line-up announced for Scotland's Wee Dub Festival

Aba Shanti, Mungo's Hi Fi, Solo Banton, Dubkasm, Chopstick Dubplate, Dreadsquad, & more

By Scott Williams | Published: Fri 18th Dec 2015

Wee Dub Festival 2016

Friday 4th to Sunday 6th March 2016
various venues, Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, EH1 1NS, Scotland MAP
£38 for full weekend + booking fee

Daily capacity: 1,250

The line-up has been announced for Scotland's only festival dedicated to the myriad strands of dub, reggae and dancehall - Wee Dub Festival - which returns to Edinburgh on the first weekend of Friday 4th to Sunday 6th March 2016, for their sixth Edition.

The festival includes a line-up of bands, DJs, MCs, soundsystems and workshops for a weekend of dub/reggae/roots music in Edinburgh's Old Town on a mid-winter weekend.

Once again the festival will see a series of live and club "sessions" taking place across Edinburgh underground venues, presenting a varied programme of acts including Aba Shanti Soundsystem, Mungo's Hi Fi Sound System, Solo Banton, Dubkasm, Chopstick Dubplate, Dreadsquad, Blackout Ja, MC Brother Culture, Nick Manasseh, Jinx In Dub, Dub Dadda, ChainSka Brassika, Fleck, Alpha Steppa, Electrikal Sound System, Big Toes Hi-Fi Soundsystem, Samson Sounds, Escape Roots Sound, Ska Ya Man, Messenger Sound System, Mighty Oak, Nem, Ben-Jamin, Papa Shanti, and Crucial Roots.

Scotland's first and only festival of reggae and dub music also features kids activities, Sunday Social offering Jamaican Fusion Food, Special Cocktails, Kids Reggae Disco, Kids Dub Station, and a Dub Clinic (Free entry With Weekend Wristband).

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Tickets for the whole weekend can be purchased priced at £35 plus booking fee. Individual sessions are also available,

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