Canadian Reggae Music Conference

Accès

À propos

The fourth annual Canadian Reggae Music conference will take place on Saturday, September 26th, 2020. We will be broadcasting live on Facebook and on www.rastafest.com, www.rastafest.tv and www.masaniproductions.com from 12 noon to 7:00 pm. See below the schedule:

12 noon to 2:00 pm

Stage to Air – Rootz Reggae internet radio – financing your music career, interviews, etc.

2:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Reggae artists/musicians and their contribution to the music industry

Joseph Benaiah aka Capo Diamond, Carl Henry, Petraa, Paul Salvatori, Jade Faith, Idelity, Nkrumah, Empress Divine, Pierre Makoumbe and Debra Alison.

3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

The role of the media in the development of the reggae music industry

A (Tonie) Smith – co-owner of Rootz Reggae internet radio

Dane Bogle – manager of VP records

Donna Makeda – CEO of Reggae Xclusive and artist

Fancy Lady – owner of FL Productions and artist

Brian Kotler – owner of Indie-Roots record

DJ Penco – radio host of CJSR88.5 fm and artist

Ras Morgan – radio host at Rootz Reggae internet radio and artist

Alicia Cinnamon – artist

Abeena Samm - artist

4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Global trends in the music industry during and post COVID-19

Lloyd Stansbury – entertainment lawyer and author of Reggae Roadblocks: A Music Business Development Perspective

Kwasi Bonsu – ceo/founder of Jamaica Music Conference and entertainment lawyer

Beverly Shaw/Sista Irie – International photojournalist, radio host and Majesty Media partner

Andrea M. JohnBaptiste – radio host of Synergy on WDJY 99.1 fm

Caswell McLaughlin – artist manager, song writer and owner of 3P Entertainment

5:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Rastafest Showcase broadcasting live from Jamnesia, Bull Bay, Jamaica

Billy Mystic and the Mystic Revealers

Earth and the Fullness

From the Deep

Horace Martin

Korexion

Ras Takura

Isha Bell

Charlie Bobus

Bobo Shante Drummers

Hosts: Yvette Martin, Queen Mother Moses, Sky Tee and Masani Montague

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Organisateur

Masani Montague

For the past three years Rastafest Inc has been organizing the annual Canadian Reggae Music conference in Toronto. During these three years the Canadian Reggae Music Association was created with members from Vancouver, Edmonton, Niagara Falls, Montreal, Ottawa, and Hamilton. The CRMA consists of music organizations, festival promoters, reggae producers, artists, and musicians with over 40 years of experience working in the reggae music community in Canada and Jamaica.

The Canadian Reggae Music Conference is organized by Rastafest Inc in association with the Canadian Reggae Music Association. The first staging of the CRMC took place on August 18th, 2017 at Toronto Plaza Hotel and on August 19th, 2017 at York University; the second staging took place from March 23rd, 2018 to March 24th, 2018 at Metro Hall and the third staging of the conference took place on Friday, August 16th, 2019 at York University. The fourth annual CRMC will take place on Saturday, September 26th, 2020. In order to facilitate a wide section of the reggae music industry from various Canadian cities the conference will be held virtually and broadcasted live on Facebook and via www.rastafest.com, www.rastafest.tv and www.masaniproduction.com.