Merhaba!
The Western Australia Middle Eastern Dance (WAMED) Festival is an annual celebration of the art of oriental dance.
A rich and educational workshop schedule and vibrant event program that runs over the WA June long weekend each year.
The 2025 WAMED festival runs from Friday 30 May to Monday 2 June 2025.
WAMED News
WAMED Teacher Applications are open now!
Applications close Saturday 12 October 2024.
Participants! If you have any ideas for workshops you'd love to attend, please email your suggestions to WAMEDFestival@gmail.com and we can add it to the list!
September 2024 - 2025 Festival Location
WAMED 2025 will be based at the North Perth Town Hall. This spacious location will be the venue for the workshops, events and Bazaar for WAMED 2025.
September 2024 - 2025 Festival Theme
Sekhem - The Healing Power of Dance.
Sekhem is power. Sekhem is healing. Sekhem is energy in its highest and mightiest form. It is the ultimate life-force. It is in the cycles of human experience; our love, our battles, and our growth. It is destruction and regeneration.
WAMED Festival Inc warmly invites you to Sekhem: The Healing Power of Dance in 2025.
June 2024 - Guest Artist Reveal - Shahrzad
June 2024 - Thank you!
THANK YOU!
The WAMED Team would like to thank everyone for making WAMED 2024 such a resounding success! From our stunning master artist, to our participants, suppliers, sponsors, teachers, supporters, photographers, venues, volunteers and cheerleaders - we thank you so much for immersing yourselves in the WAMED Experience and making it an amazing event!
While celebrating our 2024 success, we're excited to start looking forward to WAMED 2025 with our next glorious guest artist!
Handy Links
The WAMED Team is a dedicated band of volunteers who work to deliver an amazing festival for dancers, spectators, students, teachers and dance fans. Connect with us here.
The 2022 and 2023 ranges of WAMED-branded merchandise is available from the RedBubble website! Choose from garments and homewares or watch this handy video for customation tips..
We are supported by talented, dedicated, Australian artisans, musicians, artists, suppliers, dancers and dreamers. Please click here to find out more about those small businesses that support the WAMED festival. Or click here to find out how to become a WAMED sponsor!
