On Saturday, August 17th, Wall Street Plaza will be hosting Margarita Fest on their grounds, 25 Wall Street, in Orlando, Florida. This event will have hours of approximately 20 margarita samplings. Additionally, there will be tequila drinks plus live reggae and rock bands on hand to entertain patrons. The bad boys of reggae, Inner Circle, will be representing the genre.
Margarita Fest is a 21 and older event and admission starts at $20 USD. Get additional information here: www.wallstplaza.net.
Celebrated Reggae Queen Marcia Griffiths and legendary reggae/gospel singer Judy Mowatt, two thirds of the world famous I-Threes, reggae’s most influential female singing group that provided backing vocals for the honorable Robert Nesta Marley (Bob Marley) in the 70’s, will reunite for one performance only at the inaugural Westchester Reggae Festival, slated to take place on Labour Day Saturday, August 31 at The Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, New York.
The Reggae Queen, who continues to break new ground with her new smash single ‘What Kind of World’ from her album Timeless, garnered international notoriety with ‘Electric Boogie,’ which was originally released by Bunny Wailer in 1976. Mowatt has also secured her own place in history as the first female singer nominated for a Grammy Award in the reggae category for her ‘Working Wonders’ album in 1985.
On Wednesday, July 31st, Jamaican reggae artist Kabaka Pyramid will be returning to Moe’s Alley (1535 Commercial Way) in Santa Cruz, California. With support from his own Bebble Rockers, Kabaka is expected to deliver a full set. Pacific Roots & DJ Spleece are also confirmed for the show.
For those not familiar with him, Kabaka Pyramid is a conscious revolutionary lyricist with a unique musical style; blending the power, energy and melody of Reggae with the lyricism of Hip-hop.
It’s been 40 years since Vincent and Patricia Chin set up VP Records in Jamaica, Queens; the success of that shop would prompt them to found VP Records, now one of the most important sources of reggae and dancehall music in the world.
To celebrate, VP hosts a showcase with some of its illustrious alumni: Elephant Man, whose 2003 hit “Pon di River, Pon di Bank” and collaborations with Wyclef Jean and Busta Rhymes helped further blur the lines between dancehall and hip hop; Junior Reid, the former Black Uhuru vocalist whose 1989 classic “One Blood” has spawned countless remakes and interpolations; Estelle, the genre-bending, Grammy-winning English singer best known for her Kanye West collaboration “American Boy” and now has her own album, Lover’s Rock, with VP; and Grammy-nominated Raging Fyah, a five-piece band from Kingston, Jamaica that makes music bound to the roots rock reggae tradition.
The event will take place at Summerstage Performance Venue (Central Park) in New York on Saturday, August 10th from 5 to 10 PM.
Composer, songwriter, singer and performer, Clinton Fearon, will be live at the Flamingo Cantina (515 East 6th Street) in Austin, Texas on Friday, September 13th. He will be supported by Cas Haley.
This event begins at 9 PM and tickets, which are going for $15 USD, can be purchased via eventbrite.com.
The inaugural Chilling On The Illinois Reggae festival in Cave Junction, Oregon is extending its riverfront property, Earth People’s Park, to the Reggae community, with intentions of spreading love and unity through live music, camping, meditation and much more.
As such, they have added reggae and dancehall giants Sizzla Kalonji, Spragga Benz, Kabaka Pyramid, Toots and the Maytals and several others to their lineup. The event will take place on August 2nd and 3rd, 2019.
On Thursday, August 1st, Tastee in collaboration with Solid Agency will be hosting an event dubbed I-Rise. This is a conscious stage show and dance that will be held at the Kaya Herb House (Drax Hall, St Ann). There will be performances from Jesse Royal, No Maddz, Eva Flow, Skorcha, Jamila Falak and many more; with music by Yaad Core and DJ Stamma.
I-Rise is an early event that will begin at 4 PM. Tickets, which can be purchased via www.spfweekend.com, are currently available for $2,000.
