Bob Marley live in concert
Bob Marley Week
Reggae fans and Rastafarians gather in Kingston during the first
week of February each year to enjoy a feast of events lined up to
commemorate the life and music of Jamaica's best-known son, Bob
Marley. Apart from a concert, the week includes symposiums,
lectures, karaoke contests, a fashion show, exhibition and various
other events related to Marley, who died of cancer in 1981. The
week is organised by the Bob Marley Foundation and Bob Marley
Museum.
Date: 3-9 February 2008
Jamaica Carnival
Jam-packed with spectacle, pageantry and revelry, the biggest
festival in Jamaica is a good-natured annual bash that takes the
island's music into the streets of Kingston. Since the first
carnival in 1990 the event has grown phenomenally to attract tens
of thousands of costumed merry-makers and spectators who congregate
over the carnival weeks and line the route for the final Parade.
Other centres on the island also hold carnival events, and
contestants from the different parishes vie for the title of 'Soca
Monarch', dancing in a special competition.
Venue: Liguanea Park;
Date: 30 March 2008, TBC;
Website: www.jamaicacarnival.com
