Event Info
Date and time
| Saturday 16 May 2026 | 4pm-late |
Little Bands 2026 is back in Mparntwe / Alice Springs 🎸
When: 16th of May 2026
Where: TBC 
What: All ages and grog free / no alch
One night only. Short sets. New bands.
This isn’t about being good. It’s about having a go!
The original Little Bands scene was built on chaos, experimentation and people picking up instruments they’d never played before, or playing in bands that might only exist for one night, smashing out 10 minutes and disappearing again...
As original North Fitzroy Little Bands participant Alan Bamford famously declared: “I can’t play but that won’t stop me from playing.”
So here’s the deal:

- Start a band (even if you’ve never played)

- Borrow gear, swap members, make noise

- Play one short, sharp set that is max 10mins

- Then jump off and watch what happens next
No careers. No pressure. No perfection.

Just ideas, energy, and a room full of people backing each other.
Register via our website or email [email protected] by May 4.
Mparntwe’s version of Little Bands is about new sounds, first gigs, and giving it a bloody crack.
Got an idea? That’s enough.