John Butler & The Cat Empire Headline 2024 Good Day Sunshine Festival

Australian music favourites John Butler and The Cat Empire will headline the 2024 edition of Good Day Sunshine festival. The fun takes place on Saturday, 6 April, at the 3 Oceans Winery in Margaret River, Western Australia.

In addition to the headliners, the festival will boast equally fun rocking acts The Bamboos, Caravãna Sun, Tijuana Cartel and Banjo Lucia.

Revealing his appearance at the festival, John Butler wrote that he’s “stoked” to perform, while The Cat Empire added that it’s “good to be back” in WA “with legends and friends” this year.

You can register for early access pre-sale tickets via Oztix. The first release tickets go on sale this Friday, 12 January, at 4 PM AWST. Second-release tickets will be available soon.

With the festival’s previous hosting of the likes of Leon Bridges, The Teskey Brothers, Xavier Rudd, Eskimo Joe, and Josh Pyke, this is an event you won’t want to miss. The upcoming edition of Good Day Sunshine has been described as “mind-blowing” and “absolutely unmissable”, bringing some of the most beloved Australian acts to Western Australia.

A press release continues, “Built on the commandments of good music, good vibes and good behaviour, Good Day Sunshine is one of the most popular cultural events in the region, with 2024 set to break all records.”

Last March, John Butler announced the release of his fifth live album, Live In Paris, which arrived with a triple vinyl and double CD release, recorded over two magical sold-out shows at the prestigious Le Trianon in Paris. 

“There were a lot of setbacks to get the European tour across the line, and a lot of hurdles to overcome to get this album recorded,” Butler admitted, after two postponements and a cancellation due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

He added, “But we eventually got there. Good things take time, and I couldn’t think of a more beautiful part of the globe to have recorded it in or a better way to share it with the world. It was worth the wait.” You can buy a copy of Live In Paris here.

Meanwhile, 2023 was a busy year for The Cat Empire, who welcomed new members and released a bizarrely wonderful new track, Thunder Rumbles, took The Music behind the scenes their new album, Where The Angels Fall, and finished Bluesfest 2023 on a high.

Former The Cat Empire vocalist Harry Angus and Emily Lubitz (Tinpan Orange) made headlines last year, too, when Ampe-kehne Ahelhe (Children's Ground Central Australia) unveiled the very first children’s album to be released in Arrernte language, Ampe-mape Alyelheme (Kid’s Sing). The initiative was begun in 2021 by Angus and Lubitz in partnership with local artists, families, and educators.