Saint Lucia Jazz & Arts Festival is one of the few major multi-genre, annual, live music events in the Caribbean. This year it will run from April 30th to May 11th at various locations on the eastern Caribbean island of St. Lucia.

Musical styles that will be presented include soca, reggae-dancehall, gospel, rhythm-and-blues, country, soul, afrobeat, world music, funk, gospel, and of course, jazz.

Three of Jamaica’s most esteemed artists—Bounty Killer, Beenie Man, and Sizzla Kalonji—are confirmed and will perform. Sizzla‘s set will be on opening night, April 30th, at Mindoo Philip Park in Castries, while Beenie Man and Bounty Killer are scheduled for Friday, May 9th, at the Pigeon Island National Landmark in Gros Islet.