Marley at 80: Guide to This Month's Bob Birthday Concerts and Tributes

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Bob Marley Week and Black History Month got off to a great start on Feb. 2 with the Best Reggae Album Grammy Award going to the soundtrack of Bob Marley: One Love, the Bob biopic that came out a year ago.

This year celebrates the 80th birthday of the man known as Tuff Gong, who's life began on Feb. 6 in Nine Mile, Jamaica. 

Events to commemorate Marley will takes place across the world from Feb. 4-21.

 

Feb. 4

 80th Birthday Celebration, The Venice West, Venice, CA; The Meditations

 

Feb. 6

• Live at Bob's, Marley Natural at the Marley Museum, Kingston, JA; Johan Marley, Mystic Marley and more

80th Uprising Watch PartyKekoon Restaurant & Lounge, Davie, FL

• 80th Birthday CelebrationRed Lounge, Seattle, WA 

• Natty Nation's Bob Marley Birthday Bash, High Noon Saloon, Madison, WI

• 80th Birthday Tribute, The Beach Club & Event Center, Lincoln City, OR

• Birthday Celebration, Park City Music Hall, Bridgeport, CT; Darian Cunning and more

• Get Up, Stand Up, Worchester Public Library, Worchester, MA

• 80th Birthday Celebration, The Shops at Lake James, Virginia Beach, CA

• 80th Birthday Celebration, LTX Mercantile, Llano, TX

• 80th Birthday Celebration, The Real Jerk Restaurant, Toronto, ON

• Birthday Tribute, Harbourside Centre, Toronto, ON; Jay Douglas & the All Stars

• Celebrating Bob Marley's 80th Birthday, New Amsterdam Cafe, Vancouver, BC

• Birthday Party, Club 229, London, UK; Bob Marley's Revival

• Happy Birthday, Bob. Marley, Dingwalls 2, London, UK

• Bob Marley's Birthday Party, The Forge, London, UK; Earl 16 & the One-Drop All Stars

• 80th Birthday Celebration, Ash Nuanu, Tabanan, Bali; Ras Rawon and Spaceman

 

Feb. 7

 80th Birthday, Jazzbones, Tacoma, WA; The Selassie Ites

• WUAL Plays the Exodus Album + More, Cervantes' Other Side, Denver, CO

• 80th Birthday BashBar Robo, Ottawa, ON; Aurora's Reef and DJ Geoff Paquet

• Luke Bacchus' Bob Marley 80th Birthday Celebration, Jazzline at the Crypt, Longon, UK

 

Feb. 8

 80th Birthday Party, Broadway Studios, San Francisco, CA; Prezident Brown and DJ Sep

• 80th Birthday Tribute, George's Majestic Lounge, Fayettevillee, AR

• Ras Danny's Bob Marley Birthday Celebration, Liquid Gravity Brewing Co., San Luis Obispo, CA; SoulFyah

• 80th Birthday Jamdown, Temblor Brewing Company, Bakersfield, CA; Mento Buru & Friends

• A Tribute to Bob Marley, Jack Singer Concert Hall, Calgary, AB; orchestra conducted by Christopher Dragon

• Reggae on the Beach, Gonzales Beach, Victoria, BC

• A Celebration of Bob Marley's 80th Birthday, Frome Town Hall, Frome, UK; Lungi Baba

• Reggae United Birthday Celebration, Helsinki, Finland; DJ Kush and more

• 80th Birthday Tribute, Common Room, Hastings, NZ; the Rude Boyz

 

Feb. 14

 Marley Tribute, Sutter Creek Theater, Sutter Creek, CA; One Drop Redemption

 

Feb. 15

 Pure Soul Brunch, City Winery, New York, NY

• 80th Birthday Celebration, Voxhall Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark; One Love Marley Band, Skarra Mucci, Omar Perry and Slo Down

 

Feb. 15-16

 Hawaii Fest 2025, Moanalua Gradens, Honolulu, HI; Julian Marley, Ky-Mani Marley, Sean Paul and more

 

Feb. 21

 80th Earthstrong Celebration, Sebastopol Cultural Community Center, Sebastopol, CA; Black Uhuru and Chris Makonnan

 

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