I have two festivals to recommend today, each on either end of our county’s share of the 101. First up on the northside at 3 p.m.,
RampArt Skate Park is home to
Bushfest, a metal-palooza full of shredders and screamers, priced at a very reasonable $20 for 13 bands, $15 if you get an early-bird ticket. A few among the line-up include
The Sturgeons, Wastewalker, Racket, No Living Witness, Bloodspire and, of course, the hosts
Greybush. An hour later down Redway way at the
Mateel, you will find a celebration of the once-massive Reggae on the River, now called
Reggae Legacy and scaled for one day of good jams. The headliner is
BLVK H3RO, a young Jamaican singer whose resumé of collaborations is full of
top-notch global talent like UB40 and the late Bunny Wailer. Also on deck is the Brooklyn crew
Subatomic Sound System, who provided backing band tour support for icon Lee “Scratch” Perry when the master was still inhabiting this earthly realm. The group will be performing a memorial set of the man’s work ($35, $30 advance).
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- BLVK H3RO performs at Reggae Legacy, Saturday, Aug. 5 at the Mateel Community Center.