The Selecter and Jah Shaka Sound System will headline Positive Vibration – Festival of Reggae 2017 in Liverpool from 9-10 June. It’s the second outing for the event, which was named Best New Festival at last year’s UK Festival Awards.
2-Tone legends The Selecter, fronted by Pauline Black, will headline Saturday, while Jah Shaka’s London-based roots reggae sound system will play a five hour session on Friday.
Other acts include Saxon Sound System, Don Letts and Aba Shanti-I, and soundsystems from such outstanding labels as Soul Jazz and Trojan.
Positive Vibration is a reggae and Jamaican cultural heritage festival featuring music as well as an art exhibition, titled ‘The Art Of Reggae’.
There will also be a panel discussion with Pauline Black, Steel Pulse’s Mykaell Riley and guitarist Dennis Bovell, chaired by John Robb, aswell as a number of arts workshops.
It will span three venues across Liverpool’s Baltic Triangle. Click for tickets and more information.
