Rastaclaus Comin’ to Town 2014

Haligi Reggae Foundation, Jah People Society and the Jah Army celebrates the Christmas season with Rastaclaus Comin to Town 2014 from December 17 to 20, 2014.

Numerous Reggae and ska bands will be performing for this concert series. So try to catch bands like Cdmc, Sela Dub Warriors, Bambu Spliff, Skankin Brews, Dried Leaf, The Muskats, Mystic Soul Warriors, New Zion, Sigbin haus Sound system, Sefyla and Boys Next door at the event.

Reggae, a famous music genre for Cebuanos originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s. While sometimes used in a broad sense to refer to most types of popular Jamaican dance music, the term reggae more properly denotes a particular music style that was strongly influenced by traditional mento and calypso music, as well as American jazz and rhythm and blues, and evolved out of the earlier genres ska and rocksteady.

Stylistically, reggae incorporates some of the musical elements of rhythm and blues, jazz, mento, calypso, African, and Latin American music, as well as other genres. One of the most easily recognizable elements is offbeat rhythms; staccato chords played by a guitar or piano (or both) on the offbeats of the measure. The tempo of reggae is usually slower than ska and rocksteady. The concept of “call and response” can be found throughout reggae music.

The venue for the Dec. 20, 2014 Saturday show will be at the KOA Treehouse. Entrance is free.