Vermont Reagge Fest the Power of Music

By: Bobby Dean Hackney

The Vermont Reggae Festival, born in Burlington Vermont in 1986, became an historic event forever etched into the musical history of the city. Achieving the manifestation of peace, love, celebration of life, joy, fun, and excitement through the power of Reggae music. The Vermont Reggae Festival was a musical happening given as a gift to each attendee-all for the whopping ticket price of...FREE!! A fun-filled time capsule back into the mid-eighties of a grass-roots idea conceived by founder Bobby Hackney that became a historic record-breaking crowd gathering event. All before the onslaught of cell phones and technology.