Kabaka Pyramid’s Bay Area date is still on, just not where fans may have first planned to be. The Jamaican artist told followers on Instagram that his Rebel Music US Tour stop is set for “next wed,” with a venue change but, in his words, “same vibes.”
The post tags @longboardbarandvenue, which points to Longboard Bar and Venue as the new home for the show.
Kabaka didn’t say where the gig was originally booked or why it moved, and the post is the only official word so far.
He also tagged @kingivier and @jahyzer alongside the #RebelMusicUSTour hashtag. He didn’t spell out their roles on the night, so anyone curious about the full bill should check the venue’s page or the artist’s channels before heading out.
The tone of the announcement is very on-brand for Kabaka. Four fire emojis, a call to “get your tickets now family,” and a row of praying-hands emojis read less like damage control and more like a reminder that the show is happening and he wants the room full.
There are two ways to read a late venue swap like this. For fans who already have tickets, a change of location raises practical questions about transfers, capacity and travel plans, and the post doesn’t answer any of them.
For the artist, the message is clearly about keeping momentum, which explains why he pushed the “same vibes” line instead of getting into the logistics.
The tour name will land with reggae heads. Rebel Music” carries obvious weight in the genre thanks to Bob Marley’s song of the same name on 1974’s Natty Dread, and it fits the conscious, roots-forward lane Kabaka has worked in for more than a decade.
Born Keron Salmon in Kingston, Kabaka came up as part of the reggae revival wave that also gave the world Chronixx, Protoje and Jesse Royal.
Early on he built his name on lyric-heavy, militant roots tunes, and his 2018 album Kontraband introduced him to a wider audience.
His real step up came with The Kalling, the 2022 album executive produced by Damian Marley through Ghetto Youths International.
The record won Best Reggae Album at the Grammys in February 2023, and that win gave him a fresh level of visibility on the US touring circuit.
That background matters for a show like this. A Grammy-winning roots artist playing the Bay Area, a region with a long-running reggae audience, is the kind of booking that tends to pull a loyal crowd regardless of which room it’s in.
The bigger unknown is what other changes the rest of the Rebel Music US Tour might bring. For now, Bay Area fans have a new venue to look up, a Wednesday on the calendar and a direct nudge from Kabaka himself to lock in their tickets before the night arrives.
