Your Guide To What’s On In Perth This Weekend
Maddie Wallman
Contributor | Urban List
Ready to kickstart your weekend? We've tracked down your weekly heaping of good times in Perth/Boorloo.
Festivals, cheap eats, markets, and more are all ripe for the filling of that social calendar, and your stomach. The real question is how many of these can you fit into one week? Here are some of the best things to do this weekend in Perth.
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What's On Thursday
What's On Friday
What's On Saturday
What's On Sunday
What's On All Weekend
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What's On Thursday 29 January:
Thursday Set Menu at Si Paradiso
Si Paradiso just became the place to be on a Thursday night, with a very enticing midweek offer—a three-course set menu featuring some of Chef Larissa Goncalves best, all for just $40 a pop, perfect for lingering and grazing the night away.
Unlike your classic set menu, the Si team has built this one to be flexible. Kick things off with scallop and blood orange crudo and a lobster crespelle, before moving on to your choice of succulent pork spiedini with kimchi butter sauce or market fish spiedini with limoncello butter sauce, accompanied by either green goddess salad or a honey mustard insalata mix. Cap it off with your choice of pizza, and you’ve got the makings of a seriously good Thursday night. Want to kick things up a notch? Opt into the extras, like a dozen oysters or a scoop of Si Paradiso’s classic tiramisu for dessert.
Speaking of kicking things up a notch, they’re also flinging the cellar doors wide open and offering up their cellar list at 40% (and there’s some great chardys in there to get into). If you’ve been looking for an excuse to spend your Thursday over good food and great vino, this is it.
Bugs Alive Butterfly Garden Makers School Holiday Workshop at The Claremont Hotel
Thursday wraps up Claremont’s hands-on summer school holidays program with a fluttery finale. From 2-4pm, little nature lovers can create their very own butterfly garden while parents sit back with a tipple or two. No green thumb required.
What's On Friday 30 January:
Ninja Inflatables at Cathedral Square
Kids climbing up the walls during the last week of school holidays? Cathedral Square is about to become Perth’s bounciest boredom buster. This Friday, the lush lawn outside of the State Building is transforming into a full-blown inflatable obstacle course, with a dedicated space for toddlers, a multisport area, beanbags for parents, and more. Designed for kids aged 4-12, the fully-supervised play zone is set up to keep rugrats of all ages moving, laughing and learning, with free entry and a complimentary sweet treat to keep the sugar cravings at bay.
Fridays at Luis’ with Patrick Little at Lawson Flats
Step into the weekend to the smooth, soulful sounds of SHARI-VARI founder Patrick Little at Luis’. Behind the decks from 5 ‘til 9, the talented tastemaker will be serving up a globally inspired mix of jazz, soul and underground beats. Add in the daily happy hour appropriately dubbed HOURLY, DAILY, and your warm-up for the weekend is sorted with $3 oysters and bargain bubbles from 5-6pm
AFC Women’s Asian Cup Trophy Road Trip Launch at Scarborough Beach
There’s just one month to go until the AFC Women's Asian Cup Australia kicks off, but the celebrations are starting earlier at Scarborough Beach this Friday. Marking the first national stop of the Trophy Road Trip, it's a family-friendly festival of football, fun, culture and community. Try your soccer skills, see the trophy up close and personal, and meet the tournament mascot Naara, all set to the soundtrack of live tunes by local musos.
What's On Saturday 31 January:
Into The Dark at Hotel Rottnest
This is your very last chance to catch summer’s all-day-and-night island party. Each Friday and Saturday throughout January, Into The Dark has been taking over Hotel Rottnest, with DJs spinning from 11am, a live band hitting the stage at 4pm, and a very handy ferry ready to whisk you back to Freo at 9pm. Grab your crew, soak up the sun, dance into the evening and enjoy it all for free.
The Theory and Practice of Hospitality [A Long Lunch] at Lawson Flats
This Saturday at Lawson Flats, lunch is so much more than just a midday pitstop. Perth’s fav wine thinker and drinker Emma Farrelly is teaming up with barrister and long-lunch devotee Nick Van Hattem to tackle the ideas in Keith Waterhouse’s cult classic, The Theory and Practice of Lunch. Expect five carefully curated wines, a long-table feast and plenty of deep-dives into the art, etiquette and enjoyment of lunch.
What's On Sunday 1 February:
AFC Women’s Asian Cup 2026 Opening Ceremony with Audrey Nuna at Perth Stadium
If you've got a K-Pop Demon Hunters fan or a soccer fan in your household, you've just hit the jackpot. Hit Perth Stadium this Sunday for the AFC Women’s Asian Cup 2026 opening ceremony, featuring a performance by none other than Audrey Nuna who you may know as the voice of K-Pop Demon Hunter's Mira, ahead of the first match of the series between the Matildas and the Philippines. It's high stakes, high adrenaline, and highly likely to be the best AFC Women’s Asian Cup yet.
Laurent-Perrier Champagne Lunch at Bib & Tucker
Luxury lovers, listen up. For the final time, Bib & Tucker is throwing a boujee, beachside Laurent-Perrier Champagne lunch, pouring six premium champagnes alongside equally-impressive plates by executive chef Scott Bridger. Amongst the line-up is a rare bottle worth over $600, with a live sabrage moment (yep, opening a bottle with a literal sword) adding a bit of drama to the day. At $175 per person, it’s a splurge, but well worth it for this guided tasting of the world’s finest fizz.
Irish Family Day with The Broken Pokers at The Bentley
Keen to turn your Sunday green? The Bentley is bringing the Emerald Isle to Perth with a full day of shamrocks, shenanigans and serious craic. There'll be live toe-tapping Irish tunes by local legends The Broken Pokers, plus face painting, crafts and the recently reno’d playground to keep little leprechauns entertained. While the kids run amok, you can settle in for a proper Sunday feed (helloooo, giant Yorkie roast), best enjoyed with a pint of Guinness.
Disney Jr. Live at RAC Arena (Fri+Sat)
This weekend, Mickey, Minnie, Goofy, Ariel, the Puppy Dog Pals, and Ginny & Bitsy from SuperKitties are coming together for the quirkiest, more chaotic playdate you’ll ever see. When mysterious green weather tries to crash the party, Team Spidey swings in to turn chaos into giggles, dancing, music and magic. This one’s guaranteed to keep the kiddly-winks grinning from start to the finish, all without a screen in sight.
Disco Dinner at The Claremont Hotel (Fri+Sat)
Boogie down to Claremont every Friday and Saturday and get your groove on with The ‘Mont’s Disco Dinner. For $69 per person, you’ll get two hours of free-flowing bevvies (with an optional upgrade to include margies and martinis), alongside share plates of chicken skewers, dips, chips and calamari. DJs keep the disco beats spinning all night long, while you sip, snack and shake it on the side.
Fringe Festival
We’re officially one week into the wild, weird and wonderfully unhinged world of Fringe Festival 2026, and if you haven’t yet made it to a show, consider this your sequined sign. This year’s line-up is a riotous rollercoaster of sparkle, sass, stunts and stand-up, from the new and naughty show Hubba Hubba by the audacious Briefs crew, to London Calling’s one-hour tour of ol’ London town on the Tube. Get booking now before the final curtain call on February 15.
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