{"id":430149,"date":"2026-01-22T14:51:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T14:51:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/430149\/"},"modified":"2026-01-22T14:51:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T14:51:15","slug":"coogee-live-2026-free-family-festival-to-return-to-popular-beach-featuring-aussie-dj-duo-the-presets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/430149\/","title":{"rendered":"Coogee Live 2026: Free family festival to return to popular beach featuring Aussie DJ duo The Presets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Coogee Live is set to return, with one of <a class=\"css-445i33-StyledTextLink ezegcyi0\" data-link-type=\"article-inline\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.perthnow.com.au\/wa\/perth\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Perth<\/a>\u2019s most popular beaches to be lit up with DJ\u2019s, circus performers and tasty cooking demos.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">The festival will transform Coogee Beach on the first weekend of March. It\u2019s completely free, with no requirement for West Aussies to book any activities, just turn up and enjoy the music and activities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">The musical highlight is expected to be from ARIA-award winning Aussie electronic act, The Presets. With a 20-year-legacy, they will perform a DJ set on Saturday March 7 from 5-8pm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Other entertainment includes Mayakeniny with Maatakitj, led by award-winning director Kylie Bracknell, along with a performance from ERTH Dinosour Zoo at the Big Top tent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">The festival also includes the Bubble Canteen which pumps out 20,000 bubbles per minute, and Mermaid Island will features mermaids frolicking 15m offshore adjacent to the jetty, allowing festival-goers to swim alongside mermaids from 10am to 12pm on March 7.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/92378874ca927d3e9422a2171b5b25f50870f083.jpg\" alt=\"The festival also includes the Bubble Canteen which pumps out 20,000 bubbles per minute.\" class=\"css-16r7l45-StyledImage en5ut4d0\"\/>Camera IconThe festival also includes the Bubble Canteen which pumps out 20,000 bubbles per minute. Credit: Johannes Reinhart<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">For the foodies, along with food truck options, there will be cooking demos throughout the weekend from Local chef Kenny McHardy and the Ritz Carlton\u2019s Brian Cole.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">City Cockburn Mayor Logan Howlett said the 2026 edition of Coogee Live had been reimagined for its seventh year.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/50eb3f10c83cdf8721eba821b335e8dbc1dc52af.jpg\" alt=\"Mayakeniny with Maatakitj is set to perform led by award-winning director Kylie Bracknell.\" class=\"css-16r7l45-StyledImage en5ut4d0\"\/>Camera IconMayakeniny with Maatakitj is set to perform led by award-winning director Kylie Bracknell. Credit: COLE BAXTER<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cWe have incorporated community feedback and stepped up to bring a raft of exciting entertainment together in an accessible, connected way,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cWe have retained much-loved elements like the Ocean Kitchen Garden, while working to create better connections between the event\u2019s three walkable zones and restructured the two-day program to make it more user-friendly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/d12fde44535828aaf7bf08ae617645a2d8ddd637.jpg\" alt=\"Circus performers at the Big Top tent at Coogee live.\" class=\"css-16r7l45-StyledImage en5ut4d0\"\/>Camera IconCircus performers at the Big Top tent at Coogee live. Credit: Supplied<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Wheelchair access, priority seating, beach wheelchairs, sensory kits, chill out quiet zones, and pram parking are some of the accessibility elements to ensure Coogee Live can be enjoyed by everyone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Coogee Live is set to return, with one of Perth\u2019s most popular beaches to be lit up with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":430150,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[64,63,134,4695,46,8080,45],"class_list":["post-430149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-entertainment","tag-festivals","tag-perth","tag-south","tag-wa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=430149"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430149\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/430150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=430149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=430149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=430149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}