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Reggae festivals may include classic reggae and related or derivative genres such as ska, dancehall, dub, hip hop, ragga, reggae fusion, and drum and bass. Reggae originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s, influenced by Rastafarian culture , Jamaican dance music , traditional mento and calypso music , as well as American jazz and rhythm and blues ...
There was no festival from 2020-2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with founder Smith passing away in 2021. [11] Festival returned in 2023, carried on by his wife Gretchen. However, disappointing ticket sales in 2024 forced a cancellation close to the start date, with would-be attendees told that the passes were good at Reggae on the River ...
The Reggae Sunjam Festival is an annual two-day event in Cyprus organized since 2016 [1] by an independent group of reggae enthusiasts. It is held in the first half of August every year and features international and local artists (bands, selectors, dj's and live acts). [2] It is the biggest reggae gathering in Cyprus.
This is a list of jam band music festivals. This list may have some overlap with list of historic rock festivals and list of reggae festivals . Jam bands are musical groups who relate to a unique fan culture that began in the 1960s with Grateful Dead (see deadheads ), and continued with The Allman Brothers Band , which had lengthy jams at concerts.
Today, The California Roots Festival has grown enormously in both size and attendance. It is organized over three full days with more than 11,000 attendees each day. [1] It is described as the largest reggae-rock festival in the world and claims to one of the largest reggae festivals in the United States. [2] [3]
Summerjam is a European reggae festival. It takes places annually in July at the Fühlinger See, which is a lake located in Cologne, Germany. The event usually attracts an audience of between 25,000 and 30,000 people. Two stages and two tents are located on an island, with the camping area surrounding the lake.
A music festival is a festival oriented towards music that is sometimes presented with a theme such as musical genre, nationality or locality of musicians, or holiday. They are commonly held outdoors, and are often inclusive of other attractions such as food and merchandise vending, performance art , and social activities.
Reggae Sumfest is the largest music festival in Jamaica and the Caribbean, taking place each year in mid-July in Montego Bay. [1] Sumfest started in 1993. It attracts crowds of all ages from all over the world, and has featured a variety of Jamaican reggae artists such as Damian "Junior Gong" Marley and Stephen Marley, Ziggy Marley, Bunny Wailer, The Mighty Diamonds, Toots & the Maytals ...