Arts Scene Around Freo

Welcome to our feature – Arts Scene Around Freo – compiled by our Arts Editor, Gayle O’Leary. Here we will bring to your attention community Arts events happening around Freo – visual arts, live performances, music gigs of various sorts, you name it. Each week we will post Arts Scene on our homepage as well as in The Weekly Edition. If you’d like to have your event included, let Gayle know!

So, what’s happening this week?

HSBC Spanish and Latin American Film Festival

11 June – 1 July 2026

¡Viva la fiesta!

The 2026 HSBC Spanish and Latin American Film Festival presented by Palace returns 11 June – 1 July with a curated selection of films from Spain and Latin America set to screen Luna Cinemas Leederville and Luna on SX.

This year’s festival includes award-winning dramas, a rom-com starring one of the most well-known Latin American actors, a historical epic, salsa documentary, and more!

Luna SX Fremantle

https://lunapalace.com.au/festivals/spanish-latin-ff

Ochre Paintings

12 June – 12 July 2026

Lorraine Daylight learned her painting skills from senior artists Jack Britten and Hector Jandany, and from her father Gordon Barney. Much of Lorraine’s stories and inspiration comes from her family’s country on Texas Downs Station, on country called Ngarrgooroon. These stories are creation accounts from Ngarranggarni, the Dreaming creation time.

Lorraine also paints Birnoo, on Alice Downs Station, country that belonged to Lorraine’s paternal grandmother. Lorraine was taught to paint this Country by her father, Warmun artist Gordon Barney. Gordon was a skilled stockman, and spent much of his early adulthood mustering cattle through this area. As a result he was familiar with Birnoo and would take his family, including Lorraine, out on to Country during holidays from station work. So Lorraine learned about her father and grandmother’s Country and gradually began to paint it herself. This area is rich in ochre, so these trips could double as ochre collection trips, returning to Warmun with a fresh connection to Country and a renewed batch of ochre. The exhibition of Lorraine Daylight paintings is presented in association with Warmun Art Centre and all works are open to view at Japingka Gallery from 12 June – 12 July 2026.

Also featured at the gallery are paintings by senior artists of the East Kimberley including Freddie Timms, Queenie McKenzie, Jack Britten, Rover Thomas, Gordon Barney and Hector Jandanay.

Japingka Art Gallery 47 High Street, Fremantle

https://japingkaaboriginalart.com/collections/lorraine-daylight-ochre-paintings/

ECHOES AND FRAGMENTS 
JMGA WA Members Exhibition 2026 

17 – 28 June 2026

Opening Night: Wednesday 17 June 2026, 6pm
Exhibition Dates: Thursday 18 June – Sunday 28 June 2026

Gallery Hours: 10am – 4pm daily

The Jewellers and Metalsmiths Group of Australia WA (JMGA WA) presents Echoes and Fragments, a contemporary jewellery and object exhibition bringing together works by 28 artists from across Western Australia and beyond.

Held at Earlywork Gallery in South Fremantle from 17–28 June, the exhibition explores how memory, heritage and personal narrative are carried through material and form. Through jewellery, wearable works and sculptural objects, artists respond to themes of identity, place, environment and human connection.

This is the first time JMGA WA has exhibited at Earlywork Gallery, bringing together an exciting cross-section of practices ranging from emerging makers and students to established and internationally recognised contemporary jewellers.

Artist’s work across a diverse range of materials including precious metals, gemstones, enamel, found objects, textiles, recycled materials and driftwood.

Featured artists include Geraldton-based artist Josaphine Mascaro, whose work reflects on the overlooked histories of women in the Pilbara, Kensington contemporary jeweller Robin Wells, whose wearable work responds to the fragmentation of Banksia woodlands, and Sarah Elson (image above) works from her studio in Coolbellup, creating cast metal works exploring transformation and resilience through repurposed materials.

Among the 28 artists involved, there are a number from the Fremantle area: Tineke Van der Eecken and Kate Sale are in Fremantle, Jane McIntyre in Hamilton Hill, Sam Farmer in Whitegum Valley as well as Sarah Elson in Coolbellup.

The exhibition also includes sponsored awards recognising conceptual development, technical excellence, innovative use of materials and a People’s Choice Award.

Earlywork Gallery, Shop 9 The Biscuit Factory, 330 South Terrace, South Fremantle 

 http://www.jmgawa.com.au

LINO PRINT EXHIBITION

Friday 26 June 5:30pm - 8:30pm

HANDMADE ORIGINALS FOR SALE BY EMERGING ARTISTS 

TIME TO MINGLE
ALL WORK 44 DOLLAZ
EVERYONE WELCOME
RELAXED VIBE
BAR OPEN
ONE NIGHT ONLY
DISCO TUNES
AMANTE + CO, SOUTH TCE, FREMANTLE

https://carleyoneilart.com/

https://events.humanitix.com/lino-print-exhibition

Freocast Birthday Fundraiser

Friday 26 June 5:30pm – 11:55pm

Huge Birthday Party Celebrations

Freocast Birthday Party Fundraiser

Come along, dance, smile and help keep them strong!

Freocast parties are the best!

Freocast is turning 3 and having a party to celebrate and raise some funds to keep them strong.

Friday 26/06 at The Buff (full takeover)

Upstairs

• Larry D

• Rok Riley

• CAMY

• Altona Sound System

Downstairs

• Stay Lit Crew

• Miss Cara

• Arthur – Unlock The Funk

• Mark! IRL

Tix on sale 9am Friday – link in bio

$15+bf Early Bird tickets available this weekend only

GA – $25+bf

Friends of Freocast – $20+bf

Limited Door Sales

AND – Celebrating the launch of the new Freocast Website, App and Brand

Freocast is growing up!!

Freocast events are a safe space for all. If you feel threatened, intimidated, harassed or unsafe while attending this event, please let venue staff know.

Fremantle Buffalo Club

https://events.humanitix.com/freocastbirthdayparty

Into The Woods – John Curtin College of the Arts

27 June – 1 July 2026

What happens after “happily ever after”? Journey into a world where fairy tales collide in Stephen Sondheim’s spellbinding musical. With unforgettable songs, sharp wit, and a story that explores wishes, family, and consequences, Into the Woods is a theatrical experience you won’t want to miss.

John Curtin College of the Arts 90 Ellen Street, Fremantle

https://www.jc.wa.edu.au/event/into-the-woods/

Season Songbirds

Sunday 28 June 3pm – 6:30pm

Season Songbirds is a gig series designed to showcase and support female creatives from Western Australia. Inspired by the Nashville Bluebird Café “songwriters in the round” format, each event features four female singer-songwriters sharing original songs and the stories behind them in an intimate, acoustic, seated setting.

Each event also features one female visual artist, who designs the event poster and is highlighted during the gig.

The series has a strong community focus. Across all events, attendees are encouraged to donate to a selected women-focused organisation, and 10% of proceeds from each gig are allocated to this fundraising effort.

Season Songbirds – Winter edition featuring:

Georgina Dacheff is an indie-folk musician and singer-songwriter from Perth, Western Australia. Her work is grounded in lived experience, with songwriting that explores the journey of returning to inner balance.

Gina Bella “Originally from Zimbabwe, Gina Bella is a Perth-based singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist blending soul, R&B, and jazz influences into a sound that is both smooth and heartfelt.

Sarah C Sands For Sarah C Sands, her country music roots run deep. Passed from her father to her and her many siblings, she combines heartfelt storytelling with catchy, upbeat, toe-tapping tunes and an ever present sense of humour.

Oakabella Mae is a queer non-binary singer songwriter based in Boorloo Perth, creating experimental and genre gender-bending narratives with folk roots. Often tackling systemic issues from a social justice standpoint, they’ll leave you with thought-provoking lyrics and ear worm melodies. 

Artist in focus: Black Betty – “As a mother, artist and menstruality mentor, my aim is to express the beauty, rawness and complexity of being a woman and single mother through my work, whilst also honouring the cycles within us. Women are cyclical by nature – our bodies, emotions, and energies ebb and flow in rhythms that deserve to be honoured and heard, not suppressed.

10% of proceeds donated to: Luma is a not-for-profit organisation specialising in women’s health and wellbeing. Luma provide a variety of women focussed support groups are which are open, low-commitment and welcoming places to drop-in, meet other women and discuss life experiences, habits and goals. Luma have four locations in Perth. Luma consists of a variety of expert support staff and services range from counsellors, art therapists, general practitioners to mental health workers, psychologists and social workers. They believe that every woman should have access to high-quality healthcare.

Food and drinks – The bar will be open and there will be Pizza available for purchase.

Children – children welcome, under 13 free with adult. Please be mindful that this is a listening setting.

Parking – street parking available. Fremantle train station is the nearest station.

Hybrid Warehouse

https://events.humanitix.com/season-songbirds-zskgk73s

Chilli Jam Open Mic #17

Friday 3 July 6:30pm – 8:30pm

Chilli Jam Open Mic is back on the first Friday of Jul 2026 – join us for good vibes, great people, and an incredible lineup of diverse performers!

We’ll bring together diverse voices, including both established and emerging creatives, for a night of celebration, resistance, and community at the Fremantle Fibonacci Centre!

Express your interest in performing at this link by 19 Jun 2026, and we’ll let you know if you’re up. Performers who are selected don’t need to buy tickets.

Two open mic slots for poets and storytellers will also be available on the door for attendees with tickets.

The Fibonacci Centre is wheelchair accessible and has a wheelchair accessible toilet. Refreshments (including alcohol and soft drinks) will be available for purchase at the bar.

Notes:

• This event is 13+. All under-18s must be accompanied by a responsible adult.

• Please be aware that due to the nature of this event, performances may include confronting topics.

Fremantle Fibonacci Centre 19 Blinco Street

https://events.humanitix.com/chilli-jam-open-mic-17?hxchl=hex-pfl

This Ungodly Hour

Wednesday 8 July 7pm – 8pm

This Ungodly Hour is a variety show in the heart of Fremantle.

Comedy – Music – Drag – Dance – Burlesque – Cabaret

All for $10!

This is an 18+ event.

Interested in performing? Fill out the form here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeqd6uYR4S-j7Io1mLDZH0SsSh9Qb7XaE959HXEZkb6G2g4Bw/viewform?usp=publish-editor

Ode to Sirens, 25 High Street, Fremantle

https://events.humanitix.com/this-ungodly-hour

Worlds Within a World – Panel Discussion

Thursday 9 July 6:30pm – 8:30pm

How do you inhabit multiple worlds at the same time? Five First Nations women show what it is like to navigate challenges and deprivations while staying connected to Country and the world’s oldest living culture.

They recount memories of growing up – as members of the Stolen Generations, in an adopted family, or within loving families shadowed by adversity. With honesty and courage, these women show how education and cultural connection can transform lives. The reflections in these stories are an invitation to learn from the past. Their contribution to truth-telling will inspire and guide future generations.

Featuring contributions from:

Carol Foley (Yamatji Noongar), Deborah Green (Yamatji), Barb Hostalek (Yawuru Gija / Territorian, Czech and Greek), Lois May (Ballardong Noongar), and Valerie Swift (Minang Ngadju).

Fremantle Library 151 High Street, Fremantle

https://events.humanitix.com/worlds-within-a-world-panel-discussion

Alexandr Misko – The International Guitar Sensation LIVE at Fremantle Town Hall (Second Show by Popular Demand)

21 & 22 July 7:30pm – 9:30pm

The international guitar sensation brings his groundbreaking stage show to Australian shores for the very first time!

Show #1 SOLD OUT

Show #2 by popular demand!

📍 July 21 & 22 at Fremantle Town Hall

• 7:00pm doors / 7:30pm show

• Seated Concert

• FAMILY FRIENDLY with $25 tickets for under 18s

Hailed as “the future of guitar” (Total Guitar), Misko is a globally renowned virtuoso known for his jaw-dropping technique, emotional depth, and genre-defying style. Fusing classical precision with elements of jazz, rock, and modern fingerstyle, his performances are both technically astonishing and deeply moving.

Misko’s self-taught, boundary-pushing approach has captivated millions online, earning him a massive global following and praise from some of the world’s top music publications. With lightning-fast fingerpicking, percussive tapping, and masterful arrangements, he transforms a single acoustic guitar into an entire musical universe — live and without loops.

A must-see for fans of instrumental brilliance, next-level guitar playing, and world-class musical storytelling!

City of Fremantle Town Hall 151 High Street, Fremantle

https://events.humanitix.com/alexandr-misko-the-international-guitar-sensation-live-at-fremantle-town-hall-second-show-by-popular-demand/tickets

Storytellers Residency: A Story That Could Be True

Thursday 30 July 6pm – 9pm

Oral Storytelling at Moore and Moore Cafe

Welcome to A Story That Could Be True, as we continue the journey, bringing the art of traditional oral storytelling to a contemporary audience.

In residency this month Leon Cossar joins us from Victoria, bringing the story of Ivan and The Grey Wolf.

An old idea suggests that in times of trouble the directives needed to find a genuine way forward can’t be found at the centre, because the centre can’t be located. 

Myth points to the hero/heroine as the energy that journeys out to the far edge and returns with the regenerative principle that can revivify and reestablish the centre.

We might be living in such times…

So let’s turn to a Russian folktale that speaks to us in an old dream language: of golden apples, firebirds, grey wolves, horses with golden manes and the woman of soul at the edge of the world. 

It’s a story of loss, adventure, sacrifice, trickery, wonder, betrayal and love. It’s a story that could be true…

About the Storyteller:

Leon Cossar M.A is an Australian poet, mythologist, storyteller, and leading teacher in the field of rites of passage. His work centres around the perennial question that has troubled cultures across time: What to do with the men? 

Bringing a multi-disciplinary approach – ranging from anthropology, philosophy, mythology, and history – Leonexplores the question in a manner that is simultaneously captivating and provocative.

Through speaking engagements, online and in-person courses, Leon seeks to educate individuals, communities, and organisations about the importance of meaningful, timely and appropriate rites of passage for boys and men.

Moore and Moore Cafe, Henry Street, Fremantle

https://events.humanitix.com/story-that-could-be-true

If there’s any missed local shows and events that are about to open, do make sure to email Gayle so we can include your show, event, gig.

* Arts Scene Around Freo is compiled by our Arts Editor, Gayle O’Leary. If you’d like your community event listed  email Gayle here.

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