Reggae Land announces two brand new stages at Milton Keynes National Bowl for 2026

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After a record-breaking year, the scene-leading Reggae Land returns to the Milton Keynes National Bowl on Saturday 1st and Sunday 2nd August 2026 for its sixth and biggest edition yet. The UK’s largest Reggae and Caribbean culture festival will once again welcome 100,000 fans across the weekend and unite an unrivalled curation of world-class talent, island flavours and community spirit for two days of unforgettable music and culture. Tickets are on sale now at www.reggaeland.co.uk 

Reggae Land is by far the biggest reggae festival in the UK and one of the largest in Europe, and 2026 will mark its most ambitious year yet. The full artist line-up will be announced in January and promises to be the largest yet, expanding from 90 artists in 2025 to 120+ artists in 2026, all spread across seven stages with increased production, sound, facilities and immersive decor.

In the meantime, the first announcement for 2026 focuses on major expansions across the site including brand-new stages and the festival’s largest programme to date. This year, Reggae Land introduces the Dancehall Stage, a brand-new open-air, dedicated dancehall arena with a 7,000 capacity, delivering a huge new space for high-energy performances and culture. Then comes Bob’s Bar Stage, a new indoor stage paying tribute to the roots of reggae, giving roots reggae and lovers rock their own dedicated home at Reggae Land.

The full 2026 programme will once again showcase the entire spectrum of Caribbean sound and culture from roots and rocksteady to dancehall, dub, jungle and beyond with world-renowned names appearing alongside rising stars and genre innovators.

Since its move to The National Bowl in 2023, Reggae Land has transformed the historic open-air venue into a Caribbean wonderland. The Bowl’s natural amphitheatre provides unmatched acoustics and panoramic views, while its central location offers easy access for festival goers from across the UK and beyond. Beyond the music, the site comes alive with a Caribbean food village, rum bars and cocktail shacks, a reggae flea market, a reggae museum and a VIP zone creating a full sensory journey through Caribbean culture, rhythm and flavour.

Say JBM Music, the festival’s organisers: “Every year we push ourselves to make Reggae Land bigger, better, and more vibrant for everyone who joins us. As the festival grows, we’re determined to give even more back to the amazing community that powers this event. By expanding the line-up and adding new stages, we’re bringing more music, more culture, and more energy than ever before.””

With its unique blend of live performances, cultural showcases and community spirit, Reggae Land 2026 is set to be the most complete and immersive deep dive into rhythm, roots and the unity that shapes the music.

Tickets are expected to sell out fast so secure your place at www.reggaeland.co.uk 

Reggae Land Reveals 2024 Dates and First Headliners 

UB40 featuring Ali Campbell & Morgan Heritage announced.

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Reggae Land Reveals More Names – Burning Spear and Tarrus Riley announced

Reggae Land is set to bring unrivalled summer fun to the supersized new home of The National Bowl in Milton Keynes on August 3 and 4 2024 with over 100 artists, and 50+ food traders. Burning Spear and Tarrus Riley are the new names to be announced while the rest of the line-up will feature reggae icons past, present and future as well as UB40 Ft Ali Campbell and Morgan Heritage. Tickets will be going back on sale on Friday at 9AM from reggaeland.co.uk

Reggae Land is a famously warm, welcoming and family friendly affair that has been nominated in several different categories in the UK Festival Awards. In 2023, it grew to new heights by moving to the new venue and this year it heads back for more of the same unmissable reggae fun.

The line-up is another mouthwatering one with the legendary chart toppers UB40 Ft Ali Campbell joined by Grammy-winning Jamaican reggae band Morgan Heritage. Winston Rodney OD, better known by the stage name Burning Spear, also lines up and is a Jamaican roots and reggae singer-songwriter, vocalist and musician known for being a proud Rastafarian and one of the most influential and long-standing artists to emerge from the 1970s. New York born, Jamaica raised Tarrus Riley is just as influential in the world of reggae and has won countless awards for his chart topping music and has played it all over the world.

Reggae Land is a carefully curated weekend that offers much more than just music with a Reggae Flea market, a fairground, an entire Carnival stage along with dancers, VIP zone, festival merchandise, mouthwatering Caribbean Food Village as well as plenty of drinks in the Rum Shacks, and Caribbean cocktail bars from more than 50 carefully curated food outlets and multiple stages, each with their own look and atmosphere and carefully programmed soundtrack.

Tickets will sell out so move fast to secure your place at reggaeland.co.uk

UK’s biggest Reggae Festival launches Reggae Land – Julian Marley & The Uprising, Shaggy, David Rodigan, Chaka Demus & Pliers and more headline.

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Get ready for the UK’s biggest Reggae Festival to land in Milton Keynes for what is set to be an incredible Get ready for the UK’s biggest Reggae Festival to land in Milton Keynes for what is set to be an incredible weekend, full of the best live reggae, dub, and dancehall artists around! Not only will you experience great music, but we offer deliciously authentic food in our Caribbean Food Village as well as plenty of drinks in our Rum Shacks, Gin Bars and Caribbean cocktail bars. 

Want professional pics with your nearest and dearest? No problem, we’ve got you. What about glitter? That’s right, we’ve got plenty of glitter stalls for those Summer vibes. As if this wasn’t enough, we have a Reggae Flea market, a fair ground, and an entire Carnival Float stage along with dancers and a live authentic steel pan band! We also offer a VIP zone and festival merchandise for those wanting it. Set in Milton Keynes’ monumental Campbell Park, we’ve finely crafted the huge line-up of 50 artists across our multiple stages, The Bowl, The Valley and Carnival stage, for a weekend you will not want to miss.

At The Bowl stage on Saturday 30th July, is the incredible Julian Marley, bringing his beautifully soulful reggae music to the show along with The Uprising. Son of reggae and roots legend Bob Marley, Julian has been nominated for multiple Grammy awards and his music is conscious, feel-good and will guarantee to leave you smiling. We also have Inner Circle, Collie Buddz Big Mountain and many more performing at The Bowl!

David Rodigan joins us on The Valley stage spinning a set off dancefloor shakers and exclusive dubs, dancehall, and reggae tracks. We can’t wait to have Musical Youth, Trojan Sound System and Bob Marley revival join us, just some of the many acts performing in The Valley! Mungo’s Hi-Fi, the Glasgow based sound system, will be hitting up the Carnival Stage on Saturday and these guys always bring an uplifting sound system experience! Dub Pistols Sound System, Dub Smugglers featuring Kuntri Ranks and Solo Banton plus more will be performing live on The Carnival Stage.

On Sunday 31st July, Shaggy, known best for his tunes Boombastic and It Wasn’t Me performs at The Bowl. Shaggy is no stranger to reggae music, having received 7 Grammy nominations and winning it twice will get the whole family moving! We also have the reggae and dub titans The Dualers, Gentleman’s Dub Club and Eek A Mouse and many more performing live at The Bowl stage.

The respected Jamaican roots songwriter and singer Horace Andy will bring his distinctive and soulful vocals live to The Valley along with the unmissable General Levy, Aswad, Kiko Bun and many more.  Bass and dub-pioneers, Iration Steppas join us live on the Carnival Stage on Sunday and will be joined by The Heatwave Presents Hot Wuk, Reggae Roast featuring Natty Campbell, Don Letts and others!

We cannot wait to have you, your family and friends join us for what will be a weekend of sunshine, great food and drinks, entertainment, and unmissable acts across our three stages. See you in the dance from 30th July 2022!