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Reggae Festival promoters happy with ticket sales

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PROMOTERS OF Digicel Reggae Festival are breathing a sigh of relief that their marquee shows would not be affected by a lack of attendance from visitors coming from the United States following the immigration policy of that new government.

Al Gilkes of FAS Entertainment, the team responsible for the festival, said that initially they had concerns about the Donald Trump administration’s controversial travel rules that placed restrictions on travellers from six predominantly Muslim countries.

“What we were concerned about initially was whether or not we would be trumped by the restrictions or the threats that were being made by the new American administration in terms of allowing people out and in. (TG)

Please read the full story in today’s Weekend Nation, or in the eNATION edition.

 

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