Sri Lanka to hold South Asia’s first-ever 3-day ’One Love’ reggae music festival in March
Daily FT: Sri Lanka is set to make history as it hosts South Asia’s first-ever three-day reggae music festival, ‘One Love 2026 – A Tribute to Bob Marley,’ from 27 to 29 March 2026 on the golden shores of Bentota, the organisers announced recently.
The festival will take place from 5 p.m. onwards, bringing an unprecedented celebration of global reggae culture to the region. A packed press conference to announce this historic moment was held at Nuwa Sri Lanka, the latest ultra-luxury property in the city of Colombo.
This landmark festival event will feature six internationally acclaimed reggae icons, marking the largest gathering of global reggae talent ever seen in Asia and the Pacific.
The confirmed line-up includes Maxi Priest – The “Prince of Reggae,” The Wailers, Julian Marley and Ky-Mani Marley – sons of the legendary Bob Marley, Inner Circle, and Big Mountain.
In addition, four international DJs will perform throughout the festival, with two major artists taking the stage each night: 27 March: The Wailers and Maxi Priest; 28 March: Inner Circle and Big Mountain; and 29 March: Julian Marley and Ky-Mani Marley. Additionally, four world famous DJs will ramp up the festival.
Maxi Priest came live virtually from New York in solidarity to confirm the Festival and explained he was excited to be back in Sri Lanka once again.
With reggae’s deep cultural resonance in Sri Lanka, the festival is expected to draw thousands of local fans along with visitors from India, the Maldives, Bangladesh, and Western travellers escaping winter for Sri Lanka’s tropical warmth.
Organised by Sri Lankan-owned One In A Million Entertainment Ltd., headquartered in Europe and Colombo, in collaboration with Caribbean Entertainment, the event builds on a legacy of bringing global stars such as Shaggy, Diana King, Maxi Priest, and Big Mountain to Sri Lanka.
OSL take:
Sri Lanka’s steadily growing tourism industry would witness further growth due to programmes like the ’One Love’ reggae music festival next year. While there are many emerging business/investment opportunities in Sri Lanka’s tourism industry and related sectors, the increasing number of foreign travelers to the country have created an urgent need for the development of infrastructure and supplementary infrastructure facilities required to meet the increasing demand. The increasing business potential in Sri Lanka’s tourism industry is evident by the interest shown by leading international leisure and hospitality brands to enter the local industry while existing businesses in the country are engaged in programmes to expand operations to meeting the growing demand. Given all these factors, Sri Lanka’s tourism industry and related sectors present many lucrative business/investment opportunities for foreign businesses/investors.
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