Yes. Woodbury most famous for Roots, Rock and Reggae! Over the years artists have paid homage to the majestic hills of Woodbury, some of these include Steel Pulse, Jimmy Cliff, Third World, Lucky Dube, Phish, Blues Traveler, Spin Doctors, Big Mountain, Burning Spear, Majek Fashek, Alpha Blonde, Culture...just to name a few.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Woodbury is unique- it is a natural outdoor amphitheater located in the hills of Litchfield County, Connecticut. Concert goers can camp, bring coolers, visit vendors, swim, and enjoy a hot summer afternoon while seeing a popular artist

 

 

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38th ANNUAL REGGAE FEST Live & Outdoors!!

Rain or Shine Saturday and Sunday, June 27 & 28th,

11 a.m. - 8 p.m.

Gates open at 11AM

Ticket prices:

ONE DAY $25 in advance, $35 at the door

TWO DAYS$45 in advance, $60 at the door

 

Saturday




Fog 11:00 AM
The Screwups 12:00 PM
KC Tye 01:15 PM
The Pocket Band 02:30 PM
Skanktones with Big D 03:45 PM
Anguile & The High Steppers 05:00 PM
The Meditations 06:15 PM
Kabbalist 08:00 PM



Sunday





Under the Rasta Influence 12:00 PM
Silver Dollar 01:15 PM
Eric Smith and The Fresh Band 02:30 PM
Gun-Head 05:00 PM
Mo Ambesa 05:00 PM
VOG with Capsicum Recording Artists: 06:15 PM
Sledge 06:15 PM
Burnie T 06:15 PM
Cuban Cohiba 06:15 PM
Misteree 06:15 PM
Mayyah Stuart 06:15 PM
Natasha Redding 06:15 PM
Sasha 06:15 PM
860 06:15 PM
Harry Ellis & The Deep Intentions 07:30 PM


Camping, Swimming, Skateboarding, Skate Park Art & Crafts vendors wanted. Food Vendors wanted.

Come visit Woodbury Ski Areas famous Picnic & Party Live Music Weekend! Bring blankets, towels and coolers Camp on the hill Roots Rock Reggae Music

Confirmed bands:


-The Pocket Band: The Pocket is a reggae rock band based out of Washington DC and Jamaica. With an authentic reggae foundation they put you 'in the pocket' as elements of hip hop, jazz and rock satisfy your soul. The Pocket is a distinctly original band that combines alternative rock with authentic reggae roots. This combination creates an international sound for today's selective audience. Incredible vocals, memorable lyrics and an infectious stage energy always leaves listeners wanting more.


-Eric Smith: Eric Smith was born Mark Eric Smith in St. Andrew Jamaica. He resorts to music as the medium to voice ghetto people’s life-long struggle for equal rights and justice; for his message of change; and to expose the decaying morality that is infecting and corrupting the youth and contemporary society. Eric gets his spiritual strength and inspiration from the Almighty, Jah Rastafari in whom he rests his unbending faith and conviction.


-Anguile & The High Steppers Afro Reggae Band: Anguile is a Gabonese-French reggae artist, founder of "The High Steppers" band, residing in up-state NY near Albany. Anguile & The High Steppers' African-French roots reggae is a unique blend of African and European reggae, with a heavy dose of pure Jamaican roots. Anguile's soulful and spiritual music will transport you to the coast of Africa in a style reminiscing of Alpha Blondy or Lucky Dube. “Their best song was the slow, hypnotic, trance-inducing, Burning Spear-inflected Change Ton Pas (Change Your Ways). Anyone who loves roots reggae, the old or the new or just any kind of hypnotic, psychedelic music ought to check these guys out.” Lucid Culture


-Skanktones with Big D: Skanktones are an all-original Reggae band from Danbury, Connecticut. Rich~i “Skank” Treadwell, Chris “Stickman” Yake and Colin “The Man” Mannion make up the band. With the help of a 32-track digital recorder our friend sold to us, we were able to arrange, record and mix the tracks at our own pace.


-The Screwups: The Screw-Ups are a ska/reggae band from Newtown CT. They play a fusion of rock, roots reggae and ska and have been playing together for the past 4 years. They're influenced by bands including Toots and the Maytals, The Slackers, Jimmy Cliff and others. They will often play music for various substances including food.


-Kabbalist: Born in Jamaica and now a resident of New York. Kabbalist was labeled as break out artist for dance hall music. He has performed with artist such as Peter Rankin,General Lucky,Faith Hill, Dean Frasier, Steel Pulse,Bounty Killer,and 3rd World.

 


-The Meditations: The Meditations are a reggae vocal harmony group from Jamaica formed in late 1974. All three members are now based in the US. The Meditations sang backing vocals on a number of Bob Marley songs.


-Mo Ambesa: Mo Ambesa is a six piece Reggae/HipHop/Jazz genre-fusion group out of Brattleboro, Vermont. The montage of a crew inspire strong Bebop and Funk horn riffs over Dub and HipHop grooves. Their lyricists invoke the teachings of Ras Tafari, Sufi, Conscious HipHop and other mystics with beats intent on treating the audience with full percusive regalia.


-Harry Ellis & The Deep Intentions: The music is emotional and inspiring-a collection of Jazz instrumentals, jazz vocals, funk jazz, pop, calypso, reggae and Latin sounds.


-Fog


-Silver Dollar: We are a multi-racial, multi-cultural band from New Jersey specializing in early reggae and ska, mixed with soul and a bit of gospel. We normally fit in very well with newer reggae, taking it back to the roots of the music.


-KC-Tye: Fretdem, trends I set dem!!! Time is money and money is hard work!!

Type of music: Hiphop/reggae/pop

Artist Location: Brooklyn, NY


-TOK: T.O.K. is a dancehall group hailing from Kingston, Jamaica. The group consists of Alistaire "Alex" McCalla, Roshaun "Bay-C" Clarke, Craig "Craigy T" Thompson, and Xavier "Flexx" Davidson. They are one of the most Internationally successful and well-known Dancehall groups of all time and are best known for such hits as "Footprints", "Gal You Ah Lead", "Chi Chi Man" and "Eagles Cry".


-Capsicum Records up-an-coming artists featuring:


Sledge, Burnie T, Cuban Cohiba, Misteree, Mayyah Stuart, and Natasha Redding

Capsicum Records recently released it's inaugural CD Reggae-In-Fusion Album #1, a compilation albumn featuring thirteen songs performed by seven talented