Digging Through the Archives: Roots Manuva and Festival Memories. This time of year, as I gear up for the upcoming festival season, I finally get around to cleaning out my hard drives and sorting through old files. In the process, I stumbled across a stash of photographs that instantly took me back—like this one of Roots Manuva from 11 years ago.

Back then, our event was still known as the Jazz Stage, and that year’s lineup was nothing short of legendary. Alongside Roots Manuva, we hosted an incredible roster including Q-Tip, Playing for Change, Lamb, The Streets, The Black Eyed Peas, Baaba Maal, Steel Pulse, and many more.

Looking back at these snapshots reminds me just how vibrant and eclectic those festival days were.