Deep in the Weeds at Dunetown 2025

DEEP IN THE WEEDS 2025 at DUNETOWN

We have been knocking on Blake Scott's door for a while now so were super excited to announce that he will headline Deep in the Weeds Festival on Saturday 19 July (the closing weekend of the 2025 East Gippsland Winter Festival).

About Blake Scott

"A pub-punk frontman known for acerbic character studies", Blake Scott specialises in prodding and puncturing the clichés of Australian culture. After all, his band The Peep Tempel made its name with the 2014 anthem Carol: a shout-along exaggeration of blokey masculinity that introduced the cult Melbourne trio to dramatically wider audiences and subsequently racked up more than a million plays on Spotify.

With that band on hiatus since late 2017, Scott has re-emerged as a solo artist. And though he is again leading a three-piece band with a robust focus on lyrical detail and scenery-chewing vocal turns, his debut album explores his favoured themes in looser, weirder ways. Unmoored from The Peep Tempel’s standout rhythm section of drummer Steven Carter and bassist Stewart Rayner (who now play in the spacious yet noisy Shepparton Airplane), Scott mostly eschews his erstwhile band’s muscular drive to instead stretch out and hold forth like the unreliable narrator he’s always been." Full review 

Support by 

Plaster of Paris 

Paddock Bomb

Vanessa Worm

19TH JULY Sat 5pm til 11pm

FOOD

We've brought our Gippsland favourites - Trulli with a Sardinian fire & food experience with dessert dished up be Lindenow Long Paddock so you won't go hungry!

AVAILABLE for + MEAL TICKET ticket holders from 5:00 - 7pm
GET YOUR MEAL TICKETS TO SECURE YOUR FOOD

They will have a few extras for sale on the night in case you need to refuel, but if you intend on eating we suggest to add the meal ticket option in the ticket to avoid disappointment! 

TRANSPORT + PARKING

Buses running from Orbost, Marlo and Cape Conran - leave your car at home!

They will be running 3-4 times at the beginning of the night and at the end of the night. exact times and pickup and drop off locations will be shared in the week before.

Parking is LIMITED and we have added reserved parking booking now via the tickets, there are only 30 parks in total. If you absolutely must park this is for you, understanding that there are people who might need this park more than you, i.e disabled, coming with a baby or other. We strongly encourage you to book a bus ticket.

There is parking on the road north of Dunetown on Marlo Plains road, but due to the recent wet weather you park here at your own risk, we won't be towing anyone out of bogs FYI.

Where to stay

We have been asked a lot if we offer camping at Dunetown, while it's something we might add in the future for the moment it's a no.

but we suggest.....

There is a large national coastal park at Banksia Bluff Cape Conran with fire pits and toilet facilities https://bookings.parks.vic.gov.au/banksia-bluff-campground#/accom/67305

Campgrounds in Marlo -

Marlo ocean views https://marlocamping.com.au

Marlo Park https://marlopark.com

Other LOCAL accommodation recommendations here - https://orbostregion.com.au/
or also check Visit Gippsland.

and busses will be running to all of the cape Conran, Marlo and Orbost locations

What else to do? 
This Festival is part of a larger region wide festival East Gippsland Winter Festival. Heaps of fun things to do, go check it out! We encourage music and beer lovers to stay a few days and check out some other events on the program, explore the natural beauty of the Orbost / Marlo area, hopefully support some small businesses along the way.

We will be open to the public the day before ONLY, we suggest you make a booking via a website. we will offering a tour at 3pm for 30 people - see ticket page

The next day we have The little dip by The little Drift see tickets page

Sunday Bloody Sunday (booked out) Join waiting list via the ticket page

Trade Winds Barrel Room launch dinner with The Long Paddock

Join us at Sailors Grave Brewing for the launch of our Koelschip & Barrel Room with an exclusive 20-person beer dinner featuring The Long Paddock at our new event space at Dunetown,

FAQ

 Q. Are children welcome? 

Kids & teens at 𝑫𝑬𝑬𝑷 𝑰𝑵 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑾𝑬𝑬𝑫𝑺 25

We usually get a heap of enquires about bringing kids to DITW! So here is our policy, while it’s not a strictly over 18’s only gig, it is also NOT designed for all ages! 

A. It is best to contact us prior to a show if you would like your kids to attend. 

Children must:

(1) Not be feral

(2) Be supervised at all times

(3) Hearing protection should be considered for young children.

We require tickets for children over 12 years old as tix are limited and kids are zombies as well (I mean human bodies) and we kindly advise that a babysitter would be better for under that age group. 🖤💀

Q. Are Dogs welcome?

A. Usually yes at Dunetown but not at the weeds event

Q. Do we allow camping on site?

A. NO we are not set up for camping on site, it can be very boggy and to protect our environment we are going to say no this time, however we do recommend that you stay at Marlo which has 2 caravan parks or Cape Conran which has many sites all with toilet facilitys, there will be a shuttle going between the Marlo & Cape Conran during the night.