The Fremantle Biennale is held every two years in the Nyoongar season of Kambarang (November). The next Fremantle Biennale, titled SANCTUARY 25 will take place from 13–30 November 2025.
In its fifth edition, the Fremantle Biennale invites you to step into SANCTUARY—a festival-wide exploration of what it means to seek, shape and share spaces of care, resistance and possibility. Across Walyalup (Fremantle), artists will transform coastlines, hidden buildings, waterways and city streets into living sites for art, sound, performance and connection. SANCTUARY 25 reimagines what public and personal space can be—calling for new ways to gather, new acts of solidarity, and new visions for the future.
Expect moments of quiet refuge, collective uprising and unexpected transformation. From rituals of healing to bold gestures of disruption, SANCTUARY becomes a testing ground for how we live, listen and move through an ever-shifting world.
See the full program for details on artworks and installations.
