ROY ELLIS + THE AGGROLITES
We are honored to announce the legendary Roy Ellis will headline Friday night with our friends The Aggrolites backing! Roy Ellis embodies the enduring appeal of ska and its capacity for reinvention and cross-cultural exchange. Roy grew up in Jamaica, moved to the United Kingdom in his teenage years, and brought his love of ska, soul, gospel, and rocksteady and blended it all into something new.
Roy Ellis has had a major impact on the music we all love most notably with his band Symarip. Emerging in the late 1960s, Roy Ellis and his band Symarip would play a crucial role in propelling Trojan Records and ska and reggae forward in the UK.
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THANK YOU 2023 SPONSORS!
Thank you to all of our sponsors who helped make the '23 festival possible! Special thanks to the City of Hampton, Fort Monroe Authority, Fort Monroe Foundation, Americans for the Arts, Virginia Tourism Corporation, Proof Marketing, Tito's Handmade Vodka, Busch Gardens Williamsburg, and Monster Energy!