Southside Summer 2025

Arts & Culture Free Kids/Family Live Entertainment Outdoor Young people

Event Information

  • Date DATE
    29 January - 5 February 2025
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  • Time TIME
    All day
  • Location LOCATION
    Mindeerup
    Mends Street, South Perth
  • Cost COST
    Free
  • Hosted by HOSTED BY
    City of South Perth
  • Extra Information No bookings required 


Southside Summer returns in 2025. Come along to 
Mindeerup at South Perth Foreshore from Wednesday 29 January until Wednesday 5 February for free family fun activities, activations and live entertainment. 

Southside Summer is part of FRINGE WORLD 2025, Perth’s most popular annual festival.

Bring your family, a picnic and rug, and settle in for a beautiful sunset over the City; accompanied by roving entertainment, live music, awe-inspiring circus shows, hands-on circus workshops plus a chance to meet the performers!

From 6pm, take a seat, relax and enjoy live entertainment from roving entertainers, stilt walkers from Little Legends Entertainment and Junkadelic Brass Band.

Roll up! Roll up!  From 6.45pm, our headline performance and FRINGE WORLD award winner, ZAP CIRCUS, will entertain you with a live circus performance and workshop (on select nights). The workshops will run for approximately 30-60 minutes and the performances will run between 35-50 minutes. 

Performances are suitable for all ages. The event is free and no bookings are required. 

Be sure to also check out the striking 4-metre-tall Black Swan who will be calling Mindeerup home for the next few months. The Black Swan is a symbol of Western Australia, and the City of South Perth. Overlooking the Swan River and the City skyline, It's bound to be a beautiful addition to Mindeerup.    

2025 Southside Summer Program

Location

Mindeerup, South Perth Esplanade, South Perth (next to the giant numbat and frill neck lizard canopies).

Accessibility

Circus shows and workshops are inclusive and suitable for all ages and abilities.

Getting there

We encourage you to use public transport, cycle or walk to this event.

Parking

Paid parking is available at South Shore Shopping Centre, Millstream Car Park and Wilson Parking Windsor Hotel.

Dining

Take a stroll up Mends Street and explore the restaurants and cafés available or pick up something to go and enjoy a picnic at Mindeerup.

Event schedule

From 6pm each evening, there will be roving entertainment and activities, circus workshops from 6.45pm on select days, and circus performances from 7pm daily.

Wednesday 29 January
7.15pm - Open-Air Circus Variety Show | Aus & International Award Winners
6.45 – 7.15pm Circus Workshop

Thursday 30 January
7.15pm Purple People Comedy & Circus | Winner 3 x People's Choice Award, by ZAP CIRCUS
 
Friday 31 January
7.40pm - Electro-lights Glow Show | Winner Festival Favourite Award
6.45-7.30 - Circus Workshop
 
Saturday 1 February
7.15pm - Level Up | Winner Original New Circus Award, by Gravity Dolls
 
Sunday 2 February
7.15pm - Big Balloon Stunt Show  | Winner NICA Academic Excellence Award
6.45 – 7.15pm - Circus Workshop
 
Monday 3 February
7.15pm - The Greatest Bubble Show | Winner Best Kids Show, by Bubble Laboratory
 
Tuesday 4 February
7.15pm - Charlie Caper Magic Show | Winner Sweden's Got Talent
6.45 – 7.15pm - Circus Workshop
 
Wednesday 5 February  

7.15pm - CIRCUS FIRE Spectacular! | Winner Extreme Award, by ZAP CIRCUS

Event contact

For event related enquiries, please contact the City’s events team.