The Black Wreath

The Black Wreath is an iconic underground local gig space, rehearsal studio, and heavy music hub in Alice Springs.

The Black Wreath is at a crossroads. After a decade of community building, the home of Live music in the Dead Centre of Australia is at risk. We're asking for help to save the venue and save live music in Central Australia!

For aspiring musicians growing up in Alice Springs, opportunities were dismal, particularaly for heavy bands: no studios, no rehearsal rooms, no dedicated music venues and touring bands rarely visited. After seeing a younger generation walking that same dead-end street, we decided to do something about it. We formed a collective united in the same goals. On 11.11.11 The Black Wreath was born.

We started with a backyard studio built from scrap. We recorded band after band and released them on The Black Wreath label. This was our first step towards creating a platform for remote artists to reach a national audience. A few years later, we moved out of the backyard studio and into a warehouse in the industrial precinct. We've been building ever since. The Black Wreath has become the creative heart of Central Australia. It offers everything we missed out on growing up: rehearsal rooms, a recording studio, indoor and outdoor stages. It's a lifeline for some of the most remote artists in the country and a bridge to the world. There's nothing else like it for 1,500kms.

The next goal was to make Alice a touring destination for bands. Blacken Open Air was launched in 2013. Australia's first ever heavy music campout festival. A three night party set in the stunning natural amphitheater of Inteye-arrkwe. We now attract bands and visitors from all around the world!

The Black Wreath venue has enabled us to deliver events all year round. Last year we hosted over 400 artists from 10 different countries right here in the most remote music scene on Earth! We toured regional bands to the Opera House and international bands to Uluru. The Black Wreath now sustains a thriving industry, but it's a constant battle against the challenges of our location and isolation.

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7NEWS takes you inside an icon of Australia's heavy metal scene which began as little more than an outback shed in the red centre. But now, it's fighting to keep its doors open and it's far from the only Aussie live music venue at risk of collapse.