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Arts Reporter
It will be a mixed bag of local acts at the Castle 120 Year Summer Celebrations set for Old Georgias Sports Club on Saturday. The event will be headlined by Jamaican musician Konshens and the organisers have assembled a mixed genre line-up of local acts. From the dancehall terrain comes Winky D who is regarded as the biggest man in the genre and affectionately called Bigman.
Bringing in a jazz flair would be Qaya music masters Afrika Revenge and Hope Masike will present her mbira fusions while Evicted brings in their unique Afro-Rock fusion style. Organisers of the event, Delta Beverages, said all is set for the celebrations that will be held in conjuction with MUSICA 2015 festival.
They noted that many fun events will be presented during the show. “Delta Beverages Brew Masters will be on hand at the venue from 10am for beer tasting/sampling and explanation sessions for interested patrons of the festival on the beer brewing process. “Other activities include beer shower, colour shower, tug of war, and six aside soccer games,” noted the organisers in a statement.
“Draught lager beer will also be available at the specially reduced price of $1,00 per litre. As one of the stringent safety measures in line with international best practice at festivals, all beverages will be sold in specially produced plastic beer mugs. Consequently, festival-goers will not be permitted to bring onto the site any bottles, cans or any other beverage container.”
They said the event will also feature Beatenberg from South Africa, Marco Maggiore Band from Italy and Ivan Mazuze from Mozambique. But many fans will be waiting for Konshens, who has excited many people locally with his hits. Konshens whose real name is Garfield Spence was born in Sherlock, Kingston, Jamaica.
He performs four different genres of music, these are Reggae, Dancehall, Pop and Reggaeton. He broke onto the music scence in 2005 with hits such as “Winner”, “Rasta Impostor”, “This Means Money”, “Good Girl Gone Bad”, “Gal Dem A Talk”, “Realest Friend”, “Represent” and “Forward”.
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