Calgary International Reggae Festival
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The Calgary International Reggae Festival is an annual event in Calgary
, Alberta
, Canada
that is put on by the Calgary Reggae Festival Society.
Calgary
Calgary is a city in the Province of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and prairie, approximately east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies...
, Alberta
Alberta
Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
that is put on by the Calgary Reggae Festival Society.
Festivals
| Year | Artists | Date | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Abijah, Andru Branch and Halfway Tree, Causion, Dub Station featuring Tom O'Brien, Errol Blackwood, Eyesus, Hardcore Ras Bagga, Humble, IBO and KinDread, Kirk Davis, Mz. Mosea, Richie Stephens, Set Speed Crew, Tanya Mullings | August 18 | Shaw Millennium Park | |
| 2006 | Sugar Minott Sugar Minott Lincoln Barrington "Sugar" Minott was a Jamaican reggae singer, producer and sound-system operator.-Biography:... , Mutabaruka Mutabaruka Mutabaruka is a dub poet. His name comes from the Rwandan language and translates as "one who is always victorious". He lives in Potosi District, St. James with his significant other, Yvonne, and their two childern. Mutabaruka continues to perform and write poems on every issue known to man... , Ras Ghandi, George Nooks George Nooks George Nooks, aka Prince Mohamed, Prince Mohammed, or George Knooks is a reggae singer who initially found fame as a deejay.-Biography:... , Truths and Rights, Odel, Toni Anderson, Devon Irie, Fredlocks Asher and the Ultra Flex Crew, JFK and the Conspirators, Strugglah, and Bianca Bianca Bianca is a feminine given name or an Italian family name. It means "white" and is an Italian cognate of Blanche. Bianca may refer to:-People:*Bianca Balti , Italian model*Bianca Beauchamp , Canadian model... . |
August 19 | Shaw Millennium Park | |
| 2005 | Featuring Brinsley Forde Brinsley Forde Brinsley Allan Forde is best known as the founding member of the reggae band, Aswad and as a child actor in the children's television series, Here Come the Double Deckers .... of Aswad, Tinga Stewart Tinga Stewart Tinga Stewart is a reggae singer. Stewart won the Festival Song Contest three times, twice as a singer and once as a songwriter.-Biography:... , 2 time JUNO Award Winner Sonia Collymore, Michael St. George, Jason Wilson & Tabarruk, Ryan, Aktivate, Roger Steffens, Souljah Fyah, Joshua, Ibo & KinDread, Jahranimo, Lenky, Sampaloo, Shadrock, Shellane, Obi Nwosuagwu and the Ultimate Crew. |
August 20 | Shaw Millennium Park | |
| 2004 | Belinda, Blessed, Donna Makeda, King Ujah | August 14 | ||