“The Power of Utopia” is the motto of the twenty-ninth (29a) edition of the international reggae festival Rototom Sunsplash, what from this friday 16 and until the 21 of August will have more than 150 concerts in their 7 scenarios and dozens of activities in its extra-musical areas with its eclectic public, which already adds up to more than 60 nationalities, with Spain, France, Italy, United Kingdom and Germany in the lead.
the legend of reggae Alpha Blondy Y the tribute to the iconic Peter Tosh The festival poster will be inaugurated this Friday, in which the Jamaican style is also represented by the lovers rock of Romain Virgo and the raggamuffin Skarra Mucci, global reggae through the power of the French artist Mo'Kalamity, While Fyahbwoy will bring the excellence of the Spanish scene closer.
The Ivorian singer enjoys legendary status and remains the king of African reggae and in his long career he has collaborated numerous times with great Jamaican artists and each concert is a great festival of good vibes.
Also the first night of the festival will host the tribute to the memory of Peter Tosh in celebration of his birth 80 that will occur 19 next October, one of the great Jamaican artists and co-founder of Bob Marley's Wailers: your son Andrew Tosh will sing the immortal songs from his repertoire with Soul Syndicate, the band made up of musicians who accompanied Peter Tosh on several of his world tours, as Fully Fulwood, Chinna Smith, Tony Chin, Keith Sterling y Santa David.
The Cartel of the Main Stage 2024 also includes the Jamaican band Black Uhuru (who will give their only concert in Spain in Benicàssim) and will display special shows such as The Wailers, Marley's band; or the aforementioned tribute to Tosh.
They will also be present The Congos & Gladiators, officially planted his flag on Spotify with the recent debut of his “RudeBoy Choice” playlist., Twinkle Brothers, Marcus Gad or the California gang Groundation; along with the most modern reggae alborosie with special guests; Skip Marley representing the new family generation of the king of reggae; O Naomi Cowan y Etana.
Dancehall proposals land with Beenie Man y Busy Signal while the ska arrives with Bad Manners and afrobeats with the nigerian Flavour.
As for the Spanish, there are Iseo & Dodosound; the special show Green Valley for their 20 year career, and the fusion of flamenco touch of Chambao, among others.
In summary, There will be hundreds of artists and hundreds of hours of music that can be seen from a distance in the official channel of the Festival on YouTube, with live broadcasts of all shows.
This is the Festival lineup and you can check the details per day here:
