The Rum & Reggae Festival will light up the UK with its 19-date UK tour featuring a wide selection of rum and the smoothest selection of reggae music. Join them in Manchester on the 10th August 2019. The Rum & Reggae Festival is the ultimate place to sample rums from around the world with a festival party atmosphere guaranteed to get the heart pumping and the feet moving.
Guests will be taken on a rum journey around the world, hosted by the Reggae Sound System, as they taste rare and special craft rums from the West Indies, South America, Australia, the Philippines, Mauritius and other surprise locations. With carnival dancers, cocktail demonstrations and Caribbean food, the Rum & Reggae Festival is set to be a colourful affair.
On entry at the Rum & Reggae Festival, guests will be handed a Rum Atlas; a pocket-sized guide detailing the fine selection of hand-picked and exciting rums available from all corners of the globe. From exotic fruits and dark aromatics to well-rounded aged rums and young blends, guests will be spoilt for choice. They include the award-winning La Hechicera that’s aged up to 21 years; the best-selling high proof rum in the world Wray & Nephew (90% of rum sales in Jamaica are of Wray and Nephew); the first release from Scotland’s Dark Matter Distillers, Dark Matter Spiced Rum; and Pineapple Rum – never intended for resale and a tribute to the esteemed Reverend Stiggins whose favourite drink was the “pineapple rum” in the Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens.
Both sipping and mixing rum-lovers are catered for at this event. Available to purchase will be 25ml test tubes (perfect to share) or full bottles of favourite tipples plus festival goers can order their favourite Rum of the Day and have it posted after the event has finished.
The Rum & Reggae Festival also features a rum cocktail bar and there will be cocktail demonstrations as the experts share their secrets. For those who want to enjoy the reggae without the rum, a new bar offering Jamaica’s very own Red Stripe beer and a range of other spirits has been introduced for the 2019 tour.
Rum & Reggae Festival has some huge talent lined up including Global Reggae Band, the crowd-pleasing 7-member band from Birmingham who wowed Rum & Reggae guests on last year’s tour with their sunshine-soaked reggae vibes. Alongside the music, the 2019 tour features even more performers, with choreographed dancers showing off their Caribbean carnival moves in spectacular outfits. When you’re feeling peckish you can get jerk chicken, curried goat, and rice and pea fix from the traditional Caribbean food stalls, with tasty treats cooked up by the Pirates From The Caribbean Kitchen chefs.
