List of reggae festivals

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List of reggae festivals
2013-08-23 Stage at Chiemsee Reggae Summer '13 BT0A1563.jpg
General Information
Related genresReggae, jazz, ska, dancehall, dub, hip hop, ragga, reggae fusion
LocationJamaica (origin), worldwide
Related eventsCategory:Reggae festivals, list of music festivals, free festival, rock festival, electronic music festival, jam band music festival

This is a list of notable reggae festivals by country. This list may have some overlap with list of jam band music festivals. 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, and evolved out of the earlier genres ska and rocksteady. By the 1970s, large festivals in Jamaica were being held featuring notable reggae bands, and the Wonder Dream Concert in 1975 in Jamaica was one of the first internationally noted festivals to focus on reggae. In 1979 Reggae Geel became the first reggae festival in Europe, and these concerts soon spread to other locales, becoming popular in regions such as Northern California. With the introduction of the electronic reggae genre ragga in the 1980s, reggae began to be featured at electronic music festivals as well.

Festivals by region[edit]

Main page: Category:Reggae festivals

Africa[edit]

South Africa[edit]

Reggae Ark Festival, Mamelodi, Pretoria

Mauritius[edit]

Festival Reggae Donn Sa

Nigerian[edit]

Roaring thunder concert

Kenya[edit]

Shashamane International Sepetuka

Mozambique[edit]

Maputo Reggae Slam

North America[edit]

Canada[edit]

Jamaica[edit]

United States[edit]

Oceania[edit]

Australia[edit]

See also: Reggae in Australia § Festivals

New Zealand[edit]

See also: New Zealand reggae § Festivals

South America[edit]

Paraguay[edit]

Colombia[edit]

Chile[edit]

Brazil[edit]

Asia[edit]

India[edit]

Korea[edit]

Indonesia[edit]

Philippines[edit]

Sri Lanka[edit]

Europe[edit]

Austria[edit]

Belgium[edit]

Bosnia and Herzegovina[edit]

Bulgaria[edit]

  • Big Big Summer Reggae Party

Croatia[edit]

Cyprus[edit]

Czech Republic[edit]

Denmark[edit]

France[edit]

Germany[edit]

Israel[edit]

Italy[edit]

Lebanon[edit]

Montenegro[edit]

The Netherlands[edit]

Poland[edit]

Portugal[edit]

Serbia[edit]

Slovakia[edit]

Slovenia[edit]

Spain[edit]

Sweden[edit]

Switzerland[edit]

Turkey[edit]

United Kingdom[edit]

Gallery[edit]

  • Sunsplash festival 2012

  • Nowa Reggae

  • Sunbeach

  • Train to Roots live

  • JRFFish.jpg

  • Ky-mani Marley

  • Chiemsee Reggae Summer

  • Stage at Chiemsee Reggae Summer '13

  • Chiemsee Reggae Summer - Max Herre & Afrob

  • Dub Brazil

  • Chiemsee Reggae Summer - Ska-P

See also[edit]

Related lists[edit]

Related categories[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Reggae Carnival Market Day
  2. ^ Reggae Serbia Fest, Pancevo

External links[edit]

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