Punch Fest 2016 is a first time event on the Jamaican Easter calendar. It’s a reggae extravaganza which will feature an icon but will also be a live performance platform for a kaleidoscope of reggae’s rising stars. Punch Fest takes place on Saturday March 26 at the V Club in Independence City
This year’s featured icon is reggae’s hit machine Sizzla Kalonji who is currently holding down the number #3 slot on Billboard Magazine’s Top Reggae Albums chart with his critically acclaimed album 876. Sizzla brings to the table an impressive catalogue of hit singles and albums, and his output of nearly six dozen albums is considered prodigious by even the most seasoned industry insiders and producers. At Punch Fest, Sizzla will perform many of his classic hit songs alongside newer cuts from the 876 album.
Voxhall, one of the premier live venues in the city of Aarhus, in collaboration with Jam Link International, present the legendary Lee “Scratch” Perry, on Tuesday, April 12th 2016. The event is very special for Reggae lovers in that region because this will be Lee Perry’s first performance in what many are calling the culture city of Europe. As an added bonus, he will be joined by the Mad Professor.
For the perfect date night or ultimate group outing in Atlanta, a unique nightlife experience takes place Sunday March 13, 2016 when Highlanda.net and The Honorary Citizen present #RubADubATL, starring Funkregulator Celo alongside Highlanda Sound and DJ Passport.
Terro Melody, an emerging artist from St. Ann, Jamaica, has just released “Nothing Na Gwaan Fi Di Poor,” a song he hopes will capture the attention of Jamaica’s leaders.
Dawn Penn is a Jamaican singer who first made a name for herself during reggae’s rocksteady era of the 1960s. Dawn Penn gave the reggae world a pleasant surprise when she returned to the charts in the early ’90s with a dancehall-influenced remake of her signature song “You Don’t Love Me (No, No, No).”
