Twenty three kilometres is the number that shapes everything else on this page. Aveley sits at the north east edge of the metro area next to Ellenbrook, the last of the new estates before the Swan Valley proper, and the acts nearest you are all pinned to central Perth rather than anywhere out here. That is comfortably the longest run of any Perth suburb in this batch.
So expect the drive to appear somewhere, whether as its own charge or as a harder stop at the end of the night. An act packing a trailer at midnight and then facing forty minutes up Reid Highway is pricing the road as much as the music, and the ones who mention it first are usually the ones worth booking.
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 Aveley. Ask each act whether they travel to your venue and what that costs.
They will, and the Reid and Tonkin run is familiar work for anyone who plays the north east corridor. What you should expect is the distance showing up in the number, because a trip of this length in both directions burns an hour and a tank that somebody has to pay for. Ask whether the figure you have been given already includes it.
For a venue, possibly, since the valley is on your doorstep and its cellar doors run functions all year. For acts, no, because the valley venues hire the same central Perth performers you are looking at here. Pick the room first and let the act follow it.
A self-sufficient act with its own speaker, its own props and a set running time, because a young garden supplies none of that. The age bracket matters more than anything else in the listing: a routine built for preschoolers dies in front of nine year olds, and the reverse is worse. Read what the performer actually says about their audience instead of trusting the category label.
Hours and whether they are supplying sound for the whole space set the base, and then the road adds to it in a way it would not closer in. Two sets finishing at ten is a different job to four hours finishing at one, and out here that gap is wider than it is in the inner suburbs. The starting figures on these cards are today's, so send your real timings and get a proper quote back.
A quote written without knowing where you are will get revised later, which is the annoying version of this conversation. Name Aveley rather than Perth and ask outright whether the drive is included.
A six to ten booking is much easier to fill than one running nine until one, when the performer faces that drive home in the dark. Shift the whole evening forward and the price often shifts with it.
The trees out here are young and an afternoon set in full sun will cook a PA and a laptop. Tell the act what cover exists and where the nearest outdoor power point is, because both change what they will bring.