a group of people riding on the backs of camels on a beach
Cultural FestivalBroome, WA

Shinju Matsuri (Festival of the Pearl)

Shinju Matsuri, the Festival of the Pearl, celebrates Broome's pearling history and the Japanese, Chinese, Malay and Aboriginal heritage that built the town. Across nine days in late August and early September, events run from Chinatown to Cable Beach: long-table dinners, art trails, dragon boat races and a closing fireworks night over Roebuck Bay.

Get there by bus →Nine days in late August to early SeptemberFree + ticketed

What to expect

Around 25,000 people take part, timed to Broome's dry-season peak of warm days and cloudless nights. If the dates align, the Staircase to the Moon rising over the mudflats is the natural spectacle the festival wraps itself around. Cable Beach camel trains at sunset complete the picture.

  • Cultural Festival
  • Regional Tourism

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