The origins of Ska - Developed in the late 1950's, ska music originally evolved from the style of Jamaican music that included calypso beats as well as jazz and blues riffs. The genre became known for its scratchy beats, fast tempo and the piano, guitar and in later stages, horns as the prevailing instruments.

The Revival of Ska - As ska music grew to be a popular genre of music, revival bands in the United States started to form. One such band, The Toasters, could effectively be argued as the frontrunner of the ska revival.

The Mighty Mighty Bosstones and Operation Ivy paid homage to ska music by incorporating a distinctly ska sound into their punk music, thereby creating the ska punk genre.

Ska Nation is the biggest ska event to be held in Australia for some years including local and international artists, DJs and the biggest “sound system” to be seen at a ska event in many years.