For Arts Industry
We're backing WA artists and arts workers with free opportunities.
Our Arts Industry program offers opportunities for networking, knowledge sharing and ways to push your practice. We encourage cross-border collaboration and convergence by providing space for you to create connections with peers throughout our neighbouring region.
Our programs are aimed at artists, curators and collaborators making work in all art forms and those who do both.
Stay tuned for upcoming opportunities.
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Festival Lab
Festival Lab is an annual program that encourages participants to deeply engage with the Perth Festival program. Emerging artists from any discipline have the opportunity to link in with other emerging artists and experience the breadth of Festival offerings together. You'll have the chance to reflect on your artistic practice with an arts leader as your guide and navigator.
Scratch Night
The unconventional, collaborative and conceptual merge in this late-night variety show. These community-minded and laidback performances give three artists per night the chance to present and test out new ideas. Whether you have a seed for a solo show, give us a tight five of surreal comedy, debut a bold dance work or play out a puppetry piece – it all tracks. In the spirit of Perth’s indie champions, The Blue Room Theatre, this night is primed for your ideas. Any and all art-making genres can feature in this year’s Festival.
Workshops and Masterclasses
Expand your practice and spend some time learning from Festival artists in our workshops and masterclasses.
Connect Hub
Your favourite daytime spot to catch up on conversations and make connections throughout the Festival. The Perth Festival Connect Hub at Blue Room Theatre was our central place to drop-in or meet up, work on projects or collaborate on new ones.
Creative Conversations
We hosted six conversations in 2025 across a huge variety of topics with artists, directors and programmers from across the globe.
Industry Screenings
Our international cinema program hosts media and screen industry previews giving the Western Australian industry a chance to see new celebrated films before they screen to the public. Some screenings also feature Q&A's and curated talks with creators and local practitioners to join in thoughtful discussions throughout the cinema season.
Arts Industry Pass
Get priority booking, discounts and more! Passes are free for our fellow arts industry friends.
Stay tuned for 2026.