Wee Dub Festival 2018 takes place across 3 club sessions, a live gig and various fringe events at venues spread throughout Edinburgh’s historic Old Town. Tickets are available for each session individually, as well as for the whole weekend. We recommend a weekend pass to get the full Wee Dub experience. Explore the weekend’s programme below.
Friday 2nd March
10pm-3am (Free warm-up from 7pm) • One ticket • 2 venues • 4 rooms
Session 1
Room 1 - La Belle Angele
The Bug feat. Miss Red
Aries
Electrikal Sound
26kw of pure bass power from Scotland’s biggest soundsystem drives the session.
Mrs Magoo
Tuff jungle sounds to warm up the session from this fast rising selector.
Room 2 - The Mash House
Vibronics feat. Madu Messenger
Legendary outfit delivering futuristic steppas dub and militant lyricism straight out of Leicester.
Escape Roots & Tom Spirals (Live)
Wee Dub family on the digital roots tip performed live.
Young Pistols Sound
Conscious reggae sound from Poland.
Vixen Sound
Glasgow’s Vixen is a fast rising and talented reggae selector.
Room 3 -The Mash House Upstairs
Mighty Oak Soundsystem & friends
Local rootsmen install their sound for Room 3 joined by Brother Most Righteous & Cedric.
Room 4 - Mash House Bar
Edinburgh Roots Collective with Riddim Tuffa Sound
New local soundsystem and crew play conscious reggae, joined by various guests including our long-time friend Riddim Tuffa Sound.
SINGLE SESSION TICKETS: £11+BF Advance • £14 OTD
Saturday 3rd March
Session 2
7-10pm • The Liquid Room
Royal Sounds (live)
Fast-rising London band who’s vintage reggae sound has been compared to the likes of Chronnix and Proteje.
The Mellow Chants (live)
Local roots reggae band provide some well chosen songs to warm up the session.
Selecta Mad Max
From London town, bad-man DJ runs some tasty flavours in between rthe live acts.
SINGLE SESSION TICKETS: £10+BF ADVance • £13 OTD
Session 3
10pm-4am (TBC) • The Liquid Room (Basement)
Mungo's Hi Fi Soundsystem feat. Solo Banton & Tom Spirals
Full power bass vibrations from the champs with exclusive vocal combination!
O.B.F. feat Charlie P
The French #1 dub sound return with a brand new show along with the one and only Charlie P.
Manudigital (live)
Also from France, cult digital rub-a-dub sound played live on samplers and keys. Solo Banton will also host this set.
SINGLE SESSION TICKETS: £14+BF ADVance • £17 OTD
Sunday 4th March
Family Social
3-6pm • Hemma Bar
Our traditional family-friendly social. Expect laid-back tunes, Jamaican fusion food, quality drinks as well as dub and music-related workshops for the kids.
FREE ENTRY
Wee Dub Screen
7-9pm • Fig Tree Bistro
A selection of hand-picked short films screened in a relaxed atmosphere with special food menu.
FREE ENTRY
Session 4
9pm-3Am • The Bongo Club
Young Warrior (son of Jah Shaka)
We are delighted to have secured a Scottish debut for Young Warrior – vanguard of thenext generation of UK dub music, carrying forward the spirit of the Zulu Warrior himself.
Messenger Soundsystem Feat. MC Ishu
The original roots message in Scotland, going strong and sounding better than ever.
Crucial Roots Feat. Babascum
Glasgow’s premier roots reggae selectors.
SINGLE SESSION TICKETS: £10+BF ADVance • £13 OTD