Day 2 – Saturday at Summerjam delivered another unforgettable mix of reggae, dancehall, and Afrobeats, packed with standout performances, special moments, and plenty of festival magic.

In this recap, we’ve rounded up the best photo moments, video highlights, and exclusive backstage content from the second day of the festival.

We’re especially excited to welcome Treesha as our guest reporter, bringing you a series of ”Artist Interviews Artist” conversations – raw, uncut, and straight from backstage. Dive in and relive everything that made Day 2 at Summerjam so special.

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From the Crowd to the Stage: Angel­i­ca Mava

Back Again: Nosliw & Nat­tyflo

Junior Kel­ly Brings Fire to the Red Stage

Grace, Pow­er & Pres­ence: Lila Iké

Lovers Rock Vibes by Christo­pher Mar­tin

Niger­ian Dance­hall Sen­sa­tion: Patorank­ing

The Dap­pa Don: Dex­ta Daps

The Messen­jah: Luciano

Gen­tle­man Feels Right At Home

King Time Now: Masic­ka

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From the Crowd to the Stage: Angelica Mava

Sat­ur­day on the Green Stage opened with Angel­i­ca Mava, a 27-year-old new­com­er from Swe­den mak­ing her Sum­mer­jam debut. Hav­ing vis­it­ed the fes­ti­val as a fan for years, this time she final­ly stepped from the crowd onto the stage her­self. Joined by her DJ, she deliv­ered a sol­id open­ing set and set the tone for the sec­ond day of the fes­ti­val.

Impressions by Martin Duffy (@focusonbettah):

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Back Again: Nosliw & Nattyflo

After years away from Sum­mer­jam – and from the big stages in gen­er­al –, Nosliw and Nat­tyflo made a cel­e­brat­ed return to the fes­ti­val stage. As pio­neers of Ger­man-lan­guage reg­gae and dance­hall and parts of the influ­en­tial Root­down label, they helped shape an entire gen­er­a­tion of the scene in Ger­many. Backed by their long­time com­pan­ions from Dee­buzz Sound in Mannheim, the two friends deliv­ered an ener­getic set that brought plen­ty of nos­tal­gia to the crowd – prov­ing that the sound­track of the ear­ly 2000s still res­onates just as strong­ly today.

Impressions by Martin Duffy (@focusonbettah):

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Junior Kelly Brings Fire to the Red Stage

Junior Kel­ly lit up the Red Stage with a pow­er­ful per­for­mance packed with clas­sics includ­ing ”Love So Nice”, ”Ras­ta Should Be Deep­er”, ”Pow­er to the Peo­ple”, and ”Boom Draw”. Com­bin­ing his unmis­tak­able voice with bound­less ener­gy, he deliv­ered the kind of cap­ti­vat­ing live show that has made him one of reg­gae’s most respect­ed per­form­ers from the Mod­ern Reg­gae gen­er­a­tion. After his set, he also took the time to sit down with Tree­sha for an exclu­sive inter­view with RIDDIM.

Impressions by Martin Duffy (@focusonbettah):

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Grace, Power & Presence: Lila Iké

Fol­low­ing the release of her Gram­my-nom­i­nat­ed mas­ter­piece ”Trea­sure Self Love”, Lila Iké has been tour­ing relent­less­ly, bring­ing her music to audi­ences around the world. Whether backed by a full band or per­form­ing along­side Wurl Sound, her incred­i­ble stage pres­ence and unmis­tak­able voice make every show a spe­cial expe­ri­ence – and Sat­ur­day at Sum­mer­jam was no excep­tion. She even wel­comed her long­time friend and men­tor Pro­to­je to the stage for a pow­er­ful ren­di­tion of ”All Over the World”. After her per­for­mance, Lila also took the time to catch up with Tree­sha for an exclu­sive back­stage con­ver­sa­tion.

Impressions by Martin Duffy (@focusonbettah):

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Lovers Rock Vibes by Christopher Martin

Known for time­less reg­gae anthems such as ”Cheaters Prayer”, ”Mama” and ”Paper Lov­ing”, Christo­pher Mar­tin has estab­lished him­self as one of Jamaica’s lead­ing con­tem­po­rary reg­gae voic­es since win­ning the Dig­i­cel Ris­ing Stars com­pe­ti­tion in 2005. On Sat­ur­day, the ”Lovers Man” lived up to his rep­u­ta­tion, enchant­i­ng the Sum­mer­jam crowd with his smooth vocals, heart­felt deliv­ery, and a set full of mod­ern reg­gae favorites. Away from the stage, Christo­pher also shared his thoughts with Tree­sha in an exclu­sive back­stage con­ver­sa­tion.

Impressions by Martin Duffy (@focusonbettah):

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Nigerian Dancehall Sensation: Patoranking

Mak­ing his long-await­ed Sum­mer­jam debut, Patorank­ing arrived with an impres­sive live pro­duc­tion, fea­tur­ing a full band, three back­ing vocal­ists, a brass sec­tion, two dancers, and coor­di­nat­ed stage out­fits that per­fect­ly matched the show’s vibrant aes­thet­ic. Effort­less­ly blend­ing his sig­na­ture dance­hall sound with Afrobeats and oth­er African musi­cal influ­ences, the Niger­ian star had the mas­sive mov­ing from start to fin­ish. Ahead of his per­for­mance, Tree­sha caught up with Patorank­ing for a con­ver­sa­tion about his roots, the impor­tance of edu­ca­tion, and the musi­cal influ­ences that have shaped his remark­able career.

Impressions by Martin Duffy (@focusonbettah):

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The Dappa Don: Dexta Daps

What a show! Dex­ta Daps made his first-ever appear­ance at a Sum­mer­jam stage and instant­ly deliv­ered one of the unde­ni­able high­lights of this year’s fes­ti­val. With explo­sive ener­gy, unde­ni­able charis­ma, and hit after hit, he had the Red Stage crowd singing every word and made it clear he’s more than ready to return for Sum­mer­jam’s 40th anniver­sary next year. Before tak­ing the stage, Tree­sha caught up with the Jamaican star for an hon­est con­ver­sa­tion about grow­ing up in Seav­iew Gar­dens, the deep con­nec­tion he still feels to his com­mu­ni­ty, and the expe­ri­ences that con­tin­ue to shape his music. And yes – he near­ly blew up our micro­phones while proud­ly rep­ping his home­town.

Impressions by Martin Duffy (@focusonbettah):

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The Messenjah: Luciano

Few artists embody the spir­it of con­scious reg­gae quite like Luciano. Since emerg­ing as one of the lead­ing voic­es of the 1990s roots reg­gae revival, ”The Messen­jah” has inspired gen­er­a­tions with songs root­ed in spir­i­tu­al­i­ty, hope, and social con­scious­ness, earn­ing world­wide respect as one of reg­gae’s most influ­en­tial cul­tur­al ambas­sadors. His per­for­mance at Sum­mer­jam reflect­ed exact­ly that lega­cy. Deeply spir­i­tu­al and uplift­ing from start to fin­ish, Luciano guid­ed the audi­ence through a set filled with pow­er­ful mes­sages, time­less songs, and the unmis­tak­able warmth that has defined his career for more than three decades.

Impressions by Martin Duffy (@focusonbettah):

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Gentleman Feels Right At Home

Few artists are as close­ly con­nect­ed to Sum­mer­jam as Gen­tle­man. Hav­ing graced the fes­ti­val stage count­less times over the years, per­form­ing on home turf nev­er seems to lose its mag­ic – and Sat­ur­day’s show was anoth­er reminder of exact­ly why he remains one of Sum­mer­jam’s most beloved reg­u­lars. Open­ing with his lat­est sin­gle ”Trend” on the ”WYFL Rid­dim”, he had the crowd in the palm of his hand from the very first note. Backed by The Evo­lu­tion Band and deliv­er­ing hit after hit with effort­less con­fi­dence, Gen­tle­man was in out­stand­ing form, prov­ing once again why his per­for­mances have become a cor­ner­stone of the Sum­mer­jam expe­ri­ence.

Impressions by Martin Duffy (@focusonbettah):

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King Time Now: Masicka

Right now, Masic­ka seems inca­pable of miss­ing. Fresh off the suc­cess of ”Slip & Slide” – one of this sum­mer’s biggest dance­hall anthems – along­side recent hits like ”Boasty”, ”La Cabra”, ”Keys”and ”Rich Sex”, the Jamaican heavy­weight arrived at Sum­mer­jam in top form. Backed by the leg­endary Ruff Kutt Band, he lived up to his head­lin­er sta­tus on the Green Stage, he deliv­ered a relent­less, high-ener­gy per­for­mance and sent the crowd into over­drive when Dex­ta Daps joined him on stage for a sur­prise guest appear­ance. The chem­istry between the two artists dou­bled the ener­gy and brought Sat­ur­day night to a spec­tac­u­lar close. Even late into the night after his set, Masic­ka took a few moments to catch up with Ellen for an exclu­sive riddim.world inter­view.

Impressions by Martin Duffy (@focusonbettah):

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