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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.

event · Well supportedPassa Passa

The Tivoli street dance that became the template, and the export.

event · Well supportedYUSH

Named for a Mad Cobra record, first held 6 June 2003, and still running two decades on.

cultural practice · ProbableThe all-inclusive party

Pay once, drink all night: the pricing decision that reshaped the Jamaican party.

event · ProbableUptown Mondays

The Monday-night fixture that kept a week's calendar honest.

event · Well supportedWeddy Weddy Wednesdays

Stone Love's midweek, and a proving ground for selectors.

event · ProbableBoasy Tuesdays

The disposition in the name: dress, spend, be seen.

event · ProbableEarly Mondays

A weekly that ran on the same logic before the week filled up.

event · ProbableDutty Fridays

The Friday end of the same circuit.

event · ProbableWet Sundays

Sunday's entry in the weekly calendar.

event · ProbableWapping Thursdays

Thursday, and a reminder that the circuit reached well beyond Kingston.