6th Annual Waterfront Reggae Festival Set for August 8
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6th Annual Waterfront Reggae Festival Set for August 8
General admission tickets for the event are $40 in advance and $50 the day of the festival. Kids under 12 are free with a paying adult.
The festival will feature ten hours of music from six bands headlined Grammy award winning Reggae band, Steel Pulse. Other bands will include Third World, Yellowman, Mighty Mystic, High Hopes Band, and The Copacetics.
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLAST“We are thrilled this reggae festival, now in its sixth year, has found a new waterfront home in Providence. With Steel Pulse, Third World and Yellowman, we are featuring some of the biggest influencers of reggae-based music over the last 40 years," said Michele Maker Palmieri, President and CEO of Waterfront Productions.
See the Performers in the Slideshow Below
Along with the music, the Festival will feature a Reggae Pit with authentic Jamaican food options that include jerk chicken, meat pies, curry goat and snapper fish. There will be multiple bars that offer Red Stripe as well as other cold drinks and festive island cocktails.
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2015 Waterfront Reggae Festival Performers
Steel Pulse
Steel Pulse is a roots Reggae band from Birmingham, England and are the first non Jamaican act to win a Grammy award for "Best Reggae Album" with Babylon the Bandit in 1986.
Steel Pulse has released 11 studio albums including the bands largest single hit "Put Your Hoodies On."
Steel Pulse has headlined some of the largest Reggae Festivals in the world including Reggae Sunsplash USA, Jamaican Sunsplash and California's Reggae on the River Festival.
In 1978, Steel Pulse opened for Bob Marley & The Whalers on their European Tour.
Yellowman
Yellowman is Jamaica's first dance hall superstar and helped bring in a new era of Reggae music after the death of Bob Marley.
Yellowman earned a Grammy nomination for "Best Reggae Album" in 1985 and his rhythm can be heard on the Run DMC song "Roots Rap Reggae."
Third World
Third World is one of Jamaica's consistently popular cross over acts among international audiences, mixing elements of funk, R&B, pop, rock and rap.
Third World has received 10 Grammy nominations and have shared the stage with Santana, the Jackson 5, The Police, Whitney Houston, Wyclef Jean, Lauryn Hill and more.
In 1986, Third World United Nations Peace Medal for their contribution of music and their lyrical prose.
Third World's hits include "Now That We Found Love," "96 Degrees of Shade," and "Try Jah Love."
Mighty Mystic
From St. Elizabeth Jamaica, Mighty Mystic had his first international hit with the song "riding in the clouds" in 2006. However, he became a house hold name in Reggae in 2010 after the release of his first album Wake up the World.
His most recent album Concrete World, released in 2014, landed at #3 on the iTunes Reggae Chart and #6 on Billboards Reggae Chart.
High Hopes Band
High Hopes Band is considered one of the premier reggae groups in New England.
The group combines some influences of roots reggae, dub and R&B.
High Hopes has performed with Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad, Maxi Priest and Midnight and more.
High Hopes band debut album is called "Forever Love"
The Copacetics
Providence Rhode Island's own, the Copacetics, is a reggae and ska band but offer mixes of Jazz, soul, R&B, pop, doo wop and calypso.
The Copacetics self titled first album was called released in 2015 and was named "Album of the Month" by Reggae Steady Ska.
The Copacetics have performed with The Skatalites, The Slackers, Fishbone, The Toasters, Bim Skala Bim, King Hammond, The English Beat, The Pietasters, The Scofflaws and many more.
