Reggae at Przystanek Woodstock
Damian Marley, Ky-Mani Marley, Ziggy Marley, Alpha Blondy, Inner Circle, Shaggy and SOJA. At Przystanek Woodstock and later Pol’and’Rock Festival, we worked on concerts that brought different generations and styles of reggae to the stage.
- Scope
- Artist booking
- Festival
- Przystanek Woodstock / Pol’and’Rock
- Selected concerts
- 2011–2019
Reggae at Poland’s biggest festival
We worked with the festival on a programme that featured Gentleman and Jahcoustix in 2011. Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley came to Kostrzyn the following year, and American band SOJA, or Soldiers of Jah Army, played in 2013. These concerts offered a chance to hear how music rooted in Jamaica had developed in other parts of the world.
The announcements and posters made for these shows document how the programme changed between editions. Roots reggae was joined by dancehall, dub and jungle, sometimes across stages at the same festival.
Reggae at Przystanek Woodstock
What we did
- International artist booking
- We handled booking arrangements with the agencies and management teams of reggae artists and related acts. We matched festival dates to tour routing, negotiated performance terms and finalised contracts that reflected the festival’s format.
- Riders and production coordination
- We advanced touring personnel, backline, technical specifications and hospitality. We passed the agreed requirements to stage production and coordinated them with soundchecks, changeovers and performance schedules, integrating international acts into the festival’s running order.
- Tour logistics and artist liaison
- We coordinated travel and arrangements for transfers, accommodation and backstage facilities. We maintained direct contact with tour managers and the festival team, handling artist matters from preparation through to the completion of performances and settlements.
Ky-Mani Marley, Protoje, Shaggy and Manu Chao La Ventura
Ky-Mani Marley and Protoje performed in Kostrzyn in 2014. Marley brought his own combination of reggae and hip-hop, while Protoje represented a new generation of Jamaican roots reggae. The Manu Chao La Ventura poster from the same edition shows the other scenes that sat alongside reggae on the bill.
Shaggy and Congo Natty appeared the following year. The audience heard an artist who had introduced dancehall to a global pop audience as well as a project that connected sound system culture with British jungle.
Inner Circle, Alpha Blondy and Ziggy Marley
On 14 July 2016, Inner Circle played the Main Stage at Przystanek Woodstock. Two years later, after the event became Pol’and’Rock Festival, Alpha Blondy appeared on the Main Stage with his band Solar System. His concert brought the West African history of reggae into the programme.
In 2019 Ziggy Marley opened the Main Stage concerts at the 25th Pol’and’Rock Festival. Following the appearances by Damian and Ky-Mani, he was another member of the Marley family we helped bring to the festival.
Posters from the archive
Reggae at Przystanek Woodstock
Selected projects
7 selected projects
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