Raggamuffin Music Festival (Raggamuffin) was an annual
music festival
A music festival is a community event with performances of singing and instrument playing that is often presented with a theme such as musical genre (e.g., rock, blues, folk, jazz, classical music), nationality, locality of musicians, or ho ...
that toured
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands. With an area of , Australia is the largest country by ...
and
New Zealand
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which concluded its first tour in 2008. As of 2010, it has featured fourteen Major international
reggae
Reggae () is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s. The term also denotes the modern popular music of Jamaica and its diaspora. A 1968 single by Toots and the Maytals, " Do the Reggay" was the first popular song to use ...
Acts and thirteen Australasian Acts accommodating
reggae
Reggae () is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s. The term also denotes the modern popular music of Jamaica and its diaspora. A 1968 single by Toots and the Maytals, " Do the Reggay" was the first popular song to use ...
,
funk
Funk is a music genre that originated in African American communities in the mid-1960s when musicians created a rhythmic, danceable new form of music through a mixture of various music genres that were popular among African Americans in the mi ...
,
dub,
hip-hop and
soul
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Etymology
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Line Ups
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
Compilation albums
* ''Raggamuffin Vol 1
''Raggamuffin Vol 1'' is a New Zealand and Australian compilation album released to coincide with the Raggamuffin Music Festival in 2008. It was sold on the day in Australia, and is available throughout retailers in New Zealand and online.
Track ...
'' (2008)
* ''Raggamuffin Vol 2
''Raggamuffin Vol 2'' is a New Zealand and Australian compilation album released to coincide with the upcoming Raggamuffin Music Festival in 2009. It contains two tracks from each of the nine artists appearing on the Raggamuffin Festival 2009 bi ...
'' (2008)
* ''Raggamuffin Vol 3 (Album), Raggamuffin Vol 3'' (2010)
See also
*List of reggae festivals
This is a list of notable reggae festivals by country.
This list may have some overlap with list of jam band music festivals. Reggae festivals may include classic reggae and related or derivative genres such as ska, dancehall, dub, hip hop ...
*Reggae
Reggae () is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s. The term also denotes the modern popular music of Jamaica and its diaspora. A 1968 single by Toots and the Maytals, " Do the Reggay" was the first popular song to use ...
References
External links
Official Raggamuffin Australia website
Official Raggamuffin Australia Facebook
Official Raggamuffin New Zealand MySpace
Official New Zealand website
{{Reggae
Music festivals in New Zealand
Reggae festivals
Music festivals in Melbourne