Dennis Bovell and the Dub Band for London International Ska Festival

London International Ska Festival 2015

Thursday 2nd to Sunday 5th April 2015
various venues, Camden, Greater London, NW1 8QP, England MAP
£141 for all four days

Daily capacity: 1,250

The Dennis Bovell Dub Band, and Zion Train, lead the latest acts added to the line-up for London International Ska Festival.

Dennis Bovell announced, "Dennis Bovell and the Dub Band will be supporting Steel Pulse at their rare show at the Forum in London on April 4th... It will be a legendary moment as he was there at the beginning of the group's career... Don't miss it !!!"

Also confirmed are DJs Kuryakin, Natty Bo, Oxman, David Katz, and Time Tunnel.

They join a bill featuring Lee Scratch Perry, Steel Pulse performing 'Handsworth Revolution, Horace Panter's Uptown Ska Collective, Paperboy, Rhoda Dakar sings The Bodysnatchers, Dreadzone, Gentleman's Dub Club, Buster Shuffle, Kaptin is Dead, Vin Gordon & His Real Rock Band, Beat Goes Bang ft. Everett Morton (The Beat), The Toasters, France's Two Tone Club, The Talks, Italy's Miserable Man, The Rifffs from Malta, Japan's Beat Bahnhof, and Dojo. Plus DJs Don Letts, The Tighten Up Crew, Sounds & Pressure Sound System with Phil Bush, and Axis Sound System.

To see who is playing where and when see the London International Ska Festival line-up page.

There will be around 20 events in all planned including events with V&A and BFI.

Film screenings include Legends Of Ska - UK premiere at BFI, and Bunny Lee: I Am The Gorgon.

Now in it's fifth year the festival will take place across multiple London venues (one wristband gets you into all of them) over Easter Weekend from Thursday 2nd through to Sunday 5th April 2015.

The festival is set to highlight all that's good about the world of ska, from it's roots in American Rhythm & blues, to the Jamaican originators, through the 2 Tone era and right up-to-date with 21st century ska sounds.

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The early bird offer has ended. Tickets are priced at £141 for all four days. Individual events also available - £23 for Thursday with Lee Scratch Perry, £35 for the Ska Cruise, and £25 for Steel Pulse performing Handsworth Revolution.

As well as the main events further fringe events take place including cinema, DJ all-nighters, Record Fair, Thames cruise, which will all build into a week's worth of shows at legendary London venues.

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