Reggae on the Mountain
Reggae · Topanga Community Club, Topanga, California, United States
Reggae — community festival
Reggae on the Mountain is the reggae festival of Topanga Canyon, between Los Angeles and the Pacific Ocean. It was born in 2009, when two 18-year-old friends, Brooks Ellis and Amit Gilad, turned their creekside jam sessions into a real festival — the start of their label, Label 27. Fifteen years on, it has become one of California's most endearing reggae gatherings: a human-scale festival carried by a whole village.
The festival grew without losing its spirit: in 2019, its 10th anniversary was exceptionally held at King Gillette Ranch in Malibu, headlined by Steel Pulse; after a Santa Barbara stop in 2022, it came home in 2024 to the Topanga Community Club — the canyon's community center, which the festival's proceeds help keep alive.
The 14th edition took place on Saturday, July 25, 2026, headlined by Protoje, alongside Don Carlos, Yellowman, Chalice, Marlon Asher, Yaadcore, Bambata, Kat Hall and Eureka Sound, with food trucks, local crafts and live art. The official website already announces the festival's return in 2027, with no firm date yet — Festival TV will update this page as soon as it is announced.
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Steel Pulse in session at Reggae on the Mountain 2019 — the 10th anniversary edition, at King Gillette Ranch in Malibu: two songs, "Don't Shoot" and "Stop You Coming and Come", filmed by Jam in the Van. Video picked in Moïse 1er's selection:
Steel Pulse — "Don't Shoot" and "Stop You Coming and Come" at Reggae on the Mountain (Malibu, 2019)