Name: Jamaica Independence Day
Start: 2024-08-03T14:00:00+10:00
End: 2024-08-03T23:00:00+10:00
Location: 3 Harris St, Footscray VIC 3011, Australia

JAMAICANS and friends of Jamaica all around the world will be celebrating 62 years of Independence in 2024. Jamaican Independence Day celebrations in Melbourne will be on Saturday, August 3rd 2024. Come and join us for some delicious Jamaican food, Jamaican music including , Ska, Roots, Lovers Rock, reggae, dancehall, rocksteady.About Jamaica IndependenceThis year Jamaica will celebrate 62 years of independence from The British. Stick Mareebo Productions and Bossman Food will be throwing an all day and night party for this special occasion in Jamaica's history.SHORT JAMAICAN STORY:Out of Many, One People. Jamaica is one of the most diverse and colourful countries in the Caribbean. Our history, our culture and our people have propelled this small island of just 4,111 sq.miles to the international stage.Jamaica is the home of one of the most popular music forms in the world, Reggae, and Dancehall, the home of the fastest man and woman on the track, Usain Bolt, and Shelly Ann Fraser Pryce and the home of some of the best cuisine the world has ever tasted.After the tumultuous years leading up to the abolition of slavery, Jamaica’s transition from a British colony to full sovereignty was marked by rationality and unity. Under the stewardship of the fathers of the nation, our heroes, Alexander Bustamante and Norman Washington Manley, Jamaica moved into the 20th century with full adult suffrage, Independence and a strong sense of nationhood and identity.Come and celebrate ,dance ,eat and party with us. If you have never had Jamaican food , this is your chance to get a taste of authentic, home-cooked Jamaican cuisine. We've got Ital (Rastafarian/vegetarian) dishes as well as Jerk Chicken and Jerk Pork, curry goat and tings. Add music and a family environment to soothe your soul. We have something for everybody.I invite you all to come and enjoy some of this music and food from this likkle island.This is Jamaica. One Love.