Best entertainers in Bibra Lake
Half of this suburb is warehouses and the other half is a lake with a bush reserve around it, and both halves book entertainment in their own way. Staff nights in a unit with the forklift pushed aside, end-of-year functions for the businesses along the industrial streets, and then family days, fundraisers and picnics out on the reserve side where there is grass and shade and no power at all.
Seventeen kilometres is what sits between you and the ten nearest, every one of them pinned to central Perth rather than the southern suburbs. That is further out than most of these suburb pages and it is worth naming when you enquire, especially if your night runs late.
Top picks in Bibra Lake
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 Bibra Lake. Ask each act whether they travel to your venue and what that costs.
Questions people ask about entertainers in Bibra Lake
Can I hold a party in an industrial unit?
People do it constantly around here and acts are used to it, but you will need to sort power circuits and a finish time with whoever holds the lease. Ask the act how many outlets they need and on how many separate circuits, because a band and a lighting rig on one board will trip it mid-set. A hard floor also means you want something soft in the room, even if it is only people.
What works for an outdoor community day?
Something that copes with a crowd walking past rather than sitting in front of it, so a roving performer, a soloist or a duo with a compact system. Hand over the organiser's timings and be honest about the staging, which at a community day is usually a flatbed or a patch of dirt. Shade for the gear matters as much as shade for the audience.
Do these acts charge to come to the southern industrial suburbs?
Some will, and what tends to trigger it is the finish time more than the seventeen kilometres. Heading down the freeway at seven o'clock costs a performer nothing much; towing a trailer back up it well after midnight is the part that gets a number put on it. Have it itemised separately so two quotes can be judged against each other properly.
Is anyone on this page actually based nearby?
Not in the ten closest, which are all central Perth names. Fremantle is eight kilometres from you and does have a small cluster of resident performers, and they show further down the full results rather than at the top. Judge by the kilometres printed on each card rather than by the suburb in the name.
Booking tips
A warehouse sounds terrible until someone fixes it
Concrete floors, tin walls and a high roof turn a band into an echo, and the act will know that the moment they walk in. Tell them it is an industrial unit when you enquire so they bring the right gear and enough time to tune the room.
Reserve events run on batteries
Out by the lake there is no mains power where you want it, and a generator near a wetland full of birds is its own kind of nuisance. A duo with a battery speaker will cover a picnic or a family day for a couple of hours, which is usually all you need.
Check the load-in for a roller door
A unit with a roller door is the easiest load-in an act will get all year, so say so, because it can genuinely improve what they are willing to bring. Mention the parking too, since these streets empty out at night.