Uppsala Reggae Festival is Scandinavia's first and largest pure reggae festival and attracts hardcore reggae fans from all over the North, but also guests from near and far, with a general interest in music.
Uppsala Reggae Festival is a festival with an open and friendly atmosphere with a mix of people even when it comes to age. In connection with the first Uppsala Reggae Festival 2001, national TV put the epithet "Scandinavias Reggae Mecca" on the festival and it was then and still is the largest in the Nordic countries and has become one of the qualitatively best reggae festivals in Europe. The third edition of Uppsala Reggae Festival was awarded to Swedish Radio's Culture and the seventh festival proudly announced the biggest reggae lineup that ever played in Scandinavia.