QPA Live and The Rum Shack Glasgow present Jah Shaka, The Zulu Warrior, at Queen's Park Arena, Glasgow.

Jah Shaka is one of the most important roots reggae and dub artists. He's a composer, musician, singer, mixing engineer, producer, record label owner, and the operator of the heaviest roots/dub sound system in the world!

Jah Shaka has been operating his roots reggae soundsystem since the early 1970s. Shaka is perhaps best known for sticking to his rastafarian beliefs in the 1980s whilst other soundsystems followed the Jamaican trend towards playing "slack" dancehall music. His refusal to compromise inspired a host of new UK reggae artists and soundsystems such as Eastern Sher, The Disciples, Iration Steppas, Jah Warrior, Conscious Sounds, The Rootsman and Abashanti-I. Non-reggae artists such as Basement Jaxx have also cited Jah Shaka as an influence during interviews.

On his own record label he has released music from Jamaican artists such as Max Romeo, Johnny Clarke, Bim Sherman and Prince Alla as well as UK groups such as Aswad and Dread & Fred. He has released a number of dub albums, often under the Commandments of Dub banner.

Jah Shaka’s legendary dubs and spiritual message have come to symbolize a deeper meaning in sound, spreading his message of love, unity and spirituality for the past 50 years across the globe.

This is a day event with Jah Shaka playing dubs from 5pm – 10.30pm.

Over 18s ONLY.

Subject to licensing.



* Ticket also gets access to the Jah Shaka Afterparty @ The Rum Shack with Ras Tenda (Roots Roundbeat) & Caroline Murphy (Bass Warrior Sound System) [limited to first 200 on the night].