Perth International Arts Festival

The longest running annual international multi-arts festival in the southern hemisphere and one of the largest festivals in the world: 23 days of world-class theatre, circus, dance, contemporary and classical music, film, visual and public art, outdoor spectaculars, literature and free events.
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This period saw one of Australia’s most significant cultural transformations, boosting Perth Festival’s profile through record-breaking audiences, international premieres, and deep connections with Aboriginal artists.
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Artistic highlights:
- Commissioning/premiering Philip Glass's final three piano etudes.
- Exclusively presenting ENO/Met Opera's Madama Butterfly and Berliner Ensemble/Robert Wilson's Threepenny Opera.
​- Opening with an audience of 30,000 people dancing in the streets, as angels and two tonnes of feathers fell from the sky.
​-Closing with 1.4 million people walking with giants through the city centre.