List of reggae festivals

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List of reggae festivals
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General Information
Related genres Reggae, roots reggae, reggae rock, jazz, ska, dancehall, dub, hip hop, ragga, reggae fusion
Location Jamaica (origin), worldwide
Related events Category:Reggae festivals, list of music festivals, free festival, rock festival, electronic music festival, jam band festival

This is a list of notable reggae festivals by country.

Contents

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

Africa

Gambia West Africa

  • Gambia Cultural Reggae Festival [1] The Hamlet, [2] Gunjur, Medina Salam

South Africa

Mauritius

Nigerian

  • Roaring thunder concert

Kenya

  • Shashamane International
  • Sepetuka
  • Reggae In the Sun
  • Royal Reggae Fest

Mozambique

  • Maputo Reggae Slam

Uganda

  • Reggae on the Nile

North America

Antigua

Barbados

Canada

Mexico

United States

Oceania

Australia

New Zealand

One Love, Tauranga

South America

Paraguay

Brazil

Asia

India

Japan

Korea

Philippines

Sri Lanka

Europe

Austria

Belgium

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bulgaria

  • Big Big Summer Reggae Party

Croatia

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Denmark

France

Germany

Italy

Lebanon

Montenegro

The Netherlands

Poland

Portugal

Serbia

Slovakia

Slovenia

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

Turkey

United Kingdom

Middle East

Israel

See also

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References

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