Besides boasting Russian theatre, award-winning giants of literature, a multi-player video theatre and a life-size bouncy castle Stonehenge, the 2014 Perth International Arts Festival will also be bringing punters some of the finest musical acts touring today, including The National.
The organisers of the 62nd Perth Festival pride themselves on offering a diverse program of arts and music, catering what is a “quintessentially Western Australian experience” into what can appeal to the palettes of all music lovers, theatre aficionados, bookworms, and art admirers.
In 2014, the longest-running annual multi-arts celebration in the Southern Hemisphere will be celebrating its 62nd year in style with Brooklyn-based five-piece The National, who’ll be wowing Perth Festival audiences with their lush textures and ethereal sonics.
The eclectic selection of music, taking place over 24 nights, continues with a set by soul legend Booker T Jones, as he celebrates one of the most undisputedly classic discographies in rhythm & blues and indeed, in the pantheon of modern music.
The band that introduced a new, siren-like urgency into the realm of hip-hop, changing the game for all artists who came after, rap royalty Public Enemy, will likewise be trekking Down Under to introduce a new generation to one of the hardest, loudest, and rawest discographies in music.
Meanwhile indie fans are catered for with sets by Canadian six-piece Austra, the Austin-based Okkervil River, and Australia’s own The Basics, featuring Aus-pop royalty Wally De Backer, better known to the world as Gotye.
There’s also plenty more for soul and jazz fans, with performances by Charles Bradley and Roy Ayers, hip-hop heads with sets by DJ Shadow and DJ Food, as well as everything in between. Check below for the full Perth Festival 2014 contemporary music lineup.
Perth Festival 2014 Contemporary Music Lineup
Booker T Jones: Thursday, 6th February 2014
#Together feat. Ta-Ku: Saturday, 8th February 2014
The Basics: Sunday, 9th February 2014
Julia Holter: Monday, 10th February 2014
100 Million Nights: Tuesday, 11th February 2014
Ialaru: A Celebration: Wednesday, 12th February 2014
Ladi6 + Home Brew: Thursday, 13th February 2014
The National: Friday, 14th February 2014
Husky: Friday, 14th February 2014
DJ Shadow: Saturday, 15th February 2014
Ebony Bones: Sunday, 16th February 2014
Austra: Monday, 17th February 2014
DJ Food, DJ Cheeba & DJ Moneyshot: Tuesday, 18th February 2014
Okkervil River: Wednesday, 19th February 2014
Olafur Arnalds + Keaton Henson: Thursday, 20th February 2014
Daughn Gibson + Owl Eyes: Friday, 21st February 2014
Pond, AAA Aardvark Getdown Services, Felicity Groom, The Silents: Saturday, 22nd February 2014
Altan: Sunday, 23rd February 2014
Wire: Monday, 24th February 2014
Charles Bradley: Tuesday, 25th February 2014
Madeleine Peyroux: Wednesday, 26th February 2014
Robert Glasper Experiment feat. Roy Ayers: Thursday, 27th February 2014
Public Enemy: Friday, 28th February 2014
Mikhael Paskalev: Saturday, 1st March 2014
