Gardens are the reason this page reads differently to its neighbours. Attadale runs down the hill to the Swan, the blocks are wide, and the events that matter here happen outside on a lawn with the water somewhere in the frame. A marquee, a deck, a stretch of grass and a lot of open sky above it.
Which makes power and weather the first two questions, not price. The closest ten are central Perth acts ten kilometres away over the Canning Bridge, all with real client reviews behind them, and none of them is going to solve an extension lead running across wet grass for you.
Top picks are the nearby performers with the most visible reviews, then rating, then the closest; further afield the closest come first, and premium listings break remaining ties. Distances are straight-line from Attadale. Ask each act whether they travel to your venue and what that costs.
One or two performers running off a battery speaker, which is ordinary equipment now for anybody working outdoors in Perth. A classical guitarist or a string player can work unamplified for a small seated group, though the breeze off the river will take some of it away. Ask for the battery option by name and check how many hours it runs.
Yes, and the act will want to know it before they load in rather than at the first drop. Electrical gear and rain stop a performance dead, and a decision made under a tarp at eight in the evening is always the wrong one. Nominate a covered spot that has a power point in it and tell them where it is.
They are Perth acts, pinned to the city ten kilometres away rather than to this side of the river. That is a short enough trip that most treat it as ordinary work, but calling any of them an Attadale local would be stretching it. Palmyra is three kilometres from you and Fremantle five, and both have their own pages built from the same catalogue.
There is nothing to bounce off in the middle of a garden, so an act that fills a room will sound small outside. Put them with a wall, a hedge or the house behind them and tell them that is the plan before they quote.
One lead from the laundry will not carry a band and lights, and a generator needs to be parked well out of earshot of the party. Work out what you can genuinely supply first, then hand that figure to the act and let them say what it powers.
It comes up the Swan most summer afternoons, flattening music stands and turning a vocal into a rumble. Find out what gear the performer brings for open-air work, and hold a sheltered position with power as your fallback.