05/16/2016 02:43 pm
Earlier this month, the St. Lucia Jazz & Arts Festival took place as it does every spring, but this time around, there was a lot more to celebrate than just the music. This year marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the event, which has become known as one of the best festivals in the Caribbean.
While the festival actually runs for ten days, there are three that are the main focus, as they feature some of the biggest performers in the world coming through to put on a show for the thousands of music lovers that show up. Headliners this year included Marc Anthony, Air Supply, Shaggy, Omarion, OMI, Kool & The Gang, and plenty of acts that are heroes in the region and to those that love Caribbean music everywhere.
While festival organizers clearly went out of their way to book some headlining acts from around the world and those that had sent their hits to the top of the charts in the nearby United States, they didn’t end up being the highlights that one might expect them to be, at least not for me. If you live in St. Lucia, I could understand the draw that these musicians would have, as many of them don’t visit smaller island nations very often on their tours, but after all was said and done, it was those acts that I had never heard before I arrived that really blew me away.
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