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Kalistani Sunsplash scheduled for March
Yoshimi Arena Named as site of Festival
Sulari, Suldanor
December 1, 4776


Posters go up for Kalistani Sunsplash Festival

On the heels of the very successful Leviathans of Metal festival in Springfield Odufaray last August, promoters have organized their next foray into the Kalistani Festival scene. Kalistani Sunsplash has been organized as a sort of Greeting of Spring festival and will be held in Yoshimi, Suldanor between March 27 and 28 of 4777.

Concert organizer Res Trent Young, 23, of Sulari, said he was inspired by the Leviathans of Metal concert. "Yes, I was at the show. Gotta support the scene. And I was like 'next we do a reggae show!' and (Young's girlfriend) Winnie was all about it. So me and the band got together and decided to contact some solid promoters, and Sunsplash was reborn."

Young, a fervent believer in the Rasezanai faith said his concert will be partially dedicated to the glory of Jah and Ras I Zana, Ezana Yakub. "As Jacob says, man, sing the praises of the Most High! We are raising our voices and singing." But even Young admits that the largest motivation is more earthly. "Well, man, I am just a fan of reggae, and I think it needs to regain its place in Kalistani society and the world."

Young was asked how many bands will play. "We are still finalizing the lineup, for sure. But like every reggae and ska band in Kalistan that I can think of has signed up. We got um, Roots Gang, like Humberto 5 from Ananto. Uh... Who else... Shaka Spear from here in Suldanor. We got a bunch of dub artists too, like The Chemist is supposed to do a set here and Eddie "Scratch" Terrance will play. We got a full lineup." Young lamented the lack of interest from bands from other countries. "We reached out to bands from some other countries, but basically got "no" from a lot of them, and no response from others. We were going to make this an international festival, but whatever. Kalistan has more than enough talent to fill up the bill."

The show will be sponsored by ODEN who will supply all ganja, for Rasezanai adherents. "Even those who are just rasezanai at the festival," said ODEN spokeswoman Michelle Fredrick, with a wink. "Basically all weed will be free for the show." Fredrick explained that ODEN has been slowly moving back into diversification and they finally got the greenlight to sponsor this show. "20 thousand pot smokers, ODEN... it just seems like it makes a lot of sense," said Fredrick. Young, for his part was very happy with the sponsorship. "We're really lucky that they came on board. When ODEN signed up, the concert went from like 2000 people in the park to 20,000 people in Yoshimi. Jah BLESS!"

Tickets for Kalistani Sunsplash go on sale in early January. The show starts at sundown on the 27th, and Young expects that musicians will still be jamming until well after the sun rises the next morning. "Passes for the show are like 36 KRB, and that's for like 15 bands. Totally worth it!" Young stated that 10% of the total net would go to helping wounded sea turtles, and he will be running a booth for donations to sea turtles with his girlfriend Winnie.