{"id":5918,"date":"2026-02-25T15:38:05","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T15:38:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/islandflavaradio.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/25\/beres-hammond-headlines-reggae-meets-soul-mothers-day-celebration\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T15:38:05","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T15:38:05","slug":"beres-hammond-headlines-reggae-meets-soul-mothers-day-celebration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/islandflavaradio.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/25\/beres-hammond-headlines-reggae-meets-soul-mothers-day-celebration\/","title":{"rendered":"Beres Hammond headlines \u2018Reggae Meets Soul\u2019 Mother\u2019s Day celebration"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>The Jamaican-born King of Lovers Rock Beres Hammond will headline the \u201cReggae Meets Soul\u201d Mother\u2019s Day celebration at the UBS Arena in Elmont, New York, on Saturday, May 9.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The UBS Arena, located at 2400 Hempstead Turnpike, on the grounds of Belmont Park, sits on the border of Queens and Nassau County, making it easily accessible from New York City and Long Island.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Anthony \u201cER Guru\u201d Turner, the Jamaican-born, New York-based entertainment publicist, told Caribbean Life on Monday, Feb. 23, that Hammond, who, for the past two decades, has embraced New York \u201clike family,\u201d will \u201creturn the love when he headlines the Mother\u2019s Day Experience on Mother\u2019s Day weekend 2026.\u201d<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Jammins Events CEO George Crooks, promoter of the UBS Arena event, said, \u201cThe lineup raises the emotional stakes with the addition of Romain Virgo, legendary soul songstress Stephanie Mills, and Lady Da Flame, who will join Hammond on stage.\u201d<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div id=\"attachment_8048\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8048\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8048\" src=\"https:\/\/www.caribbeanlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2015-07-27-nk-george-crooks-cl01_z.jpg?quality=51&amp;w=600\" alt=\"George Crooks in his office at Trelawni Place Seafood Bar &amp; Grill, Brooklyn.|\" width=\"600\" height=\"429\" title=\"\"><p id=\"caption-attachment-8048\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"image-caption\">George Crooks in his office at Trelawni Place Seafood Bar &amp; Grill, at 1438 Utica Ave., Brooklyn.|<\/span><span class=\"image-credit\">Photo by Nelson A. King<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Crooks said that Hammond has been a \u201cone-man wrecking army, delivering sold-out performances at festivals, theatres and major arenas that fans say feel like reunions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cHis catalog is filled with timeless love songs, heartbreak anthems, and uplifting reggae classics that every reggae lover knows the words,\u201d he said.<br \/>\nJamaican-born, Brooklyn resident Marie Johnson, who attended Hammond\u2019s UBS concert last year with Sean Paul and Shaggy, said, \u201cBeres doesn\u2019t just sing to you, he sings with you.\u201d<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>She said the addition of Romain Virgo will complement Hammond\u2019s set, which features his growing catalog of contemporary love songs.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cRomain is a perfect bridge between generations,\u201d Crooks said. \u201cHe is the future of reggae. So, having both on the same stage is having the best of both worlds.\u201d<br \/>\nAbout singer Stephanie Mills, he said she\u2019s \u201ca living legend whose voice helped define soul music for decades.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cHer presence adds a classic R&amp;B elegance that broadens the night beyond reggae alone,\u201d Crooks said. \u201cShe is pure class.\u201d<br \/>\nTurner said the Mother\u2019s Day Experience 2026 promises to be \u201ca night where reggae, soul, and love connect on the same stage.\u201d<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Jamaican-born King of Lovers Rock Beres Hammond will headline the \u201cReggae Meets Soul\u201d Mother\u2019s Day celebration at the UBS Arena in Elmont, New York, on Saturday, May 9. The UBS Arena, located at 2400 Hempstead Turnpike, on the grounds of Belmont Park, sits on the border of Queens and Nassau County, making it easily [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-latest-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/islandflavaradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5918","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/islandflavaradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/islandflavaradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/islandflavaradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/islandflavaradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5918"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/islandflavaradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5918\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/islandflavaradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/islandflavaradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/islandflavaradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}