![]() The festival also announced additional acts Caravãna Sun and Tijuana Cartel, who will both perform on the main stage immediately before The Cat Empire’s final performance. “Felix & Ollie have advised they will be launching The Cat Empire II soon … can’t wait, but meantime… we get to say ‘Goodbye, Goodbye’ before we say ‘Hello, Hello’ again.” It will be interesting to see what everyone from the original lineup does in future. Now they are known and loved all over the world. “We always believed they would be a major band, everywhere, when we first saw them play at the Prince Bandroom, St Kilda, all those years ago, and booked them as a result. “It’s going to be a magnificent celebration when The Cat Empire play their final ever show Easter Thursday at Bluesfest after 20 years, including an incredible 16 performances at Bluesfest in that time,” says Festival Director, Peter Noble OAM. Earlier this year the band announced that the original 20-year lineup will play their final shows together in December 2021, with Felix Riebl and Ollie McGill moving forward as members of the next iteration of the band. ĭuring a career that has seen close to 1,500 joyous live shows played across the planet over the past two decades, The Cat Empire became a much-loved pillar of Australian funk music. Keep up with the latest festival news, reviews and interviews here. ![]() The festival has 85 artists and counting.The Cat Empire are headlining, performing an electric final show with the original lineup after 20 years.The Bluesfest 2022 lineup has another three names on board, performing for opening night only.Headlining the opening night of the festival on Thursday, April 14 is none other than The Cat Empire, who will perform an electric final show with the original lineup after 20 years in what will be the Bluesfest’s biggest opening night ever. Byron Bay's Bluesfest 2022 reveals the details of opening night of the five-day festival.īluesfest Byron Bay has announced an additional three acts set to grace the stage at the 2022 installment of the festival, joining an already stacked lineup of Aussie-NZ talent.
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