THE REGGAE GARDEN FAMILY FESTIVAL 2013

Reggae Garden official website

It's nearly that time of year again! The Reggae Garden is back! GET YOUR TICKETS HERE NOW!!

The Reggae Garden will be held on the 7th of September at Old Town Garden Bowl, Swindon. Ticket's are selling at £15+booking fee for adults, £5+bf for under 14's (Only available online) and children under 5 go free (Under 16's must be accompanied by an adult) .

The Official Reggae Garden warm up party will of course be held at Suju. They'll be playing Reggae all night and there will be free Caribbean food too! What more could you want from a night out?

Here is what you can expect from that day, as well as hair-braiding, face-painting, glitter art, nail painting and lots of free fun and games for the little ones (or the adults too if they so wish). Provided by The Youth Life Project. Check out our Website

Line up:
MACKA B & The Roots Ragga Band
One of Britain's most influential dancehall toasters, pushing the musicback toward a Rastafarian political consciousness
SOLO BANTON & The Upper Cut Band
The Upper Cut band have been delivering thier inimitable style of UK roots Reggae since 2008 and have spent the past few years rocking festivals and clubs throughout Europe and the UK.
MURRAY MAN and the Friendly Fire Band

Returning to The Reggae Garden, the band earning a reputation for fiery performances at festivals and venues around the UK.
MESSENJAH YOUTH
These young selectors continue to play at events and festivals around Europe promoting a positive message through music.
DJ FEVA
16 years behind the decks rinsing out ragga jungle.
AJ LIVE
AJ will be performing live with his band delivering a selection of big reggae hip hop beats with easy going rap over the top.
ZEEKS
Producer, song writer, vocalist, radio & event host.

& special guests

Drinks and Soul Food:
THE REGGAE BAR is back, serving yours range of refreshments, beer, cider and your favourite reggae styled cocktails.
THE REGGAE GARDEN KITCHEN will be providing the finest carribean cuisine, BBQ food and vegetarian dishes.

The Reggae Garden Event Page

Check out The Reggae Garden selection.. AJ & Bully aka Raggabon Sound- here

Von Grey along with Marie Ponting designed this years amazing Reggae Garden flyer... Truly awesome artists....

Also check out The Youth Life Project's review of last years event-

8/9/2012

What an amazing event The Reggae Garden Festival turned out to be. The music was amazing, the venue was perfect, the sun was shining, and the atmosphere was friendly with a contagious vibe that everyone caught on to. 'One Love' was definitely the theme throughout the day as people danced, Jamaican  flags were waved, and almost all sung along and got involved with the performances. It really was one big happy family.

Another factor that made an excellent event was that it was very family orientated with a bouncy castle for the children as well as face-painting, nail art, and hair braiding provided by The Youth Life Project. It was a joy to see so many smiling faces and happy children having fun and getting involved.

The success of last years event and the fact that this years topped it by miles, has left everyone excited for what's in store next year!

It was a massive turn out and everyone had amazing time. Events like these that show of Swindon's diversity are second to none and are much needed as well as enjoyed.

Congratulations to AJ and Bully who organised this event, you've done Swindon proud!

Here are a few pics of the day for those unfortunate souls that didn't attend..

TICKET OUTLETS FOR REGGAE GARDEN 2013:

FORUM (swindon) - 01793 480051

BRAID IT (swindon) - 01793 527455

WWW.THETICKETSELLERS.CO.UK - 0844 870 0000

WWW.SWINDONTICKETS.CO.UK - 0844 822 1737

The Reggae Garden Family Festival 2012

 Reggae Garden official website

It's about that time of year! The Reggae Garden is back! GET YOUR TICKETS HERE NOW!!

The Reggae Garden will be held on the 8th of September at Old Town Garden Bowl, Swindon. Ticket's are selling at £15+booking fee for adults, £5 for under 12's and children under 5 go free.

The Official Reggae Garden warm up party will be held at Suju this Sunday. They'll be playing Reggae all night and there will be free Caribbean food too! What more could you want from a night out?

Here is what you can expect from that day, as well as hair-braiding, face-painting and nail painting for the little ones (or the adults too if they so wish). Provided by The Youth Life Project.

Line up:
TIPPA IRIE

Tippa Irie first came to prominence in the early eighties as an MC on London's Saxon Studio International, and became a legend for his fast chatting style.
He has topped the UK charts since the 80s with tunes like "It's Good To Have The Feeling You're The Best" ,"Complain Neighbour" and "Hello Darling"

YT

YT has bags of energy to hype up the crowd, but the depth of his lyrics and social commentary set him aside from the rest, and his notoriety on the reggae circuit speaks for itself.

SUBAJAH FAMILY
From North West London, Subajah Family (ft) artists Subajah, Iya Kneel & I Jah, are one of the UK’s foremost up and coming 'New Generation Roots' Bands.

FRIENDLY FIRE BAND
Returning to The Reggae Garden, the band earning a reputation for fiery performances at festivals and venues around the UK.

PEPPERY AKA BONGO CHILLI
Peppery is a versatile dancehall artist, as proven by his collaborations with many different producers ranging from roots to Drum n Bass, including Rogue State, Mungo’s Hi Fi, Bassrunners and Friendly Fire Music.

LION ART
Lion Art is musical warrior on a mission to expose the truth, and his un-matchable energy and uncompromising lyrics never fail to ignite the stage.

TOMLIN MYSTIC
Tomlin Mystic started playing in Birmingham with a band called Natural Mystic – a militant rasta reggae band. He plays now performs with the Friendly Fire band.

TERRORIST NUCLEAR
Swindons King Sound with Luchi & Bocie G.

AJ LIVE
AJ will be performing live with his new band delivering a selection of big reggae hip hop beats with easy going rap over the top.

MESSENJAH YOUTH
These young selectors continue to play at events and festivals around Europe promoting a positive message through music.

Hosted By:
ZEEKS

Soul Food by :
Big Macs Kitchen - Caribbean BBQ
Jerk Chicken
Curried Goat
Rice ‘n’ Pea

Check out The Reggae Garden selection.. AJ & Bully aka Raggabon Sound- here

Download your FREE  Reggae Garden mix CD here !


When attending The Reggae Garden, you have the opportunity to purchase one of these beauty's..

These are being charged at- Natural one £25, traditional coloured one £30.

Please take a second to check out this website . It's the website of Von Grey the illustrator who designed this years fabulous Reggae Garden flyer... He truly is an awesome artist....

also check out this vid.. YT talks about The Reggae Garden..

SN1 FEST SUMMER BALL!! -The Review

The SN1 Fest Summer Ball was electric!
Ravers turned up in their hundreds to celebrate yet another successful SN1 Fest, showcasing some of the best UK DJs and local talent such as Eats Everything who performed his debut single Entrance Song and  Danny Byrd & Pinch and also a line-up of local acts such as Bully- Big Weekend Records, Grim Sickers who is known for tracks such as Winter Snow, and Daine, who performed with his brother myles and Benji Clements and also performed with Theo Altieri on the promising track titled 'Txt Me Back' which you can listen to here.

Later on in the evening AJ tore up the stage, getting the crowd wild as well as hosting for Eats Everything. His stage presence was on point and you can catch more of that at The Reggae Garden on the 8th September at Swindon's Old Town Gardens, Bowl,. You can get your tickets for that here. Until then have a listen and watch the vid to the Title track from the album 'Tangle Your Cassette'.

At the end of the end of the night everyone was on a high from an amazing day and most set off to Suju for the official after party.

It was a great day/evening for all to remember and here are a few pics to prove it! ...

here's another very positive of the day- http://www.thisiswiltshire.co.uk/news/9882218.SN1_Fest_is_No_1/?ref=rss