The highlights of what’s on in Perth, Western Australia, from Monday 12 to Sunday 18 May 2008.

Please submit events you think should be listed. Have a good week!

MUSIC

Avenged Sevenfold, Bullet For My Valentine, Atreyu at Metro City on 12 May (18+).

Dillinger Escape Plan at Capitol on 13 May

Jeff Lang at Fly By Night on 16 May

Lee Burridge at Ambar on 16 May

Birds of Tokyo at the Amplifier on 16 and 17 May(sold out). Third show added Sunday 18th)

Dread Walkabout - An Evening with Don Letts at the Bakery on Saturday 17 May

OBESE RECORDS BLOCK PARTY 5 at the Hyde Park Hotel on Saturday

Toby at Fly By Night Club on Saturday

Soilwork at Metropolis Fremantle on 18 May

Browse the Perth Concerts List occasionally for gigs further into the future, I don’t write individual articles for all of them!

MISCELLANEOUS

RSPCA Million Paws Walk on the foreshore in South Perth on Sunday 18 May from 10am

Silvers Circus at The Esplanade until 25 May

The Leonardo da Vinci Machines Exhibition at Riverside Drive near the Esplanade Train Station from Friday 28 March

Circus Joseph Ashton at Arena Joondalup from 9 May to 2 June

PERFORMING ARTS

Glorious! by Perth Theatre Company, DownStairs at the Maj from 10 to 31 May

The Nutcracker by the West Australian Ballet at His Majesty’s Theatre from 16 to 31 May

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? at Playhouse Theatre from 17 May to 1 June

For other local theatre productions, see the Taz Entertainment website