Bob Marley Week

Throughout Jamaica but especially in Kingston, people celebrate the life and music of Bob Marley, who died of cancer in 1981 at the age of 36. Reggae fans and Rastafarians gather to enjoy a feast of events evoking the memory of Jamaica's favourite son. The programme includes music concerts, symposiums, lectures, karaoke contests, a fashion show, movies and exhibitions. Many of the events take place at the Bob Marley Museum, a simple clapboard house packed with Marley memorabilia, where the star once lived and recorded his music.