Moon Author's Review
Luau is an annual dance session held at Reggae Beach, also around Easter. Beach J'ouvert, part of the carnival season's festivities, is held at James Bond Beach in Oracabessa in early April, where revelers whine out to soca and throw paint on each other, with after-parties spilling into Ocho Rios.
Farther inland in St. Ann parish, the Marley family hosts an annual concert on the weekend before or after Bob's February 6 birthday, and nearby the Claremont Kite Festival is held on Easter weekend a few months later in a big field, with a stage show in the evening.
Seville Heritage Park hosts a number of excellent events throughout the year, including a Kite Festival on Easter Monday and, the main event of the year, the Emancipation Jubilee held on July 31.
Once a popular annual festival, Reggae Sunsplash has been on ice for several seasons after it was poorly executed and lost money in 2006. Keep your ear to the ground for a potential comeback in the future.
