Railtown Sound System

2016 was a landmark year for Railtown with the release of our debut album, consistent gigging throughout the year from clubs in Vancouver and the lower mainland in Squamish, Hope and Roberts Creek where we’ve shared the stage with some of the finest local bands to performing at our first major international festival (Rifflandia) in Victoria. The momentum from 2016 is increasing for 2017 with our first collaboration with the Victoria Ska Fest, a return to the Sunshine Coast and work on our second studio album. We love playing live and bring an intense yet intimate energy that keeps the audiences dancing all night long to a mix of up-tempo original tunes and ballads, spiced with just a few of our favorite covers from some of our biggest influences like Midnite, Gregory Issacs and Bob Marley. It's a show that everyone can enjoy, from the oldest reggae enthusiast looking for an authentic sound, the reggae hipster looking for the newest obscurity, to the casual listener hoping to dance to a classic timeless rhythm, it's a show where audience interaction and engagement is the cornerstone and everyone remembers for all the right reasons. The foundat... more...