ABOUT QLD SKA & REGGAE FESTIVAL

A fantastic show every time!

Get your ska and reggae groove on with the very best bands, and a full Caribbean Sound System DJ playing all the old skool hits, NICE AND LOUD!

Sat 24 Sept (Gold Coast)  & Sun 25 Sept (Brisbane)

Headlining are the amazing SUB-TRIBE (Sydney). These heavyweight rockers have just played knockout sets at WOMAD festival 2022 & as support for the recent Katchafire tour. Packing a truck-load of bottom end, glitchy beats and soaring harmonies, expect to be taken on a journey across genres – from blues-drenched dub and chunky skank reggae to jazzy hip-hop with a twist of ragga dancehall.

SUB-TRIBE keeps it heavy on the bass and you light on your feet.

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The award-winning Sunny Coast Rude Boys are a 10-piece sound wave playing uplifting ska and reggae – classic covers and originals – drawing on musical influences that have shaped this genre from the Jamaican movement through to UK Two Tone.

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The Rudies have shared the stage with Bad Manners, The Allniters, Nicky Bomba, Strange Tenants and The Original Wailers, as well as headlining at Island Vibe Festival, Woodford Folk Festival, Blues on Broadbeach, Caloundra Music Festival and the QLD Ska & Reggae Festival to name just a few. 

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If you like a big fun night of dancing to music from The Specials, Madness, The Beat, UB40, Toots and The Maytals, and some thumping originals .... this is the band for you!

The band have crafted their sound with unexpected arrangements and seductive harmonies, with powerful horns and foot-stomping drums. The Rudies are fast making a name for themselves, playing to packed venues throughout Australia.

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The Seven of Ska 

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Defenders of tradition, protectors of groove, rocksteady in their quest for the ultimate ska dance party, The Seven of Ska continue the tradition of combining ska with other influences like soul and jazz to give a new, exciting sound using a classic line up.

Started in 2019 as an instrumental band, 7oS have developed a large repertoire of originals and arrangements of hand-picked covers.

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Ruff Neck Renegade Sound;

These guys are hard core,Old Skool Reggae Legends that play the sweetest of reggae in vinyl, through their hand crafted sound system!

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