Leaving Ft. Lauderdale with stops in Montego Bay and Ocho Rios, the 2017 Welcome To Jamrock Reggae Cruise will be the ultimate Reggae music adventure. Persons are encouraged to come out and experience some of the World’s top tier Reggae artists as they will perform in multiple venues throughout the beautiful Royal Caribbean Independence of the Seas cruise ship. In addition to the multiple live concerts there will be numerous Sound Systems blazing the vibes all day and all night throughout the cruise.

Book your cabin here:
http://www.welcometojamrockreggaecruise.com/

2017 LINEUP:
Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley
Stephen “Ragga” Marley
Sizzla
Jah Cure
Luciano
Big Youth
The Big Ship Crew (Ft. Freddie McGregor, Stephen “Di Genius” McGregor & Chino McGregor)
Bounty Killer
Tarrus Riley
Cocoa Tea
Busy Signal
Popcaan
Cham
Inner Circle
Richie Spice
Tanto Metro & Devonte
Pressure
Spice
Raging Fyah
Iba Mahr

2017 Sound Systems:
Stone Love
Renaissance
King Jammy’s
Mighty Crown
David Rodigan
Tony Matterhorn
Kingston 12 Hi-Fi

More DJs and Sound Systems to be announced!

GT TAYLOR’S CHRISTMAS EXTRAVAGANZA Is held on December 25th, 2017 at Luana Sports Complex, Black River in St. Elizabeth, Jamaica and will once again feature a stellar lineup of high-quality reggae and dancehall artistes.

Now in its 17th year, the G.T Taylor Extravaganza ranks as one of the longest-running reggae events in Jamaica. Recipient of the 2017 JARIA Award, Irie FM “Show of the Year” in 2007, and Links FM “Show of the Year” in 2010, the annual reggae stage show has become synonymous with Christmas night for music lovers throughout Jamaica. Christmas Extravaganza is produced by Irie FM personality GT Taylor and has enjoyed the support of Jamaica’s top artistes. The show is renowned for its’ professional organization and has been incident-free over the 16 years of its’ staging. This has made the product extremely attractive locally and internationally, as a calendar event.

Already confirmed for 2017 are reggae legends: Cocoa Tea, Half Pint and Sanchez. To see the full lineup go to http://gtextravaganza.com/lineup.html

Semira Hissabu, a recent Biomedical Engineer Graduate from DTU and KU, won the gate prize at the 2017 Aarhus Reggae Festival. Though Semira’s family is from Ethiopia, she was actually born and raised in Copenhagen, Denmark. As someone who loves to travel, Semira says that she is looking forward to this vacation as she is a certified diver and
would love to go diving on the island. The prize is for two so she will be taking a guest with her.

The two weeks Country-style Vacation includes:
Arrival – Montego Bay
2 days – Cedar Ridge B&B with Arlene McKenzie
3 days – Hummingbird Resort Negril (Cliffside) – tour to Orange Bay Village Hanover
2 days – Two Seasons Guest House – Treasure Beach (Tour to Beeston Spring and YS Falls en route to Treasure Beach)
3 days – Mandeville Hotel – community experience tour to Resource Village & coffee factory
2 days – Country Home Homestay Mandeville – Marvelous Mandeville tour

This vacation package was organized by COCAVAT in collaboration with the Aarhus Reggae Festival.

Jam Link International, the association behind the Aarhus Reggae Festival, is very pleased with the 2017 staging. The event took place on September 29th and 30th at Voxhall in Aarhus, Denmark. They had a record turn out and impeccable performances by all acts on both nights (Friday was dedicated to dancehall and Saturday to reggae).

The after party, which was held at Casa V58, was also a success. It was completely sold out on both nights. Persons were turned away at the door. Above is a thank you note from the organizers.

One of Jamaica’s most accomplished visual artist, Andy Ballentine, is now doing the official artwork for Lt. Stitchie’s soon to be released album. For those not familiar with Andy Ballentine, his trademark work – the careful representation of Jamaican fruits, vegetables and landscapes – as well as other portraits, can be found island wide in various resorts. His eye catching art hangs beautifully in tourist traps like Couples (Ocho Rios), which contracted him to produce 30 pieces for their resort in 2002, Swept Away (Negril), and internationally, in places like the office of the Ambassador of Iceland.

The two men met recently at an airport in Miami, Florida. Andy, a die-hearted fan of Lt. Stitchie, introduced himself once he spotted the governor. Stitchie, for his part, was equally impressed once he learned about Andy’s work and achievements. There was an instant connection which eventually led to Andy Ballentine working on the visuals for Lt. Stitchie’s album.

Lt. Stitchie and his team will not be showing the artwork to the public until the album is ready.