Some bad news for reggae bands and fans alike as the San Diego County Fair organizers cancel a reggae festival as part of their line up for this year.    Read more at signonsandiego.com.

Jamaica Vibes presents award winning films they never show in Jamaica. Showtime  is 7pm with short films and photography, then 9pm sharp for the feature presentation of MIRACLE AT ST ANNA.  

  Peter Ferguson launched his book, ChangeMakers in Florida this past weekend.  The launch featured an exhibition of photographs by Peter Ferguson, one of the best photographers in Jamaica at present, and unquestionably the best portraitist.

Photo contribed by www.christopherspenn.com   Dog For A Day! Yipee! I’m a dog for the day! Other dogs please come out and play. We’ll play ball and tug-o-war, We can’t play with my shoe because it tore. After all this excitement we’ll have a drink, Fron the highest point in

Last night KOTE presented an eclectic group of short films at Redbones demonstrating that Jamaica’s film industry is alive and well.  The night which was hosted and curated by David Morrison presented films which were well produced for the most part and ranged from one minute to thirty minutes in

  Sean Paul is on a promotional tour now for his upcoming new album, Imperial Blaze, (coming out in August) and new video for “So Fine”. Sean was captured here in London at MTV with UK R&B artiste Master Shortie.

Sean Paul’s New Video SO FINE The song is definitely catchy in true Sean Paul style… What you think?

Featuring music by Collin Hines and artists, Stefan Clarke, Philip Clayton, Kori Solomon and Marcel Messan. Poetry by Sajjoya Alcott and dance by Morekeia Isaccs. More about BNM – BNM Fuses Music and Art

On Sunday the National Gallery of Jamaica located in downtown Kingston gave free guided tours of their collections. Music was provided by Phillip Supersad and Mackeehan Solomon. 

The “Pimento Players”, a revived string quartet, led by Peter Ashbourne, performed at “Music is Sacred”, a concert in the KOTE series this past Sunday June 21 at the Shaare Shalom Synagogue on Duke Street.