GET ready to skank away to your hearts delight this summer at Bestival on the Isle of Wight.
Not content with headline acts such as Outkast, Paloma Faith and Beck on the main stage, the festival will be boasting a Reggae Roots stage in the Desert Island Disco tent. It will be dedicated to the myriad flavours of reggae, from ska, rock steady and ragga to dub and dancehall.
Bestival founder and Radio 1 DJ Rob da Bank said: “It’s no secret that many of us at Bestival HQ are well into dub, reggae, roots and bass music.
“Having hosted many of the legends of the genre from Lee Scratch Perry to Gregory Isaacs and the Twinkle Brothers, it seemed about time we had a stage just for the skankers and the low-end lovers.
“The sound system is going be off the scale, the stage will look like a backyard Jamaican dance and you guys are going to make it all happen in the sunshine.”
Featuring Bestival regulars Reggae Roast, Tayo and jim8track, the Roots Reggae stage kicks off big on Thursday night with Radio 1’s Toddla T, pictured left, making good with the rockers and heavy beats.
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