The Naval Store

The Naval Store Venue for Hire for Art, Music, Markets, Exhibitions, Events, Education and More. We encourage taking public transport when possible.

ACCESS:
Limited parking at Tuckfield Oval behind the space or on E.Street Jetty.

Great news for the Naval Store and .contemporary:Vessel Contemporary is very pleased to have been awarded a $214,730 gra...
21/08/2025

Great news for the Naval Store and .contemporary:

Vessel Contemporary is very pleased to have been awarded a $214,730 grant from Lotterywest to be put towards fit-out, equipment and infrastructure upgrades to connect the community through arts and cultural experiences in Walyalup/Fremantle.

Thank you to Lotterywest for supporting Vessel in transforming the unique, heritage Naval Store building into a place for dynamic, site-responsive creativity that sparks societal change through fit-for purpose space!

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OPEN NOW: ‘Regenerative Strategies’ by Gian Manik for .contemporary Regenerative Strategies, a major new commission by A...
11/07/2025

OPEN NOW: ‘Regenerative Strategies’ by Gian Manik for .contemporary

Regenerative Strategies, a major new commission by Australian painter Gian Manik, takes the form of nine discrete paintings, hung together to become, in the artist’s own words, ‘a landscape of different things functioning as one mass’. Created in collaboration with over 250 children from eight primary schools in and near the Walyalup/Fremantle area, the work is a reflection upon ideas of environment and place, encompassing deep time thinking, contemporary contexts and speculative visions for the future.

Adhering to specific instructions around palette, brushes and canvas size, students were encouraged to depict imagery from their immediate environments to create a collaborative painting that would serve as a background for Manik to then contribute a final layer. From a select compendium of images including stock photography, speculative plans and drawings, and photographs from the artist’s own archive, Manik then added a translucent foreground to each canvas: bringing his own marks into dialogue with those of the local children while also connecting imagery of the landscape at different points in time. In this way, the work functions as a time capsule, bringing the past, present and future into immediate proximity.

Exhibition runs:
28 June - 10 August
Wed-Sun
10am - 5pm

Last week was the opening of ‘Regenerative Strategies’ by Gian Manik.For this first major solo exhibition at Vessel, Boo...
05/07/2025

Last week was the opening of ‘Regenerative Strategies’ by Gian Manik.

For this first major solo exhibition at Vessel, Boorloo/Perth-born and now Naarm/Melbourne-based artist Gian Manik has collaborated with students from eight local primary schools to create a suite of large-scale paintings reflecting on ideas of place. Created in collaboration with over 250 children from eight primary schools in and near the Walyalup/Fremantle area, the work is a reflection upon ideas of environment and place, encompassing deep time thinking, contemporary contexts and speculative visions for the future. This living, breathing time capsule is a generous, experimental conversation between the artist and local community.

Exhibition runs:
28 June - 10 August
Wed-Sun
10am - 5pm

Photography: Dalim Kelevra

Thanks to community partners Freocast, MadFish Wines, Otherside Brewing, Lightning Minds, Front Runner AV

TONIGHT: Another community event- BOILER ROOM PILATES with !Final tickets and info via :Thursday 19th June📍The Naval St...
18/06/2025

TONIGHT: Another community event- BOILER ROOM PILATES with !

Final tickets and info via :
Thursday 19th June
📍The Naval Store, Fremantle
🧘‍♂️ 6pm - 7pm mat pilates with
🪩 7pm - 8pm Hang out, connect, have a boogie & mingle!
With friends

If you have a community event and you’d like to book the warehouse, email [email protected]. Special mid week (Mon-Thursday) rates apply!

This one is for all the artists, creatives and writers that follow us-a new learning program by .contemporary + ・・・INTR...
12/06/2025

This one is for all the artists, creatives and writers that follow us-a new learning program by .contemporary +
・・・
INTRODUCTION: LANDING THOUGHTS PEER-TO PEER-PROGRAM

Wednesday 18th June
6pm-7.30pm
Vessel, the Naval Store. 141 Queen Victoria St, Walyalup

Meet Kate Moss and Magni Moss, co-founders of Landing Thoughts.

The 6-part pilot program will be shared, along with an artist talk from both facilitators. Kate and Magni will be talking about their creative practices, interests and experiences running Landing Thoughts. Come along and learn what might be expected in this new series in collaboration with Vessel.

Free event
Vessel will run a paid bar

ABOUT LANDING THOUGHTS
Landing Thoughts, founded by Kate Moss, Laura Piasta, and Magni Moss is a post academy distance course for practising artists, makers and thinkers, developed from a shared desire to form new critical conversations within the contemporary arts discourse.’

Previously modelled as a one year distance course, for this new adapted version together with Vessel, Kate and Magni will lead 6 thematic sessions, aimed at artists/makers/thinkers to further develop their practice in a new context. Through mutual learning, material investigations and conversation this experimental model of knowledge production also examines what it is to land delicate thoughts in language.

Please note: the peer-to-peer learning series will be paid monthly programming, scheduled July-December 2025, but will remain free for First Nations folk.

TONIGHT! Final gig for .fest 2025・・・• MOUNT KIMBIE (DJ SET) [UK] just keep evolving; they can’t do anything else. The UK...
08/06/2025

TONIGHT! Final gig for .fest 2025
・・・
• MOUNT KIMBIE (DJ SET) [UK]

just keep evolving; they can’t do anything else. The UK duo, Dom and Kai, started out as young stars of the London electronic underground, turning the breakout success of a pair of EPs into a lasting album statement, 2010’s Crooks & Lovers. Next came the critically acclaimed dancefloor driven sophomore album Cold Spring Fault Less Youth, followed by 2017’s celebrated Love What Survives, which explored krautrock and post-punk influences while featuring long-time collaborators James Blake, Mica Levi, and King Krule, as well as 2024’s acclaimed The Sunset Violent which blends modern indie, shoegaze, and electronica into their most ambitious and forward-thinking work yet.

Mount Kimbie close the inaugural ARRIVAL festival with a special DJ Set at The Naval Store drawing from diverse electronic influences that shape their productions, channelling them into a tougher, club-driven sound. Not to be missed.

With special guest Mira Nala () + more TBA.

NOTE: Tickets for this show are ON SALE NOW + MOVING VERY FAST. Link in bio. All other shows are on sale tomorrow Fri March 28, 9AM WST

• Licensed Venue, 18+
• Wheelchair Accessible
• Standing

Presented by ARRIVAL, &

UP NEXT: DIIV [USA], Wednesday for .fest! Though DIIV () helped to foster a shoegaze scene through iconic records ‘Oshin...
01/06/2025

UP NEXT: DIIV [USA], Wednesday for .fest!

Though DIIV () helped to foster a shoegaze scene through iconic records ‘Oshin’ & ‘Is the Is Are’ that have since swept up many imaginations, they rose above it despite nearly falling apart. 2024’s ‘Frog In Boiling Water’ is a gorgeous and haunted record, as the band gaze into our collective oblivion and try to articulate a trace of hope inside.

The LA four piece bring their signature fusion of dream pop, shoegaze, post-punk and diaphanous drapery to The Naval Store for ARRIVAL.

With special guest .como.music

NOTE: TICKETS FOR THIS SHOW ARE 50% SOLD. Link in bio.

• Licensed Venue, 18+
• Wheelchair Accessible
• Standing

Presented by ARRIVAL &

TONIGHT: JESSICA PRATT [USA] With her bewitching voice and acoustic guitar, Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter Jessica...
29/05/2025

TONIGHT: JESSICA PRATT [USA]

With her bewitching voice and acoustic guitar, Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter Jessica Pratt () summons mystical music that seems to hover between a dream and waking state, evoking both the shadows and the sunshine of her adopted home. Riding high on the acclaim of her latest record, the hypnagogic masterpiece ‘Here in the Pitch’, the psych-folk star returns to Australia for the first time in 10 years, including a Western Australian exclusive performance for ARRIVAL.

Inspired by the micro 60s pop of the Walker Brothers, the Beach Boys’s ‘Pet Sounds’ and the shadowy mythology of California, Pratt’s fourth album ‘Here in the Pitch’ marked a stylistic shift, adding percussive elements, chamber pop instruments and a spooky, otherworldly atmosphere to her mellow folk compositions. The result was one of the year’s most acclaimed records, praised by Pitchfork as music “honed to its finest point”. With her success, Pratt has found fans in unlikely places: she was sampled by Troye Sivan on his 2023 smash ‘Something to Give Each Other’, and collaborated with superstar rapper A$AP Rocky on his 2024 single, ‘HIJACK’.

Joined by special guests +

• Licensed Venue, 18+
• Wheelchair Accessible
• Seated - First Come, First Served

Presented by ARRIVAL &

WA Water Alliance hosted a documentary screening at the Naval Store recently 💦“The WA Water Alliance is coming together—...
23/05/2025

WA Water Alliance hosted a documentary screening at the Naval Store recently 💦

“The WA Water Alliance is coming together—a growing coalition of individuals, groups, and organisations committed to safeguarding the lifeblood of our planet: water. As we unite, we amplify a single, powerful voice for the protection and restoration of the wellspring of life.”

The Naval Store remains available for hire to other community groups and organisations. Special midweek rates apply Monday- Thursday. Email us at [email protected] for more information!

BKTHERULA [USA] .fest blends chaotic soundscapes, ethereal melodies, and unapologetic flows to create a futuristic rap ...
13/05/2025

BKTHERULA [USA] .fest

blends chaotic soundscapes, ethereal melodies, and unapologetic flows to create a futuristic rap psychedelia. Inspired by her musical upbringing—her father was a rapper who opened for A Tribe Called Quest—Bk began recording at nine and uploading tracks to SoundCloud by 13. Viral hits like ‘Faygo’ and ‘Left Right’, as well as collaborations with Denzel Curry & Rico Nasty, propelled her to a Warner Records deal and her own festival. With over 236 million streams, she’s cemented herself as Atlanta’s next breakout star.
She has oscillated between cloud rap and R&B, crafting emotionally charged anthems. Her latest EP, LVL5, PT 2, continues to push the boundaries, reflecting her artistic and personal growth.

Do not miss this rare opportunity to see Bk for her debut performance in Boorloo/Perth at

• Licensed Venue, 18+
• Wheelchair Accessible
• Standing

Presented by ARRIVAL &

VESSEL CELEBRATIONJoin us in the celebration of Vessel’s inaugural year with a fundraiser, program launch and party!Frid...
28/04/2025

VESSEL CELEBRATION
Join us in the celebration of Vessel’s inaugural year with a fundraiser, program launch and party!

Friday 9th of May at Naval Store.
6-10pm

Subscribe in bio to receive your invitation and more information.

ARRIVAL is a new non-profit winter music festival in Walyalup/Fremantle held across three venues in May/June – The Naval...
11/04/2025

ARRIVAL is a new non-profit winter music festival in Walyalup/Fremantle held across three venues in May/June – The Naval Store, PS Art Space & Buffalo Club.

The festival bridges the gap for Western Australia in the Winter national touring circuit and offers a boundary pushing music program of international, national and local alternative artists with high-quality music events beyond commercial venues. Whilst the first year will focus on live music, following years will expand to include a dedicated arts program.

TICKETS ARE MOVING FAST!
Link in bio 👀

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Corner Of Queen Victoria Street And Canning Highway
Fremantle, WA
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The Naval Store

This beautiful heritage-listed warehouse built for the Australian navy in 1935 is a unique venue which is ideal for large events.

It has a ground floor area of 840m2, nine newly installed toilets and two large roller doors for vehicle access, such as food trucks etc. The capacity is 425 people.

The space is located at the foot of the Cantonment Hill which has amazing views over Fremantle and the ocean.

Contact us today for pricing, further details and to schedule a visit. We give reduced rates for non-profits, charities and community groups.