The Skatalites Concert History

The Skatalites are a Jamaican music group that played a major role in popularising ska, the first truly Jamaican music created by fusing boogie-woogie blues, rhythm and blues, jazz, mento, calypso, and African rhythms. They recorded many of their best known songs, including Guns of Navarone, in the period between 1964 and 1965, as well as played on records by Prince Buster and many other Jamaican artists.

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The Skatalites Tours & Concerts (Updated for 2026)

Date Concert Venue Location
Jul 11, 2026
Upcoming
The Skatalites The Wonder Bar Asbury Park, New Jersey, United States
Jun 27, 2026
Upcoming
The Skatalites Colony Woodstock, New York, United States
Jun 26, 2026 –
Jun 28, 2026
Upcoming
Ithaca Reggae Fest 2026
10 Ft. Ganja Plant / The Skatalites / Third World / Jesse Royal / Carlton Livingston / Sophistafunk / Dub Apocalypse / Papa Michigan / Flying Vipers
Stewart Park Ithaca, New York, United States
May 02, 2026
New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
Alabama Shakes / Eagles / T-Pain / Little Feat / dianne reeves / Big Freedia / Dumpstaphunk / Sierra Hull / Larry McCray / The Soul Rebels / Anders Osborne / Corey Henry's Treme Funktet / Leo Nocentelli / C.J. Chenier & The Red Hot Louisiana Band / Leyla McCalla / Wayne Toups / Dee-1 / Delfeayo Marsalis & The Uptown Orchestra / Eric Lindell / The Skatalites / Yaadcore / Runkus / Jemere Morgan / Nathan & The Zydeco Cha-Chas / J & The Causeways / Creole String Beans / Honey Island Swamp Band / Jeremy Davenport / Ghalia Volt / Lilli Lewis / Mia Borders Show all bands
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Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
May 01, 2026
New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
Lainey Wilson / The Black Keys / Ziggy Marley / Rickie Lee Jones / Dragon Smoke / Marc Broussard / Terence Blanchard / Ravi Coltrane / The California Honeydrops / Beausoleil Avec Michael Doucet / Tab Benoit / Jekalyn Carr / Bonerama / Hot 8 Brass Band / Cha Wa / John Foster / The Skatalites / Bruce Daigrepont / Amanda Shaw & The Cute Guys / Sue Foley / Debbie Davis / Corey Ledet / Pocket Chocolate / Gal Holiday & Her Honky Tonk Revue Show all bands
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Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Apr 30, 2026 –
May 03, 2026
New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival 2026 (Weekend 2 of 2)
Eagles / Lainey Wilson / Teddy Swims / The Black Keys / T-Pain / Widespread Panic / Earth, Wind & Fire / Tedeschi Trucks Band / Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue / Alabama Shakes / Herbie Hancock / Ziggy Marley / Lake Street Dive / Mavis Staples / The Gospel Soul of Irma Thomas / dianne reeves / Big Freedia / Little Feat / Galactic featuring Jelly Joseph / Terence Blanchard + Ravi Coltrane: Miles Davis & John Coltrane Centennial / Dumpstaphunk / Tab Benoit / The Radiators / Sue Foley / Alejandro Escovedo / Steve Earle / Anders Osborne / Sierra Hull / Rickie Lee Jones / Leo Nocentelli / Zigaboo Modeliste Funk Revue / George Porter Jr & Runnin’ Pardners, / The California Honeydrops / The Soul Rebels / Dragon Smoke / Leela James / Jon Cleary and the Absolute Monster Gentlemen / Big Sam's Funky Nation / J & The Causeways / Deacon John / Rebirth Brass Band / Wayne Toups / Lettuce / Leyla McCalla / Jackie Venson / Larry McCray / Fred Wesley and his New JBs / Jazz Fest Celebrates Jamaica with Original Koffee / Lila Iké / Jesse Royal / The Skatalites / Ruckus & Royal Blu with Dub Squad The Rising Suns, Kevin Downswell, Jemere Morgan, and Kaya Jonkunnu with Walking Tall Jamaica / Judith Owen & The Callers / Sweet Crude / Kermit Ruffins’ Tribute to Louis Armstrong / James Andrews & the Crescent City Allstars / Hot 8 Brass Band / Honey Island Swamp Band / Eric Lindell / Jekalyn Carr / New Breed Brass Band / Grace Bowers / Isaiah Collier / The Allen Toussaint Jazzity Project / Mike Zito Band / Marc Broussard / Corey Henry & The Treme Funktet / Jourdan Thibodeaux et les Rôdailleurs / Beausoleil Avec Michael Doucet / Big Chief Bo Dollis Jr. & The Wild Magnolias / Delfeayo Marsalis & the Uptown Jazz Orchestra / Charlie Gabriel and Friends / C.J. Chenier & The Red Hot Louisiana Band / Andrew Duhon / The Batiste Brothers Band / Cha Wa / Davell Crawford presents Fabulous Friends Forever in the Gospel Tent with special guests Cyril Neville, Charmaine Neville, Wanda Rouzan, The Davell Crawford Singers, and more / Paul Porter and The Christianaires / Tribute to Jelly Roll Morton’s Red Hot Peppers feat. Dr. Michael White and Shaye Cohn / Jermaine Landrum & The Abundant Praise Revival Choir / Jeremy Davenport / Hans Williams / Steve Riley & The Mamou Playboys / Tony Hall’s New Orleans Soul Allstars / Storyville Stompers Brass Band / Nathan & The Zydeco Cha Chas / the iguanas / Frank Waln / Meschiya Lake and the Little Big Horns / Tonya Boyd-Cannon / Mia Borders / Anna Moss / Jason Marsalis / John "Papa" Gros / John Mooney And Bluesiana / Buckwheat Zydeco Jr. And The Legendary Ils Sont Partis Band / John Foster / Bonerama / Bruce Daigrepoint Cajun Band / Dustin Dale Gaspard / Big Chief Juan & Jockimo’s Groove / Geno Delafose & French Rockin’ Boogie / Savoy Family Cajun Band Show all bands
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Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Apr 17, 2026
The Skatalites Lourdes Music Hall Bogotá, Bogota D.C., Colombia
Dec 10, 2025
The Skatalites Cine Joia São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Dec 07, 2025
The Skatalites Basement Cultural Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
Dec 06, 2025
The Skatalites John Bull Pub Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil
Dec 05, 2025
The Skatalites Grezz Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Oct 03, 2025
The Skatalites / The Wailers / The Original Wailers
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Auditorio BB Mexico City, Mexico City, Mexico
Sep 19, 2025
The Skatalites

La Yein Fonda

Ciudad Empresarial Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan, Chile
Sep 18, 2025
The Skatalites

La Yein Fonda

Ciudad Empresarial Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan, Chile
Sep 17, 2025
The Skatalites

La Yein Fonda

Ciudad Empresarial Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan, Chile
Aug 23, 2025
Barrington Levy / John Brown’s Body / Lambsbread / The Skatalites / Channel Two Dub Band

Vermont Reggae Fest

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Switchback Brewing Co Burlington, Vermont, United States
Show Duplicate for Aug 23, 2025
Aug 10, 2025
The Skatalites
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Ocean Mist Matunuck, Rhode Island, United States
Aug 09, 2025
The Skatalites
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Littlefield New York, New York, United States
Jun 27, 2025
The Skatalites

Rétro' C' Trop

Château De Tilloloy Tilloloy, France
Jun 25, 2025
The Skatalites La [2] de Apolo Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

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New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival 2026 (Weekend 2 of 2)
Apr 30 - May 3, 2026
 New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
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New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival 2026 (Weekend 2 of 2)
Apr 30 - May 3, 2026
 New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
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Lokerse Feesten 2002
Aug 2 - 11, 2002
 Lokeren, Flanders, Belgium
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The Skatalites
Aug 9, 1997
 Lokeren, Flanders, Belgium
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The Skatalites on Dec 12, 2019 [873-small]

The Skatalites
Dec 12, 2019
 Fort Worth, Texas, United States
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Dec 12, 2019
 Fort Worth, Texas, United States
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 Long Beach, California, United States
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Genres:

Reggae
Ska
Dub
Ska Punk
Roots Reggae
Rocksteady
Ska Revival
Jamaican
Jamaican Ska
Ska Jazz
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Latest Setlist (05/02/2026):

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  1. Guns of Navarone
  2. Freedom Sounds
  3. Simmer Down
  4. Phoenix City
  5. Rock Fort Rock
  6. Occupation
  7. Nice Time
  8. Take Five
  9. Sugar, Sugar
  10. My Boy Lollipop
  11. Three Little Birds

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Concerts Per Year:

2026 7 concerts
2025 22 concerts
2024 63 concerts
2023 35 concerts
2022 65 concerts
2021 24 concerts
2020 15 concerts
2019 79 concerts
2018 70 concerts
2017 96 concerts
2016 64 concerts
2015 35 concerts
2014 60 concerts
2013 68 concerts
2012 83 concerts
2011 56 concerts
2010 64 concerts
2009 27 concerts
2008 105 concerts
2007 101 concerts
2006 49 concerts
2005 49 concerts
2004 13 concerts
2003 29 concerts
2002 16 concerts
2001 10 concerts
2000 10 concerts
1999 15 concerts
1998 26 concerts
1997 12 concerts
1996 13 concerts
1995 11 concerts
1994 9 concerts
1993 15 concerts
1992 3 concerts
1991 1 concert
1990 7 concerts
1989 1 concert
1987 1 concert
1986 2 concerts
1984 1 concert
1983 1 concert
1970 1 concert
1969 1 concert
1968 1 concert
1967 2 concerts
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