The bands were mostly from Jamaica and Sweden, with the odd ones from Croatia and UK. The event is of a huge magnitude that drew crowd from Stockholm and Norway mostly. There were others from Sweden who treated it like the great gig that happens at 'T in the park' or Glastonbury festival. There was a designated campsite for those who had their dwelling in a backpack. That site was located at a 15minute walking distance from the stage and 15 minutes walk from the nearest supermarket. The site was supplied with fresh water, bathing booth and dry portable toilets.
The jobs of us volunteers was broken to shifts for two split teams. Starting early in the morning, one batch would be given grabber sticks to pick trash and litter en route to the stage deposited by legless participants. Recyclable cans/pets were collected in seperate bags, later to be exchanged for cash. Oh yeah, volunteers werent paid but were given a non transferable wrist band that allowed access to the concert for all 3 days. The best band I thought, was 'The Heptones' with live music. The rest seemed to have a singer speaking with a Rastafarian accent but was backed up by music from a DJs box.
There was zero tolerance policy when it came to the use of narcotics or marijuana. Some artistes pointed out that a reggae festival is incomplete without a 'spliff's justice' but Swedes are known to abide by the legislation, except for the two members in the campsite who were chucked out by the cops after a warning for use of Marijuana.
Some pictures from the gig-
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