Scaled-down 'BVI Music Festival' to return to CGB with more local energy
This year's edition, now rebranded as the "BVI Music Beach Festival", was announced by Ronford Cline, a long-time Cane Garden Bay native and the newly appointed lead organiser of the event. Cline, speaking during a press briefing on May 27, 2025, explained that the decision to host a smaller festival was strategic rather than circumstantial.
“We know it's a little short notice, but we decided to still go forward and do the festival this year to keep the momentum going; The idea is something small this year, and we build on 2026.”
The festival, which has seen several organisers and changes in format over the years, will now function as a unified event, according to Cline, having received support from both the Virgin Islands Government and the BVI Tourist Board, but remaining a privately executed venture with both local and external investors.
Return to roots
Cline confirmed that the 2025 staging marks a deliberate return to the event’s original spirit.
“We’ve gone back to the original name and added ‘Beach,” he said, acknowledging that last year’s double festivals had caused confusion and division
“Last year was the first time we came back. Of course, there were two festivals. Now there's going to be one, united with the government, assisted by the Tourist Board.”
What to expect
The two-day event, he said, will feature a line-up of predominantly local acts, bolstered by a few international performers, reflecting the intimate scale of this year’s iteration.
Friday, June 27, 2025, will focus on genres such as rock and roll, Latin, and soca, with performances by local bands and DJs from across the region, including tributes to Caribbean nations such as St Vincent and Guyana.
Saturday, June 28, 2025, will offer soca and conscious reggae, with confirmed acts including MJ Blues and his son, Sistah Joyce, and a dancehall performer. Closing out the night will be I-Octane, delivering his signature conscious reggae vibes, alongside Kalado, who will be representing the dancehall scene.
“It’s not a big, big lineup… but we’re having a festival to keep the momentum going; We guarantee 2026 is going to have the big artists. We’ll start locking them in from as early as August.”
The event venue remains the beachfront near Rymers in Cane Garden Bay. There will be three entry points — at Rymers, Quito’s, and Elms — and a shuttle service from Carrot Bay and surrounding areas.
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We all saw the results of such a move!
It has now once again, been returned, to CGB!
LETS hope, this is where ,THIS, SHALL REMAIN!
Let we all see how the representative for district 2 speaks about priority spending of the taxpayers money
Because Scheduled is Another Entertainment Event in District #2: Hope we can hear Hon Turnbull opinion on this Event Which will be using some tax money(Government Money
The Newly Founded Political Party brings the Motion to the House and # 2 is associated with the Alliance Group
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