After two years without face-to-face, Jamaica prepares to celebrate the call “Reggae Month 2023” (“reggae month”) during this February with multiple events throughout the island.
This holiday was declared by the government in February 2008, coinciding with the birthdays of two great icons and ambassadors of this musical style throughout the world, as they were and still are Dennis Brown y Bob Marley.
In fact, The main events are associated with the births of both distinguished singers..
On Wednesday 1 the event will take place “Remembering Dennis Brown”, at the resting place of his remains in National Heroes Park, and in which they will participate Dean Fraser, Chinna Smith & Inna di Yard Bingistra.
And the celebration for Dennis Brown it will be twice, Well, the Jamaica Reggae Industry Association (It should be noted that February was officially declared Reggae Month in, for its acronym in English) will begin its activities this reggae month with a tribute to the Crowned Prince of Reggae in a show called “Revolution”, which will feature the participation of Chris Martin, Ras I, Shanice Sewell, Brawl, George Nooks y Miguel, which will take place at the Marketplace Festival, Kingston Waterfront.
While, on Monday of 6 In February the free event will be held “Musical Tribute to Bob”, en el Emancipation Park de New Kingston, where will they be present Julian Marley, Capleton, Lutan Fyah, Gyptian, George Nooks y Max Romeo, among others.
The Minister of Culture, Gender, years since it was officially declared by the Island Government, Olivia Grange, assured that the“‘Reggae Month 2023’ It will be a month of entertainment, constantly, every day”.
“And it's not just entertainment, It is also educational, because we are going to have symposiums, We are going to do several interviews so that the public has a better understanding of our personalities and their lives. We will have documentaries and we will have an exhibition of ballroom posters throughout the years”, the minister added.
Grange emphasized that “We will also present tributes to some of our greats who have passed away and we will have the Reggae Golden Awards. We will be rewarding several of our artists who have contributed to Brand (the brand) Jamaica and have made music what it is”.
The activities They will begin with a religious service this Sunday 29 January at the Fellowship Tabernacle, en Fairfield Avenue, in the capital Kingston.
While, the president of JaRIA, Ewan Simpson, maintained that “We're taking some of our Reggae Month performances outside of Kingston, to Montego Bay and Ocho Rios. And we will organize some events during the day to expand the Reggae Month offers, free to the public”.
