Artist Lineup
D’Moja Pounding System Mighty Charge Burning Brass Ras Midas And The Bridge Jus Cee Lambsbread Augustus Pablo* Steel PulseThe Biggest Vermont Reggae Festival August 4 1990
North Beach 1990 (The Big One)
“ The fifth Vermont Reggae Festival was by far the most attended and exciting festival of all previous Vermont Reggae Festivals. It was also the most exhausting, nail-biting, and lesson-learning festival in the eyes of the committee. It was the defining event for the status and continuation of the festival and was majorly instrumental in underlining the establishment and popularity of Reggae music throughout all of Vermont and New England.” Excerpt from the book “The Vermont ReggaeFestival The Power Of Music: The First Five Years In Burlington. An estimated crowd of nearly forty thousand on one of the hottest and most beautiful summer days of the year 1990. The date of the festival also happened to be the birthday of founder and director Bobby Hackney. After five years as it’s founder and director, Bobby retired from the committee to pursue further his musical career. Leaving the festival in the hands of the devoted committee officers with continued support for moving the festival forward in the years to come.
One Of the Most Anticipated
Events in Summer of 1990.
Record Breaking Crowd
By 1990 the popularity of the Vermont Reggae Festival equaled that of just about any other well known festival in the United States and parts of the world. Calls and hotel reservations were coming in as early as September for the festival next year. There was no doubt 1990 would be the biggest crowd, and once again, it was.
Burlington’s Love Of Reggae.
Reggae’s love for Burlington
It would be an understatement to say what Reggae means to the local Burlington community. Local artists and those who came to live in Burlington from Jamaica help to pioneer the sound and live stage performance prescence to the Burlington local community
Peace, Love, And Music
Steller US based muscians from New York, Boston, Montreal, Los Angeles, Chicago, Texas, and parts known and unknown came to Vermont (some for the very first time) to play and experience the Vermont Reggae Festival.
Record Breaking Crowd
Regardless Of Who The
Headline Act Was.
The size of the expected crowd concerned the Mayor and city officials to the point of where it was suggested to the committee to not announce the headline act in advance when announcing the date. The act scheduled was Ziggy Marley and The Melody Makkers. When their tour plans changed effecting the date, the headine act became Steel Pulse (above picture), who had just won a grammy award. Even though as promised, the committee kept it a secret. 40 thousand still showed up.
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Artist Lineup
D’Moja Pounding System Mighty Charge Burning Brass Ras Midas And The Bridge Jus Cee Lambsbread Augustus Pablo* Steel PulseThe Biggest Vermont Reggae Festival August 4 1990
North Beach 1990 (The Big One)
“ The fifth Vermont Reggae Festival was by far the most attended and
exciting festival of all previous Vermont Reggae Festivals. It was also the
most exhausting, nail-biting, and lesson-learning festival in the eyes of
the committee. It was the defining event for the status and continuation
of the festival and was majorly instrumental in underlining the
establishment and popularity of Reggae music throughout all of Vermont
and New England.”
Excerpt from the book “The Vermont ReggaeFestival The Power Of Music: The
First Five Years In Burlington.
An estimated crowd of nearly forty thousand on one of the hottest and
most beautiful summer days of the year 1990.
The date of the festival also happened to be the birthday of founder and
director Bobby Hackney. After five years as it’s founder and director,
Bobby retired from the committee to pursue further his musical career.
Leaving the festival in the hands of the devoted committee officers with
continued support for moving the festival forward in the years to come.
One Of the Most
Anticipated Events
in Summer of 1990.
Record Breaking
Crowd
By 1990 the popularity of the Vermont Reggae Festival equaled that of just about any other well known festival in the United States and parts of the world. Calls and hotel reservations were coming in as early as September for the festival next year. There was no doubt 1990 would be the biggest crowd, and once again, it was.
Burlington’s Love Of
Reggae. Reggae’s
love for Burlington
It would be an understatement to say what Reggae means to the local Burlington community. Local artists and those who came to live in Burlington from Jamaica help to pioneer the sound and live stage performance prescence to the Burlington local community
Peace, Love, And
Music
Steller US based muscians from New York, Boston, Montreal, Los Angeles, Chicago, Texas, and parts known and unknown came to Vermont (some for the very first time) to play and experience the Vermont Reggae Festival.
Record Breaking
Crowd Regardless
Of Who The
Headline Act Was.
The size of the expected crowd concerned the Mayor and city officials to the point of where it was suggested to the committee to not announce the headline act in advance when announcing the date. The act scheduled was Ziggy Marley and The Melody Makkers. When their tour plans changed effecting the date, the headine act became Steel Pulse (above picture), who had just won a grammy award. Even though as promised, the committee kept it a secret. 40 thousand still showed up.
Design And Content © DL4 Musical Enterprises Inc. All Rights Reserved
