Ten Years On. Reggae Coming In From The Great Outdoors
JAMBANA One World
Festival is moving to two indoor Brampton venues
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| Denise Jones |
Jambana, the annual August long-weekend
Reggae and Roots festival, has loaded up the truck and is moving from the
Markham Fairgrounds to two venues in Brampton.
For its 10th anniversary, the August
5th & 6th outdoor festival has not
only moved cities but is also heading indoors!
“ It is a big step for us to move Jambana
from a big field (the Markham Fairgrounds) to fully serviced indoor halls,” Denise Jones, Executive Producer of JAMBANA One World
Festival told the Caribbean Camera in an interview last week. “ There are some huge pluses to this. We are
moving to a city where we have produced a number of very successful Reggae events.
Brampton has a real hunger for Jambana, and now that we are heading indoors,
there is no need for people to drag along their lawn chairs and umbrellas to
the see the shows.”
Launched in 2008 Jambana,
One World Festival is the GTA’s premiere one-of-a-kind music, arts and food
festival celebrating the nation’s growing cultural diversity. The two-day
festival features Reggae, Afrobeat, Soca, Dancehall, Gospel, and Dance music
along with Caribbean food, vendors and other Caribbean based activities.
The new venues mark a new chapter for Denise Jones and her family. “Brampton is
the ‘home’ of Jambana, “explained Denise Jones, “It’s where the conception of
the ideas for the project come from, and it’s the base of Jones & Jones
Productions Ltd. – producers of the festival.”
Jambana is using two venues in Brampton, the downtown Rose Theatre and the CAA
Centre (formerly Powerade Centre). Both
the theatre and the huge convention hall provide seating and parking. The
line-up this summer is, according to the organizers better suited indoors. There are a finite number of seats available
for both days, and One World fans are being advised to purchase tickets before
it is a sell-out.
The Rose Theatre is up first, Sunday August 5th from 7:30pm – 11:30pm, and will
feature Reggae Ambassadors Third World Band and global dancehall sensation
Govana. The hottest names in the game abound, with Juno Award winners Kirk
Diamond and Korexion, JUNO Award nominee Jay Harmony, Montreal’s Kaisha Lee,
Visionary, Tony Anthony, and the all-female Reggae band Raysolution on the
evening bill.
Formerly known as the Powerade Centre, the CAA Centre will host the festival on
Monday August 6th from 1pm - 10pm. Ghana’s Grammy Award nominated Afrobeat,
dancehall and reggae maestro Stonebwoy are headlining, along with Grammy Award
nominees Luciano and Marion Hall (formerly Lady Saw), as well as Juno Award
winner Exco Levi.
Both days and locations will feature peripheral activities, vendors and food to
interest all, with the CAA Centre including five additional Villages beyond
music.
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