This summer Hempress Sativa and her Unconquerebel Band will be touring America’s West Coast. The tour will commence on July 15th and will run through August 4th. As there are still available dates, the artist and her team are encouraging interested promoters to make the link ASAP.
All bookings for this tour are being done by Kings Music International. They can be reached via email at: reggaeangle@aol.com and phone: 1-510-653-4069.
Award winning singer, musician, philanthropist and reggae icon Mrs. Rita Marley, OD has released a career retrospective of her most well-known material to date. The Best of Rita Marley ‘Lioness of Reggae’ was released exclusively on limited edition vinyl on Friday May 3rd via Tuff Gong Worldwide.
Click here to stream and download.
THE BEST OF RITA MARLEY ‘LIONESS OF REGGAE’
1. Harambe
2. One Draw
3. A Jah Jah
4. That’s The Way
5. Who Feels It Knows It
6. King Street
7. Thank You Jah
8. Good Morning Jah
9. I’m Still Waiting
10. Play Play
With an already spicy menu of various Caribbean Jerk delicacies such as Jerk Lobster, Jerk Chicken, Jerk Shrimp, Jerk Pork and the popular Jerk Ice Cream, the 16th staging of the Palm Beach Jerk Festival in West Palm Beach, Florida, has announced their star studded lineup.
GRAMMY nominated international reggae-fusion artist Maxi Priest, billboard charting artist I-Octane and lover’s-rock, reggae crooner and fan favorite Romain Virgo will add flavor to the highly anticipated cultural experience by hitting the main stage.
Palm Beach Jerk Festival will take place at the South Florida Fair Grounds, 9067 Southern Blvd, West Palm Beach, Florida on May 27th. Click here for additional info.
The Grand Bahama Homecoming Committee will be having their 4th annual GB Homecoming Weekend celebration on Saturday, June 8th. It will be held at Goombay Park (Wild Goose Town) in Freeport, Bahamas.
This will be one of the biggest event happening in the region over the Labor Day weekend, as it will see both Munga Honorable and Sizzla Kalonji hitting the stage. Get more information here: www.grandbahamahomecoming.com.
The youth charity festival, dubbed Tomorrow’s Leaders, will take place in Nairobi, Kenya on Sunday, June 8th. This is a family fun day event that will feature a live performance by the international reggae group Morgan Heritage.
This festival has been organized in such a way so as to give patrons two unique experiences: from 10 AM to 5 PM the focus will be on the family, while from 5 PM to dawn it will be geared towards the adults. Click here for ticket info.
The organizers of one of the UK’s premiere music event, the Manchester Reggae Festival, have just announced their lineup for 2019. It includes some key veteran reggae artists, namely: Aswad, Dawn Penn and Wayne Wonder. The show will take place on Saturday, November 30th at the B.E.C Arena (Longbridge Road, M17 1SN Trafford Park) in Lancashire, UK.
Channel One Sound System, Dub Smugglers Sound System, General Levy, Iration Steppas, Mad Professor, Musical Youth, Solo Banton and Trojan Sound System are also on the lineup. Click here for tickets.
The 2019 Distrito Zion Festival will be held on May 11th at El León, Cuautitlán Izcalli (Calle Rio Chiquito 442, 54720 Cuautitlán Izcalli) in Mexico. The headlining acts for this year’s event are reggae’s bad boys Inner Circle and Alborosie. The lineup also includes: Mellow Mood, Golden Ganga, Antidoping, and that is just to name a few.
For additional information (tickets, directions, accommodations etc.), click here.
