If you are a company looking to target a niche market and would like to be a part of the 2010 Good Karma Festival, you need to head over to our

sponsorship area,  complete the form and download this year’s sponsorship kit.  Someone from the Good Karma Tour will give you a call and discuss how you can been seen in 2010!

Attention all vendors!

Now is the time to register and gain access to our 2010 vendor contract.
We are looking forward to great acts and large capacity crowds and would love to see you there so get started now and register today!

DEADLINE FOR 2010 Good Karma SUBMISSION IS February 14, 2010

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES AND REQUIREMENTS: In order for any act to be considered for performing on the Festival Tour, all acts regardless of how many CD’s they have released or how much airplay they get, must submit by US mail only a complete promotional package which must include picture, CD and the acts Bio to:

Legends of Rasta Reggae Festival Tour
PO Box 8305 Houston, Texas 77288

This is a Promotional Tour and all acts are selected based on the Positive nature of their music or performance Regardless of who they are! NO CALL BY PHONE will be taken regarding Artist Submission.

August, 1 2001
Name Change Statement for the Bob Marley Festival Tour
In 1989, a concept was created by Sirron Kyles to produce a Caribbean style festival that would focus on the understanding of the Rastafarian doctrine, Peace, Unity and the messages of Bob Marley’s music, while providing and outlet for bands and companies to benefit and spread awareness other cultures and races by using the festival as a fundraiser to help organizations and provided a lot of assistance to people in need all in the name and spirit of Bob Marley.

In 1991we began it’s now very popular tradition of asking the public for donations in lieu of admission during the first 2 to 4 hours each day, benefiting participating nonprofits.  Over the last 21 years, this tradition has generated over $1,706,000 in cash and over 2 million pounds of food, school supplies and books for nonprofit organizations throughout the US.

In the early 1990’s Rita Marley formed Bob Marley Music Inc. to provide a means to license Bob Marley’s name and likeness as well as other related Bob Marley music or products.

Sirron Kyles and Bob Marley Inc. worked an out agreement that allowed the festival tour to continue over the next 10 years. I produced and tutored the family and their associates to establish set up the original Miami Bob Marley Festival in 1994 & 1995 for Bob Marley’s mother Mrs. Booker‘s Movement Of Jah People Foundation which is now known as the Bob Marley Caribbean Festival, Mrs. Booker, under the original agreement with the Bob Marley Music Inc. Foundation.

At the first Festival in Miami FL I produced,  Rita Marley came over to me and said to me, she felt the festival was a great success and I was doing was great and she was very happy to see the response from the people of Miami.  Mrs. Booker, Bob Marley’s mother also stated that “No matter what others may try to do…keep the Festival going” for it paid the highest honor to her son Bob”.

Outside of his music, The Annual Bob Marley Festival Tour has been the most significance driving force in keeping the legacy of Bob Marley alive around the world for more than 20 years.

In 2001 Rita Marley release control of the business related to the licensing of Bob’s name and likeness to Bob’s children’s company, Fifty Six Hope Street Foundation.

After extensive negotiations I could not reach agree under the new terms and fees Fifty Six Hope Street set for the licensing rights to use Bob Marley name and likeness. So I decide to discontinue using the name and produce the Festival under a new name.

The concept and the structure of the festival something I always worked very hard to maintain, was to accept donations for admission. The history of the given donation fees and small admission fees would not support the licensing fees that Fifty Six Hope Street was requesting. Nor did the agreement include the rights to use his likeness on shirt or other related Festival promotional items.

Upon completion of these negotiations, I decided to act on something I was contemplating over the pass few years, which was to change the name of the Tour to reflect what the Bob Marley Festival was originally created for focusing on bringing about awareness and understanding of the Rastafarian doctrine, Peace, Unity and the messages of Bob Marley’s music.

I felt that this change would give the incentive and allow sponsors that chose not to participate in the festival due to the stance that Bob Marley held in reference to using his spiritual sacrament (marijuana). Sponsors did not want to appear that they condoned the use of the sacrament that was used and promoted by Bob Marley.

The new name of the Festival Tour will be the Annual Legends Rasta Reggae Festival Tour. The Tour is committed to staying focus on the understanding of the Rastafarian way of life and their beliefs of
One World, One Peace, One Love and Peace and Unity.

Bob Marley’s name and likeness or any other rights associated with the name remain available for licensing through the Fifty Six Hope Street Foundation for anyone that wishes to pay the huge licensing fee set by the new foundation.

The Annual Legends of Rasta Reggae Festival Tour, formally the Annual Bob Marley Festival Tour, thanks you for all your continue support.

Thank You
Sirron Kyles, Founder

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