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Dance National Finals 2026 Day 1

Dance National Finals 2026 Day 1

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2025 winner of the Jamaica Festival song Competition Abigail “Abi-D” Dunstan in performance at the Finals held at Emancipation Park in St Andrew last July.

FINAL DEADLINE (April 17) looms for JCDC‘s Fest Song, Fest Queen, and Gospel Star

Kingston, Jamaica – The Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) is reminding the public of the extended deadline of April 17, 2026, for entries for its high

Dr. Walden (right) in consultation at the National Labour Day Church Service held at the Lucea United Church in Hanover in 1996

JCDC Remembers Culture Warrior Dr Cecile Walden

Kingston, Jamaica: The preservation of Jamaica’s cultural heritage has been viciously undertaken by a cadre of committed Jamaican culture warriors.

Entertainment Arts New Deadline

NEW APRIL 17 DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES: FESTIVAL SONG, FESTIVAL QUEEN, GOSPEL STAR COMPETITIONS

The new closing date for submission of entries in the Festival Song, Festival Queen and Gospel Star Competitions is April 17, 2026.

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Events

National Festival of the Arts

DANCE NATIONAL FINALS

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Little Theatre, 4 Tom Redcam Drive

National Festival of the Arts

DANCE NATIONAL FINALS

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Little Theatre, 4 Tom Redcam Drive

National Festival of the Arts

DRAMA NATIONAL FINALS

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Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts (School of Drama), Arthur Wint Drive

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