The Island Music Convention (IMC) returns for its third staging from February 19-23, 2025, on the Courtleigh Auditorium in Kingston, Jamaica, with a fair greater lineup of keynote audio system, interactive panels, and unique occasions. Following the instance of the Jamaican Music Convention, founders Orville ‘Shaggy’ Burrell, Judith Bodley, and Sharon Burke, goal to construct world music bridges utilizing one Caribbean footprint, emphasizing the trade’s position in financial development, crime discount, and cultural affect. This 12 months’s occasion options 5 acclaimed keynote audio system, together with Doug E. Recent, Brandon Bakshi, and Chris Anakute, together with panel discussions on music enterprise methods, the digital economic system, and reggae and dancehall’s presence in Europe.
IMC 2025 can even convey high DJs, trade executives, and artists collectively for performances, networking, and academic workshops. Attendees can anticipate highlights such because the “Punch Traces & Rhymes” songwriter’s workshop with Mikie Bennett, Grammy-winning songwriter Gordon Chambers, and Stacy Barthe, in addition to the SKILLZ ON STEEL worldwide DJ conflict that includes Funkmaster Flex, DJ Puffy, Seani B, and extra. The occasion concludes with a particular dialogue on music and movie, adopted by the movie “Unhealthy Like Brooklyn Dancehall”. With participation from main trade gamers like YouTube, Spotify, Apple Music, and the Grammys, IMC continues to be a must-attend occasion for reggae and dancehall professionals. Within the phrases of Shaggy, “We’re bringing lots of people in from completely different businesses, and individuals who might get with us and assist us to navigate as reggae and dancehall artistes by the thick of issues, on a world scale. We’re inviting everybody to return on right down to the Courtleigh Auditorium… and we’re going to current this in a approach that many will profit from.”
Discover the total IMC 2025 schedule right here: IMC Web site
