Today is the 70th anniversary of the birth of the late reggae star Bob Marley, and Jamaica is celebrating with a free concert and a jam session at his former home. Marley, who was born in Nine Miles, northwest Jamaica, died on May 11, 1981 at a Florida hospital from cancer at the age of 36.

A “mini-jam session” along with discussions on the jazz-influenced genre that began in 1960s Jamaica, reggae, has been scheduled at Marley’s former home. A free concert is also being held on the Kingston waterfront Saturday.

According to Reuters, it is expected to draw large crowds. The concert will feature performances by local reggae artists, including one of Marley’s sons Ky-Mani.

The Marley family honored Marley’s desire for a better world through a “feel good social video movement” carrying the hashtag #Share1Love. And the annual “One Love” soccer match, played for charity and in honor of Marley, will be held on Feb. 18. This year, Olympic sprinters Asafa Powell and Usain Bolt will play.

And the celebration continues. The Bob Marley Group of Companies stated that a new live album Easy Skanking in Boston ’78 is set to be released next week. It will contain two of Marley’s live shows from Boston’s Music Hall.

Marley made his mark on the world, and the people of Jamaica. Jamaica has pondered the idea of making Marley an addition to its Order of National Heroes for years. However, of the seven current heroes, most are political figures. No one has been added since the 1980s, and a committee has been mulling over nominations for nearly three years.

Although he was not been added to Jamaica’s Order of National Heroes, he obtained several other postmortem achievements that highlight his legacy. In 1994, Marley was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, his 1977 album Exodus was named Album of the Century by Time Magazine in 1999, his song One Love was named Song of the Millennium, he received The Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, and many more.

Marley’s music made an impact. He used it to rebel against the circumstances in which he and many others were living. His music was “revolutionary, yet unifying,” according to the official Bob Marley site.