ReggaeFest - much more than a Festival - It's an Experience!
Let the Main Event on Friday, August 16 and Saturday, August 17 at Shaw Millennium Park transcend you beyond all boundaries. Experience why this Calgary family event has become the premier summer Reggae Festival in all of Canada.
Chill out with a brew in The Village, hang with the kids in the Zone, savor the flavours of island spices and see what souvenir you’d like to take home.
Date: Friday, August 16, 2013
Time: 4:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Location: Shaw Millennium Park – 1220 – 9 Avenue SW Calgary, Alberta
Admission: Free, All Ages
Performances By: House of David Gang, J.k. & the Relays, Lukie D, Melloman, Power House
Date: Saturday, August 17, 2013
Time: 12:00 noon – 11:00 pm (Gates close at 10:00 pm)
Location: Shaw Millennium Park – 1220 – 9 Avenue SW Calgary, Alberta
Advance Tickets: Available at all Calgary and area Canada Safeway stores from June 1 - August 16.
And online from May 11 - August 16 at - www.TicketWeb.ca
Performances By: Yaz Alexander, Ammoye, Jason Wilson Band with Dave Swarbrick, Ky-Mani Marley, Leroy Sibbles, Tony Rebel, Sadiki, Elaine Shepherd, The Steadies, Steele
Youth Area Activities from 12:00 noon - 6:00 pm
- Inflatable Backyard Bouncers
- Craft Tent
- Face Painting, Balloon Animals, Magic and Storytelling
- Sand Magic
- Basketball
Directions:
Shaw Millennium Park is located at 1220 - 9 Avenue SW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. This 10 acre park is on the site of the old Mewata Stadium and immediately west of the historic Mewata Armoury. Limited Parking is available. Please use public transportation.The site is two blocks from the DT West - Kerby LRT station.
Please Note: Enter the Festival site at the SE corner of Shaw Millennium Park at the corner of 9th Avenue and 11th Street SW. See map at the Festival Parking link above.
Attention all festival goers:
- No professional video or recording devices allowed on site.
- Food and drink vendors will be on site.
- No outside alcohol allowed on site. Village Brewery Beer Gardens is on site for your (adult) drinking pleasure.
- No pets or skateboards allowed on site.
- Backpacks, bags, purses, etc. may be subject to a security check.
- Bicycles need to be parked in the lock up area.
- Photographers and videographers will be on site to record promotional footage.
- Parking is limited, please use public transportation.The site is two blocks west of the DT West - Kerby LRT station.
- The site has a limited capacity of approximately 10,000 people.
- Don’t be disappointed - Purchase your tickets in advance and take advantage of advance ticket prices.
Calgary ReggaeFest presents:
Reggae Lunch 'n' Learn... Enticing the Curious
Do you and your group want to learn more about Reggae Music and Culture?
ReggaeFest presents Reggae Lunch'n'Learn, a 30-45 minute presentation sharing the history and evolution of Reggae.
Please contact us at crfinfo@ReggaeFest.ca to book one of the following interactive lectures for your group.
Topic Choices:
- What is Reggae?
- Evolution of Reggae: From Mento to Dancehall
- How Do You Get Your Reggae? Reggae’s Influence on Other Music Genres
- Canadian Reggae, YES! We Do Have Reggae
- How’s Your Riddim? - The Reggae Beat Explained
- Do You Know Your Reggae?
- Rasta and Reggae
- Reggae and Jamaica - Together or Apart?
Cost: Donation to Calgary Reggae Festival Society
Main Stage Festival Schedule for ReggaeFest 2013 - August 17
12:00 noon – 3:00 PM:
TBA
3:00 PM – 7:00 PM:
TBA
7:00 PM – 11:30 PM:
TBA
** Line Up Subject To Change Without Notice
Hosts:
Carrie Mullings - CHRY Radio Host, Toronto; Rebel Vibez
Rebels Music: When Folk Meets Reggae
Rebel Music and Music Rebels: Presented in partnership with the National Music Centre and Calgary Folk Music Festival.
Award winning Scottish-Canadian Reggae artiste Jason Wilson and legendary English fiddler Dave Swarbrick have teamed up to produce a breathtaking mixture of folk and Reggae for their new album entitled Lion Rampant (2013). Unchained from the purists’ convention, the album surveys the history of those rebel musics that have traversed back and forth across the “Black Atlantic” for the past three centuries.
The two men bridge surprisingly few degrees of separation: Wilson’s cousin Michael Virtue was in UB40 with Ali and Robin Campbell, the sons of the seminal folk balladeer Ian Campbell. Swarbrick was in the Ian Campbell Folk Group in his pre-Fairport Convention days. Swarbrick performed on the murder ballad ‘Matty Groves’ on Wilson’s last Juno-nominated and Canadian Reggae Music Award-winning double album The Peacemaker’s Chauffeur (2008). Jason and his band returned the favour, by recording a Reggae version of the ‘Spanish Ladies Medley’ for Swarbrick’s latest critically acclaimed release entitled raison d’être (2010).
For this special, intimate Calgary ReggaeFest 10th anniversary performance, Wilson and Swarbrick will take us on an historical journey of over 300 years of rebel music….. and more!
Date: Wednesday, August 14, 2013
Time: 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm, with Question Period
Location: National Music Centre | 134 - 11 Avenue SE
Admission: FREE!
Performances By: Jason Wilson Band and David Swarbrick
Rasta On Film - Marley the Movie
A documentary on the life, music and legacy of Bob Marley
Date: Thursday, August 15, 2013
Time: 6:30 pm - Live Musical Performance, 7:00 pm - Movie
Location: Plaza Theatre | 1133 Kensington Road NW
Admission: $10.00 at the door
Performances By: TBA
(movie rating - PG)
Rastagarian Wind Down -- Official After Party!
Finish ReggaeFest 2013 and party with some of this year's artistes with an explosion of Reggae music played by some of Calgary's most talented .....
Date: Saturday, August 17, 2013
Time: Doors at TBA
Location: TBA
Admission: $TBA ($TBA with ReggaeFest wristband)
Tickets - Saturday, August 17, 2013
Advance Tickets: available at all Calgary area Canada Safeway stores from June 1 - August 16.
And online May 11 - August 16 at - www.TicketWeb.ca
Tickets will be on sale at the Gate on August 17. Gates open at 12:00 noon and close at 10:00 pm.
Main Stage Event Tickets - Saturday, August 17, 2013
| Category | Early Bird (online ONLY) |
Advance |
Gate |
Adult (18 - 59) |
$30 |
$40 |
$50 |
Youth (13 - 17) |
$15 |
$15 |
$25 |
Senior (60+) |
$15 |
$15 |
$25 |
Child (12 & under when accompanied by a paying Adult) |
n/a |
n/a |
FREE |
Friends of CJSW (upon presentation of card) |
$24 (online only) |
$32 |
$40 |
Note: GST extra and service fees may apply.
Non-refundable - Show goes RAIN or SHINE.
Cash ONLY on site. An ATM will be accessible on site festival day.
Group Rate - 10 or more tickets - 20% discount - available in advance ONLY online at www.Ticketweb.ca (group rate is not available at the Gate)
Please Note: Enter the Festival site at the SE corner of Shaw Millennium Park at the corner of 9th Avenue and 11th Street SW. See map at the Festival Parking link above.
Festival Parking
ReggaeFest has limited on-site parking at Shaw Millennium Park. The two maps below indicate many parking lots within 2 or 3 blocks of the park. Please use one of these lots if you must drive to the event. Do not park at Staples as you will more than likely be ticketed. Remember the LRT DT West - Kerby Station is only two blocks from the park and there is a bicycle lock up area.
