Where the week actually happens
Parties & weekly dances
Not the festivals: the parties. The weekly street dances that gave Kingston a calendar, and the ticketed all-inclusives that changed how a night is paid for.
16 records · curated by the atlas editors
A sampling, not a complete record — the archive runs deeper than any list of it. Tell us what is missing.
The Tivoli street dance that became the template, and the export.
event · Well supportedYUSHNamed for a Mad Cobra record, first held 6 June 2003, and still running two decades on.
cultural practice · ProbableThe all-inclusive partyPay once, drink all night: the pricing decision that reshaped the Jamaican party.
event · ProbableUptown MondaysThe Monday-night fixture that kept a week's calendar honest.
event · Well supportedWeddy Weddy WednesdaysStone Love's midweek, and a proving ground for selectors.
event · ProbableBoasy TuesdaysThe disposition in the name: dress, spend, be seen.
event · ProbableEarly MondaysA weekly that ran on the same logic before the week filled up.
event · ProbableDutty FridaysThe Friday end of the same circuit.
event · ProbableWet SundaysSunday's entry in the weekly calendar.
event · ProbableWapping ThursdaysThursday, and a reminder that the circuit reached well beyond Kingston.