In May 2019, Jamaican reggae artist Jesse Royal—known for his conscious reggae with social lyrics on love, unity, and inequality on Lily of da Valley (2017)—performed at California Roots Music and Arts Festival, an annual event launched in 2010 in Monterey, California, as a platform for roots reggae and alternative music among 20,000 attendees at Monterey County Fairgrounds. His hour-long main stage set, captured in high quality, embodied his American tour climax, where reggae rhythms merged with emotive vocals and positive messages to evoke warm resonance under California sun. Featuring tracks like "Always Be Around", "Modern Day Judas", and "Life Is Sweet", this show highlighted his role as a modern roots reggae voice, turning the festival grounds into a realm of collective unity.