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Reggae is featured next on the eclectic concert and festival calendar of the Providence Event Series presented by Rob Levine & Associates, The Heavy Hitter® as seven-time Grammy award winner and Emmy winner, Ziggy Marley, will take the stage on Friday, September 23rd at the ALEX AND ANI City Center in Providence’s Kennedy Plaza. Gates open at 5:30 p.m. and a popular local band yet to be announced will open the show.
“Ziggy Marley is sure to end the concert portion of the Providence Event Series season on a high note,” said Michele Maker Palmieri, President and CEO of Waterfront Productions, the parent company of Rhode Island Waterfront Events. Palmieri added that there is one final event on the festival side of the Series and that is the International Oktoberfest, to take place on the weekend directly following the Marley concert, September 24th and 25th.
Born in 1968 in Trenchtown, Jamaica, Ziggy Marley is the eldest son of reggae legend, Bob Marley. He began his musical career in 1979 playing with his father and his siblings on “Children Playing in the Streets” and has gone on to win seven Grammy awards, first with his brothers and sisters in the band Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers and then as a solo artist.
Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers released their debut album, Play the Game Right, in 1985. After cutting several more albums, the band moved to Virgin records in 1988 and recorded the record Conscious Party which featured the hit songs, “Tomorrow People” and “Tumblin’ Down” and won the group its first Grammy award. They followed that up with five albums in the 1990s, two of which scored Grammy nods, One Bright Day and Fallen is Babylon.
After striking out on his own with the critically-acclaimed Dragonfly in 2003, Marley arrived as a solo artist in 2006 when he won a Grammy for the album, Love Is My Religion. The year 2009 saw Marley win his fifth Grammy award, but his first in the children’s area. Family Time featured appearances by several members of his family as well as notable guests, Jack Johnson, Paul Simon and Willie Nelson. In 2011, Marley marked his thirty-year career with a release of his first graphic novel, MarijuanaMan and his Grammy award-winning album, Wild and Free, on his self-owned record label Tuff Gong Worldwide. His 2012 live album, Ziggy Marley in Concert, earned him his sixth Grammy for “Best Reggae Album”. More recently, Marley released his debut children’s book, I Love You Too, while earning his seventh Grammy for his fifth solo studio album, Fly Rasta. His latest album release is entitled, Ziggy Marley. Always socially aware, Marley continues to be active with his Foundation, U.R.G.E. (Unlimited Resources Giving Enlightenment) to help underprivileged children go to school.
Tickets to Ziggy Marley, which are general admission with no reserved seats, standing room only and no re-entry allowed, are available for $32.50 in advance and $42.50 the day of the show. Tickets can be purchased online at www.riwaterfrontevents.com by calling Ticketmaster at 800-745-3000 or by visiting one of our ticket locations in Newport, Warwick and South County: RI Waterfront Events box office located at 4 Commercial Wharf in Newport; the Grid Iron Ale House and Grille, 1599 Post Road in Warwick; and Looney Tunes, 562 Kingstown Road in Wakefield (cash only at Looney Tunes and cash & credit accepted at other locations). Box office hours vary so please visit www.riwaterfrontevents.com for the latest updates. Tickets will also be available the day before and the day-of the event at the ALEX AND ANI City Center box office located at 2 Kennedy Plaza, Downtown Providence, at the entrance of the venue.
The final Providence Event Series event of the year is the International Oktoberfest which takes place on the weekend of September 24th and 25th, Saturday, noon to 4:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., $20 advance/$25 day of event and Sunday, noon to 5:00 p.m., $17 advance/$20 day of event. Weekender Passes are also available for $30 in advance or $40 day-of event. Kids under 12 years of age are $12 with a paying adult on Saturday and free on Sunday.
RIPTA is the official transportation of the Providence Event Series and offers a Rock & Ride Program for concert and festival attendees. Riders simply ask the bus or trolley driver for a RIPTA rider receipt as proof the ride was to a Providence Event Series event and then present if at the venue’s Box Office to receive a FREE prize compliments of RIPTA.
In addition to Rob Levine & Associates, The Heavy Hitter®, the other sponsors and partners of the Ziggy Marley concert are the ALEX AND ANI City Center, RIPTA/Commuter Resource RI, Heineken, Horizon Beverage, Pepsi, The City of Providence and The City of Providence Department of Art, Culture + Tourism and GoLocal24.
The ALEX AND ANI City Center, located at 2 Kennedy Plaza in downtown Providence, is managed by the Providence Parks and Recreation Department and operates all year-round. The summer event season extends from April through October with rental space available for public and private events. The winter ice skating season begins in November and continues through March. Visit www.alexandanicitycenter.com for all summer event information as well as details on ice skating reservations and advertising opportunities.
Waterfront Productions, LLC, headquartered in Newport, Rhode Island, specializes in event management/production and venue operation and is the parent company of Rhode Island Waterfront Events and Newport Waterfront Events. The events Waterfront Productions owns and manages include the Great Chowder Cook-Off at Fort Adams State Park in Newport, the Waterfront Reggae Festival at India Point Park in Providence and The Providence Event Series presented by Rob Levine & Associates, The Heavy Hitter®, at the ALEX AND ANI City Center. In addition, Waterfront Productions owns and operates the Newport Skating Center in downtown Newport. The Waterfront Productions team has co-produced a variety of other events over the past ten years, including the Newport Comedy Series, the WBRU Concert Series at Providence Piers, the Food Truck Festival, the Newport International Boat Show and the Newport Charter Yacht Show, and offers event management consulting services.
For more information, please visit www.riwaterfrontevents.com, contact Michele Maker Palmieri, President and CEO of Waterfront Productions, LLC via email at mmaker@newportwaterfrontevents.com or call (888) 900-8640, Ext. 709. To receive future Rhode Island Waterfront Events and Newport Waterfront Events announcements, presale opportunities or exclusive packages, sign up at riwaterfrontevents.com and become a fan on Facebook at facebook.com/RIWaterfrontEvents/, Instagram and Twitter/RIWEvent.
