Yah Mon! Reggae Takes Over Austin's Auditorium Shores

The Austin Reggae Festival benefiting the Central Texas Food Bank took place in downtown Austin, Texas on April 14, 15, and 16, 2017. Founded in 1994, over the last decade the event has raised more than $1,000,000 to help feed hungry families in the Central Texas area.






The fest's website describes the event as "our annual celebration of spring sunshine, dub music, delicious international food, hand-made arts and crafts, as well as community-focused compassion." Unfortunately, that spring sunshine isn't always the case here in Austin (with last year's festival having been rained out), but despite a few showers here and there, this year's fest went off without too many hiccups.







Limelight Imaging stopped by the fest on Saturday, April 15, 2017,  to check out the fun.




Some of the colorful people and vendors seen around the festival grounds.















Saturday's entertainment included:


The Emcee for the Reggae Festival:   Jah Ray


Jah Ray

Jah Ray



River City All Stars (from San Antonio)

Vincent Macias- vocals
Mario Salazar- lead guitar
Trevor Schultz- rhythm guitar
Paul Christopher- bass
Mark Gonzales- percussion
Nick Valdez- drums

River City All Stars

Vincent Macias

Vincent Macias

Paul Christopher

Mark Gonzales

Trevor Schultz

River City All Stars


Don Chani (from Austin)

Mark Shaddock- lead vocals
Erick Bohorquez- lead guitar/vocals
Nicolas Sanchez Castro- bass
Mike Franklin- rhythm guitar
Evan Marley Hegarty- keys
Chris Nerren- vocals/percussion
Daniel Sanchez- drums
Christopher "Zumbi" Richards- trombone
Micah Shalom- trumpet


Don Chani

Mark "Don Chani" Shaddock

Erick Bohorquez

Mike Franklin

Mark "Don Chani" Shaddock

Erick Bohorquez
Chris Nerren



Don Chani


Micah Shalom and the Babylonians (from Austin)

Micah Shalom- trumpet/vocals
Christopher "Zumbi" Richards- trombone/vocals
Evan Marley Hegarty- keys/vocals
Dr Dubbist- drums
Mario Salazar- guitar/vocals
Nico Sanchez- bass
Mark Wilson- tenor/baritone sax and flute
Joshua Thomson- alto sax



Micah Shalom and The Babylonians

Micah Shalom

Micah Shalom and The Babylonians

Christopher "Zumbi" Richards

Micah Shalom

Christopher "Zumbi" Richards

Mark Wilson

Nico Sanchez

Micah Shalom and The Babylonians



Elisha Israel and Az-One (from Kansas City)

Elisha Israel- lead vocals/bass
Nik Drummei Douglas- drums
Danny Chaves- keys/vocals
Kua- percussion/vocals/sax
Trey Grey- guitar
Greg Wright- guitar



Elisha Israel and Az-One

Elisha Israel 

Kua

Elisha Israel 

Elisha Israel and Kua

Elisha Israel 

Elisha Israel 


Nik Drummei Douglas

Elisha Israel 

Black Slate (from United Kingdom)

Desmond Mahoney (co-founder)- drums
Chris "Music House" Hanson (co-founder)- guitar
Anthony "Pure Silk" Brightly (co-founder)- keys/vocals
Gaven Creary- vocalist
Colin McNeish- bass
Gordon Mulrain- guitar



Gaven Creary

Gordon Mulrain

Anthony Brightly

Gaven Creary

Gaven Creary

Chris Hanson

Gaven Creary

Anthony Brightly

Black Slate



Jesse Royal (from Jamaica)

Jesse Royal

Jesse Royal

Jesse Royal

Jesse Royal

Jesse Royal

Percussionist for Jesse Royal

Guitarist for Jesse Royal

Keyboardist for Jesse Royal

Jesse Royal

Jesse Royal

Keeping Austin Beautiful & Weird

With the festival taking place in downtown Austin at Auditorium Shores on the edge of Lady Bird Lake on a beautifully sunny afternoon and evening, we couldn't help but capture a few shots of the activities outside of the festival grounds.


Lady Bird Lake


Downtown skyline and Lady Bird Lake


Downtown Austin Skyline

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