Become the Rototom Sunsplash 2011 festival reporter

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Rototom Sunsplash 2011

Well, i won’t make it to the Rototom Sunsplash Reggae Festival 2011, so here is your chance: Become the House of Reggae festival reporter. Win a press accreditation for Europe’s largest Reggae Festival including free entrance and free camping for 10 days plus entrance to media reserved areas.

Brief Sunsplash history

In 2010 after 16 years the Rototom Sunsplash had to move from Italy to Benicàssim, Spain. Babylon story. Nevertheless last year’s edition has been a great success with 150.000 Visitors in eight days. That’s why the people behind decided to go back to the original ten day format, which means more music, more good vibes, more of everything.

The Marley edition

Rototom Sunsplash 2011 is dedicated to Bob Marley, to commemorate the greatest Reggae legend that inspired the values of the festival. Therefor Rita Marley, Ziggy Marley and Kymani Marley will enter the main stage at the 23rd of august. Stephen Marley will be there as well. Besides world famous reggae collector Roger Steffens will show a multimedia presentation about „The Life Of Bob Marley“ at the Reggae University.

Check the programme

10 days full of dancehall and reggae that means a lot of artists and bands will cross the stages. Ok, i will do a little name-dropping: Toots & The Maytals, Shaggy, Queen Ifrica, LKJ, Burro Banton, Brigadier Jerry, Horace Andy, Capleton, Michael Prophet and many more on the main stage. I should mention, that Bunny Wailer will be the first time on stage in Spain, too.

On the Lion Stage you will find a lot of international artists from Italy, France, Austria and Spain like the wicked Dactah Chando. The dub stations features big bad Sound Systems including Bush Chemists, Jah Observer, Aba Shanti, Channel One and Unitone.

Reggae University @ Rototom Sunsplash Festival

In addition there are a Ska Club, the Free Yard for newcomers and the Independant Yard. And of cause there are a lot of workshops, areas for discussions and the famous Reggae University. This year’s edition is hosted by David Katz (USA), Ellen Koehlings & Pete Lilly (Riddim magazine, Germany) and Pier Tosi (Italy). Well, there are quite a lot of things to do in 10 days and you can have it almost for free.

Contest: Rototom Sunsplash festival reporter

Thanks to the Rototom Sunsplash media office i can offer you a press accreditation for the festival including:

entrance to the festival for 10 days (value: 180 euro)
free camping for 10 days (value: 30 euro, bring you own tent)
press pass, allowing the winner to receive entrance to the media reserved areas, dedicated help, free wi-fi
(Attention: food & transport costs are not included)

This will be your chance as a reggae lovers and aspiring journalist to combine your interests and experience what the world of reggae journalism and festival reportage is made of. You well get to know eventual future colleagues and professionals of the reggae industry.

What you should bring

time from 18th till 27th august 2011 to visit the 18th edition of the European Reggae Festival in Benicàssim, Spain
writing skills in English or German (You don’t have to be a professional editor or journalist)
a digital camera (no handycam, please)
openness & good vibes
write a festival report for House of Reggae afterwards (including pictures, …)

What you have to do

Michael Prophet will be one of the artists of the 2011 Rototom Sunsplash line up. Watch the video below and write an imaginary report of his & the bands performance (200 to max 250 words, English or German).

Send your report to socialdread [at] googlemail [dot] com along with the following data (needed for a accreditation):

surname, first name
email
skype or mobile
photo (kind of passport photograph)

::: Blogger’s paradise :::

If you have a blog, please post the video along with your report and include a link to the Rototom Sunsplash. Send your article link and your data to socialdread [at] googlemail [dot] com.

Attention: I will deleted the data of all attendees right after the winner has been announced.

Timing

The contest starts today and will end at the 23rd July 2011, 11.59 p.m. Any questions? Please don’t hesitate to leave a comment. I will answer as soon as possible. Don’t forget to mark the square below the „Senden“ / send button to get my answer for sure. Good luck everybody.

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