The Wilkswood Reggae Festival 2021

Held in the stunning Purbeck countryside in Langton Matravers on the outskirts of Swanage in Dorset, the Wilkswood Reggae Festival presents three days of reggae and camping over three days in the wood by the sea from Friday July 23rd to Sunday July 25th 2021.

This year’s festival (originally scheduled from 2020 due to the coronavirus Covid-19 epedemic) will see reggae legends rub shoulders with upcoming artists and DJs from the UK and abroad with over 60 acts performing across three stages. Headliners on the main stage this year include legendary producer Mad Professor (performing with Sista Aisha, Sista Audrey, Canita and the Ariwa Posse Band), the evergreen Twinkle Brothers and an exclusive joint performance from reggae dignitaries Sandra Cross, Vivian Jones, John Mclean and The Robotiks.

The Jah Spirit Stage will this year feature an exclusive takeover on each day of the festival from three of the UK’s top sound systems, Channel One, Mungo’s HiFi and Sinai Sound, who will all be appearing for the whole day with their own custom-built speaker rigs. It’s exceptional to get to experience these genuine sound systems outside of the carnival environment, so this is a real treat.

To top all this we will have an extremely rare festival appearance from the one-and-only Linton Kwesi Johnson, legendary dub poet and activist. The highly revered reggae raconteur presents an exclusive performance of his hugely influential poetry on the DJ Derek Stage.

Elsewhere a multitude of soundsystems, deejays and producers will perform on the Jah Spirit Stage, an eclectic collection of acoustic and spoken word acts will appear on the DJ Derek Stage and a posse of hot young DJs and selectors will be showcasing the best in drum & bass, dubstep and ragga in the late night Shhhbeen.