Staff WriterMarking their 20th anniversary as the tri-state area’s top source of Caribbean entertainment, Irie Jam Radio is bringing one of its signature brands to this year’s Labor Day weekend festivities in Brooklyn. The Irie Jamboree Caribbean Fever Music Festival will hit the Barclays Center with three days of live Reggae, Dancehall, Calypso, Soca, and World Beat from some of the biggest and best names in music from around the globe including Jamaica’s Reggae royalty Damian ‘Jr Gong’ Marley and Barbadian Soca queen Alison Hinds.
A partnership between Irie Jamboree Inc. and Caribbean Fever Inc., the Irie Jamboree Caribbean Fever Music Festival kicks- off Friday, August 30st with ‘International Night’ featuring World Beat performances from some of the genre’s super stars. Things heat up on Saturday, August 31st when Alison Hinds and other Soca and Calypso champions ‘get on bad’ on the Barclays’ stage at ‘Karnival Mania.’ After a four-year hiatus, Irie Jamboree – New York’s number one Reggae festival – returns on Sunday, September 1st . Grammy award- winner Jr. Gong and many more will have the stadium rocking to the rhythms of roots Reggae and Dancehall.
“For our 20th anniversary, we want to not only remind people of where we’ve been and what we’ve done, but show them what we have in store for the future,” says Irie Jam Radio founder and president, Robert ‘Bobby’ Clarke. “We are enhancing our programming, our live events, and expanding our reach. Irie Jamboree had a reputation for being the best one-day Reggae show in the tri-state. This year we’re expanding it into a three-day festival at the Barclays Center arena – making it even better with more of the music that you love, more of the artists that you love, and more of the Irie Jam flavor that you love.”
“For our 20th anniversary, we want to not only remind people of where we’ve been and what we’ve done, but show them what we have in store for the future,” says Irie Jam Radio founder and president, Robert ‘Bobby’ Clarke. “We are enhancing our programming, our live events, and expanding our reach. Irie Jamboree had a reputation for being the best one-day Reggae show in the tri-state. This year we’re expanding it into a three-day festival at the Barclays Center arena – making it even better with more of the music that you love, more of the artists that you love, and more of the Irie Jam flavor that you love.”
“This is the perfect time to re-launch Irie Jamboree – we’ve revamped the formula and revved up the package into something bigger and better,” says Steven “Yello” Williams, principal of Irie Jamboree Inc. “The Irie Jamboree Caribbean Fever Music Festival at the Barclays Center is going to add another spectacular element to the celebration of Caribbean culture and heritage in Brooklyn this Labor Day.”
The Irie Jamboree Caribbean Fever Music Festival will be held at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn from August 30th – September 1st. Featured acts include Damian ‘Jr Gong’ Marley and Alison Hinds. More acts to be announced.
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