Reggae on the Boardwalk: Rockaways Edition

Reggae on the Boardwalk: Rockaways Edition @ O’Donohue Park
Sep
04
Reggae on the Boardwalk: Rockaways Edition
Queens Borough President Donovan Richards Jr. Presents: "Reggae on the Boardwalk: Rockaways Edition" Sunday September 4th 3:00 – 7:00 PM O’Donohue Park / Beach 17th Street Featuring Jah Wise Tippertone, Carlton Livingstone, and Friends Admission: FREE Reggae on the Boardwalk (ROTB) is a free traditional reggae sound-system event in a family-friendly outdoor setting, featuring legendary Jamaican emcees and DJ’s spinning vinyl records. The tunes are blasted from a massive, 10-foot tall sound system—a wall of speakers, the kind of which constitute an important aspect of Jamaican music history—operated by Chanter “The Timeless Sound.” Established in 2010 by Carter Van Pelt—a WCKR DJ and curator who works for Queens-based VP Records—Reggae on the Boardwalk was conceived of as an accessible expression of traditional sound system culture.  
Date and Time
September 4, 2022 @ 3:00 pm – 7:00 pm America/New York Timezone
Location
O’Donohue Park
Beach 17th Street in Far Rockaway
Queens
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Queens Borough President Donovan Richards Jr. Presents: “Reggae on the Boardwalk: Rockaways Edition”
Sunday September 4th 3:00 – 7:00 PM
O’Donohue Park / Beach 17th Street
Featuring Jah Wise Tippertone, Carlton Livingstone, and Friends
Admission: FREE

Reggae on the Boardwalk (ROTB) is a free traditional reggae sound-system event in a family-friendly outdoor setting, featuring legendary Jamaican emcees and DJ’s spinning vinyl records. The tunes are blasted from a massive, 10-foot tall sound system—a wall of speakers, the kind of which constitute an important aspect of Jamaican music history—operated by Chanter “The Timeless Sound.” Established in 2010 by Carter Van Pelt—a WCKR DJ and curator who works for Queens-based VP Records—Reggae on the Boardwalk was conceived of as an accessible expression of traditional sound system culture.