s
Golden Outback
The 2016 TX Civil and Logistics WA PGA Championship
will be played at Kalgoorlie Golf Club in the Golden Outback town from October
29 to November 1. Being played for a prize purse of AU$120,000, the winner also
received Official World Golf Ranking Points and becomes fully exempt on to the
PGA Tour of Australasia for the remainder of the season, plus a further two
years.
Argyle Diamonds Ord Valley Muster
May 13 to 22
East Kimberley,
Australia’s North West
Set in the ancient
landscape of the Kimberley in WA’s North West, this year’s Argyle
Diamonds Ord Valley Muster features an exciting line-up of top
Australian culinary, music and entertainment luminaries. Former
Powderfinger frontman Bernard Fanning will perform alongside six-time ARIA
nominated Fremantle band San Cisco and country music singer-songwriter Troy
Casser Daley, while Masterchef Australia judge and decorated chef
and restauranteur George Colombaris will be leading the event’s culinary
creations at the Kimberley Kitchen and Durack
Homestead Dinner. A festival highlight, the Kimberley Moon
Experience concert will be staged under the stars alongside the banks
of the Ord River at the Jim Hughes Amphitheatre.
Mount Magnet Astro Rocks Fest
May 13 to 14
Mount Magnet,
Australia’s Golden Outback
The Mount Magnet
Astro Rocks Fest includes Aboriginal rock art workshops, rock collection
displays, astro photography viewing and presentations and night sky observing
with Aboriginal interpretation. There will also be science shows, an outdoor
cinema screening, children’s galactic displays and students’ astro art display.
Ningaloo Whale Shark Festival
May 26 to 29
Exmouth, Australia’s
Coral Coast
The Ningaloo
Whaleshark Festival is an annual event held in and around the town of
Exmouth. The festival celebrates the annual migration of the whale shark, its
conservation and the tourism industry it supports. It also provides an
opportunity for Exmouth to showcase its talents and raise awareness of its
various organisations and sporting clubs.
JUNE
Denmark Festival of Voice
June 3 to 5
Denmark, Australia’s
South West
Celebrating the human
voice, the Denmark Festival of Voice
features free community concerts and workshops, bringing together local,
national and international artists performing a cappella and accompanies by
choirs, ensembles and groups.
Jazz by the Bay
June 3 to 5
Dunsborough,
Australia’s South West
Jazz by the Bay delivers a
smorgasbord of talent - from trad and gypsy, to fusion and syncopated rhythm
artists. Free and ticketed community events will be held in the heart of
Dunsborough in WA’s Margaret River region. Visitors are urged to book their
accommodation in advance so they don’t miss out on this fun and exciting
weekend, featuring entertainers fresh from the Perth International Jazz Festival.
Pinjarra Festival
June 4 to 5
Pinjarra, Experience
Perth
With an exciting
arrangement of activities and live entertainment for both the young and old,
you do not want to miss the Pinjarra Festival. An entertaining line-up
of live performances, children's entertainment stage and face painting, art
exhibitions, amusement rides, food and wine tasting and market stalls, will
ensure the festival will be enjoyed by the entire family.
Mullewa Muster and Rodeo
June 4
Mullewa, Australia’s
Coral Coast
Come and experience the
red dust, rodeo action, country music and big skies in the outback at the
annual Mullewa Muster and Rodeo. As
well as giving away the biggest rodeo prize money in WA, the event will feature
an impressive lineup of country music artists including the Wolfe Brothers,
Jayne Denham Band, Renegade and Red Ochre.. There will also be bars,
burgers, oven pizzas, curries, salads, Asian cuisine and all the sweet things
available to visitors.
Leonora
Golden Gift
June 4 to 6
Leonora, Australia’s
Golden Outback
The small outback town
of Leonora will host Australia’s richest 1,600 metre foot race, the ‘Elite
Mile’, which attracts local, national and international competitors. A truly unique event held in the WA outback, the Leonora Golden Gift
is a weekend filled with fun and games for the whole family to enjoy.
Truffle
Kerfuffle
June 24 to 26
Manjimup, Australia’s
South West
The Truffle Kerfuffle
is an annual event highlighting regional food and wine. It's a celebration of
the range of cultures which brought about the ability to produce the foods
grown in the Southern Forests, the range of foods themselves, as well as a
focus on the black truffle. WA produces more black truffle than the rest of
Australia combined.
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