Victoria Ska Fest
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| Location(s) | Victoria, British Columbia Canada  |
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| Years active | 2000 – present |
| Date(s) | 5–9 July 2011 (latest edition) |
| Genre | Ska, Reggae, Ska punk, Third wave ska, Dancehall |
| Website | [1] |
The Victoria Ska Fest is a music festival that takes place every summer in Victoria British Columbia, Canada. The festival is organized and executed by the Victoria BC Ska Society and an army of volunteers. It is the longest running ska festival in North America and had over 200 submissions for 2009, from bands and artists from around the world.
The first Victoria Ska Festival was a one-day event on August 12, 2000 at Market Square, Victoria. The event was organaized by Dane Roberts to complete a practical term towards his degree at University of Victoria.[1] The first one featured The Scofflaws, King Django, Chris Murray and Pressure Cooker.
2011 marked the 12th anniversary of the festival and an expanded schedule, making the festival 5 days long, and incorporating a visual art component, the Rocksteady Collective Multi-Media Art Exhibit (an expansion of 2011's Sights and Stories Art Exhibit).
[edit] Line-ups
I - 2000 - The Scofflaws, King Django, Chris Murray, Pressure Cooker, Monkey Spanker, Chocomo Sound, Skanky Crackdown, The Bloodwarmers
II - 2001 - Street Prophet Union, The Bloodwarmers, Chocomo Sound, The Kiltlifters, Two and a Half White Guys, Mad Bomber Society, Easy Big Fella, NY Ska Jazz Ensemble
III - 2002 -The Hoodwinks, The Abolitionists, The Kiltlifters, Dub Freque, The Pietasters, Pressure Cooker, Easy Big Fella, The Abolitionists, General Rudie, Street Prophets Union
IV - 2003 -The Slackers, The Kingpins, Chris Murray, The Aggrolites, One Drop, JFK & the Conspirators, The Kiltlifters, Los Furios, The Afterbeat, DJ Skip, The Operators, The Bloodwarmers, The Hoodwinks, Zsolt Sandor & Christian Stevenson, Chris Murray, Esquimalt Jazz Ensemble Grads, DJ Jebus
V - 2004 - Stangejah Cole, Dr. Ring Ding, King Django, Eastern Standard Time, The Debonaires, Westbound Train, General Rudie, One Drop, The Kiltlifters, Califfo De Luxe, V.I.S.A. Ska Jazz Orchestra, Greg Milka Crowe, The Hoochy Girls, Los Furios, The Operators, The Soul Captives, Monkey, Ten Too Late, Uprite Dub Orchestra, The Debonaires, Westbound Train, General Rubie, The Kiltlifters
VI - 2005 - Long Beach Short Bus, Fishbone, Mad Bomber Society, Los Furios, Victor Rice, Western Conference, Those Rapskallions, DJ Skip, The Makeshift Heroes, One Drop (band), The Allentons, Afterbeat
VII - 2006 - Junior Reid, The Aggrolites, La Severa Matacera, The Kiltlfters, DJ Salamander, One Drop (band), Wednesday Night Heroes, Cambridge, Barrington Levy, The Next Best Thing, Subcity Dwellers, The Real Deal, The Wedgewoods, Georgetown Orbits
VIII - 2007 - Neville Staple, Mad Caddies, The Sainte Cathrines, The Real MacKenzies, One Night Band & JFK, MamaPulpa, The Soul Captives, Uprite Dub Orchestra, Satori, Macaque, Current Swell, Skaboom!, The Elixxers, Subcity Dwellers, One Drop (band), The Rebel Spell, Los Rastrillos, The Itals, Paapa Westik, Arbutus Trio, The Drastics, Tequila Mockingbird Orchestra
IX - 2008 - Skatalites, Easy Star All Stars, King Django, Los Furios, The Kiltlifters, Pato Banton & The Mystic Roots Band, The Debonaires, Current Swell, Buena Buya, Tequila Mockingbird Orchestra, Staylefish, Skavenjah, Dubmatix Sound System, Jon and Roy, Inspector, Mama Pulpa, Salon Victoria, Karmacanix, Greenlaw
X - 2009 - Mighty Mighty Bosstones, The Slackers, Chris Murray, Voodoo Glow Skulls, La Severa Matacera, Los Rastrillos, One Drop (band) (reunion), The Hoochy Girls (reunion), Georgetown Orbits, Tequilla Mockingbird Orchestra, Jah Cutta and Determination, Subatomic Sound System, Vic Ruggiero, Brave New Waves, Dread Daze, The Fabulous Lo Lo, Greg Crowe & the Scarlet Union, The Kiltlifters, Los Furios, Maskatesta, Rude City Riot, Stepper, Rocky Mountain Rebel Music
XI - 2010 - Fishbone, The Black Seeds, Cherry Poppin' Daddies, The Aggrolites, Katchafire, Easy Big Fella (reunion), Los Kung-Fu Monkeys, Skampida One Shot Left, Rocky Mountain Rebel Music, The Israelites, The Shane Philip Tree, Brave New Waves, Danny Rebel & KGB, The Valuables, The Beatdown, The Resignators, Big Reds
XII - 2011 - Ky-Mani Marley, Gramps Morgan, The Planet Smashers, The Resignators, Mama Pulpa, Hillside Hooligans, Kae Sun, Rocky Mountain Rebel Music, Everybody Left, Gaudi (musician), The Ivy League Brawlers, Ken Boothe, Natural Flavas, The Afterbeat, Micro Bongo Soundsystem, DJ Frame, Chris Murray, Bananafish Dance Orchestra, JOn and Roy, The Klaxon, Giraffe Aftermath, Brave New Waves, The Navamatics, Mobadass
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Victoria Ska Fest official website
- Exclaim.ca article
- [2]
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