A lean, dark WordPress theme built for independent music.
Most music websites fall into one of two camps: generic business themes dressed up with band photos, or oversized music themes packed with features you never asked for. BLR Frontstage takes a different approach.
Frontstage is a focused presentation layer for artists, bands, labels, studios, shops, and independent music projects. It gives you a sharp, modern foundation for releases, shows, merch, press, news, artist pages, and whatever else you build with WordPress — without burying the site under unnecessary systems and proprietary tools.
The theme stays intentionally lean. Your content remains WordPress content. Your music, events, mailing lists, forms, analytics, and other functionality can live where they belong: in plugins. That makes Frontstage easier to work with, easier to extend, and less likely to hold your website hostage if your needs change later.
Use it on its own, pair it with WooCommerce for merch, or make it the public-facing half of the BLR ecosystem alongside Backline and Backline Bridge.
Made for Music
A dark, high-impact foundation for artist websites, releases, shows, press pages, merch stores, labels, studios, and independent music projects.
Lean by Design
No built-in content silos or bloated feature stack. Frontstage handles presentation and lets WordPress and your plugins handle the data.
Built to Be Yours
Customize your logo, colors, backgrounds, menus, blocks, and pages without being forced into a rigid prebuilt music-site template.
WooCommerce Ready
Sell records, shirts, downloads, and other merch with WooCommerce support and shop styling designed to feel like part of the site.
Native WordPress
Built around the WordPress editor with editor styles, wide blocks, custom block styles, and a starter layout pattern instead of a proprietary page builder.
Part of the BLR Ecosystem
Frontstage works independently, but fits naturally alongside BLR Backline and Backline Bridge when you want your public site and private artist tools working together.