festival Runnin’s Check it mon! Grab a pen and circle the festivals you want to attend this season. Highlighted festivals have an ad up front in our Featured Festivals on page 5. Check out www.ReggaeFestivalGuide.com for even more listings. Information believed to be correct but not guaranteed. Call before you go and have an irie time!
June www.skytalkit.tripod.com 30 Reggae in the Park 707-459 8516 Truckee, CA 1 Steel Pulse & Sol Jibe www.renegadeshows.com Truckee, CA 21 Music in the Park 530-583-2801 www.renegadeshows.com San Jose, CA 530-583-2801 www.sjdowntown.com 30-1 Arts, Roots & Culture Showcase Portland, OR 1-3 Mountain High Festival 22-23 Island Festival www.myspace.com/asaasemusicfoundation Avala, Belgrade, Yugoslavia Kalamazoo, MI 541-265-2434 www.mountainhighfest.com www.islandfestkalamazoo.com +381644824709 269-386-6200 July
1-30 Jamaica Festival 22-24 Sierra Nevada World Music 1 International Reggae Day Festival Kingston, Jamaica Festival Kingston, Jamaica www.jcdc.org.jm Boonville, CA www.myspace.com/jahreggaeday 876-926-5726-9 www.snwmf.com 954-840-3744 916-777-5550 5 Pato Banton & Mystic Roots 3-4 World One Festival San Francisco, CA 23 Reggaejam El Cerrito, CA www.apeconcerts.com Reinsberg, Austria www.worldoneradio.org 510-548-3010 www.reggaejam.at 510-233-0611 07487-7180 7 Music in the Other Park 5-8 Houston Caribfest San Jose, CA 23-24 Kenya Reggae Festival Houston, TX www.sjdowntown.com Nairobi, Kenya www.houstoncaribfest.com www.kingrebel.tk 832-206-0142 7-10 San Francisco Black Film Festival +254735385871 San Francisco, CA 6-7 Humboldt Humble Jam www.sfbff.org 23-24 Woodbury Ski Area Reggae Eureka, CA 415-771-9271 Festival www.bonusentertainment.net Woodbury, CT 707-223-7919 9 Reggae Festival San Diego www.woodburyskiarea.com County Fair 203-263-2203 6-8 Summerjam Del Mar, CA Cologne, NRW, Germany www.sdfair.com 25 Luciano at the Independent www.summerjam.de 858-755-1161 San Francisco, CA +49 (0)711-238 50 50 www.apeconcerts.com 15-17 Jamaican Reggae Festival 510-548-3010 6-14 Rototom Sunsplash Annweiler, Germany Osoppo, Udine, Italy www.jamaicanreggaefestival.net 28 Wailers www.rototomsunsplash.com +49 (0) 152-08-43-69-57 Ashland, OR +39-0434-977314 www.renegadeshows.com 15-17 Juneteenth Fest 530-583-2801 11-14 Victoria’s Ska Festival Akron, OH Victoria, BC, Canada www.myspace.com/talent4you 30 1000 Smiles Jamaica “Fun-Raising” www.victoriaskafest.ca 330-535-1995 Dinner Party 250-385-0051 Ashland, OR 15-17 Thimbleberry Music Festival www.gsjamaica.org 12-15 California World Fest Stanhope, County Durham, UK 541-535-4000 Grass Valley, CA www.thimbleberry.co.uk www.worldfest.net 01388527573 30 Reggae Ethnic Session 530-891-4098 Czech Republic 16 Dance for Freedom www.reggaefestival.cz Willits, CA
92 A Reggae Festival Guide 2007 13 Reggae Meltdown 22 Femi Kuti & the Positive Force 3 Ziggy Marley Bournemouth, Dorset, UK Truckee, CA Truckee, CA www.operahouse.co.uk www.renegadeshows.com www.renegadeshows.com 08701 98 98 98 530-583-2801 530-583-2801
13-15 Montreal International Reggae 23 Rastafest 3-4 Northeast Kingdom Music Festival Festival Toronto, Ontario, Canada East Albany, VT Montreal, Quebec, Canada www.rastafest.com www. nekmf.com www.montrealreggaefestival.com 416-636-0348 802-229-9942
14 Bayfront Reggae Festival 25-29 LB 27 Reggae Camp 3-4 Reggae Geel Duluth, MN Szazhalombatta, Hungary Geel, Antwerp, Belgium www.bayfrontreggae.com www.lb27.hu www.reggaegeel.com 218-834-5037 +36-70-235-6569 3-5 Reggae Rising 14 Soul Rebel Festival 27-28 One Love Caribbean Summer Piercy, CA Nederland, CO Festival www.reggaerising.com www.soulrebelfestival.com Grand Rapids, MI 707-923-4583 303-415-1352 616-458-7875 4-5 Lee “Scratch” Perry at the 15 Jamaica Day Reggae Festival 27-29 Mystic Mountain Reggae Bash Independent Anna Arundel County, MD St. Damien, Lanaudiere, Quebec, Canada San Francisco, CA 301-221-6517 www.myspace.com/mysticmountainreggaebash www.apeconcerts.com 514-815-5075 510-548-3010 15-21 Sound Session Providence, RI 27-29 Sun Flower Festival 5 Reggae Sunsplash at the www.providencesoundsession.com Freiberg, Saxony, Germany Greek Theatre 401-351-0353 www.sunflowerfestival.de Los Angeles, CA www.greektheatrela.com 15-21 Red Stripe Reggae Sumfest 28 Carib Music Fest Montego Bay, Jamaica Stavanger, Norway 8-12 Reggae Sunsplash Tour www.reggaesumfest.com www.caribmusicfest.com Vancouver, BC, Canada 876-953-2933 www.reggaeinthevalley.com 28 Harbor Bar Reggae Fest 604-736- 7648 20 Reggae in Wulf Hager City, WI Friedberg, Germany 715-792-2417 9-11 Uppsala Reggae Festival www.reggae-in-wulf.de Uppsala, Stockholm, Sweden 0049-821-31 96 029 28-30 Peoples’ Festival www.uppsalareggaefestival.se Wilmington, GA 20-3 Weedbeat Festival www.peoplesfestival.com 10-12 Midwest Reggae Fest Hildesheim, Hannover, Germany 856-451-8663 Nelson, OH www.weedbeat.de www.clevelandreggae.com 01714203666 29 Reggae Sunsplash at the 216-241-3460 Santa Barbara Bowl 20-21 Irie Vibes Roots Festival Santa Barbara, CA 10-12 Northwest World Reggae Habdzame, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium www.sbbowl.com Festival www.greenforward.be Eugene, OR 0032498543582 August www.nwworldreggae.com 503-288-1310 20-21 Jammin Reggae Open Air August Kulcha Shok Muzik NÖ, Neurisshof, Austria Summer Surf & Reggae Tour 10-12 Reggae Jam Festival www.jammin.at Florida Bersenbrück, Germany +43-664-5450754 www.kulchashok.com www.reggaejam.de +49(0)54 39-90 21 21 21 Ocean State Reggae Fest 1 Midwest Reggae Festival Charlestown, RI Nelson, OH 10-12 Vermont Int’l Reggae Music www.oceanstatereggae.com www.clevelandreggae.com Festival 860-536-9832 216-241-3460 Rutland, VT www.vermontreggae.org 21 Poudre River Reggae Fest 2-5 Giocando Con La Musica 413-367-0218 Bellvue, CO Frosinone, Italy www.mishawakaconcerts.com www.giocandoconlamusica.it 11 Ethiopian Millennium www.myspace.com/ +393923058204 San Diego, CA zionwaybookingandpublicity www.worldbeatcenter.org 720-300-4264 619-230-1190
Reggae Festival Guide 2007 A 93 11 Loudoun Summer Music Fest 24-25 Jefferson State Festival 14-16 Earthdance Laytonville Ashburn, VA Grants Pass, OR Laytonville, CA www.liveatbelmont.com www.stateofjefferson.org www.earthdance.org 703-726-8867 541-908-2696 541-488-5468
11 Night in the Caribbean 24-26 Koots Roots Culture Fest 15-16 One Root Festival Portage, MI Nelson, BC, Canada Roseville, CA www.caribbeanconnection2002.com www.kootsroots.org www.oneroot.org 269-271-5219 250-354-7366 916-772-2557
11 SEEN Festival 24-26 Port Royal Music Festival 19 Reggae & Brew at the Zoo Berkeley, CA Kingston, Jamaica Baltimore, MD www.maxpages.com/seen2000 www.portroyalmusicfestival.com www.marylandzoo.org 510-938-2463 876-978-0395 443-552-5276
11 Summer Haze 24-26 Reggae Dub Festival 22 Day in the Caribbean Berkeley, CA Bielawa, Poland Albion, MI www.apeconcerts.com www.reggaedubfestival.com www.caribbeanconnection2002.com 510-548-3010 48 74 8 333 007 269-271-5219
11-18 Calgary Reggae Festival 25 South Bend Reggae/ 24-29 Rastafest Calgary, Alberta, Canada World Music Festival Toronto, Ontario, Canada www.calgaryreggaefestival.com South Bend, IN www.rastafest.com 403-355-5696 www.southbendreggae.com 416-636-0348 574-532-4973 12 Jamaica My Weekend 25-29 LB 27 Reggae Camp Fresno, CA 25-26 Oly Hempfest Szazhalombatta, Hungary 559-497-8362 Olympia, WA www.lb27.hu www.olyhempfest.com +36-70-235-6569 12 Reggae Night at the Hollywood 360-456-3517 Bowl 29 Global Marijuana Music Awards Hollywood , CA 25-26 Reggae Carifest Sydney, NSW, Australia 323-850-2162 New York, NY www.marijuanamusicawards.com www.reggaecarifest.com 612+7+40416039 17-19 Chiemsee Reggae Summer 718-856-3336 Übersee, Germany October www.chiemsee-reggae.de 26 Organic Planet Festival Eureka, CA 13 Jacksonville Caribbean Carnival 17-19 One World Inner National www.organicplanetfestival.org Jacksonville, FL Music Celebration 707-445-5100 www.jacksonvillecarnival.com Horse Shoe, NC 904-465-1989 www.innernationalmusic.com 31-2 Monterey Reggae Festival 828-216-7777 Monterey, CA 26-29 1000 Smiles Jamaica Dental www.mbayreggaefest.net Project 17-19 Ostroda Reggae Festival 831-394-6536 Hanover, Negril, Jamaica Ostroda, Poland www.gsjamaica.org www.positive.pl/festival 31-2 Lafayette Reggae & 415-235-5207 48 89 6460955 Cultural Festival Carencro, LA 27 Reggae Jerk Jam 18 Aya Higuma Reggae Fest www.lafayettereggaefestival.com Tampa, FL New York, NY 337-886-0572 www.makingwavesmove.com www.ayahentertainment.net 813-792-1948 212-685-1500 September 18 Chicago Reggae Festival December Chicago, IL 8 Charlemont Reggae Festival www.chicagoreggaefestival.com Charlemont, MA 15 Tribal Fusion Faire IV 773-504-4350 www.charlemontreggaefest.com San Luis Obispo, CA 413-367-9309 www.meddevi.com/tribalfusionfaire 19 Reggae on the Rocks 805-544-7662 Morrison, CO 14-16 Earthdance Markleeville www.redrocksonline.com Markleeville, CA January 2008 720-865-2494 www.deeptahoe.com 530-208-8608 10-12 Festival in the Desert 23-26 Vermont Roots Reggae Festival Essakane, Timuktu, Mali A Newport, Coventry, VT www.vermontrootsreggaefestival.org 802-749-5171
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