BërdFest 2025

Name: BërdFest 2025
Start: 2025-08-22T09:30:00+10:00
End: 2025-08-22T15:00:00+10:00
Location: The Workers Club

Schedule

Fri Aug 22 2025 at 09:30 am to 03:00 pm

UTC+10:00

Location

The Workers Club | Melbourne, VI

Hey there! We're very excited to announce that Dërty Bërd is releasing its debut EP! So to celebrate we thought we'd put on a massive night with some old friends and some new ones too :)
Come party with us and be treated to a mammoth lineup including jazz-groovers 3 Base Hit, friend-funkers Please People, d-floor favourites Gusto Gusto and yours truly! We'll be spinning tunes all night too so the music won't stop!
So join us Friday the 22nd of August at The Workers Club for what is sure to be a memorable night!
Music kicks off at 8pm
Tickets: $17.50 (earlybërd special) / $20 on the door
https://theworkersclub.oztix.com.au/outlet/event/2bfafbbd-da36-4992-89f5-80ca42fa3198
Band Info
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- 3 Base Hit -

3 Base Hit are all about bringing excitement and adventure to live music. Whether it's the pumping grooves or the improvised cliffhangers, 3 Base Hit will take you for a wild ride into the darker side of the jazz idiom. With a collective playing experience of several lifetimes, 3 Base Hit come together with purpose and drive to push music into a new frontier.
3 Base Hit are currently working to release their work into the digital world. With the recording of a full-length album in the works, they are now beginning to release their music whilst continuing to explore on the live stage.

- Please People -

Please People, based in Naarm, were born out of deep friendship and a shared passion for soul-stirring music. Eight musically inclined souls bonded by the irresistible call of 'The Funk' and a desire to slap it upon youse.
Please People is Friend Funk, united in bringing people together and getting them moving.

- Dërty Bërd -

Dërty Bërd is a local eight-piece soulful, funky-reggae syndicate composed of mellifluous vocalists, earthy-toned brass players and a rhythm section that thrives on a dance-floor atmosphere. Dërty Bërd borrows elements from afro-beat, ska, funk, soul and jazz and weaves them into one, attaining a sound akin to a love-child of Fat Freddy’s Drop, The Shaolin Afronauts, Jorja Smith and The JB’s.

- Gusto Gusto -

Finalists for both 2023 and 2024 Australian Folk Music Awards’ Artist of the Year, Gusto Gusto are dance floor favourites. Hailing from West Preston, a tiny pocket in Melbourne’s northern suburbs, the last two years have seen them storming stages including Glastonbury Festival (UK), Woodford Folk Festival (QLD), Dark MOFO (TAS), Port Fairy Folk Festival (VIC) and Brunswick Music Festival (VIC), and supporting acts Snarky Puppy (US), Skerryvore (Scotland), The Bamboos and The Black Jesus Experience.
In October 2024, Gusto Gusto released their anticipated debut album ‘…To The Ocean They Returned’, a raucous blend of violin, trumpet and clarinet, backed by accordion, guitar, bass and drums.