October 10-11, 2008 Downtown Birmingham - Corner of 18th Street and 1st Avenue South

Featured Headliner Sugar Minott

Also featuring: One Love Reggae Band, Askala Selassie, Ras Attitude, Michael Black, Tinga Stewart, Priceman Mystic Dub, King Stitchie, Batch, Vice Grip, Sterling Brothers Band, and many more
(Lineup subject to change without notice)

$60 weekend pass - $23 day pass – Advance tickets available, call (205) 520-0668 for information or www.caribbeanheritagereggaefestival.com

The Caribbean festival celebrate the rich diversity of Birmingham’s people through reggae and rocksteady music. The reggae stage will present the spirit of a weekend of non-stop reggae music while maintaining its tie to Carribbean cultures. In the midst of the music and fun is an on-site Caribbean marketplace featuring authentic African garb, art, sculptures, fabric, hand-crafted jewelry, a Jamaican Jerk Chicken Cookoff, and a host of educational activities and other treasures from the island.

Over the years, national reggae music recording artist like the Wailers, Shaggy, Lucky Dube, Maxi Priest, the Sterling Brothers Band, Bedu, Culture Dread band and many other bands have graced festival stages in Birmingham. Also we are perserving the the culture of the caribculture and its heritage for those reggae music lovers, and citzens whom really appreciates the work that was done by Bob Marley and the Wailers.

Also much thanks to the Sterling Brothers Band, Culture Dread, Roots Posse, Rude Reality and many other bands that paved the way for reggae to come through this closed door in Birmingham that must be open to free up reggae music in the community.

This year with the fusion of reggae music artist, the festival is guaranteed to bring about excitement and interest to the disaster-stricken families of fire and Hurricanes and -displaced families that need the help the most. Part of the proceeds will be used to continue our disaster outreach efforts in Birmingham, AL and New Orleans, LA. Please visit www.iuniformplus.com for more info. The festival also benifits emergancy stricken families of fire and /school uniforms for childrens in birmingham school sytem.

We need donations and volunteers.

This two day emergancy clothing asstance benifit and reggae music event, features free lance artists, Jamaican jerk chicken , craft vendors, children art village, and more.

For more information email us at caribculturecenter@yahoo.com

Categories: Birmingham
Tags: alabama music festivals, reggae festival