4. Jazz Reggae Fest (Los Angeles, Calif.), May 29-30
With one day of hip-hop, jazz and funk (“Jam Day”) and another for reggae, this annual event on the campus of UCLA has put together a real quality lineup this year. On the reggae front, Sean Paul and Gyptian are the top two draws, along with one of the best female artists in the game, Tanya Stephens, plus the classic Steel Pulse, Hawaii’s No.1 reggae artist J Boog and our Panamanian friends from the Bay Area, Los Rakas holding it down for the Spanish-speaking set.