Your Week: The best events on in Perth Jan 31 to Feb 6

Ed Sheeran Loop Tour

Saturday January 31 and February 1, 4pm, Optus Stadium, Burswood.

The global hitmaker returns to town to support his latest album, Play. He will be supported by Vance Joy, Mia Wray and BIIRD.

Tickets $192.50 to $249.90 from Ticketek

Disney Jr Live

Saturday January 31 to February 1, 10am, 1:30pm, and (Saturday only) 5pm, RAC Arena, Perth

Mickey Mouse teams up with all his mates, including Minnie, Goofy, Ariel, the Puppy Dog Pals, and Ginny and Bitsy from SuperKitties. But when mysterious green weather keeps interrupting all the fun, Team Spidey are forced to step in to help save the day. A fun, family-friendly show.

Tickets $39.90 to $92.90, children under age 2 free sitting on the knee of a paying adult. From Ticketek.

Perth Festival

Friday February 6 to March 1, various locations

The city’s major arts festival kicks off with a massive program of music, theatre, film, dance and more. There are 13 Perth Festival commissions, 20 world premieres and 108 events altogether. Highlights include French theatre epic LACRIMA, South Korean production Haribo Kimchi and local theatre icon’s The Last Great Hunt’s faux foreign film, Le Nor (the rain). There is also a film program for young people called Cine Wonders, with a line-up of new films and nostalgic classics taking place at Luna SX in Fremantle and the new Revival House cinema in Como. There are 33 free events, including a great line-up of music at the East Perth Power Station, which is the festival hub. And the Lotterywest Film program at UWA’s Somerville Auditorium is ongoing.

For tickets and more info, visit perthfestival.com.au.

Incandescence: Ballet at the Quarry

Friday February 6 to 28, 8pm, Quarry Amphitheatre, City Beach

WA Ballet presents four world premieres of new dance works. Internationally acclaimed choreographers Tim Harbour and Ihsan Rustem present their works Once and Future and Incandescence respectively. WA Ballet dancers Chihiro Nomura and Polly Hilton are making their solo main-stage choreographic debuts, Nomura with Night Symphony Colours and Hilton with Paper Moon.

Tickets $30 to $110, from waballet.com.au

Fanny Lumsden

Friday, February 6, 8pm, Rosemount Hotel, North Perth

The alt-country singer hits town as part of her national headline tour. Perth punters may have caught Lumsden when she supported Lucinda Williams and Paul Kelly last year, which she did directly after a 23-date European tour. The two-time ARIA award winner is kicking off her national tour in Perth with her band, The Prawn Stars.

Tickets $59.90 from Oztix