Queen of Reggae Marcia Griffiths will culminate her 60^th year in Reggae celebrations with a show on November 3, 2024.

Slated to take place Hope Gardens and dubbed Marcia and Friends, the event will feature some of the fifty collaborations she has done throughout her career. Several international musicians are also slated to perform with the queen in celebration of the momentous occasion.

Back in May, Griffiths held a similar concert in Florida as she celebrates historic occasion. This Jamaican leg of the concert will be Marcia’s first performance in Jamaica for the year 2024.  

In a release sent by Marcia’s team it was noted that this landmark occasion promises an exhilarating blend of melody and rhythm from your favourite artistes, curated by the Queen of Reggae herself.

Born in West Kingston, Jamaica, Griffiths started her career in 1964, performing on stage with Byron Lee and the Dragonaires. She later signed with the Studio One label, where she recorded a series of duets with singers Tony Gregory, Bob Marley, Jeff Dixon and Bob Andy with whom she would have a relationship lasting several years. 

In 1968 she had her first success as a solo artist, with Feel Like Jumping, which like her other early Studio One solo hits were written by Andy. She also worked with Bob Andy as a duo on the Harry J Label.  

Between 1974 and 1981, she was a member of the I Threes.  She continued to record as a solo artist throughout the 1970s, working with producers such as Sonia Pottinger and Joseph Hoo Kim. 

In December 1982, Marcia Griffiths released the song Electric Boogie, which was written exclusively for her by Bunny Wailer. This version became a minor hit for Griffiths, but was remixed in 1989, with this version making the Electric Slide, a line dance, an international dance craze. 

It reached number 51 on the US Billboard Hot 100, making it her most successful single.

In October 2014, Griffiths was conferred with the Jamaican Order of Distinction (Commander class) and in October of 2023 she was conferred with the Order of Jamaica (OJ) Jamaica’s fourth-highest national honour.