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Vol 4, Issue 11
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REGGAE FESTIVAL GUIDE 2007
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Do you have a new CD to market? Is your band going on tour? Is there a new reggae-influenced product or service you have to sell? You can reach your target audience with a print ad in the 2007 Reggae Festival Guide.
This is a once-a-year opportunity to reach people through our print magazine. We print 100,000 copies and they are distributed throughout North America. People refer to the magazine repeatedly throughout the year and hold on to it as a keepsake for years to come.
The magazine's front half is where festivals are advertised. The second half features articles on reggae festival lifestyle, technology, fashion, food and more!
All ads are due by May 2nd. If you need something more immediate, you can advertise on our website which recieves over 40,000 unique visitors monthly.
These are the prices for the 2007 print magazine. (They have not increased from last year!)
Full page Festival Section ad cost: $920
1/2 page Festival Section ad cost: $570
Full page color: add $375
1/2 page color: add $225
General Magazine Section
Full page $1,205
1/2 page $765
1/3 page $633
1/4 page $521
1/6 page $390
1/8 page $325 (business card size)
We can design your ad for you, our rate is $55 per hour.
Save money, combine print ad with website and eguide advertising, maximize your exposure and reduce your costs.
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT REGGAE FESTIVAL GUIDE at (775)337-8344 or email to advertising@reggaefestivalguide.com
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Joseph Israel On Tour With The Wailers
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Michael Franti Visits Soldiers at Walter Reed
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photo of Michael Franti by Roxanne Haynes
On Friday (March 16th) outspoken Anti- recording artist and award-winning documentary filmmaker Michael Franti visited patients at Washington ’s Walter Reed Army Medical Center . During his visit, Franti performed for the injured soldiers who live in a special ward of the hospital and their families.
“I was very moved by the courage of the young men I met who were dealing with very intense injuries from shattered bones to limb amputations and how most of them seem to have a positive attitude about their recovery and their plans for the future,” Franti says of his visit to WRAMC.
“One of the patients, Pete, played my guitar even though he still had shrapnel in his finger tips and in physical pain,” Franti explains. “He had also been burned by a roadside bomb that destroyed the Humvee he was in and didn't have full hand strength yet, but still he had this desire to practice and play guitar. Music has been a healer in my life and I thought there are probably patients like Pete who will be passing through the hospital who will have plenty of time to play the guitar or at least try it, so I went out and bought a guitar for the ward. I came away from this experience feeling a deeper commitment toward the work of Veteran's issues and the healing power of music.”
In keeping with that belief, that evening – following an uplifting performance with Spearhead at the city’s 9:30 Club as part of his ongoing Yell Fire! tour – Franti participated in a fundraiser for Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW). In addition to a screening of his acclaimed anti-war documentary, I Know I’m Not Alone: A Musician’s Search For The Human Cost Of War at Busboys & Poets, Franti also played an intimate late night acoustic set.
Last November, Franti won the Best International Documentary Award in the prestigious Harlem International Film Festival for his directory efforts on the aforementioned film. Shot during his travels to the war zones of Iraq , Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories in 2005, the film has been called “an antidote to despair” by anti-war activist Medea Benjamin of Global Exchange.
Through his heralded 2005 film about the Iraq war, I Know I’m Not Alone and the 2006 album it inspired, Yell Fire!, Franti has been heralded as “the most important artist recording and touring today who has yet to reach the masses,” by Island Records’ founder Chris Blackwell.
And the critics have resoundingly agreed: “Who says protest songs can’t be both fiery and fun,” wrote Entertainment Weekly in it’s a- review of Yell Fire! Elswhere, All Music Guide wrote, “Franti’s brain-stimulating songwriting rises to a new level of proficiency,” and Amazon.com said, “It’s easily Franti’s best album yet.”
“Artists have a unique opportunity because we have a voice, but our voice comes through something that we create,” Franti told the San Francisco Examiner recently. “So when we write about political things and our cause, it brings up something that a news anchor or a politician can’t do.”
Michael Franti and Spearhead are nearly finished with a five-week U.S. trek and have been confirmed to appear at the 2007 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Manchester , Tennessee the weekend of June 14th – 17th.
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REGGAE FESTIVAL GUIDE ON MY SPACE!
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Link us on My Space! We are excited about this great marketing network. This is indeed a wonderful resource that can link so many great artists, record companies, DJ's and reggae lovers worldwide. Watch for concert footage postings, festival ticket giveaways, contests and more!
Go to www.myspace.com/reggaefestivalguide to become our FRIEND!
Peace & Blessings
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Slicing through Babylon with the sharpest in edge in reggae, Zion High and Lustre Kings Productions are on the musical frontlines again with the leading One Drop riddim compilation for 2007.
This week RED RAZOR entered the iTunes top 50 reggae album titles at #13!
Visit www.zhpreggae.com for an exclusive mix of the "Red Razor" 7" releases. This ZHP/Lustre Kings mix was specially-crafted by DJ Child of the Project Groundation Massive (www.projectgroundation.com)
RED RAZOR track list
1. Goody Goody - Everton Blender
2. Fit and Strong - Marlon Asher
3. Take Your Time -
Freddie McGregor
4. My People - Jah Dan/Rankin Scroo
5. Beula
Land - Luciano
6. Time So Perilous - Princess Menen
7. Where
the Wind Blows - Norris Man
8. All We Need Is Love - Ras Attitude
9. Suffering Us -
Lutan Fyah
10. Hymns - Vaughn Benjamin (Midnite)
11. Show Love
- Natty King
12. Better Must Come - Arkangel
13. Wolf - Bitter
Roots
14. Globe All Warming - Niyorah
15. Christ Manifest - Messenjah Selah
16. Pon A Sunday -
Mighty Mystic
17. Oil for Food - Army
18. Seek Rastafari Love
- Abijah
19. Grow Natty Grow - Jamatek
20. Mountain Top -
Lambsbread feat. Prezident Brown
Available now at www.ebreggae.com
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Reggae Festival Calendar!
CLICK ON THE FESTIVAL TITLE TO GO TO WEBSITE PROMOTERS: GO TO http://www.reggaefestivalguide.com AND POST YOUR EVENT FOR 2007!
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420 Reggae Fest
Friday, April 20, 2007
Springfield, Missouri
Hotline: 417-866-2946
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Four Twenty Reggae Jam
Friday April 20,2007
Tempe, Arizona
Hotline: 480-233-7144
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Groundation Calling
Saturday April 21, 2007
Tucson, Arizona
Hotline: 520-620-1810
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14th Annual Austin Reggae Festival
Saturday-Sunday, April 21-22, 2007
Austin, Texas
Hotline: 512-684-2525
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Boston Spring Reggae Fest
Friday April 27 2007
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Hotline: 781-595-4679
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Cayman Music Festival
Friday, April 27, 2007
George Town, Cayman Islands
Hotline: 345-329-6278
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Western Consciousness
April 28, 2007
Savanna-La-Mar, Westmoreland, Jamaica
Hotline: 876-957-7543
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Wadadli Music Fest
Saturday, April 28, 2007
Falmouth, Antigua
Hotline: 268-772-0355
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Parrot Production and MG Promotions Present Stephen Marley featuring Jr. Gong
April 29,2007
Kykotsmovi, Arizona
Hotline: 928-734-6686
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Caribbean Soul Celebration
April 29, 2007
Miami, Florida
Hotline: 954-554-1800
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Trenchtown
Tuesday-Friday, May 1-4 ,2007
Subotica, Vojvodina, Yugoslavia
Hotline: 381637124169
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Spring Reggae Festival
May 4, 2007
Haderslev, Denmark
Hotline: 00-0004500400
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Made In Jamaica Festival
May 2, 2007
Amsterdam, Netherlands
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The weekly E-Guide is a wonderful resource for those who live, love and enjoy reggae and its vibrant culture. It encompasses the music, energy and spirituality that define this unique and diverse community worldwide. You can expect CD releases and industry news, band tours, inspirational pieces, reggae trivia and of course, upcoming reggae festivals.
The Reggae Festival Guide Magazine is an annual publication which comes out in May. RBA Publishing (also home of sister publication Blues Festival Guide) prints 100,000 copies of the magazine which spotlights festivals throughout the year, feature stories on festivals around the world, radio DJ listings and stories with messages of upliftment.
For years, the Reggae Festival Guide Magazine received numerous requests for updates on festivals via email, and on May 2, 2004, the webmaster of ReggaeFestivalGuide.com, Kristine Cummins partnered with the magazine (RBA Publishing), and published the first emailed issue of the E-Guide E-Newsletter.
The readership is now over 10,000 reggae fans and counting. Each week, The Reggae Festival E-Guide reaches members of the Reggae community around the world.
The E-Guide is currently edited by Reggae Festival Guide's Marketing Director, Justine Ketola. Click here to email Justine.
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