Pato Banton + The Now Generation Band ft. “A New Day Dawning” for Indigenous Peoples Month

Pato Banton + The Now Generation Band ft. “A New Day Dawning” for Indigenous Peoples Month

Come join us for a special event celebrating Indigenous Peoples Heritage Month with the legendary Pato Banton and The Now Generation Band at the Spreckels Temple of Music Bandshell, Music Concourse.

Illuminate Live, SF Recreation and Parks, Value Culture & Ubuntu International Presents

Pato Banton

+ The Now Generation Band

Featuring

“A New Day Dawning” Celebrating the Wisdom of our Indigenous Family and the Voices of our Global Peace Tribe in honor of our connection to Mother Earth and our Universe Mother Spirit. Hosted by Rootsdawtah and friends.

Sunday 10th November, 2024

12pm-7pm

*As part of Crucial Reggae Sundays

with DJs Irie Dole & Guid8nce

at The Golden Gate Park Bandshell

75 Hagiwara Tea Garden Dr, San Francisco, CA

This is a Free, Family Friendly, Fun Event!

So bring grandma, the kids, your pets & friends for a great time and some Positive Vibrations! Gwarn San Francisco!

Pato Banton is a grammy nominated reggae legend that has recorded and toured the world with The English Beat, Steel Pulse, UB40 & STING! (just to name a few) . During the year 2000, while in the midst of a global trek with Peter Gabriel’s WOMAD organization, that combined huge festivals with music outreach programs to poor and underprivileged communities, Pato learned that two of his sons had been shot in a drive-by shooting! He immediately put his career on hold and turned his sorrow into the impetus for community & educational initiatives that would consume the next six years of his life.

Pato created an organization called “Musical Connections” and in partnership the Community Safety Team, provided tuition and counseling for “at risk” young people in 16 different communities across his city of Birmingham, UK. This project was so successful that Pato was approached by the West Midlands Police Department to tackle the ongoing problem of gun crime in some of the poorest neighborhoods. Within a few years this partnership greatly reduced gun crime across the entire city and Pato was given a Lifetime Achievement Award by the BBC and entered into the British Music Hall of Fame during the same year.

In 2006, after feeling that he had planted enough seeds of progress within his home community, Pato decided to relocate to Southern California and embark on the second phase of his musical journey, taking with him the years of experience in the field of Loving Service. Since then Pato has recorded many albums and collaborated with artists all over the world. His most recent albums Love Is The Greatest & The Words Of Rastafari were released on Bob Marley’s Tuff Gong Records International.

Pato Banton’s four-decade public presence has increasingly transcended music to convey a positive & uplifting message of global peace and love for humanity. Now based in Southern California, he continues to record and tour the world extensively with his band The Now Generation, while simultaneously serving as a Teacher, Minister, Counselor and Mentor to his Fans, Friends & Family worldwide! (From https://officialpatobanton.com/about )

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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Spreckels Temple of Music Bandshell, Music Concourse, 75 Hagiwara Tea Garden Dr, San Francisco, United States