Illuminate Yagan Square: Family-friendly festival returns one year since $8.4 million redevelopment

Yagan Square is just days away from exploding into a kaleidoscope of light and colour as it celebrates one year since its mammoth $8.4 million redevelopment.

Illuminate Yagan Square will return to the city centre next Saturday, boasting free family-friendly entertainment including two live music stages, a silent disco, glittering light shows and roving performers.

This year’s festivities will also welcome the Lumosphere; a dazzling 40-metre-long immersive tunnel “inspiring exploration, connection and wonder through shifting light and colour”.

Designed by Perth artist The Light Rebels, the Lumosphere draws inspiration from the Sonic Runway; an audio-reactive light installation which features in Nevada’s Burning Man music festival last year.

Festivalgoers can also revel in local talent with live performances from saxophonist Simone Monaco, singer-songwriter Sam McGovern and rapper Marksman Lloyd.

Punters can also enjoy a plethora of cuisines and delicacies at the Yagan Square Mall food zone, or head upstairs to The Shoe bar, Stories or Hiss and Smoke Japanese for a mouth-watering feed.

A special edition pop-up bar will also be open at the Yagan Square amphitheatre.

It comes one year since the reopening of Yagan Square since its $8.4 million redevelopment, aiming to breathe new life into the entertainment precinct which connects the CBD to Perth’s nightlife district.

“This whole redevelopment is critical because it really is about revitalising and turning out Yagan Square to the people and creating an incredible venue,” Planning Minister John Carey said at the time.

Illuminate Yagan Square will run between 6pm and 11pm on April 26.

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