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Reggae Meltdown – Kent's Island Music Festival

Enjoy reggae rhythms and other island sounds at 13 downtown venues. The festival is presented by Red Stripe and Parrot Bay Tropical Malt Beverages and sponsored by Apollo Heating & Cooling, Hungry Howie’s, PARTA and University Edge.

157 Lounge                          

The Jamaican Sound System featuring Evan Evolution

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Spinning the Island Sound

7pm – 9pm             

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BW3                        

The Island Doctor      

Caribbean Party Music

7:30pm – 10:30pm                                 

 

Dominick’s                            

Outlaws I & I  

Reggae/Roots/Soul

8pm – 12am                                              

 

The Kent Stage                   

Jah Messengers         

Reggae/Dub
10pm – 2am          

 

The Loft                                   

Fireside Symphony    

Reggae/Folk

10pm – 1am                                              

 

Mug’s                                       

Five Elements            

8:30pm – 9:30pm                                    

Reggae/Rock/Hip Hop         
Off the Trip                

Punk/Reggae/Ska

10pm – 11pm
Tropidelic       

Reggae/Rock

11:30pm – 12:30am                               

 

Ohio Music Shop               

Umojah Nation

Reggae  

7pm – 9pm                                                 

 

The Pub                                   

Ras Pablo

Reggae Covers & Originals 

9pm – 11pm 

 

Pufferbelly                            

Flash in the Pan

Caribbean Steel Drums

6pm

 

Ray’s Place                            

The Ark Band 

Roots Reggae        

9:30pm – 12:30am (upstairs)

Alex Bevan

Acoustic Island Folk              

7pm – 9pm (downstairs)     

Venice Café                          

Weniger & Simon (a.k.a. The Smokin’ J’s)

Eclectic Electric Island Age Music

7:30pm – 10:30pm                                 

 

Water Street Tavern       

Pat Dailey

The Sound of Put-In-Bay

10pm – 1am                                              

Zephyr Pub                           

Human Nature           

Reggae/Dub

9pm                                             

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