In celebration of Jamaica’s 50th
anniversary, Rastafest takes place on Saturday, August 25th,
2012 at Downsview Park with children and youth activities from 1:00
pm to 5:00 pm follows by an international reggae concert featuring the
legendary reggae group, Mighty Diamonds, the most consistent and
long-running reggae group in Jamaican music history for the past 41
years. Sharing the stage will be Echo Minott, a pioneer on the
dancehall scene with his incomparable voice along side Toronto based
House of David Gang, Jah Kettle, Donna Makeda, Petra, Jahsmin Daley,
Trinity Drummers, Queen Pettreen, Righteousness and Omri. Special guest
from Jamaica is Karamanti. Backing band: Mountain Edge band.
Donation: Canned goods and a tooney.
Donation: Canned goods and a tooney.
Its mandate is to use the arts as a
vehicle for strengthening community resiliency by contributing to the
collective, cultural enrichment of the diversity of the
African-Caribbean-Canadian community. One of the objectives of
Rastafest is to use the festival as a vehicle to help attendants to
recognize Rastafari’s contribution to the growth and positive image of
the multicultural society in Canada and throughout the world.
Location: Downsview Park, Toronto, ON
Time: 12p-7p
For more information about Rastafest check out www.rastafest.com and www.flexradio.net or telephone 647-341-9031.
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