{"id":77546,"date":"2026-08-21T19:35:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T19:35:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/77546\/"},"modified":"2026-08-21T19:35:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T19:35:14","slug":"perth-events-the-best-august-events-including-come-alive-cinefestoz-and-perth-gin-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/77546\/","title":{"rendered":"Perth events: The best August events including Come Alive!, CinefestOZ and Perth Gin Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"

From a gin festival to a circus spectacular, these are some of the best ways to be entertained this week.<\/p>\n

Go West with Debbie Gibson<\/p>\n

Tuesday August 25, 7.30pm, Astor Theatre, Mt Lawley<\/p>\n

The group behind hits like King Of Wishful Thinking is teaming up with the 80s pop princess (Foolish Beat, Lost In Your Eyes) for a night of nostalgic classics.<\/p>\n

Tickets from $99.90 from Ticketek<\/p>\n

\"DebbieCamera IconDebbie Gibson is playing the Astor Theatre on August 25. Credit: Nick Spanos<\/p>\n

COME ALIVE! The Greatest Showman Circus Spectacular<\/p>\n

Thursday August 27 to Saturday October 10, various times, Crown Theatre, Burswood<\/p>\n

Expect a spectacle of music, circus, dance and acrobatics in this high-energy stage show inspired by the music of the 2017 Hugh Jackman film The Greatest Showman. Des Flanagan and Ruby Clark lead the cast of this local version of the hit UK production, which comes alive inside a purpose-built hippodrome.<\/p>\n

Tickets from $69 from Ticketek<\/p>\n

Perth Gin Festival<\/p>\n

Friday August 28 to Sunday August 30, various times, Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre<\/p>\n

With the festival now in its sixth year, indulge in tastings from 40 of Australia\u2019s top distillers, take a masterclass, and hear from the people behind the brands at the various sessions on offer over the weekend.<\/p>\n

Tickets from $73.72 from ginevents.com.au<\/p>\n

Vera Blue<\/p>\n

Friday August 28, 7pm, The Rechabite, Northbridge<\/p>\n

The acclaimed Aussie singer best known by her stage name Vera Blue \u2014 plays her first headline tour since 2022 to support new album Modern Rituals, which was released this week(Aug 21).<\/p>\n

Tickets $75.23 from Moshtix<\/p>\n

\"VeraCamera IconVera Blue is at The Rechabite on August 28. Credit: Supplied<\/p>\n

CinefestOZ<\/p>\n

Friday August 28 to September 6, venues across the South West<\/p>\n

Now in its 19th year, WA\u2019s biggest film festival returns to the South West with more than 100 movies, documentaries and television series on the program, as well as an array of talks, exclusive viewing experiences, and other events.<\/p>\n

Free and ticketed events. See cinefestoz.com<\/p>\n

\"TheCamera IconThe CinefestOZ film festival is now in its 19th year. Credit: Supplied<\/p>\n

JazzConnect<\/p>\n

Friday August 28 to Sunday August 30, venues across Scarborough<\/p>\n

The Scarborough Beach foreshore precinct is set to host 20 beachside jazz performances, from sunset concerts to morning coffee sessions and late-night sets. Participating artists include the Harry Mitchell Trio, the Catherine Summers Quartet, De Cuba Son, and The Basilios.<\/p>\n

Free and ticketed events. See jazzconnect.com.au<\/p>\n

\"ExperienceCamera IconExperience JazzConnect at the Scarborough Beach foreshore this month. Credit: Brand Aid Productions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"From a gin festival to a circus spectacular, these are some of the best ways to be entertained…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":77547,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[5061,925,335],"class_list":["post-77546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-perth","tag-arts","tag-entertainment","tag-perth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77546","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77546"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77546\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}