The decision to record Brightside at 432Hz — a frequency some musicians argue produces a warmer resonance than standard tuning — is either a deliberate artistic statement or a well-publicized rabbit hole, depending on where you stand. What is not in dispute is the album itself: eight tracks co-produced with his brother Stephen Marley, threading through themes of grief, resilience, and social urgency, with collaborators including Trombone Shorty, Sheila E., and Jake Shimabukuro. Ziggy Marley brings the Brightside Tour 2026 to Artpark Amphitheater in Lewiston on Saturday, July 11, with J Boog opening.
About Ziggy Marley
Ziggy Marley — eldest son of Bob and Rita Marley, nine-time Grammy winner, Emmy winner, with close to four decades in the industry — has spent that career building something that could easily have settled into inherited mythology. That he has not, folding reggae into funk, blues, and rock while speaking to environmental awareness and social justice in plain-spoken terms, is worth noting before you file this under legacy booking.
Brightside, his ninth solo studio album, is the most introspective entry in a catalog that has always been more considered than it gets credit for. “Many Mourn for Bob” is a direct tribute to his father. “Racism Is a Killa” treats systemic inequality as a public health crisis — Marley has described the album as emerging from a period of watching what was happening in the world and feeling the weight of it. The recording was made at Rebel Lion Studio in Los Angeles, a space Marley built using preserved backdrops from the Bob Marley biopic One Love, which is either deeply sentimental or exactly the kind of environment that keeps an artist honest about what they are carrying. Probably both.
Opening the show is J Boog — trained in Jamaica’s historic studios, shaped by his Polynesian heritage, and mentored by reggae icon Fiji. A considered pairing for an evening rooted in the diaspora of the form.
About Artpark Amphitheater
Artpark is an outdoor amphitheater in Lewiston, part of the western New York arts campus that has drawn major touring acts to the region for decades. Reggae functions differently in open air than it does in a sealed room — the low end breathes differently, the crowd dynamic shifts — and a July evening is precisely the right setting for what the Brightside Tour is doing. The Artpark date falls between Grand Rapids, Minnesota (July 10) and Tanglewood in Lenox, Massachusetts (July 14), a routing that treats this as a destination stop rather than a fill date.
Tickets & Pricing
Tickets are on sale now. General Admission (grass areas) is $39 advance; Front of Stage standing and Reserved Seating are both $66 advance. All prices increase $5 beginning July 5, 2026. The show runs 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM.