What's on: The best upcoming events in WA

From music festivals with ancient backdrops to contemporary light projections, here are the immersive exhibitions and performances you need to plug into your diary for 2022-23.

1. Cabin Fever

Cabin Fever returns to Margaret River with a 10-day program designed to be an expression of winter in the region: showcasing the food, drinks, and fun it is famed for. All up, there will be more than 40 events held between Busselton and Margaret River.

When: 15–24 July, 2022

Where: Various Margaret River Venues

Cabin Fever is designed to be an expression of winter in the region. (Image: Isolated Photography)

2. Shinju Matsuri

Shinju Matsuri is Japanese for ‘Festival of the Pearl’ and this annual event is a celebration of the many diverse cultures that shaped Broome during the peak of the pearling industry. Event highlights include a long-table dinner on Cable Beach and a parade that captures the colour and character of Broome.

When: 20 August – 4 September, 2022

Where: Broome

Shinju Matsuri is a celebration of the many diverse cultures that shaped Broome.

3. Tracks We Share: Contemporary Art of the Pilbara

This exhibition brings together the works of about 70 Indigenous artists from the Pilbara. It includes everything from paintings to works on paper, film, animation and carvings, while sharing profound cultural knowledge that has been passed down over thousands of years.

When: Ongoing until 28 August, 2022

Where: Art Gallery of Western Australia

This exhibition brings together the works of about 70 Indigenous artists from the Pilbara. (Image: Illyampi Victor Burton, Spinifex Hill Studio)

4. Illuminate: Timescapes

This permanent digital projection uses WA Museum’s Old Gaol as its canvas. Held daily, from sunset, the series also weaves together a collection of Indigenous narratives about ‘deep time’ and traditional knowledge.

When: Ongoing

Where: WA Museum Boola Bardip

This permanent digital projection uses WA Museum’s Old Gaol as its canvas. (Image: Sandpit Act 2)

5. Wave Rock Weekender

Dust off your fezzy boots and give Wave Rock Weekender a follow so you’re first in the queue for tickets when this year’s line-up drops. Last year, the festival organisers cast a wide net to procure acts such as Death by Denim and Arno Faraji to the weekend-long festival and camping experience at Wave Rock.

When: 23-26 September, 2022

Where: Hyden

Be first in the queue for tickets when this year’s line-up drops. (Image: Wave Rock Weekender)

6. Falls Festival

The Falls Festival 18+ gig is back bigger and better than ever before in 2023. Expect a lot from this year’s line-up which includes Amyl and the Sniffers, Spacey Jane, Arctic Monkeys, Genesis Owusu, Ocean Alley, Peggy Gou, Lil Nas X, and G Flip.

When: 7-8 January, 2023

Where: Fremantle

The Falls Festival 18+ gig is back bigger and better than ever before in 2023. (Image: Falls Festival)