Main Stage Schedule:
12:00-3:00 PM - Mambo Combo - Mambo Combo has been named best Latin music group by WAMA (the Washington Area Music Association) and "Best Party Band" by Baltimore Magazine. For thirty-five years, the band has been entertaining in the Mid-Atlantic region and beyond, from the Caribbean to New England.
Few people can resist dancing to the infectious soca and samba, and those who tango will be motivated to do this dramatic and passionate dance. Baltimore Magazine reported, "... crowds moving to the seductive rhythms of Island sound are a pretty good tip-off that the group is nearby."
3:30-6:30 PM - Strykers Posse Reggae Band- Strykers’ Posse, a.k.a. We & Dem have graced the stage as an opening band with National acts such as The Wailers, Burning Spear, Culture, Yellow Man, Tony Rebel, Kymani Marley, Yami Bolo, Judy Mowatt, Sister Carol, Sanchez, Sugar Minott, Abyssinians, Jr. Marvin of the Wailers, Toots & the Maytals, Third World, Maxi Priest and many others. This act is one that is high energy and refreshing to watch, especially when the frontline brings out the best in entertainment in and around the local scene and features sistrens doing their stuff. The group have been voted Baltimore City’s 2000 Best Reggae Band and have been nominated several times in the WAMA (Washington Area Musician Association) awards. Strykers’ Posse received the 2000 Dennis Brown Award at the Washington DC Reggae Music Awards. The group received several citations over the years from the State of Maryland recognizing them for their continued support in the community. Strykers’ Posse a.k.a. We & Dem consist of two sistrens, Ichelle Cole and Yvonne Deane-Hibbert known to many as the East Coast “Queens of Reggae”.
