List of reggae festivals

This is a list of notable reggae festivals by country.

This list may have some overlap with list of jam band music festivals. Reggae festivals may include classic reggae and related or derivative genres such as ska, dancehall, dub, hip hop, ragga, reggae fusion, and drum and bass.

Reggae originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s, influenced by Rastafarian culture, Jamaican dance music, traditional mento and calypso music, as well as American jazz and rhythm and blues, and evolved out of the earlier genres ska and rocksteady. By the 1970s, large festivals in Jamaica were being held featuring notable reggae bands, and the Wonder Dream Concert in 1975 in Jamaica was one of the first internationally noted festivals to focus on reggae. In 1979, Reggae Geel became the first reggae festival in Europe, and these concerts soon spread to other locales, becoming popular in regions such as Northern California. With the introduction of the electronic reggae genre ragga in the 1980s, reggae began to be featured at electronic music festivals as well.

Gambia West Africa

 * Gambia Cultural Reggae Festival The Hamlet, Gunjur, Medina Salam

South Africa

 * Reggae Ark Festival, Mamelodi, Pretoria

Mauritius

 * Festival Reggae Donn Sa

Nigerian

 * Roaring thunder concert

Kenya

 * Shashamane International
 * Sepetuka
 * Reggae In the Sun
 * Royal Reggae Fest

Mozambique

 * Maputo Reggae Slam

Uganda

 * Reggae on the Nile

Antigua

 * Reggae in the Park, Nelson's Dockyard, English Harbour

Barbados

 * The Barbados Reggae Festival

Canada

 * Calgary International Reggae Festival, Calgary, Alberta
 * Montreal International Reggae Festival, Montreal, Quebec
 * Ottawa Reggae Festival, Ottawa
 * Victoria Ska Festival, Victoria, British Columbia

Mexico

 * Baja Beach Fest, Baja California, Mexico

United States

 * California Roots Music and Arts Festival, Monterey, California ("Cali Roots")
 * Cali Vibes, Marina Green Park, Long Beach, California
 * Chicago Reggae Festival, Chicago, Illinois
 * JazzReggae Festival @ UCLA, Los Angeles, California
 * Midwest Reggae Festival, Nelson, Ohio
 * Reggae on the River, Humboldt County, California
 * Reggae Rising, Humboldt County, California
 * Reggae Rise Up, Saint Petersburg, Florida, Las Vegas, Nevada and Baltimore, Maryland
 * Reggae on the Way, Tacoma, Washington
 * Reggae in the Rockies, Alpine, Wyoming

Australia

 * East Coast Blues & Roots Music Festival, Byron Bay
 * Raggamuffin Music Festival, also held in New Zealand

New Zealand
One Love, Tauranga

Paraguay

 * Reggae Fest, Rakiura Complex, Luque

Brazil

 * Maranhão Roots Reggae Festival, São luis, Maranhão
 * República do Reggae. Salvador, Bahia
 * Juriti Rasta, Limoeiro do Norte - Ceará

India

 * Goa SunSplash, Goa

Japan

 * Yokohama Reggae sai, Yokohama
 * Shibuya Reggae sai, Tokyo
 * HIGHEST MOUNTAIN, Osaka

Korea

 * Rise Again, Seoul

Philippines

 * Bob Marley Fest, Cebu
 * Boracay Reggae Festival,  Boracay
 * Fête de la Musique, Manila/international
 * Kadayawan Roots, Arts and Reggae Festival, Davao
 * Manila Reggae Summit, Manila
 * Puerto Galera Reggae Festival, Puerto Galera
 * SunSplash Pilipinas!, Manila

Sri Lanka

 * Rock meets Reggae, Colombo

Austria

 * Rise & Shine Festival, Falkenstein

Belgium

 * Reggae Geel, Geel
 * Wadada Festival, Geel
 * Dubyard, Landen
 * Irie Vibes Roots Festival, Kortemark
 * Bomboclat Festival, Zeebrugge
 * Humble Festival, Wijtschate

Bosnia and Herzegovina

 * Una Riversplash, Bihać

Bulgaria

 * Big Big Summer Reggae Party

Croatia

 * Seasplash, Pula

Cyprus

 * Reggae Sunjam

Czech Republic

 * GoodTown Reggae & Dub Festival
 * Mighty Sounds
 * Real Beat Festival
 * Urban Rapublic

Denmark

 * Silkeborg Reggae Festival, Silkeborg

France

 * Garance Reggae Festival, Bagnols-Sur-Cèze
 * No Logo Festival
 * Reggae Sun Ska, Pauillac
 * Verjux Saone System, Verjux
 * Ida y vuelta - festival, Perpignan
 * LA FEE ESTIVAL - festival, Chatelneuf Jura

Germany

 * Afrika Karibik Festival, Aschaffenburg
 * Reggaejam, Bersenbrück
 * Ruhr Reggae Summer, Mülheim/Dortmund
 * Splash!
 * Summerjam, Cologne
 * Chiemsee Summer, Übersee/ Grabenstätt
 * Black Forest On Fire, Berghaupten

Italy
• Bababoom, Fermo

• Castello Reggae, Alvito

• Gusto Dopa Al Sole, Salento

• One Love World Reggae Festival, Lignano Sabbiadoro

• Meridional Reggae Reunion, Metaponton

• MedioJamaicano Reggae Festival, Pabillonis

• Positive River Festival, Mezzani

• Reggae Train Sun Fest, Catanzaro

• Rora Roots and Culture Fest, Rorà

• Salento Summer Festival, Salento

• Sardinia Reggae, Nulvi

• Sikula Reggae Festival, Rosolini

• Venice Sunsplash, Venice

• Zion Station Festival, Ferrara

• Dubstone, Cilento

• Manuel Dub, Sicilia

Lebanon

 * Kul=Cha Reggae Festival, Amsheet

Montenegro

 * MontenegroSun ReggaeFest, Petrovac, Budva

The Netherlands

 * Reggae Rotterdam Festival, Rotterdam
 * Reggae Lake Festival, Amsterdam
 * Reggae Sundance, Eersel
 * Two Sevens Splash, Amsterdam
 * Rastaplas, Zoetermeer

Poland

 * Afryka, Toruń
 * Bass Camp, Rudawka Rymanowska
 * Ostróda Reggae Festiwal, Ostróda
 * Reggae & Dub Festiwal, Bielawa
 * Reggaeland, Płock
 * Stolica Reggae Festiwal, Kluczbork
 * Winter Reggae, Silesia
 * Independent Dub Day, Wroclaw

Portugal

 * HIM DUB Festival, Rapoula do Côa
 * Boa Onda Reggae Festival, Mafra

Serbia

 * Reggae Serbia Fest, Pančevo

Slovakia

 * Uprising, Bratislava

Slovenia

 * Overjam, Tolmin
 * Soča Reggae Riversplash
 * Roots in the woods festival, Trije Kralji

Spain

 * Rototom Sunsplash, Bénicassim
 * Reggaeboa Festival, Balboa
 * Lagata Regge Festival, Zaragoza
 * La Concha Reggae Festival, Cantabria
 * Nowa Reggae, Barcelona
 * IDG, Barcelona
 * Bless Festival, Galicia
 * Dub Yard Festival, Galicia

Sweden

 * Bob Marley minneskonsert, Skärblacka
 * Öland Roots, Öland
 * Uppsala Reggae Festival, Uppsala

Switzerland

 * Plein-les-Watts Festival, Geneva, GE
 * Pachamama Connexion Festival, Lancy, GE
 * Lakesplash, Twann, BE
 * Reeds Reggae Festival, Pfäffikon, ZH
 * Enter the Dancehall Festival, Rote Fabrik, ZH

Turkey

 * Unite in Paradise Reggae Festival, Olympos

United Kingdom

 * Notting Hill Carnival, London, England
 * One Love Festival, Essex, England
 * Positive Vibration, Liverpool, England
 * Reggae Land, Milton Keynes, England
 * Simmer Down Festival, Birmingham, England

Israel

 * Reggae In The Desert, Ramat HaNegev Regional Council

Related lists

 * List of electronic music festivals
 * List of jam band music festivals
 * List of jazz festivals
 * List of music festivals

Related categories

 * Category:Jazz festivals
 * Category:Music festivals
 * Category:Reggae festivals
 * Category:World music festivals