Katchafire - On The Road Tour

I live in Mackay, it's a small regional mining town in Queensland.  A place, where nothing really exciting ever happens. So when a kiwi mate posted that Katchafire was coming to Mackay I didn't really believe it. Seriously Katchafire, in Mackay??

Turns out that Mackay has a large Kiwi contigent, alot of Maori people.  It was also held at the MECC (one of the biggest venues in Mackay) and I was a little worried, that maybe it would be too large, even though I fully understand the awesomeness of this great kiwi reggae band.

So I bought ticket for Nick and I and their latest album and last Thursday I took my heavily preggo self to the concert.

Katchafire themselves were amazing as always, the sweet crooning of their five current vocalists, the swaying jazz sax from Jamey Fergusson and bongo beats from Leon Davey. Just had you immersed in that relaxed reggae vibe that is quintessentially Kiwi.

The only downside was the way that the event was setup. 10 metres of dancing room and then about 40 rows of seating. A small group of people could get ridiculously close to band and have their sweet head bopping on, but you'd then turn around to see a few hundred people just sitting there. Then further back another dancing space with tables, meant that usually sweaty atmosphere that a live gig provided felt detached and a little lonely. To be honest I was enjoying the extra room to shake my oversized booty but it was a little disappointed in the setup.

We even got to meet and take a photo with Jamey Fergusson afterwards where my darling, slightly drunken husband tried to get him to sign "his son" (still currently in my belly), "Yeah right" I screamed "Keep that vivid away from me"

I still claim that Revival is one of my favourite all time albums. I know that words to EVERY SONG. But check out some of singles from their latest - On the Road.