Joondalup Festival

Experience the weird, the wild and the wonderful with 22 days of shows and activities throughout the City of Joondalup that will tickle your fancy and whet your wonder. See the full program here: Click here!

Festival Highlights

Common People Dance Eisteddfod

• Date: 05 April 2025
• Time: 6.30pm – 8pm
• Location: Craigie Leisure Centre
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The fingerless gloves are off. Armed with hairspray, knee pads, and sweatbands, four teams of mighty suburban gladiators will meet on neutral territory to settle the score on the d-floor. This is just what it sounds like – a “friendly” dance battle royale… except with cheating condoned, sabotage allowed, and bribing required.

Water Dragons

• Date: 15 March 2025 – 05 April 2025 (Wednesday-Sunday only)
• Time: 6:30pm – 7:00pm | 8:00pm – 8:30pm
• Location: Hillarys Boat Harbour
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Three colossal dragons are set to snake their way to the waters of Hillarys Boat Harbour in a jaw-dropping WA premiere for Joondalup Festival. Watch in awe as the spiny 15-metre beasts – donned by jet-ski propelled puppeteers – glide ethereally through the harbour, complete with an epic light and soundscape.

Characters

• Date: 15 March 2025 – 05 April 2025
• Time: 10am – 4pm
• Location: Joondalup Contemporary Art Gallery
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From the mind of Australian Designer and Puppet Maker, Elias Ppiros, Characters is an interactive puppet-based exhibition combining puppetry, new found technology and interactivity. Utilising the key senses of sight, sound, touch and movement, Characters invites children and their families to explore the world of puppetry and character building in a tactile self-paced environment.