8 Foot Felix

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Maverick, whimsical and anchored tight, 8Foot Felix’s magical brand of dancing music is crafted from gypsy, ska and funk roots, spiced with the salty taste of sea shanties and vibrant splashes of hip-hop and blues.

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This Sunday join us for round 2 as we welcome back winter. Come warm your ears and souls.

@lomondhotel at 5pm.😺
2 sets of music.😺
Kid friendly show.😺
Everybody friendly show.😺

Our shoulders are bigger than yours...

Come and witness this Sunday at @lomondhotel

Music starts at 5pm. Kid friendly show!
2 big-shoulded sets of music.

Wild weather is on the horizon. We're heading for the protected ports of @lomondhotel this Sunday, 1st of June.

Come join us for a Sunday Session that will go down in legend.

Doors from 5pm

Hot food, Cold Guinness
Kid friendly, Silliness expected.

"Ring Ring"
Quick call to remind you that on Sunday the 1st of June WE ARE BACK at @lomondhotel for round 2 of our Sunday sessions.

Don't miss this rare chance to catch us in daylight hours.

Music starts at 5pm

Bring the kids!

See you next week

Dancing on a Sunday is good for the soul! Treat yourself to deep boogie healing 1st June @ the Lomond.

Captain Tait has picked up the quill to tell the stories that shape 8Foot Felix. Dive in for a read at honey4thefelix.substack.com

My beard is saltier (and less rambunctious) than at this @lomondhotel gig 13 years ago, but the music will still be just as wild when we return there at 5pm this Sunday 4th May (and again on 1st and 29th June). Tix via linktree in bio...

Oh, the intrigue! What marvellous medieval mysteries will we unfold at Questival this weekend? Or will we simply get whisked up in the whirl of musical mayhem (as is our wont). Either way Kryal Castle is the place to be this Saturday...

This Fri 22nd Open Studio - 8FF's farewell to this venerable venue. (May 2013 - this cake was served there for our 2nd Birthday celebration!)

Here it is folks - our last ever gig at Open Studio where the good ship 8Foot Felix first set sail in May 2011. Come and make it a send off worthy of all the epic nights there since. Ticket link in bio...

5 more sleeps til another classic Friday Felix Footstomper at the most magical Open Studio

The spiritual home of 8Foot Felix - Open Studio - where it all began in 2011 - is preparing to close its doors for good. Come and help us celebrate being at home while we stil can. Fri 16th August. Open Studio. High St Northcote.

Thank you beloveds for an unforgettable night at the Bergy Bandroom last weekend - the way you guys started moving as a unified joy-field FROM THE 3rd SONG!! Hearts glowing - minds blown. Watch this space for more 2024 gigs to be announced soon...

YESSS! This one feels long overdue. Here's the link for your "Goddamit I'm in!" ticket-buying pleasure: https://tickets.oztix.com.au/outlet/event/25b9a943-2f3f-49ed-ba2e-93c2f5b7f98a?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR0-as7RG_tAMdP1XLdLlxwgyCvqWzsDL4miGZMxeBSsfRRzhavhTnwip-U_aem_Ac2E5QsA2RETpELgv6Tq0MDb_dRhHxKzmAKONcv_G9AVY7_5qk4dJLZj9Mm-mRlkwG0_Ip21r1KJTfcpT8jaxn23

The Felix will soon be firing up again fine friends - a Friday night of shenanigans no less: 31st May at Bergy Bandroom Brunswick w/ Firetail and Beautiful Bedlam. Let's gather in a wild dancing embrace!!

Calling all feet and bones: Saturday night's dancefloor awaits! 8Foot Felix has the EARLY slot (8.30pm) for a delicious night with Gusto Gusto...

Been having 8Foot Felix cravings? Only 3 weeks to go til your next sizzling serve: Sat 14th October at @bergybandroom , proudly supporting Gusto Gusto's "Secret EP Launch Party"

Nothing like a day in the bungalow for ship-shaping the ol' Felix. See y'all on Friday at Shotkickers peeps...

Cooking up a feast of Felix for our gig at Open Studio this coming Saturday (29th Oct)...

Don't miss a beat! Tix still available via link in bio...

8Foot Felix is all over town again (thanks Plakkit!) - 3 more sleeps til The Night Cat!!!

OK, people, it's getting close now. Get them tix if you haven't already!!! (via link in bio)

A huge shout out to PBS FM, who let us know over the weekend that they won't be charging us for the re-run of our radio promo for 10 Years of 8Foot Felix at @thenightcat_fitzroy on Sat 11th Dec. They said it was the least they could given what Melbourne bands have been through this year. Bravo! & Thank you, thank you!!!

Juan Pirata is as excited as we are for our 11th Dec gig. Let's put this whole twisted year on the dancing pyre, and come out the otherside fresh and Phoenix-like for the summer of fun that we've all earnt ourselves!

OK, so it's actually game on. This gig has been through the ringer - 3 COVID reschedules!!! How epic that it's now less than a month til we do this for real!! Tix via link in bio.

3rd time's a charm? Most rescheduled gig of 2021? Maybe, but one thing is for sure: this gig is going to dance on within us til time immemorial - and we've got a feeling in our Bones that Sat 11th Dec really is actually the real actual date! We're gonna keep that feeling under wraps for now. Come November we'll start priming the vibe here on our socials, until all those dancing feet are busting to move on down to The Night Cat of their own accord. Til then keep your hearts whole. We've got this. Much love, 8Foot & PirateSka

Will this be the night that we finally get to party with y'all? Cross those fingers and toes and skulls and bones! Ticket holders (thank you and may joy and happiness rain down on you all of your days) check your email...

The ticket link has been updated peeps (link via bio), so jump on board if you haven't got a ticket yet... ***Ticket holders: your tickets are now valid for the new date (see email if you can't make the new date and need a refund)

Well, there may not be a huge crowd dancing tonight - but there is a single to launch! Fine friends of the Felix we are irrepressibly proud to offer you 'Bones': https://ditto.fm/bones-8foot-felix

There's Bones everywhere! (Thank you Plakkit!)

Getting y'all in the mood for the 8FF PirateSka double this coming Friday...

In 2016 we were programmed at the spooky heart of the extraordinary multi-venue adventure that was Hallowine. We lit up like deep sea creatures in the murky depths of the cellar...

To Launch Mad Isle in 2016 we engaged the jaw-dropping artistic wizardry of @stefano_ives to create the Isle itself as our album artwork...

Many colours, many emotions. Just a few slices from the Mad Isle Official Video film shoot in 2016 (check the video out on our YouTube Channel)

In 2015 we placed ourselves in the hands of Cy Gorman and Lachlan Wooden and set sail in the good ship Sing Sing Studios in search of the Mad Isle. We were to find it in so many ways...

Quick recap on the 8Foot Felix Retrospective so far. Up next: the birthing of Mad Isle...

In 2014 a trip to the Kangaroo Valley Folk Festival inspired this slightly disturbed but eminently suave 8Foot Felix Band Pic

This is how we greeted supporters of our Pozible Campaign from the 8Foot Felix UK Tour they helped to create in 2013

Fri 16th July - Tix via link in Bio people!

Continuing our 8FF 10th Anniversary Retrospective with a celebratory snippet from our 2013 Pozible Filmshoot. A heartwarming gem rescued from the cutting room floor all these years later!

2012 saw the beginning of a beautiful creative relationship with Stu Walmsley, 8Foot Felix's official photgrapher for many years. Here's the 8FF Official Band Pic from our first ever photoshoot.

In October 2012 we went all-out for first large venue Melbourne gig supporting The Woo Hoo Revue at The Regal Ballroom, we even had a real-live Felix dancing in the crowd!

In 2012 8Foot Felix was given a prime slot on the Playground Festival at Rainbow Serpent Festival. As you can see from Stevie's face, we rocked it - and we went back year-on-year to rock it again and again!

This is like 'Proto-8Foot Felix'! A warm up gig in Open Studio weeks before our official launch as a band in May 2011!

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