Sound System Festival, 2016

It’s the Festival within the Festival!  Calling all Sound Systems and Sound System aficionados … if yuh Love to hear sweet Dubplates beat from a well tuned Sound Machine, you’re going to LOVE this!

Montreal Dancehall teams with Mr. Eric Blagrove and the Montreal International Reggae Festival for Sound System Festival 2016!

Doors open at 5pm and Sounds take the stage at 7pm!  The rest of your #MIRF2016 weekend looks like this:

Friday:

Cocoa Tea (Back by popular demand)

Ammoye

Mel Dube

Chelsea Stewart

Saturday:

Mavado

Vershon

Elephant Man

Spragga Benz

Sielle

Romie Se7en

Olatunji

2i

Sunday:

Barrington Levy

Sanchez

Romain Virgo

Jahmiel

Charlie Chaplin

Josey Wales

Kaisha Lee

Vernon Maytones

Roy Wilkins Park is Jerk Central Thanks to Grace!

Sanneta Myrie

Roy Wilkins Park in Queens will come alive on Sunday July 17^th, 2016 for the 6^th annual Grace Jamaican Jerk Festival!  Mark your calendars and get your tickets early to enjoy the all-day family event.  This years festival organizers are going all out to ensure that no matter who you are and where you’re from, you’ll “get a taste of fun” at the largest Caribbean food festival in the US.

Seasoned Jerk Festival patrons flock to the event every year to enjoy a wide variety of jerk delicacies, the popular Grace Jerk cook-off and culinary demonstrations.  Food network’s Chopped champion Chef Andre Fowles will be one of the chefs appearing in the culinary pavilion along with Miss Jamaica World 2015 Sanneta Myrie!

Andre Fowles

Sound Fest Vibez in the Park!

 Thousands of patrons will flock to New York on July 10^th for the first ever Sound Vibez in the Park!

Hosted by Irish and Chin, and Irie Jam Radio, the event is the first of its’ kind and will take place at Roy Wilkins Park in Queens, New York.  Sound System aficionados will experience a major element of Jamaican music and culture being the Sound System.

14 world renowned Sounds will take the stage which includes Stone Love, Body Guard, Kingston 12 with Shinehead, Metro Media, Mighty Crown, Fire Links, Tony Matterhorn, Renaissance, Massive B, Soul Supreme, King Addies, Banky Hype, Nexxt Level and Road International.

The impeccable lineup of Sounds and Selectors is the events driving force, as are the stars of the sounds who have made local and international names for themselves in Reggae and Dancehall.  Though this is not a Sound Clash, fans can anticipate a certain level of competition as each Sound vie’s for the crowd’s attention.

“This is by far one of our most daring events” says Garfield ‘Chin’ Bourne of Irish and Chin.  “I am confident that the super set of Sounds will build an unprecedented vibe and connection with the audience, which will help make Sound Fest a historical event!”

For more information on this and all Irish and Chin’s events, visit www.irishandchin.com