Fontaines DC, PJ Harvey and Hania Rani announced as first acts for Perth Festival 2025

Contemporary music will play a significant role in the 2025 Perth Festival, judging by the first three acts announced for new Artistic Director Anna Reece’s debut program.
support of their latest album, 'Romance'.

Irish post-punk band Fontaines DC, acclaimed English singer-songwriter PJ Harvey and Polish pianist, composer and singer Hania Rani have been announced as Perth Festival’s first acts for 2025.

The announcement highlights the significant role Perth Festival plays in bringing acts that local audiences may not otherwise see – given so many so-called ‘national tours’ are effectively tours of Australia’s east coast only – across the Nullarbor to Noongar country.

Unlock Padlock Icon

Unlock this content?

Access this content and more

Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a Melbourne Fringe Festival Living Legend, and was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in 2020. In 2021 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association. Most recently, Richard received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts