John White and his half-brother Sam wanted to host an outdoor party, and settled on Bethunes Gully, as John White explains.
"Initially, we were looking at Chingford Park, but there's a lot of neighbours right next to the field there, so we thought Bethunes would be ideal in terms of keeping everyone happy.
"And because it's a daytime event largely consisting of family and friends of the performers, it will pretty much be a big family picnic with music to boot."
As well as being under the Radio One banner, the gig will also launch a relatively new Dunedin label, Proxy Music.
"At the end of last year, Sam and Lisandru were thinking of a place that would be good to show off lots of the bands from their Proxy Music record label.
"Doing something outside seemed like a nice idea, so we asked the council if it would be possible - and it was."
Outdoor gigs nearly always attract noise complaints from someone, but White says that is why Bethunes Gully was chosen.
"It has a clearing just up from the main picnic area that's a good little spot for having music.
"There are tall pines for kilometres around, which is good for keeping sound issues to a minimum.
"Plus it's got barbecue facilities and a good lawn of grass . . ."
The line-up includes Heka, TFF, Mountaineater, The Aesthetics, Horsehead Nebula, Sewage, Bastard Wisher, OPC and Communist Rainbow Relationship.
John White said that says if people wanted to "try before they buy", a compilation of the bands playing can be found at www.proxymusic.org.
The band line-up for the Bethunes party can also be found on the Proxy Music website.
Be there
The gig begins at Bethunes Gully at noon on March 6.
