November in Perth: top events in your city this month

25 October 2026 · 9 min read · picks from Keen's live catalogue

Kings Park turns into a concert lawn for the month, with 5 Seconds of Summer, three nights of Jack Johnson and Dermot Kennedy in the one fortnight, BeerFest fills the Esplanade and Hilltop Hoods close a festival on the beach at Hillarys. Out of the hundreds of events on around Perth in November, these are the forty-odd we'd actually message the group chat about.

Every pick below links to its live page on Keen, with dates, prices and the ticket link. The links retire once an event is done, so if one tells you it's been and gone, that's the truth doing its job. For the always-current version, what's on in Perth is rebuilt from the catalogue nightly.

The big nights

5 Seconds of Summer: Everyone's a Star! World Tour

Kings Park, West Perth · Friday 6 November, gates 5pm

The homecoming lap lands on the Kings Park lawn. It plays rain or shine, picnics are welcome, umbrellas aren't, so bring a rug and the mate who still knows every word of the first album.

Jack Johnson: Surfilmusic Tour

Kings Park, West Perth · Tuesday 10 to Thursday 12 November

Three nights in the park with Ben Harper and John Butler as the guests, each playing solo and acoustic. Sunset, bare feet, and a whole hillside humming Better Together slightly out of time.

Men At Work

Fremantle Prison, Fremantle · Thursday 12 November, gates 5:30pm

Down Under and the rest, played inside the old prison yard. There is something very correct about singing that chorus behind limestone walls.

Dermot Kennedy: The Weight of the Woods Tour

Kings Park, West Perth · Saturday 14 November, doors 5pm

Big open-air ballads from the Irish singer, with the new album in tow. The Deck down the front is standing only; everywhere else, pick a patch of grass early.

Red Hot Summer Tour: Australian Crawl

Sandalford Wines, Caversham · Saturday 14 November, gates 12:30pm

Seven big Australian acts on the winery lawn all afternoon: Ella Hooper, Boom Crash Opera, Vika and Linda and Eskimo Joe on the way up to the Crawl. Book the bus.

Two Door Cinema Club: Tourist History 15th Anniversary

Perth HPC, Mt Claremont · Sunday 15 November, doors 6:45pm

The debut album played front to back, fifteen years on. A Sunday night of jumping around to What You Know is an acceptable way to end a weekend.

Castaway: Hilltop Hoods and more

Whitfords Nodes Park, Hillarys · Saturday 21 November, gates 1:30pm

A full day on the park by the beach: Birdland, Lyric, Trials, Playlunch, then Amy Shark, Violent Soho and Hilltop Hoods to close. The whole bill is Australian and the whole thing finishes by ten.

Dizzee Rascal: We Want Bass

Perth HPC, Mt Claremont · Thursday 26 November, doors 6pm

Grime's architect opens the Australian leg of the tour here, with Example on the bill. Bonkers, in a room that knows every word.

Guy Sebastian: 100 x Around Australia

Fremantle Prison, Fremantle · Saturday 28 November

A hundred-show lap of the country, this stop inside the prison walls. Two decades of hits, in a yard that was built to keep people in and will struggle to get them to leave.

The Pharcyde

Freo.Social, Fremantle · Sunday 29 November · 18+

Golden-era hip-hop from the people who made it, Passin' Me By included, in a Sunday-night room. A second show at the Rechabite follows on the Monday.

On stage

The Book of Mormon

Crown Theatre Perth, Burswood · playing through to 29 November

The filthiest, funniest musical on the circuit, back for a Perth season that runs out at the end of the month. Last time we said don't bring your nan unless your nan is very cool. Still stands. There's an Auslan-interpreted performance on Sunday 15 November.

Dirty Dancing in Concert

Riverside Theatre, Perth · Saturday 14 November

The whole film on the big screen with a live band and singers playing the soundtrack underneath it. Someone in your row will attempt the lift. Let them.

Jacky

Subiaco Arts Centre, Subiaco · until Sunday 8 November

A sharp, funny new play about a young Aboriginal man working every angle of the gig economy, until his little brother turns up from home. Last week of the run.

Queer Anthems with Queency and the Resonance Jazz Orchestra

The Rechabite, Northbridge · Sunday 8 November

WAYJO's 18-piece big band turns Gloria Gaynor, The Weather Girls, Madonna, ABBA and Kylie into brass, with Queency out front. Pride, power and pop, at $33.

WAYJO End of Year Finale

Quarry Amphitheatre, City Beach · Saturday 28 November

All three of WAYJO's auditioned big bands under the stars at the Quarry to close the season. Picnic on your knees, $40, jazz until the stars are properly out.

Comedy

Sammy Obeid: Perfect for Perth!

The Rechabite, Northbridge · Thursday 5 November

The Wit Supremacy tour: cultural observations and maths comparisons in the one set, which is rarer than it sounds. The 6:30pm show went so well an 8:30pm was added.

David Nihill: Taking Tangents

The Rechabite, Northbridge · Wednesday 11 November

An Irishman who has lived in twelve countries riffing on travel, language and being lost abroad. Doors 7pm in the hall.

Rove McManus Live!

The Seasonal Brewing Co., Maylands · Saturday 14 November

Fresh off winning Taskmaster, Rove headlines his favourite Perth pub, with Gill Cordiner hosting and special guests dropping by. $46 and these sell out, so don't sit on it.

Isaac Butterfield: Armageddon

Fremantle Town Hall, Fremantle · Sunday 15 November · 18+

His biggest tour yet, with nothing off limits. Not one for the easily offended, which is rather the point.

Lucas Zelnick

The Rechabite, Northbridge · Monday 16 November

Sharp New York stand-up taking aim at his own privilege. A second show on the Tuesday tells you how the first one went.

Kunal Kamra: Live in Perth

Oasis Comedy Club, Perth · Saturday 21 November, 7:30pm

Sharp, political stand-up from a name people travel for. $66, and worth it for the mate who argues about the news.

Khaled Khalafalla: The Let Me Take You There Tour

The Rechabite, Northbridge · Sunday 22 November

Sold out across the country already, a new show that evolves to meet the moment, mostly clean. A 3:30pm matinee was added when the evening went.

Food and drink

Fremantle BeerFest 2026

Esplanade Park, Fremantle · Friday 13 and Saturday 14 November

WA's best drinks producers, street food and three sessions across two days, with Birds of Tokyo on the Friday night and RubyHoo and San Cisco on the Saturday. Comedy at every session, and a Beer Olympics for the competitive.

The Windsor's Melbourne Cup Garden Party

The Windsor Hotel, South Perth · Tuesday 3 November, 11am to 4pm

Cup Day isn't a holiday over here and the race goes at midday Perth time, so take the long lunch: roaming canapes, bottomless bubbles and beer for the first hour, best-dressed prizes and a DJ after the race. $95.

Twilight Food Market

Forrest Place, Perth · Friday nights all month Free

Perth's original and largest street-food market takes over Forrest Place every Friday night through summer. Free to wander in, hard on the wallet once you smell it.

Ocean Beach Hotel Muster 2026

Ocean Beach Hotel, Cottesloe · Saturday 28 November, from 2pm

Cottesloe's biggest day off: line dancing, bucking bull rides, live country music and DJs by the beach. $20 in and dust off the boots.

Markets and days out

Canning Show 2026

Cannington Exhibition Centre and Showgrounds, Cannington · Friday 6 and Saturday 7 November

Farm animals, showbags, rides and fireworks, two nights running. Tickets are flexible across both days, so the Friday washout isn't the end of it.

Leedy Art Fest Vol. III

The Leederville Precinct, Leederville · Sunday 8 November

Forty local makers take over the whole precinct and Electric Lane for the third year running. Brunch first, then wander.

Fashion Thrift Society Perth

Claremont Showground, Claremont · Sunday 8 November

Two hundred stalls of vintage in the Robinson Pavilion, with food trucks and a DJ going all day. Bring a tote bag and someone honest.

Wardarnji Festival 2026

Esplanade Park, Fremantle · Saturday 28 November, from 4pm Free

Nyoongar dance, song and storytelling as the sun drops over the park, with food and stalls around the edges. Free, and the kind of evening Freo does best.

Rio Tinto Christmas Lights Trail

Perth CBD · from Friday 27 November Free

Twenty-two light installations across the city's malls, streets and parks for 31 nights. Walk it after dinner on the last Friday of the month; it's the earliest acceptable moment to start Christmas.

Free, and on all month

Tim Burns: The Kinetic Moments

Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth · all month, to 28 February Free

Six decades of a restless WA-born conceptual artist, and his first solo show in a state gallery. Entry is free, so there's no excuse for the wet Sunday.

No night is long enough for us to dream twice

Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth · all month, to 31 January Free

Nine artists pushing photography and video well past the documentary, under a title borrowed from the poet Mahmoud Darwish. See it on the same visit as the one above.

X-Press Magazine: 41 Years on the Streets

State Library of Western Australia, Perth · until Monday 30 November Free

Forty-one years of Perth gig posters, nightlife and street press, from a first edition in 1985 to the bible it became. Last month to see it, and a good argument with the mate who insists the scene was better back then.

Late ones

SIDEPIECE + Matroda

Ice Cream Factory, Northbridge · Friday 13 November

Two of the biggest names in modern house music in a warehouse on a Friday the 13th. Nothing unlucky about it.

House CLTR: Miguel Campbell

Port Beach Brewery, North Fremantle · Friday 13 November

Deep house on an open-air terrace by the beach, phones away. House CLTR's last few Perth nights sold out, so $23 is a bargain for the same night as the one above.

Concord Dawn

Red Hill Auditorium, Red Hill · Saturday 14 November · 18+

Drum and bass outdoors with the city lights spread out below. Saturday nights at Red Hill are back for summer and this is the one to start on.

Pride at Connections: with Janice Robinson

Connections Nightclub, Northbridge · Saturday 28 November

Pridefest closes the way it should: drag shows on the terrace early, the voice behind Dreamer live, and dancing until dawn. $42.

Something different

The Jury Experience: The Million Dollar Murder

Perth Modern School, Subiaco · from Saturday 21 November

You've been called for jury duty. Listen to the testimony, weigh the evidence, and deliver a verdict that is genuinely yours. Dinner afterwards to argue about whether you got it right.

Edgar Allan Poe Speakeasy

Perth Town Hall, Perth · Thursday 19 November · 18+

Four Poe stories staged live, with four cocktails to match, over ninety minutes of dark literature. Pick something strong for the last story.

Candlelight Open Air: Ed Sheeran Meets Coldplay

Quarry Amphitheatre, City Beach · from Saturday 21 November

The candlelight series takes the strings outdoors: Ed Sheeran and Coldplay rearranged for a quartet in the quarry, under actual stars. $37 and one for the person you're trying to impress.

Bingo Loco

Freo.Social, Fremantle · from Saturday 14 November · 18+

Bingo turned into a rave, with dance-offs and confetti. Go ironically; you won't be by the third round.

Worth the drive

Pair'd Margaret River Region

Howard Park Wines and venues across the region, Cowaramup · Thursday 19 to Sunday 22 November

Thirty-five experiences of wine, food and coastline across one long weekend down south. Book the accommodation first, then the dinners, then argue about who's driving.

Blues at Bridgetown

Bridgetown · Friday 13 to Sunday 15 November

Three days of acoustic and electric blues spilling out of every stage and pub in town, plus a street party down the main road. Established legends and new names on the same weekend.

Carrying the Fire

Middleton Beach, Albany · Saturday 7 November, from 6pm Free

Thousands of handmade lanterns glowing along the Great Southern coast from Emu Point to Middleton Beach. A long drive for a couple of hours of light, and the kind of thing you'll still be talking about at Christmas.

The part where you actually go

That's the list. The gap between reading it and standing in one of those rooms is the same as ever: someone has to pick a date and make the call.

That's the job Keen does. The quickest way in is Find a time: pick two or three dates that could work, add an idea or two from this page, and drop one link in the group chat. Everyone answers from their browser, no app and no account needed. You see which date wins, tap once, and it's a real plan with RSVPs and a chat of its own.

And once your mates are on Keen too, it starts doing the noticing for you: everyone marks the nights they're free, and when yours line up, Keen tells you, along with what's on that actually suits the crew. There's no public holiday in WA this month, so the weekends have to do the heavy lifting; better to know which ones are free now.

November's forty-odd best excuses are above. Pick one, name a night, and send the message.

Keen. Made in Melbourne, live across Australia.