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Under the Sea: Story Time and Craft
Paperbird’s resident bookseller-from-abroad, @freyablyth of @thebookshopbythesea_, has curated four wonderful sessions for ages 2-6, each with an enchanting theme set to spark imaginations. All skills are welcome and materials are provided.

Noongar Storytime & Painting
Join the Walyalup Aboriginal Cultural Centre for some Noongar storytime fun & painting. This informative cultural activity is tailored specifically for little ones and their parents during school holidays.

Pixies and Elves: Story Time and Craft
Paperbird’s resident bookseller-from-abroad, @freyablyth of @thebookshopbythesea_, has curated four wonderful sessions for ages 2-6, each with an enchanting theme set to spark imaginations. All skills are welcome and materials are provided.

Noongar Storytime & Painting
Join the Walyalup Aboriginal Cultural Centre for some Noongar storytime fun & painting. This informative cultural activity is tailored specifically for little ones and their parents during school holidays.
Magical Craft Activities | The Pickled Fairy
Experience the magic that is The Pickled Fairy and get crafty in their whimsical fairy land. Duration: 50 minutes.
LeisureFit Booragoon FREE Open Day
LeisureFit Booragoon is reopening on Monday, 20 January 2025 and the whole family is invited to their FREE Open Day. Beat thew heat with a splash and some serous fun!

Freestyle Now: Scooter & BMX Competition
Freestyle Now will be hosting their first BMX and Scooter competition at the Esplanade Youth Plaza. A skatepark competition is a place for participants to showcase their skills and to demonstrate their growing skills to their friends, family, peers and the wider community.
Gage Rds Brewery 3rd Birthday
A weekend stacked with killer live tunes, games, prizes, drink specials, and heaps of entertainment and surprises sprinkled throughout the weekend.
What to expect?
Live music, acoustic sets & DJ’s in the ‘Front Yard’
Our beast Betty, pouring cold ones from the front yard.
$10 pints from 4pm – 5pm both days
Special limited release BIRTHDAY BEER, only available at the venue!
Competitions + Epic Prizes to be won throughout the weekend
Free face painting for the little ones, and games for the not so little
Dodgem Drift bumper cars in the front carpark, (Thank you City of Freo, FUNMANTLE!)
Save the dates, grab your crew, and let’s celebrate Freo, good beer, great company, and three epic years of Gage

Fierce Fairytales: Story Time and Craft
Paperbird’s resident bookseller-from-abroad, @freyablyth of @thebookshopbythesea_, has curated four wonderful sessions for ages 2-6, each with an enchanting theme set to spark imaginations. All skills are welcome and materials are provided.

Noongar Storytime & Painting
Join the Walyalup Aboriginal Cultural Centre for some Noongar storytime fun & painting. This informative cultural activity is tailored specifically for little ones and their parents during school holidays.
Craft @ Clancys Fish Pub
Kick back and enjoy the Clancy’s hospitality while the kids craft their own Dino World using natural materials.
Kids' Pottery Wheel Workshop
This fun, messy and delightfully creative workshop will teach your child the basics of using the pottery wheel. Then, they’ll be assisted to create—either from their imagination, or from lots of ideas on hand to inspire!

FUNMANTLE
Perth’s port city will transform into an exhilarating fairground for seven action-packed days from 1pm – 7pm Monday 13 to Sunday 19 January 2025.
Enjoy nine thrilling carnival rides for just $10+bf per person.
WALYALUP KOORT | VICTORIA QUAY | BATHERS BEACH KIDS ZONE |
Tree Hotel
Explore the vital role trees play in supporting wildlife and learn why we build wildlife hotels.
Shake it Off - Taylor Swift Experience
Any Swifties in the fam? Kick off the new year with an unforgettable Tay Tay Tribute show at Clancys Fish Pub in Freo. Secure your spot now for this high-energy daytime performance!

DJ Workshop with Project Bexx
Come join the electronic movement, where you can learn to write and produce an original song in 1 session! Bec Price is a Boorloo based electronic producer, DJ, vocalist and youth mentor, with a passion for accessibility and creativity in the music industry.

Magical Worlds: Story Time and Craft
Paperbird’s resident bookseller-from-abroad, @freyablyth of @thebookshopbythesea_, has curated four wonderful sessions for ages 2-6, each with an enchanting theme set to spark imaginations. All skills are welcome and materials are provided.

Noongar Storytime & Painting
Join the Walyalup Aboriginal Cultural Centre for some Noongar storytime fun & painting. This informative cultural activity is tailored specifically for little ones and their parents during school holidays.
Craft @ Clancys Fish Pub
Kick back and enjoy the Clancy’s hospitality while the kids craft their own magical fairy home, knight’s castle or pirate bunker.
Botanical Sun Prints Workshop
Let the beautiful of Australian native plants and spring inspire you to design your very own botanical sun print. A hands-on school holiday workshop where you can explore the unique forms, shapes, and silhouettes of Australian flora, and create a stunning sun print image using botanically inspired art elements. Let nature's beauty guide your creativity!

Cine Wonders
Perth Festival is coming to Freo and they are bringing the magic to your little film lovers this January! Cine Wonders at Luna on SX will capture imaginations through some of the world’s finest children’s cinema.

Fremantle Arts Centre Kids’ Courses
Your kid could learn a new skill and express their creativity. The Fremantle Arts Centre is offering a range of arts courses and programs during the month of January
New Years Thieves! Child-friendly Countdown
Join Running With Thieves for a classic NYE style party. With a child friendly 8pm kids’ countdown! Jumbo screen, dance floor, and DJ sets all night! Luna D'or Prosecco at $9 a glass. No tickets required.

Clancy's New Year's Eve Family Friendly Fiesta
Freo’s favourite New Year’s Eve party with FREE ENTRY for the whole family! Free entry, kicks off at 4pm.
Famous EARLY countdown at 8pm for the nippers / DJ KL from 4pm / Extended licensed area to the park / Otherside Brewing Outdoor Tap Bar / Warrior Inflatable Obstacle course / Farmer Damian’s Moobile Farm / Face Painting Fairies.

NYE Family Fireworks
Ring in the New Year on Wadjemup / Rottnest Island. There’s no better place to spend the last day of 2024, with friends and family. Head off for a relaxing morning exploring the beauty of the island, followed by an afternoon filled with fun family entertainment. As the sun sets over the picturesque Indian Ocean, gather together to mark the occasion with a spectacular free family fireworks display illuminating the skies above Thomson Bay at 8 pm. It's the perfect way to create lasting memories and usher in a bright and hopeful start to the upcoming year.
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Kick back and enjoy the Clancy’s hospitality while the kids craft their own Dino World, complete with volcanoes, streams and a Dino shelter.

Special Christmas Day Lunch
Leave the cooking to Running with Thieves this Christmas! Enjoy a festive feast without the hassle this Christmas! Roast turkey & bacon with broccolini & asparagus, roast potatoes, gravy, and Yorkshire pudding. All this, plus a choice of drink from a select range, for just $40!

Clancy's Christmas Party and Sing-a-long
Join Santa and the Clancy's house band. A line-up of local muso legends will lead you through a joyful family-friendly festive sing along. All the Christmas hits and a few cheeky carols! Free entry from 5pm.

Sunday Music: FAC Community Choir
Take a rug and kick back in the shady front courtyard of the Fremantle Arts to catch an unmissable Sunday Music Christmas special as FAC’s own community choir, FAC Yeah! headlined by Fremantle’s Natalie Gillespie.

Freo Farmers Markets | Christmas Special
A super special market, the weekend before Christmas! Local fav, Ari Davies, playing from 9.30am. Fairy Sandie perfroming for the kids from 10.30am - 11am. Plus, as always in December, kids activities are FREE.