About Us
The Saskatoon Reggae Festival Inc. is a non-profit corporation aimed at celebrating cultural diversity through music, performing arts and workshops.
Short History
The Saskatoon Reggae Festival Inc. is a non-profit organization aimed at showcasing local, national and international artists and performers. Celebrating our cultural diversity.
This organization runs the present Saskatoon Reggae and World Music Festival, which was originally called Saskatoon Reggae Festival. The Festival name was change in order to welcome all the various cultural expressions.
The festival originated at the Odeon Events Centre back in 2005 when Oral Fuentes and his band used to host the Caribbean and Latin parties, with local DJ Juan Valdez. From then the event became Saskatoon ReggaeFest and then grew into the present registered non-profit.
The festival is usually for 3 days and consist of music, workshops and dance performances at various venues around Saskatoon, and ends up at one of the Parks for the Main Concert Event. This year the Event moved from the Rotary Park to the Friendship Park, and hope to make this Park its home. Although the festival is young, the festival its already attracting visitors from BC, Alberta, Manitoba and from all over Saskatchewan. "People are already planning the Reggae and World Music Festival as part of their summer plans" says Oral the festival director. " ......and we are just still in the baby stages of growth."
Past performers included Jason Wilson and Tabarruk, Mickey Dangerous, Culture Brown, Daddy Roy, Natural Mistik, Paul Benjamin, Joseph Ashong, Coffieman,
Oral Fuentes, Orlando Martinez, defSol, Dj Juan Valdez, Dj Mike, La Carisma, Kahmaria, Sephoria, Grupo Maya, Ritmo Latino, and Grupo Caracol.
This years festival is just for 2 days. Thursday August 11 and the main event on Saturday August 13th. Performers consist of Jah Cutta,Lyndon John X,Oral Fuentes,Sabor Salsa,
Kari Alba,Veronique Poulin,Sephoria, def Sol Productions, Ritmo Latino,Saskatoon Salsa,
Rational,Roberto Andres, Parab Poet, DJ Anchor (Wired 96.3), Scott Turner, DJ Heywood and DJ Juan Valdez.
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Mission:
The showcasing of local, national and international artists and cultural performers.
A celebration of our cultural diversity.
