8Foot Felix

Every 8Foot Felix gig is an epic journey that frays the fabric of time and space: the audience warms to our quirky musical theatricality, lights up when the beat kicks in, and cooks itself into a glowing, jumping, unified joy-field!

 

We take our role as vibration raisers for humanity very seriously - it is a great honor and pleasure to be 8Foot Felix!

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We launched in 2011 in Melbourne's boho epicenter, Open Studio in Northcote. Within our first two years we toured to the Americas - playing in San Francisco, at Burning Man and in Honduras - and to the UK - playing Secret Garden Party, Wilderness and Boomtown Fair. 

 

In 2012 we initiated an annual Friday night headline slot on the Playground Stage at Rainbow Serpent (RSF) that continued until the festival was disrupted by the 2020 fires. This period also saw us rocking crowds at festivals up and down the East Coast of Australia and Tasmania, including FNQ’s Bushweek, NSW’s Psyfari, and The Village at Falls Festival (Tas). 

 

Meanwhile we’ve always been active on our home turf. Regular Melbourne gigs and residencies over the years include: The LuWoW, Penny Black, Open Studio, Bar Open, The B. East. In 2015 we recorded our debut album Mad Isle at Sing Sing Studios, launching it the following year at a sold-out gig at the Gasometer Hotel. We celebrated 8Foot Felix’s 8th Birthday there too, in May 2019, a launch party for our single Wassail.

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Until the disruptions of 2020 and beyond our year-on-year return to RSF marked our growth as a band like rings on a tree, as we deepened our musical bond in the rehearsal room, evolved our sound with a voracious appetite for genre-play and instrumental exploration, and strengthened our live presence.

 

COVID initiated a period of semi-hibernation for 8Foot Felix, from which we are slowly re-emerging. Audiences are proving to be hungry for our immersive musical mayhem though, with our shows in 2024 consistently selling out. Our fans have a treat in store as well: our long awaited 2nd Album is finally due for release in early 2025.​​