This years Bob Marley’s celebrations will be under the theme “The Legacy continues” according to a release sent to 18 Karat Reggae. To mark the 70th anniversary of Bob Marley’s birthday on February 6th, celebrations will be held at the Bob Marley Museum on 56 Hope road and at the Tuff Gong studios on Marcus Garvey Drive.

There will also be events catering to the children at Tuff Gong International. There will be readings from Cedella Marley’s books, “Three Little Birds” and “The Boy from Nine Miles”, with an excerpt presentation from the new theatre production, Nesta’s Rock, produced by the Jamaica Musical Theatre Company.

The Bob Marley Museum will be opened to the public at 10 a.m. for a full day of activities that will include symposiums on topics including Reggae and Fashion, Reggae Music and Film & Marijuana and the Economy, to be presented by several academics, including Dr Sonjah Stanley Niaah, Dr Dennis Howard and Carole Beckford.

Celebrations at the Bob Marley Museum will conclude with a Reggae Jam Session featuring the Bob Marley 70th Ambassadors: Chronixx, Kabaka Pyramid and Nomaddz. The Uprising Roots Band, Iba Mahr, DBurnz, Ishabel, among others, are also slated to perform. The Bob Marley One Love Celebrations are also set for February 6 in Negril.

On February 7, the music fraternity will converge on the Kingston waterfront for the annual Bob Marley Concert. Scheduled to be held in partnership with telecommunications giant, Digicel, the concert will feature a slew of entertainers, including three of Bob Marley’s sons – Stephen, Damian and Kymani – who are set to be the headline acts for this free event. Other performances are expected to come from Tarrus Riley, Marcia Griffiths, I-Octane, Chronixx, and Lauryn Hill.