Your Week: Music, comedy and a gin festival all taking place this week in Perth

Ginuary

Tomorrow, 5pm to 9pm, Perth City Farm, Perth

Some of WA’s top gin distilleries are coming together for this new craft gin festival created by Variety, the Children’s Charity of WA. Sample gins from Beyond Distilling, Rainfall Distillery and Wild Roads. Visitors will also have the opportunity to sample an exclusive small batch of mango gin by former AFL star and distiller Chris Masten, and distiller Greg Garnish. Visitors will enjoy the variety of gins while snacking on canapes and enjoying a live saxophonist and DJ.

Tickets $133.75, from Humantix

Focus: First Nation Films

Today, 4pm to 8.30pm and tomorrow, 5pm to 8.30pm, Walyalup Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle

Catch screenings of short and feature-length films as well as talks, in this event which is part of the City of Fremantle’s Truth Telling Program. On the Saturday, author and human rights advocate Thomas Mayo will give a keynote address about what a reconciled Australia could look like in 2050. This will be followed by short film Babanil and feature film Wash My Soul In The River’s Flow. On Sunday, there will be a screening of short film Babakiueria and feature film Genocide In The Wildflower State followed by a panel discussion between Yokai and Bringing Them Home WA Inc.

Free, bookings essential via wfac.org.au

Hancock Prospecting Australia Day

Monday January 26, 3pm to 9.30pm, Langley Park, Perth

Stretched over a kilometre, there is plenty of family-friendly fun to be had at this City of Perth event. There will be roving entertainment, food trucks, amusement rides, games and at 8.30pm, a combined drone and fireworks display over the Swan River.

Free

David Byrne Who Is The Sky Tour

Tuesday January 27, 8pm, RAC Arena, Perth

US musician, writer, visual artist and former frontman of the art rock legends Talking Heads, David Byrne is coming to town. Touring his Who Is The Sky album, his first new music since 2018’s American Utopia, expect to see a legend of the avant-garde present a theatrical concert full of surprises.

Tickets $149.90 to $199.90 from Ticketek

Penny’s Pot Luck Party

January 29 to 31, 6.30pm (6pm on Saturday), Terrace Greenhouse, South Fremantle

A late-night cabaret show that is taking place at the very reasonable time of 6.30pm (6pm on Saturday). Join singer Penny Shaw, pianist Tommaso Pollio and a selection of guest stars in this show of songs, stories and surprises. Audience members help guide the direction of the show by stirring the pot and drawing out a variety of mystery ingredients that determine the evening’s entertainment.

Tickets $29 to $35 from fringeworld.com.au.

Tom Gleeson Out of Touch

January 30 and 31, various times, Regal Theatre, Subiaco

Tom Gleeson is a familiar face on TV screens as host of Hard Quiz and Taskmaster Australia. He’s won a Gold Logie and performed everywhere from the Sydney Opera House to RSLs in the middle of nowhere. Problem is, he’s become so famous he’s completely out of touch. He is imploring people to come along to this show to take him down a peg.

Tickets $69-$79 from Ticketek.