The national scene adds Green Valley, who celebrate their 20th anniversary and the Valencian hip hop of Los Chikos del Maíz.
The musical offering for the second to last evening of the festival includes another roots reggae historian, Johnny Clarke, along with Dub Asante Band, as well as the Jamaican band Etana, representing the more contemporary side of the scene
Alessandro Di Battista, will lead this debate, which will start on Monday, August 19, at 5.30 p.m. at the Teatre Municipal de Benicàssim, with free access.
The reggae festival’s space for collective reflection expands and moves the five sessions that make up its agenda from the Concert venue to the Teatre Francesc Tàrrega in Benicàssimple, Benicàssimple, Benicàssimple, Benicátez.
More hours of daily activity, new spaces with their own agenda and proposals to connect even more with the youngest attendees: these are some of the many new features that we are activating in the different cultural areas of the venue.
The new space in the festival’s venue will offer, August 16 to 21, three hours a day dedicated to the exploration of science and human knowledge through workshops, conferences and shows.
Representatives of the Buddhist, Baha’i, Muslim, Christian, Hebrew and Hindu communities will share the contributions of their faiths to peace in a free session moderated by the Movement Against Intolerance on Friday, January 26 (6:30 p.m.) at La Nau (Valencia). The initiative exports and reinforces the essence of the reggae festival’s emblematic Social Forum as a platform for raising awareness and collective reflection for change.
The cycle exports and reinforces the essence of the idiosyncratic Social Forum as a platform for raising awareness and collective reflection for change. Filming will begin on December 4 at the Llotja del Cànem in Castelló with a meeting with human rights as the central theme.
The streaming channels go beyond the Benicàssim concert venue and bring the essence of the festival to 3,000,000 viewers. The family profile of the reggae event is reinforced and breaks records with the participation of 21,000 children under 13 years of age during the seven days of celebration. Rototom Sunsplash intensifies its recycling policy in the first edition with carbon footprint certified by Aenor to achieve emissions neutrality
The festival closes this Tuesday, August 22, with concerts by UB40 and the premiere of ‘The Flamenco World Salutes Bob Marley’, a line-up that includes 190 artists from 25 countries over seven days.
The programming of the extra-musical areas consolidates Rototom Sunsplash as an experience to be enjoyed also during the day and with the family, with more than 140 activities including debates, talks, screenings, workshops, exhibitions or Afro, urban or dancehall dance sessions.
This Friday, August 18, also brings together two representatives of the contemporary African sound: Afrobeats queen Yemi Alade and the band Gultrah Sound System, together with Protoje, an exponent of the new wave of Jamaican music.
Francesco Vignarca, coordinator of the Italian Disarmament Network; journalist and writer Teresa Aranguren; and Tica Font, researcher in peace studies, will lead the session ‘Who defends peace’ at the Social Forum.
Joining the musical journey of this premiere of the ‘United for Peace’ edition are the vibes of the legendary Don Carlos and the new global female reggae music of Lila Iké, Hollie Cook and Jaz Elise, amongst many other names.
