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Off limits for 44 years, Perth’s historic power plant erupts with a new kind of energy

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East Perth Power Station has been transformed into a major performance venue for the next four years of Perth festival.

Over the next three weeks , the main stage will feature big-name acts such as Nils Frahm, Röyksopp , Electric Fields , Moktar and Midnight Oil.

The site’s reactivation has been a long time coming, with multiple failed development proposals to turn it into a hotel, a museum, a mixed-use commercial space and even a football stadium.

“I really hope the right people pay attention and see the potential,” she says. “And when I say the right people, for me, in my role as advocating for the arts, that’s about cultural precincts, artist studios, spaces and galleries not a hotel or apartments. “With anything groundbreaking, anything that gives a city an extraordinary gift, it takes bravery and boldness and an appetite for some kind of risk.” Perth festival is on now.

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