Plug n Play is Perth's first regular audio-visual jam night at WA's premier cocktail bar, Luxe Bar at 446 Beaufort St, Mt Lawley. See events for when the next session is scheduled - depending on our availability and that of the venue. Once a month on a Thursday, 8-11pm is what we aim for.
Inspired by the vibe of Melbourne's very cool weekly Plug n Play at Fitzroy's Kent St Cafe, Kat & Jasper have established a similar regular get-together where VJs, potential VJs and AV artists can get together and visually jam.
You can bring your own lappie to VJ, or just your showreel on DVD, portable Hard Drive, mini DV, thumbdrive or whatever you've got. If you use some weird codec, bring it along - and we're mostly PC so make sure your video files are PC compatible. And bring all your cables, adapters etc. Email us with any tech questions, eg if you want us to pre-test a clip to see if we have compatible codecs.
At 10pm, there may be Special Guests - an AV act, or a DJ or electronic musician doing a set accompanied by experienced VJ's. Check the events page to see who's booked.
So far, we've had some great Special Guest musicians and DJs:
- Six Thousand Red
- Turbine37
- Cordata and Kitpop
- DJ Grug
- DXU:555 (AV)
- Chrism and Fenris
- DJ Jim from Loungerama
- Audio Cephlon
- Eyelid Picture Show
As well as hosts Jasper and Kat from VJzoo, various other Perth VJs are also involved, so it's a great opportunity to Masterclass even if you've already had some experience with VJing.
Guest VJs have included:
- VJ Trixee
- VJ ChikiTronix
- VJ Lambency
- Martin and Brendan from PixelJuice
- Alan Dougans from DXU:555
- Liam from Hinder Resist
- Roly Skender (well, he keeps saying he will play...so far the slacker just hangs out....)
As we're providing our equipment, we have the right to decide who gets to play. We're fairly protective of our rig, so please treat it with respect. No drinks in vicinity of the video desk. Well, unless you bought them for us ;)
Entry is free (we hope to keep it that way).
Space is limited, so we don't promote PnP very widely as a free gig for general punters - we really want an audience of people who are sincerely interested in visuals and AV. When we have popular Guest Acts, it can get a bit crowded so it's a good idea to arrive early.
If you're a musician who'd be interested in performing at Plug n Play Perth, drop us a line. It's unpaid, cramped and the audience is pretty small, but you might enjoy seeing what the VJ's come up with, or perhaps you'd like to do an AV set of your own? Yay!
The first Plug n Play Perth was held at Bluprint Nightclub on 3rd September 2005, but the venue just wasn't suitable. We commenced holding Plug n Play at the very luxurious Luxe Bar in August 2006.
It's at a licenced venue, over 18's only sorry. If you're under 18 and are interested in learning to VJ, drop us an email and perhaps we can organise something with PropelArts.
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