Deep in the Weeds

DEEP IN THE WEEDS 2025 at DUNETOWN

MUSIC

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 EGWF)

“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 Niscitam 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

Supported by 

Plaster of Paris

Paddock Bomb

Plus more to be announced soon

FOOD
We’ve brought our Gippsland favourites – Trulli with a Sardinian fire & food experience with dessert dished up by Lindenow Long Paddock so you won’t go hungry!

Meal Ticket – Redeemable for Meal Tickets ticket holders from 5:00pm –  7:00pm

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!

BUSES

Buses will be running from Bairnsdale and Orbost, Marlo and Cape Conran – leave your car at home!

WHERE TO STAY

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

WHAT ELSE TO DO?

This Festival is part of the region-wide East Gippsland Winter Festival. There are heaps of fun things to do – check out the full Program HERE!

The following morning, join us for The Little Dip and Sunday Bloody Sunday morning-after breakfast & bottomless drip coffee. Sunday afternoon, we are stoked to be hosting our Trade Winds Barrel Room launch dinner with The Long Paddock. Get tickets to all of these events via the booking link on this page.

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.

FAQ

Q. Are children welcome? Kids 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 10 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, but not at the weeds event sorry.

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 facilities, there will be a shuttle going between the Marlo & Cape Conran during the night.