A wool store that got a stage

Stipple elevation of the wool store: seven glass-faced roof teeth over a long brick wall, with the front bar door lit.

The building went up in the 1890s to sort and store wool before it was shipped out of Fremantle. The sawtooth roof let light onto the sorting floor. It sat empty for most of the 2000s.

In 2019 a group of musicians and sound engineers took the lease, built a stage at one end and a bar at the other, and opened in October with three local bands and a borrowed PA.

An empty old warehouse floor: brick columns, timber beams and a row of tall windows letting sunlight in. — A store floor like ours, before the stage.Photo: LISK OBE / Unsplash (stock)

A bass player in silhouette under a single spotlight. — Half past ten.Photo: Rafael Garcin / Unsplash (stock)

Every support act gets paid

A$300. That's the minimum fee for every support act, on every bill, paid on the night. Headliners get a door deal we put in writing before the show is announced.

Bands and agents: send us a link and some dates at bookings@thesawtooth.com.au. We reply to everything within two weeks.

A poster for every show

Every gig gets a two-colour poster, printed on our own screen press and pasted up on the wall outside. The pattern comes from the act's name, so no two are the same. Grab one from the bar on the night for A$10.

Rust Belt Sirens, Mar 2023
Opening night, Oct 2019
Paperbark, Oct 2022
Harbour Lights, Nov 2025
Moth Orchard, Aug 2024

Posters from past shows, one for each of the five patterns. Sample artwork; acts are fictional.

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