Culture Ministry and Tastee partner for bigger, better Festival Song competition

Kingston, 27 April 2018 – The Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport through its agency the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission has

signed a multi-million dollar deal with fast food chain Tastee Limited in support of the 2018 Festival Song Competition.

Church Choir among Festival Song Top Ten Finalists

Kingston, Jamaica:  The 2018 edition of the Jamaica Festival Song Competition continues to be one for the history books, from the record number of entries received to a church mass choir being named among the finalists.

Central Region to Kick-Off JCDC 55 Regional Culinary Champs

Kingston, Jamaica: The Central Region will launch the 2018 Jamaica Culinary Arts Competition’s Regional Culinary Champs at the Kendall Camp Ground in Mandeville, Manchester on Friday, April 20.

Festival Song Semi-Finalists to face off with Live Performance

Kingston, Jamaica:  The Ranny Williams Entertainment Centre will come alive this Saturday, April 14 with the Reggae and Mento infused sounds of the top 30 semi-finalists in the 2018 Jamaica Festival Song Competition.

JCDC receives coveted Actor Boy Honouree Award

The Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC), an agency of the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, has become the most recent recipient of the coveted Actor Boy Awards (ABA) Honouree Award.

Performing Arts to Take Centre-stage beginning April 9 • National Finals begin in Traditional Folk Forms, Drama, Speech, Music and Dance

The highly anticipated National Finals of the National Festival of the Performing Arts will take centre-stage at the Little Theatre in Kingston come Monday, April 9.

2018 Festival Song Semi-Finalists Named

The Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) has selected the thirty entries for the semifinal round of the 2018 Jamaica Festival Song Competition.The thirty songs were selected from among the more than 200 entered in this year’s competition, with the hope of winning a share of the record p

New Deadline for Miss Festival Queen Competition 2018

The deadline for the Miss Jamaica Festival Queen Competition 2018 has been extended to Monday, April 16.

Calling all Foodies for JCDC 55 Culinary Champs

Kingston, Jamaica: The Jamaica Culinary Arts Competition is calling all foodies, budding chefs and “star chefs” from across the island to compete in the 2018 staging of the competition.

Minister Grange pleased with response to 2018 Festival Song Competition

Kingston, Jamaica: The Jamaica Cultural Development Commission, the organiser of the Jamaica Festival Song Competition, has begun the assessment of the more than 200 entries received by the deadline Wednesday, February 28.