Damian “Jr Gong” Marley and his brother Stephen Marley have been added to the extensive cast of performers for the World Creole Festival 2024.
They will be joined by Dominican musical groups the Extasy Band and TK International.
The 2024 edition of the World Creole Music Festival is set to take place at the Windsor Park Sports Stadium from October 25 to 27.
Dominica’s World Creole Music Festival (WCMF) was established in 1997 with the twin objectives of developing the country’s arts, music and entertainment industries and promoting the country as a tourism destination.
The festival has become one of the signature events in the Caribbean festival calendar based on sustained visitor arrivals, media coverage and the sterling reputation of the festival among artistes. Dominica’s World Creole Music Festival which celebrates the Creole music culture of the Creole speaking countries of the Caribbean, Europe and Africa has become one of the major annual Caribbean events.
More and more people exploring the beauty of Dominica because of this unique festival and embrace the special charm of the island, also highlighted by the independence celebrations which takes place at this time. As a music genre, Creole music is diverse in style and rhythms, running from the infectious Bouyon and Cadence-Lypso from Dominica to Haitian Kompas and French Antillean Zouk. Several other musical idioms including African rhythms like Soukouce, as well as Zydecco from New Orleans have manifested themselves at this festival. Other Caribbean and world music forms have found themselves onto the stages of the WCMF, including Dancehall/Reggae, Soca and Calypso as well as Salsa. This festival has attract acts such as Kassav, Tabou Combo, Exile One, Jeff Joe and the Grammacks International , Ophelia Marie, Michelle Henderson, Ralph Tamar, Kali, WCK Band, Swinging Stars, KrosFyah, Square One, Buckweat Zydecco, the Wailers, Byron Lee & the Dragonaires, Machel Montano, Beenie Man, Buju Banton, Aswad, Phantom Band, Sakis, Loketo, Diblo Dibala, Shurwayne Winchester, Aswad, Beenie Man, Sean Paul, Wyclef Jean, Carimi, Taxi Kweyol, Magnum Band, and so many other top names in Creole and Caribbean music.
