REGGAETOWN WORLD MUSIC FESTIVAL
10 Sep, 2020
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11 Sep, 2020
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Festival Type:
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Reggae
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Events:
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Location:
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TJAPUKAI CULTURAL PARK NEAR SKYRAIL,
Cairns,
Queensland
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Website:
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www.reggaetown.com.au
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History:
From humble beginnings in the jungle of Kuranda in 1995 as a Reggae night at the Kuranda Amphitheatre. The ReggaeTown World Music Festival has now evolved into an annual event nestled at the base of Bundanna Mountain in the Tjapukai Cultural Park’s lush surroundings in Smithfield, Cairns. The festival has risen to be one of the region’s, and countries, most well loved and iconic events with years of memories, shared fun, and loving experiences behind us, the ReggaeTown Massive powers forward into 2010 and beyond with some old favorites, joined by some long anticipated additions.
Continuing to fuse old, new, traditional, contemporary, cultural and urban flava’s ReggaeTown World Music Festival 2010 is set to soar to new heights, with a stellar line up if Australian and international artists requiring your dancing shoes at all times. Our focus has remained steady on community and cultural vibrancy and development, we are now opening up and broadening our vision even wider so just look out here we come with the sun ripened delights fresh off the vine.
Previous performers at ReggaeTown:
O’Yaba – South Africa
Jah Mason – Jamacia
Chaka Demus & Pliers – Jamaica
Nicky Bomba – Australia
Mad Professor – United Kingdom
Katchafire – New Zealand
Cornerstone Roots - New Zealand
Blue King Brown – Australia
Alpha Blondy – Ivory Coast
John Paul Wabotia – Congo
Telek – Papua New Guinea
Nea Combo Diffuzion – Noumea
V-Tribe – NSW / Tonga
Tomee
King Tide
Kooii
De Jah Groove
Koahalition
Ancient Instinct
Yubbaz
Zennith
Sol Nation
Dubwize
Killer Queenz
Foreign Dub
Kanaka
Fatlip
Hemi Tuff Selekta
One Africa Trio
Poetikool Justice
Djarragun Band
Resserectors
Promiscuous
Freaky Lou
One 4 One
I n I
Padboys
Patchup
Ibena
Willy poor boys
Ancient Instinct
One Drop
Blackrobats
Afro Dizi act
Fresh Off Da Boat
Big Up
Rastafari Rhythms Sound System
Basmati
Krazy Dayv
Club Africa
Billy Dread
Jerry Mane
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How to get there:
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Getting There
Public Transport
The main transport is either via taxi service direct to and from Tjapukai, or by the Marlin Coast Sunbus. Route 1X or 2A from the City Place Bus stop.
Self Drive
Travelling from Cairns city in a northerly direction, along the Captain Cook Highway past the Airport. Some 15 minutes after leaving Cairns is the area known as Smithfield / Caravonica Lakes, easily identified by the Skyrail Cableway and the Tjapukai Aboriginal Cultural Park, situated side by side, facing the main road. Turn left at the roundabout and you will be on the approach road to Tjapukai.
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