The Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport has received authorisation to host a limited, fully vaccinated audience for two special Reggae Month concerts, Reggae on the Pier and Sizzla Kalonji in Concert.

Since the start of the pandemic in 2020, Reggae Month activities have been staged virtually.

A release from the ministry stated that Minister Olivia Grange has welcomed the return of an audience to these two Reggae Month events as a “great development as Jamaica prepares to reopen the events and entertainment sectors".

According to Grange, “We are starting with these two very high-quality concerts at which a small number of specially invited, fully vaccinated guests will be allowed to attend in person; but everyone will be able to enjoy the music as the concerts will be broadcast on our Reggae Month TV platforms.”

Reggae On the Pier was filmed in Port Royal Tuesday evening for broadcast at a later date on Reggae Month TV. It features some of reggae’s biggest names, including Beres Hammond, Marcia Griffiths, Tarrus Riley, Derrick Morgan, Richie Spice, Christopher Martin and Romain Virgo.

Reggae On the Pier, produced in association with VP Records, Sizzla Kalonji in Concert with the 35-piece Reggae Orchestra will be filmed on the weekend for delayed broadcast on Reggae Month TV.

Reggae Month TV is streamed every day on various online platforms, including the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission's YouTube and Facebook pages and the Facebook pages of the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport and Minister Grange, and on PBCJ and TVJ.

Reggae Month is staged by the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport in collaboration with the Jamaica Reggae Industry Association, the Jamaica Association of Vintage Artistes and Affiliates, the CHASE Fund, the Tourism Enhancement Fund, the Jamaica Tourist Board and J Wray & Nephew.