Beenie Man surprises fans with Mýa at Delaware reggae festival
Beenie Man turned Delaware Park into a nostalgia riot, bringing out Mýa for “Girls Dem Sugar” and giving Reggae in the Park a reunion moment.
Beenie Man didn’t just headline Reggae in the Park Delaware on Sunday, June 14, 2026. He turned the Outdoor Pavilion at Delaware Park Casino in Wilmington into a full-blown rewind by bringing out Mýa for “Girls Dem Sugar,” and the surprise duet gave the crowd the kind of shared nostalgia hit that gets passed around long after the set ends.
The performance landed during the fourth annual Reggae in the Park Delaware International Festival, a 12:00 PM to 6:00 PM event hosted by the Delaware Reggae Coalition and Elite Entertainment. Festival listings billed it as family-friendly, with food vendors, a kids’ zone, a health zone, and local exhibitors spread across the grounds at 777 Delaware Park Blvd. The event was advertised as free with a complimentary ticket required in advance, while VIP options were also offered, and parking was listed as free on site.
Beenie Man was the marquee name on a bill that also included Anthem Band, the Philadelphia Pan Stars steel orchestra, and Mighty Mystic. Visit Wilmington’s event listing leaned into the dancehall angle by promoting Beenie Man as “The King Of Dance Hall,” and the lineup gave the afternoon the kind of mix that keeps Delaware’s Caribbean crowd coming back year after year, not just for a headliner, but for the full park-day experience.
The numbers around the festival underscore why that Mýa entrance hit so hard. Reggae in the Park’s official site describes it as Delaware’s largest Caribbean festival and says it draws more than 20,000 attendees. One video post about the 2026 show put the crowd at about 40,000, a sign of how fast the moment traveled once Beenie Man and Mýa locked into the song that made their crossover pairing famous in the first place.
That is the formula these diaspora reggae festivals keep proving in real time: the lineup gets people through the gate, but the surprise walk-on, the old hit, and the instant singalong are what turn a park date into a story. In Wilmington, “Girls Dem Sugar” was the moment everybody remembered.
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