The Jamaica Plain music festival is an annual festival held in the town between 12pm-7pm. Music is played for everyone to dance and there is plenty of food for everyone to eat and enjoy. Everyone is invited to this occasion; both adults, children and even people who are not from the town. The songs they perform are mostly country songs but other kinds of songs are played also to keep the event diverse as possible. The current one which was the 6th annual fest was held on Saturday, September 10,2016. Common restaurants and other fast foods help sponsor this festival. The music is broadcasted live on radio during the event. Click here to listen to some musics played during the festival celebration. These are also musics the people of the town listen to.
POPULAR MUSIC AND DANCE
Latino musics are mostly played in restaurants and bars in Jamaica Plain. Any weekend you just happen to be in the mood for some Latin dancing fun, just head on over to the Bella Luna Milky Way Restaurant and Lounge in Jamaica Plain. This brewery-style eatery has been in the food and entertainment business for over 16 years and is still going strong, after winning a Best of Boston award no less than 5 times! Each and every Saturday night is Mango’s Latin Night at this establishment. A cool DJ will be your host for an evening filled with the best sounds of salsa, merengue, and other genres of Latin pop music. Start your evening off right with a complimentary salsa lesson and then get out there and join the party out on the dance floor. Merengue típico and Orchestra merengue have been popular in the Dominican Republic for many decades, and is widely regarded as the national music. Bachata is a more recent arrival, taking influences from the bolero and derived from the country's rural guitar music. Bachata has evolved and risen in popularity over the last 40 years in the Dominican Republic and other areas (such as Puerto Rico) with the help of artists such as Antony Santos, Luis Segura, Luis Vargas, Teodoro Reyes, Yoskar Sarante, Alex Bueno, and Aventura. Bachata, merengue and salsa are now equally popular among Spanish-speaking Caribbean people. When the Spanish conquistadors sailed across the Atlantic they brought with them a type of music known as hespero, which contributed to the development of Dominican music. A romantic style is also popular in the Dominican Republic from vocalists such as Angela Carrasco, Anthony Rios, Dhario Primero, Maridalia Hernandez and Olga Lara. Musically, the Dominican Republic is known for the creation of multiple musical styles and genres but is mostly recognized for merengue.