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The Montreal Reggae Festival is a reggae (music) festival held annually at the Old Port of
Montreal Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-most populous city in Canada and List of towns in Quebec, most populous city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian ...
, during the 2nd weekend of July. Founded in 2004, by Eric Blagrove (President: 2004–present), Ricardo Forbes (Vice-President: 2004–2008), and Cezar Brumeanu (Producer: 2004–2008), the Montreal Reggae Fest was a three-day weekend-long, three stage event. The 2014 festival will include performances from
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, Demarco,
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, Maxi Priest, Sanchez, Marcia Griffiths, and Percy SledgeSean Paul, Demarco, I Octane for Montreal Int’l Reggae Festival
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The festival took a hiatus in 2018 and is expected to be back in 2019.


See also

* List of reggae festivals *
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 ...


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* Reggae festivals in Canada Music festivals in Montreal {{music-festival-stub