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Thu. June 23rd 2016 Ship Point (Inner Harbour) Victoria BC Free

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VICTORIA SKA & REGGAE FEST XVII FREE INTERNATIONAL SHOWCASE: Orquestra Brasileira de Musica Jamaicana, The Sentiments, Blackberry Wood, Skarate Kid

Every year Victoria Ska & Reggae Fest presents a series of free shows at our Shi...
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Thu. June 23rd 2016 + Add to Calendar Ship Point (Inner Harbour) (All Ages)
10:00pm  Doors at: 4:00pm Free

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Orquestra Brasileira de Musica Jamaicana
Ska from Sao Paulo Brazil
Available for Shows/Gigs
The Sentiments
Ska/Soul/Rocksteady from Portland Oregon
Unknown
Blackberry Wood
Alt-Country, Gypsy, Circus from Vancouver BC
Available for Shows/Gigs
Skarate Kid
from Tel aviv Israel
Available for Shows/Gigs

Presented by:

Victoria BC Ska and Reggae Society
Entertain, Educate, Unite
Victoria BC
Open / Operational
Victoria Ska & Reggae Festival
North America's largest and longest running SKA & REGGAE FES...
Victoria BC
Open / Operational

Event Description

Every year Victoria Ska & Reggae Fest presents a series of free shows at our Ship Point stage, highlighting some of the finest new names in music, both nationally and internationally. Victoria Ska & Reggae Fest XVII is no exception. This is the first of two jam-packed nights of some of the finest live band dance music you're going to see all summer. Headlining this first night spectacular is ORQUESTRA BRASAILERIA DE MUSICA JAMAICNA. This powerful 9-piece blasts out heavy, fun-soaked ska rhythms that never fail to get the crowd pumped up and moving. The band draws inspiration not just from classic Jamaican riddims, but from horror and sci-fi movies as well, imbuing it all with a keen sense for capital “F” Fun. Joining OBMJ for this intense outdoor ska-session will be Portland's own funky ska soldiers, THE SENTIMENTS. The band has established themselves as one of the Northwest's most vital ska outfits, injecting everything they do with good, healthy doses of soul and funk grooves.

Adding more support to the evening are friends of the Victoria Ska & Reggae Festival, old and new. Our old friends in BLACKBERRY WOOD make their triumphant return to the Ska & Reggae Fest, returning from their endless and relentless weirdo-troubadouring around BC and beyond. Their ridiculously high-energy gypsy folk stylings create a dance party wherever the band appears, without fail. *Warning* Trying to stand still during a Blackberry Wood show may result in serious injury. And making their Victoria Ska & Reggae Festival debut is SKARATE KID, storming out of Tel Aviv, Israel. A fine example of the global power of Ska & Reggae music, Skarate Kid has been doing the big work, spreading the culture around their home country and beyond and we can't be more excited to present their Canadian debut to our lovely Ska & Reggae Massive.

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Ship Point (Inner Harbour)
wharf and broughton
Outdoor Venue
Capacity1200
Fully Accessible see details

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VICTORIA SKA & REGGAE FEST XVII FREE INTERNATIONAL SHOWCASE: Orquestra Brasileira de Musica Jamaicana, The Sentiments, Blackberry Wood, Skarate Kid @ Ship Point (Inner Harbour) Jun 23 2016 - Nov 24th @ Ship Point (Inner Harbour)

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