SAN JOSE, Calif. — After a two-year COVID hiatus, the massive California Roots Music and Arts Festival is returning to Monterey with an eye-popping lineup of reggae, hip-hop and roots music acts, including rapper Ice Cube, dancehall king Sean Paul, reggae star Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley, and ska-punk band Sublime with Rome.
More than 50 acts in all are booked for the four-day event, slated for May 26-29 at the Monterey County Fair and Event Center. The fest will also feature tons of food and beverage vendors, art exhibits and installations, pop-up performances of all sorts, and booths for nonprofit groups involved with energy, ecology, community activism and other issues.
Also performing are Stephen Marley, Beenie Man, Slightly Stoopid, Rebelution and Stick Figure, among many more.
