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Uncorked! (Mon-Sun 10 a.m.-10 p.m., US$5-25) is a wine bar, café and gourmet boutique that'll make any Europhillic cheese lover feel right at home. Greek olives, paninis and scruptious entrées like grilled jumbo shrimp on a bed of cous cous make it a favorite lunch spot or evening hangout for the uptown crowd.
Tea Tree Crêperie (Mon-Thur 8 a.m.-8 pm., Fri. 8 a.m.-10 p.m., Sat 10 a.m.-10 p.m., Sun 10 a.m.-4 p.m.) opened in December, 2011, bestowing on Kingstonians a proper crêpe joint where the French delicacy can be enjoyed savoury or sweet just like in Paris. A varied breakfast menu, gluten free and vegan options complement the core offering.
Calabash Literary Festival is a fun, free event held the first weekend in June at Jakes in Treasure Beach that draws writers and attendees from across the Caribbean and African diaspora, as well as featuring some of Jamaica's own lyricists and authors.
Friday
7pm–8:30pm
Monday
11pm-2:30am - Mojito Mondays street dance @ Susie's, Southdale Plaza, Half Way Tree 12am-3am - Uptown Mondays street dance @ Savannah Plaza, Half Way TreeTuesday
Rebel Salute is the most popular annual music event staged in St. Ann. It started out to commemorate the January 15 birthday of reggae icon Tony Rebel, who shares the same birthday as Martin Luther King Jr., as he's quick to point out. The first show was staged in 1994 in Mandeville, Manchester, and featured the late, great, Garnett Silk, among a host of other artists.
Ocho Rios sees its share of excitement during carnival season in April with Bacchanal Jamaica hosting a mad soca bashment at Chukka Cove. Bacchanal hosts a series of events during Jamaica's carnival season, which runs from mid-January through Easter.
Soul in the Sun - is a new event to grace Jamaica's annual music calendar pulling local and international talent.
This is a series of culture events held in Kingston at Bob Marley Museum and at his birthplace in Nine Mile, St. Ann, paying tribute to the King of Reggae, accompanied by cultural experiences like Nyabinghi drumming, Jankunoo dancers and talented reggae artists.
Fatta Tyre Festival was created for mountain biking enthusiasts and showcases much of the talent and hard-core guts of the St. Mary Off-Road Bicycling Association.
Hikes, bird-watching, secluded beaches, and mangrove tours are indispensable to a greater appreciation of Jamaica's natural wonders. Jamaica is a relatively small island, and can be traversed in about five hours without stopping, but the diversity and ruggedness of the island's landscape makes it exhausting to try to fit in too much.
