The upcoming Reggae & Food Festival, which is to take place on Sunday, September 1st, at Space Coast Harley-Davidson (1440 Sportsman Lane Northeast) in Palm Bay, Florida, will be headlined by reggae sensation Iba Mahr.

The Rastafarian singer is in the midst of his 2024 summer tour, which began in early June and will go on until late September. Tickets for the Reggae & Food Festival can be purchased on Eventbrite.

Popular live music venue Moe’s Alley will host the Grammy Award-winning reggae group Black Uhuru on Saturday, September 7th, 2024. The show will also feature special guests, The Rudians, an emerging reggae ensemble from Salinas, California.

This is a 21 and older concert that will begin at 8:00 p.m. local time. Moe’s Alley is located at 1535 Commercial Way in Santa Cruz, California. Click here to buy tickets.

Recording artist Prezident Brown will wrap up the month of August with a performance at the Uptown Oakland Reggae Festival, which will take place at Forage Kitchen (478 25th Street) in Oakland, California, on Saturday, August 31st.

This show is special because it’s in support of Prezident Brown‘s recently released album, Roots Hop Reggae (In Your Box), published to streaming platforms on July 28.

Other artists confirmed for the Uptown Oakland Reggae Festival are Reggae Angels, Brady Shammar, Princess Alreca, Keteis Oyonde, and Empress Sharon. Black Love Sound is also on the program. Admission is US$25.00.

Reggae Splash on the Vineyard, an event that’s all about celebrating life, love, and unity, will be staged at the Martha’s Vineyard Performing Arts Center (100 Edgartown Road) in Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts, on Sunday, August 18.

There will be a performance by Jamaican singer Marcia Griffiths, who was a member of the I Threes and Bob and Marcia, not to mention her very distinguished career as a solo artist. Tickets can be purchased on Eventbrite.

A few days ago, on August 7th, legendary vocalist and storyteller Beres Hammond announced that he would be postponing both his Long Island and Philadelphia shows, which were to take place on August 7th and 8th, respectively. This means that Philly-based fans and supporters of Belizean-American singer Mesha Steele will also have to wait to see her because she is one of the opening acts on that show.

Thankfully, a new date has already been given for the Pennsylvania leg of Beres‘ Forever Giving Thanks Tour. It will now be on August 21st, and Mesha Steele will be there!

Steele, who is a highly accomplished reggae artist from Belize, has been crisscrossing the U.S. for some time now. In addition to her upcoming appearance with Beres Hammond, her schedule also includes a show at The Beer Garden on August 16 in Stamford, Connecticut; a stop in Nantucket, Massachusetts, on the 29th; and a set at Cisco Brewers in New Bedford, which is also in Massachusetts, on August 31st.

The aforementioned concert with Beres Hammond will be held at the Keswick Theatre (291 N Keswick Avenue) in Glenside, which is approximately 12 miles from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Canadian-born singer and songwriter Tonya P has once again blessed us with a gem. On Friday, August 9th, she, along with her team at Starliners Entertainment, released a powerful new single called Rise.

Although done on a rhythm, Rise is really a three-minute and twenty-nine-second motivational speech. The inspirational reggae song is very personal to Tonya P, who, in the following statement, explains what she was going through when she wrote it:

“I was feeling really down at the time, and I wasn’t the only one. It seemed like everyone around me including myself were facing some very difficult challenges spiritually and even financially and then what really topped it off was the loss of some very significant people in my life. It made me want to either give up or push back. I chose to rise and appreciate my life as much as I possibly can.”

Industry insiders familiar with her musical journey are very optimistic about this record. This is because, aside from its strong message, Rise was produced by Radford ‘Dr Rad’ Ettienne, the man who is also responsible for Tonya‘s very first hit song, With Me, shared in 2005. The only other musician who contributed to the making of Rise was guitarist Kelly Andrews.

When asked what she would like listeners to take away from this record, Tonya P said: “I want listeners to know that although life can be hard and sometimes very difficult it is also a precious gift. Once there is life there is hope. Sometimes when you think you’ve reached your lowest that’s when everything can turn around for you all you have to do is keep going, keep trying and never give up.”

Rise can be streamed and downloaded from iTunes, Amazon Music, Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer, Tidal, Pandora, etc. It is on the Starliners Entertainment record label. 

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