Reggae

Protoje, one of the most acclaimed reggae artists of the last 15 years, will make his Athens debut on November 8 at the Arch Club (111 Konstantinoupoleos). The Jamaican artist, known for his album "Who Knows" and hits like "Rasta Love," has garnered millions of streams and collaborated with some of the biggest names in the music industry, including Wiz Khalifa and Alicia Keys.

After nine year of performing concerts in Greece and abroad, world music band Los Dos o Mas presents their first independent album on the stage of Six Dogs in downtown Athens. The program also includes internationally renowned songs adapted in the band's very own way, of genres such as reggae, afro, ska, and latin music. The concert begins at 9 p.m. Tickets cost 7 euros at the door. 

The three-day festival will see more than 40 musicians from all over the world, performing different subgenres of reggae music, from ska and jungle to dub and dancehall.

Folk customs from different parts of the world, experimental rock and international cuisine - guests of the Cosmopolis Festival will experience all this and more when the four-day event returns to the port town of Kavala.

Award-winning reggae-pop outfit UB40 continues its 40th anniversary celebration with a stop in Athens' Petra Theater for the European leg of its international tour and joins forces with chart-topping Greek singer Antonis Remos. Composed of English, Welsh, Irish, Jamaican, Scottish and Yemeni members, UB40 has masterfully fused global sounds.

Known for its fusion of Greek and Caribbean sounds, six-man band Locomondo is bringing its special blend of reggae, ska, rock and Latin to the Petra Theater, a quarry-turned-outdoor venue in Petroupoli, northwestern Athens, on Monday, July 1.

The dates and lineup for what has grown to become Greece's biggest rock festival, Release, have been announced and tickets are on sale, with early bird discounts and package deals taking some of the sting out of the prices.

Reggae music, whose calm, lilting grooves found international fame thanks to artists like Bob Marley, on Thursday (Nov 29) won a spot on the United Nations' list of global cultural treasures, reported Channel News Asia.

Italian reggae artist Alborosie brings the cool Caribbean groove of his adoptive Jamaica to Athens's Fuzz Club, with a perfect summer concert of older work as well as selected tracks from his sixth and latest album, "Alborosie Meets The Wailers United: Unbreakable," on which he collaborated with key members of Bob Marley's legendary band.

Italian reggae artist Alborosie brings his cool Caribbean sounds to Athens's Technopolis venue on Tuesday, July 24, with a perfect summer concert of older work as well as selected tracks from his sixth and latest album, "Alborosie Meets The Wailers United: Unbreakable," on which he collaborated with key members of Bob Marley's legendary band.