Perth Rocks !!!
Rock'n'Roll dance, music and venues in Perth, Western Australia
Keeping WA Rockers informed, fit and healthy !!!

We need your input, feedback and up-to-date info on what is happening  - so email us (Celia and Josef) on perthrocks@optusnet.com.au. If your event, band, venue, dance school, festival, workshop or gear is not listed, email us your details, photos, links and  contact information. We will not be trawling the net for this data (we also have a life and day jobs like you guys).

Perth always rocks !!

"The Blues Had A Baby And They Named It Rock And Roll" - Muddy Waters
"If you tried to give rock and roll another name, you might call it 'Chuck Berry'"- John Lennon
"Nothing against the Louvre. But you can't dance to DaVinci" - Stax Museum of American Soul Music
"You can stop the show, but you can't stop rock'n'roll" - Alan Freed
 

Breaking News and Views

For critique, pics and comments from last night's Great Balls of Fire - Jerry Lee Lewis Tribute show @ DeVille's see Recent Events below or use menu above to jump to the section.   This will be the first fundraiser for the new Perth Nostalgia Festival. Let's support it and see the festival get off the ground to a great start! The event is Movie and Dance @ the Astor. The Sunday matinee will be on 26th October at 3pm. There will be floor shows, a rnr movie TBA, drinks and dancing and The Roadmasters will be playing for 2 hours afterwards. The cost is $25pp in advance and $30 at the door. All proceeds toward raising funds for the festival. Help spread the word so we can put on a great festival. For tickets phone 0407 996 261.   Do you want to have input into the development of the new Perth Nostalgia Festival? You can't complain afterwards if you're not willing to put in the time to attend the meetings. Now is your chance to influence what Perth puts on. The next meeting is at Frenchy's Restaurant on the 21st September @ 11am (125 Melville Parade, Como Beach, WA). Phone (08) 9367-7411. Kev and Trish from Frenchy's are great hosts and their coffee tastes fantastic first thing on a Sunday morning. Just bring a $5 "donation" for the nibblies.   West Australian Hot Rod Street Machine Spectacular 25th and 26th October @ Burswood Dome. To encourage dancers to attend they are offering a $100 fuel voucher as a spot prize (lucky number) which one lucky dancer can win each time a band is playing (4 vouchers). If people are interested in attending, they need to know names and when they would plan to come along as we will organise free entry and have their name at the door. Normally entry is $20, so they don't want a whole bunch of people rocking up just to get in for free. If people could email wahrp@elink.net.au if they are interested, that would be great. Bands: Saturday: Afternoon - Tornado Alleycats, Evening - Twist & Shout, Sunday: Morning - Twist & Shout, Afternoon - Tornado Alleycats. There is also a band called Money for Jam that is playing Saturday morning, but may not be really suitable to dance to. Email from Wintersun: Note they're currently looking for bands/performers!!! We are now beginning to short list bands and performers so any suggestions or recommendations you have are particularly welcome. If you are in a band or know a band that would like to perform at Wintersun now is the time to send in a brief bio or make contact with us - Barry & The Wintersun Team, T 07 5536 9509,  T 1300 1 ELVIS,  F 07 5536 9170,  E barry@wintersun.org.au ,  P PO Box 913, Coolangatta, 4225   Mick Jagger - Carnaby Street Show -Sat 13th Sep '08 Venue:  Deville's Pad, 3 Aberdeen St East Perth. Remember the sixties? Mini skirts, the ‘66 world cup, flower power, Twiggy, James Bond, The Mini Cooper, Thunderbirds are go, The Beatles , The Animals, Cream, Hendrix and THE ROLLING STONES!!!!! Deville's  will be Grooving to the sounds and vibe of Carnaby Street with the LIVE Mick Jagger Tribute Show "Start Me Up" Live on stage. Show starts  around 8.30 pm . Show some free love ! Free before 8pm, $10 thereafter.   Perth Nostalgia Festival - 29 March 2009. Looks like it's shaping up to be a great event with dance, music, cars and stalls so keep a watch on the website as it develops.  www.perthnostalgiafestival.org  New Articles:  responses, feedback, opinions welcome - perthrocks@optusnet.com.au. See Old News & Views page for archived articles. Rock Around the Clock: Dance and Jive Away @ Burswood  By Melva Littlefair and Dr Cecilia Netolicky (2 September 2008)  Tuesday 26 August 2008 (11am to 2pm) at Burswood Entertainment Complex, was an awesome, packed-out event. Everyone who went reckoned it was a really good time! Good music! Great band! Good food! And Good dancing!  The day included a half hour dance lesson in jive and some line dances. There was a great light lunch of salmon, tuna and rare beef rolls, fruit and scones with jam and cream, and as much tea and coffee as you wanted to drink.  The band played fantastic dance music and the rock'n'rollers had a great time filling the dance floor all the time. People who came to the day unable to dance, were rocking on by the day end.  The venue was really classy, the organisers were friendly and competent and made everyone feel very welcome.  Let's do all we can to encourage Burswood to do this more often!