Planning for the highly anticipated Reggae Month is now underway, says Mayor of Kingston, Senator Councillor Delroy Williams. “February is Reggae Month, and we are looking at a series of activities to celebrate the Month. We will update the Council by way of communication of these activities so that, by the time we get to February, we will be far advanced in planning,” he told Councillors during the monthly…
REGGAE Month 2022 climaxed in fine style on Sunday with the staging of ‘Reggae on the Pier’, a stage show featuring some of Jamaica’s finest artistes. The event, which was recorded on location at the Port Royal cruise ship terminal and streamed to a global audience on a number of online platforms, was presented through a partnership between the the entertainment and culture ministry’s Reggae Month secretariat and its partners,…
On Sunday February 27th, 2022 at 7:30pm EST, the Reggae fraternity and fans will join Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Honorable Babsy Grange for an all-star concert finale to Reggae Month 2022. Reggae On The Pier, a livestream concert event produced by VP Records in collaboration with the ministry, stars Beres Hammond, Marcia Griffiths, Derrick Morgan, Richie Spice, Christopher Martin, Romain Virgo, and Tarrus Riley. The event…
Reggae Month was officially proclaimed and first staged in 2008, spearheaded by the Ministry of Culture and powered by the Jamaican Reggae Industry Association (JaRIA). The focus of Reggae Month is “edutainment,” highlighting Jamaica’s musical history and heritage. The annual celebration has been a huge success, attracting on average 40,000 attendees each year. The success is made possible by the overwhelming support of media partners and music industry practitioners, in…
Jamaica’s Reggae Month 2021 will come to a star-studded finale at 9pm EST on Sunday night, February 28th when world renowned vocalist Beres Hammond and his band take the stage for an exclusive concert event before a virtual audience, live streamed via the star’s Facebook page (www.fcebook.com/bereshamondofficial), the VP Records YouTube page (www.youtube.com/vprecords), on national television in Jamaica and several other social media platforms (#reggaemonth2021). The free event titled Love…